Fairfield High School (New South Wales)
Fairfield High School is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school, located in Fairfield, a south-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
| Fairfield High School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
 | |
Australia | |
| Coordinates | 33°51′54″S 150°57′29″E / 33.8649°S 150.9580°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school |
| Motto | To Live is to Learn |
| Established | 1955 |
| School district | Fairfield |
| Educational authority | New South Wales Department of Education |
| Years | Year 7–12 |
| Enrolment | 1,099 |
| Colour(s) | Maroon and blue |
| Website | fairfield-h |
 | |
Established in 1955 through the merge of two adjacent single-sex high schools: Fairfield Boys High School and Fairfield Girls High School, the school caters for approximately 1,100 students from Year 7 to Year 12. The school is operated by the New South Wales Department of Education.
Overview
edit
Fairfield High School is a comprehensive local high school located in the heart of the City of Fairfield. Situated in the south western suburbs of Sydney, the school is located on the fringe of the Fairfield Central business district along The Horsley Drive. On the opposite side of the road is the Fairfield Public School and many students graduate from the public school into the high school.
There is a large footbridge (Eva Wesley Stone Pedestrian Bridge) over the Horsley Drive which allows safe access over the road. The $2 million bridge was opened in March 2002 and was named after Eva Wesley Stone, a centenarian Fairfield resident who attended Fairfield Public School and had died in 2001 at the age of 106.[1]
Fairfield High School offers a comprehensive education in a coeducational setting following the NSW curriculum. It contains an Intensive English Centre which caters for newly arrived students from overseas. The school provides for the needs of these students on entry into the Australian high school setting. Prospect Creek runs northeast of the school, along its oval.
Fairfield is one of the most densely populated suburbs in Sydney containing residents from all over the world. The community is one of the most multicultural communities in Sydney.[2]
Logo Design
editFairfield High School in 2016 underwent a rebranding process changing the logo and uniforms. The current logo is designed by western Sydney designer Michael Schepis, creative director at Handle Branding.
The new branding and identity draws from its past evolutions and further references the historic Lansdowne Bridge and the bridging of the community and the schools as Fairfield was once divided into an all boys and all girls school.
Campus
editThe Fairfield High School building is also used for adult education classes through MacArthur Community College.
Notable alumni
edit- Mark Aarons – journalist and author
- Jelena Dokić – Australian/Serbian tennis player
- Wayne Merton – Australian politician, Minister for Justice 1992–1993 and an elected member for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
- Isaac Ntiamoah – athlete; represented Australia at the 2012 Olympics
- Mar Mari Emmanuel – Ancient Assyrian Church of the East bishop and influencer[3]
See also
edit
References
edit- ^ FAIRFIELD TOWN CENTRE - EVA WESLEY STONE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE Parliament of New South Wales. 14 March 2002. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ "Fairfield City Council". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ "Who Is Mari Mari Emmanuel? Bishop Famous On TikTok Stabbed In Sydney Church By 15-Yr-Old Suspect". TimesNow. 16 April 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
 | This article related to a New South Wales school is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |