Merrylands High School

Overview

CRICOS Provider: 00588M School Profile: The school is a public comprehensive high school with co-education, providing students with innovative and high-quality courses, equipped with top-notch teaching technology. The school encourages students to study independently and actively, creating a challenging, caring and mutual-aid learning and living environment for students. Students come from many different countries, and they can choose a suitable course of study according to their own culture and needs, so that students can develop comprehensively.

Description

Merrylands High School

Year of establishment: 1959

Year opened: Year7 -Year12

School address: Bristol Street Merrylands NSW 2160

Total number of students: 720

School motto: Truth is fearless! (Truth without fear)

School Introduction:

Merrylands High School is a dynamic comprehensive high school that is highly successful in meeting the academic, vocational, social and leadership goals of its students. We recognise the importance of working in partnership with our community and value the contribution of our partners and the high esteem in which we are held by the community.

The school is enriched by a cosmopolitan student population of over 50 cultural backgrounds. We have a strong focus on personalised learning for each student. This creates an environment where students extend beyond their current level of learning, challenging them to develop across a range of endeavours. In every subject, across all years, there are Gifted and Talented opportunities as well as enrichment and leadership programs for each cohort. 

Geographical environment:

The school is about 40 minutes away from the commercial center of Sydney. The location is a multicultural and harmonious community. The bus and train lines near the school are very developed and travel is convenient.

School facilities:

The school has partnerships with over 30 external agencies including universities, businesses, community organisations and educational providers. These partnerships create abundant opportunities for students to enrich their personal, social and academic life and to develop their leadership potential. We value the partnerships we have established with our vast network of local primary schools and leverage this relationship to deliver a transition program that is recognised as best practice.

Course features:

Merrylands High School is a school proud of our traditions and history, our innovations and our achievements. 

Our students, staff and parents are committed to excellence in a number of areas regularly recognised at a school, national and international level including: 

• academics
• sport
• the arts
• debating
• competitions
• leadership

1. English as a Second Language (ESL)

2. Selectable languages: Chinese, French, Italian

3. Featured activities:

Visual arts, drama, music and other performances;

Career, life, and study skills projects;

University over-curriculum;

Overseas school trips;

Schools and business partners’ cooperative projects;

Web pages and technologies;

Debate and speech projects, etc.;

4. Student Service Center: female counselor; community liaison staff; student culture group; dispute resolution group; active behavior and intervention support projects

5. HSC test results: Most students enter universities or vocational colleges for further studies.

Retrieved from https://merryland-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/