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Baulkham Hills High School is an academically selective, Public, co-educational, high school, located at Baulkham Hills, a suburb in the Hills District of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A selective school is a school which admits students on the basis of some sort of selection criteria, usually academic. ... The term public school has three distinct meanings: In the USA and Canada, elementary or secondary school supported and administered by state and local officials. ... Coeducation is the integrated education of men and women. ... A day school is an institution where children are given educational instruction only during the day and after which children return to their homes. ... Baulkham Hills is a suburb in the north-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... NSW redirects here. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... This article is about longitude and latitude; see also UTM coordinate system Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (vertically) and longitude (horizontally); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Cities with at least a million inhabitants in 2006 An urban area is an area with an increased density of human-created structures in comparison to the areas surrounding it. ... Sydney Boys High School, a NSW Selective School Selective schools in New South Wales are government high schools operated by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training that have accepted their students based upon their academic merit. ... The term public school has three distinct meanings: In the USA and Canada, elementary or secondary school supported and administered by state and local officials. ... Coeducation is the integrated education of men and women. ... For other uses, see High school (disambiguation). ... Baulkham Hills is a suburb in the north-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Hills District is a general term for the north-western suburbs of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... This is about the city of Sydney in Australia. ... NSW redirects here. ...

Established in 1971 and operated by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training, the school currently caters for approximately 1,133 students from Years 7 to 12.^[1] It is one of Sydney's highest achieving schools, ranking 2nd in the number of students in honours list of the 2006 New South Wales Higher School Certificate.^{[citation needed]} The New South Wales Department of Education and Training (DET) runs primary schools, secondary schools and Technical and Further Education (TAFE) colleges in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... This article is about the New South Wales Higher School Certificate. ...

History

Baulkham Hills High School (also known as "Baulko") was established in 1971 as a non-selective public school. The school's first selective cohort was in 1990, with all grades being selective by 1995. Over time, the school's academic ranking has improved and in 2005 was ranked 2nd by the Sydney Morning Herald for total number of Distinguished Achievers (DA) for examinations resulting in over 90%. Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar, known as the year of cyclohexanol. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ...

The school was built on the site of a former orange orchard, with the region having once been a major orange producing area of Sydney. This history is acknowledged by the use of an orange on the school crest. The use of the word 'persevere' as the school motto encourages students to persevere in all their studies. Acknowledgement of the agricultural history of the area is also reflected in the naming of the four intramural sports houses of the school, which are named after four prominent early European settlers in the area. Binomial name (L.) Osbeck[1] Percentages are relative to US recommendations for adults. ...

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Admissions and enrolment

Total enrolment in junior years (7-10) is approximately 180 students, and around 200 in senior years (11-12). Total number of enrolments is 1130 students.

As a selective school, entry into the school in Year 7 is based upon results in a State-wide examination known as the Selective High Schools Test. Entry into vacant places in later stages is based on a reserve list and other criteria, mainly reports from previous years. The school also has a Special Education Unit through which students with intellectual disabilities receive extra support and lessons designed to equip them for active participation in the wider community upon graduation. These students are also encouraged to take part in all aspects of school life and are an integral part of the school community. Sydney Boys High School, a NSW Selective School Selective schools in New South Wales are government high schools operated by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training that have accepted their students based upon their academic merit. ...

Extracurricular activities

A range of sporting and other extracurricular activities occur at the school, including:

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References

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See also

The New South Wales Department of Education and Training (DET) is a department of the Government of New South Wales. ... This is a list of selective and agricultural high schools run by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training. ...

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