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Parramatta High School has an extensive curriculum and offers a wide range of elective subjects including Vocational Education and TAFE options for the Higher School Certificate. Established in 1913 as the first co-educational high school in the Sydney Metropolitan area, the school has, in its ninety-plus years, built a reputation for quality outcomes and developed traditions which create high expectations for each generation of students.

95th Annual Awards Ceremony Associate Professor Peter Procopis AM , an ex-student from the Leaving Certificate 1956 delivered the Occasional Address and presented academic prizes at our 2007 Presentation Night. A/Prof. Procopis is President of the NSW Medical Board and Senior Staff Neurologist at the Children's Hospital at Westmead. Read more about him here.

I don't have an English accent because this is what English sounds like when spoken properly. James Carr, British comedian, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

-- 2008 -- Saturday 26 January Australia Day Monday 28 January Australia Day Holiday TERM 1 Tuesday 29 January School Development Day Wednesday 30 January Students in Years 7 & 11 commence school Thursday 31 January All students resume classes 2008 P&C Meetings: 7.00pm in the School Library Wednesday 27 March Annual General Meeting Wednesday 28 May) Wednesday 27 August Wednesday 26 November TERM DATES School Holiday Dates State Exam Dates

February 7 2008 Sigghhhh... Best laid plans, and all that. The eclipse has come and gone, with full cloud cover for all but a few seconds. No time to aim the cameras, so no photos. (It did happen, 'though!) January 24 2008 Another partial solar eclipse; this one visible over Parramatta High School early in term I, on February the 7th, 2008. January 10 2008 What do Parramatta High School and Balgowlah Heights Public School have in common?...(apart from being proudly public). Find out here. January 6 2008 Cricket Legend Richie Benaud LC1946 has been commemorated in bronze. Read the Sydney Morning Herald report here. January 4 2008 School Captain Bob Porter LC1960 has donated an extensive collection of photographs. View them here. November 23 2007 Students and staff skipped up a storm - raising $2000 for the NSW Heart Foundation's Jump Rope for Heart. Read the Parramatta Advertiser article here.   Click here for more "What's Gnu" items.

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