July 19 2001 (posted July 28)
Mars continues to wander the length of Scorpius. Have a look at a nice wide-field view of his progress here.

July 5&6 2001 (posted July 19)
Another July eclipse recorded by Parramatta High. This one was only a partial eclipse, but it did provide a nice indication of the shape of the Earth.
NOTE: This is the new re-scanned, clearer version of these photos.

July 3 2001
The 40-Year Reunion Committee is running at full steam. The festivities are planned, and you can view the online brochure here.

June 29 2001
PHS has entered the DET "Cool School" web design competition. Three teams completed entries, and they may be viewed here.

June 16 2001
Dymphna Cusack, noted Australian authoress, served a sojourn teaching English at Parramatta High in the 30's.
Morning Sacrifice, her play about the petty politics of a high school staffroom, is playing in Sydney now. We wonder how much of this play is based on memories of PHS...?

June 14 2001
As Mars reaches opposition (more on that later) there is concern expressed about our 99-year lease. Read the good news about who owns the land here

May 23 2001
Another magnificent day for the 88th Annual Parramatta High School Athletics Carnival.
View a montage of the day's festivities here.

May 18 2001
This web site now has a mirror at http://www.parramatta-h.schools.nsw.edu.au, on the Department of Education and Training server. You may like to try out the connection in the unlikely event that faxmentis.nsw.edu.au slows down...

April 12 2001
Pleurotus Nidiformis, the "Ghost Fungus", makes a welcome return to Parramatta High.
See it glow in the dark here.

April 7 2001
One of the first "features" of this website was a series of maps and images (at ever-increasing scales) which was intended to answer the question: "Where is Parramatta High School?"
Five years later they have been updated, incorporating recent satellite images from NASA.

April 4 2001
PHS students organised a Mufti Day to raise funds for the women of East Timor. Mrs Shirley Purser - International Womens' Day Chair - accepted the school's contribution from our school captain - as reported in the Parramatta Advertiser of 4/4/01.
Click here for more details.
Same edition - different page. Parramatta Leagues Club, Parramatta Eels and Parramatta High School get together to support Parramatta Red Cross. Read about it here.

April 1 2001
It was reported that the Russian space station MIR burnt over the Pacific, and splashed down east of New Zealand. On this auspicious day, we can now report that it actually crashed much closer to home than that. Click here to discover MIR's true final resting place.

March 27 2001
Parramatta High School is participating in the Resourceful Adolescent Project (RAP), initiated by Griffith University. You can read more about this project on our welfare page.

March 18 2001
As usual, Parramatta High School is right at the forefront of high technology. Project Starshine is an educational project, based in the U.S., through which students all around the world polish mirrors which will be attached to a satellite which will be placed in low earth orbit.
Starshine 1 has been finished, launched and returned (in a fiery fashion) to earth.
Starshine 2 has finished the polishing phase, and is being assembled for launch.
Starshine 3 is currently having its mirrors polished by school students throughout the world. Parramatta High School is doing its bit, of course. Read about it here, and see plenty of photos of the polishing process.

March 12 2001
Last weeks' Parramatta Advertiser (7/3/01) ran two pieces of interest to Parramatta High.
One was a paid promotional piece for the school, just prior to this week's Public Education displays.

The other was an article on Clean-up Day, and the part that Parramatta High students played in improving the local environment.
March 9 2001
A reunion is currently being organised for those who sat for the Leaving Certificate in 1961 or those who were in that group's classes at any time between '57 and '61.
More details are on the ex-student's page.

March 1 2001
Now this is a useful addition. With over 600 pages online now, this site is getting to be a challenge to navigate. Try the new search option here

February 24 2001
The planet Mars makes a welcomed return to our night skies. See the God of War wandering through the constellation of Scorpius here

January 4 2001
One of the brightest new "stars" in our summertime twilight sky is the International Space Station (ISS) - seen here above Sydney skies just four days into the new century.
Our PHS image isn't quite as detailed...
January 1 2001
(Finally!) Welcome to the third millennium.