Cabramatta High School is the local high school of Cabramatta, an urbanised suburb located in south-west Sydney, Australia. The school was established in 1958 as the suburb's first high school. It has attracted much undue negative publicity in the last decade over sensationalised media reports that drug and gang-related crimes were directly linked to Cabramatta High School students. Despite this problem though, Cabramatta High School has an impressive record of academic and practical successful students, mostly achieving grade-averages higher than most other schools in the local area.
The school created a Peace garden as a memorial to student's families history going through the war, it was broadcast as a documentary on ABC channel Australia.
The ACO (Australian Chamber Orchestra) in late 2005 chose Cabramatta High School as the first school to be in their new education program.
On the 25th of October, 2006, the school was selected as the first school in South-West Sydney to have an RAP (Respect Acceptance Participation) Day for student representatives from secondary school and Intensive English Centres across South Western Sydney Region.
On the 3rd of November, 2006, Cabramatta High School hosted the “Make Noise for Peace Day”, in commemoration of the award of the Sydney Peace Prize to Irene Khan. Irene Khan herself, along with Director of the Sydney Peace Foundation, Stuart Rees, Member of Legislative Assembly for Cabramatta, Reba Meagher, Director of Department of Education, Doctor Paul Brock, various other members from Amnesty International, Religious leaders, various organizations, and students from other primary and high schools were present at the occasion.
Cabramatta High School has been praised by many people in the Public for its great diversity of students with the great conception of multiculturalism and peace of many different cultures in enabling an enjoyable location to learn.
The school celebrated their 50th year anniversary with a banquet at the local restaurant.
On the 21st of November 2008, the Class of 88 (86 for Year 10) celebrated their 20th year reunion at the Barclay Lounge. The event was attended by a strong turnout of former students and also a number of teachers were there to celebrate the evening.
Famous quotes containing the words high and/or school:
“Gifts of one loved me,—
‘T was high time they came;
When he ceased to love me,
Time they stopped for shame.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“There is nothing intrinsically better about a child who happily bounces off to school the first day and a child who is wary, watchful, and takes a longer time to separate from his parents and join the group. Neither one nor the other is smarter, better adjusted, or destined for a better life.”
—Ellen Galinsky (20th century)