Prairiewood High School

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Prairiewood High School
Location
Prairiewood High School
203–215 Restwell Road, Wetherill Park,
South Western Sydney, New South Wales

Australia
Coordinates 33°51′26″S150°54′16″E / 33.85722°S 150.90444°E / -33.85722; 150.90444
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Type Government-funded co-educational dual modality partially academically selective and comprehensive secondary day school
Motto Latin: Per Ardua
(Through Striving)
Founded1984;41 years ago (1984)
School districtCowpasture
Educational authority New South Wales Department of Education
PrincipalChristine Roberts
Enrolment~1,200 (2018< [1] )
Colour(s)Green and yellow   
Website prairiewoo-h.schools.nsw.gov.au
Prairiewood High School

Prairiewood High School is a government-funded co-educational dual modality partially academically selective and comprehensive secondary day school located in Wetherill Park, a south-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. [2]

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Established in 1984, the school caters for approximately 1,200 students from Year 7 to Year 12, including 74 percent of whom come from a language background other than English. [1] The school is operated by the New South Wales Department of Education.

Campus

Prariewood High School is one of the only High Schools in Sydney to have an observatory, alongside an Astronomy elective. Inside the observatory is a 12" Meade LX200 Schmidt–Cassegrain Telescope on a computerised German Equatorial Mount. [3]

Prariewood High School has an Agricultural Facility, which houses livestock and various fruit and vegetables. [4] [5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Our school". Prairiewood High School. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "Home". Prairiewood High School. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "Science - Prairiewood High School". prairiewoo-h.schools.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
  4. ↑ "Primary Industries Agriculture (VET) - Prairiewood High School". prairiewoo-h.schools.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 22 May 2025.
  5. ↑ 7NEWS Australia (31 March 2025). Prairiewood High School students running their own farm | 7NEWS . Retrieved 22 May 2025– via YouTube.{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)



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