Kiama High School
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| Founded | 1960 |
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| Headquarters |  Kiama, Australia |
Number of employees | 69 (2019)  |
| Website | www.kiama-h.schools.nsw.edu.au |
Kiama High School is a government co-educational secondary school located in the town of Kiama, New South Wales, Australia. It currently has an enrolment of 1,400 students for 2006.
Faculties
Kiama High School is divided into faculties; these being, English, Mathematics, Science, Creative Arts, History, Geography and Social Sciences, PD/H/PE, Industrial Arts and Home Economics.
Each faculty is presided over by a Head Teacher, who is responsible for faculty specific matters. The Head Teacher is a member of the school executive who meet frequently to discuss school policy and procedure. The executive are led by the senior executive. All policies and procedures are subject to the approval of the School Principal who is responsible to ensure that all decisions are consistent with NSW and Australian Law, the policies of the NSW Department of Education and the Syllabus documents of the NSW Board of studies.
Student Representative Council
AALL GURLS SHOULD B NAKED and flash me jik A Student Representative Council, also known as the KHS SRC, embeds itself within the school community and is involved in numerous charity campaigns and school events.
The SRC hold elections for each grade during the second semester of the school year. A member elects to campaign for a position on the Council and must also have a recommendation from a fellow peer and teacher. Generally four to six students are elected from each year, with a gender equal ratio. These students represent their grade for the third and fourth terms until the first and second term of the following year. It should be noted that elections may be suspended until third term occasionally.
Year Eleven students elect to vote for a male and female Captain, a male and female Vice Captain and two more students, a male and female, to fill the positions of Secretary and Treasurer. These students form the Executive Committee which is chaired by the Principal, and presided over by the Deputy Principals and the teacher in charge of the SRC. The school captains represent the graduating year and provide peer leadership to the entire student body. Year 7 has no representation until the mid year elections. The Kiama High School Captains in 2005 were Jace Armstrong, who was a distinguished HSC achiever and Abby Nankivell; in 2006 it was Dominic Chetcuti and Courtney Robinson, who was a recipient of the NSW 2006 Minister's Award for Excellence in Student Achievement. Currently in 2007 the School Captains are Mathew Heap and Mia Burns.
SRC representatives are generally highly regarded by their peers due to their role in the organisation of many recreational activities and special events. Such events are generally either funded by the Council or presented to the school by the Council. The KHS SRC of 2005 were noted for their success in adopting a child from China and funding King Jika Moto his community through donations raised by the school community. The 2006 SRC attempted to introduce new events into the school such as a Film Festival. The KHS SRC also raises funds to support external worthy causes such as Canteen (a support network for teens with cancer), Pink Ribbon Day (for breast cancer awareness), Daffodil Day and others. The SRC raises funds for these causes by organising events such as out of uniform days and JIK the occasional sale of popular treats which are ordinarily unavailable from the school canteen.
SRC meetings are occasionally attended by the School Principal, Graeme Sutherland, or the Deputy Principal, Noela Lewis.
Sport
Kiama High School has many successful sporting achievements to its name, having produced several great athletes in Australian sport. The high school has done very well in CHS sporting events, including reaching the national rugby league finals, as well as having former students as national representatives such as Sally Fitzgibbons, the current U18's Girls Junior World Surfing Champion, Donna Kosta, a national tae known doe champion and Luke Muttdon, a national u18s Rugby League representative. Former students Ashton Sims and Brett Morris are players for St George Illawarra Dragons.
Building Program
In 2003, the NSW Government provided AU$3.5 Million in a rebuilding program which saw several timber buildings, dating back to the 1960's, demolished and replaced with modern multi storey brick and corrugated iron structures with ample modern natural lighting. The school sits on a sloping block which slopes downward in an easterly direction.
The two storey L block replaced B and C blocks. This new building, completed in 2004, includes 4 modern computer labs equipped with ergonomic furnishings. Also housed are 8 general purpose class rooms and a large common study area on each level.
Adjacent to block L is the new three storey block M. This three storey building was built to replace the former block D and an increasing number of demountable buildings on the southern oval. The block D foundations were sinking and unstable. Building commenced in 2006 and was officially completed in February 2007 ready for the 2007 school year. The building consists of three storeys which house the new combined staffroom on the upper level and Music, Art, and PD/H/PE below.
The new block M lift provides wheelchair access to buildings M, L and existing buildings via a new multi storey ramp which services both buildings from the A block pathway to provide level access to buildings on the otherwise steeply sloped site. Students and staff now enjoy beautiful beach, ocean and lighthouse views from the newly completed three storey high ramp.
We would also like to pay special attention to a quiet achiever in year 11. JIK has recently been announced national champion in both the annual wok frying competition, and in martial arts. Well done JIK you would have made your biological parents in Asia very proud.