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July 2004 This is a hectic time for Year 12 Industrial Technology students. The practical components of their major works need to be completed very soon. See some of the work in progress here. June 18 2004 Our Year 10 Textiles class made a number of quilts which they donated to the Children's Hospital at Westmead. Jennifer Harper, the hospital's education liaison officer, gratefully accepted the quilts at a school assembly on Wednesday. June 8 2004 (Updated) Photographic results are in for the historic transit of Venus of June 8 2004. March 9 2004 The WWII Honour Roll Project is in full swing. Help us to commemorate those ex-students and staff who served in this conflict. Information should be sent to Mr Taylor School Historian. In the interim, a list of names appears here . January 27 2004 The 2003 commemorative issue of the school magazine Phoenix is currently in production. Ex-students are invited to contribute - memories of their school days or a particular event, just as Gordon Watson LC1953 has done. Articles should be sent to the Editor by the end of March 2004. January 14 2004 In 1768 Captain James Cook set sail for the south seas and Tahiti. Some folks maintain that the highlight of that voyage was his "discovery", for England, of Australia. The real purpose, of course, was to observe the 1769 transit of Venus. Well, there's another one this year, and PHS will be there to record it. November 24 2003 Success (of sorts). The solar eclipse of '03 has come and gone, and Parramatta High provided a backdrop to this solar syzygy. Results are here. November 24 2003 Its on again! Its Solar Syzygy Time at Parramatta High School. On Monday November 24th there will be a solar eclipse visible from our school grounds. Read about the party here. November 15 2003 Our school prefects were among the many well wishers at the re-opening of the Parramatta & District Historical Society's headquarters - Hambledon Cottage. The Society's Patron - Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC, Governor of NSW officially opened the recently refurbished and renovated cottage. Read more about the day here. October 2003 It is with much sadness that we report the passing of Mr Percy Tester, Economics Master at PHS from 1946-49. Perc was coach of the victorious 1946 First XI, who were undefeated throughout the season and featured a rising young star - Richie Benaud. September 28 2003 What are the odds that a Macquarie Uni professor would go back to school, 40 years later, for a 90th Anniversary Reunion picnic? Pretty good, it seems. See the results here.