Kadina High Campus
Kadina High Campus, part of The Rivers Secondary College, is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school campus, located in Goonellabah, a suburb of Lismore, in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia.
Kadina High Campus (part of The Rivers Secondary College) | |
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Kadina High Campus (TRSC) Location in New South Wales | |
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Coordinates | 28°49′04″S 153°20′19″E |
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Type | Government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school campus |
Motto | Success with Honour |
Established | 1976 (as Kadina High School) |
School district | Lismore; Regional North |
Educational authority | NSW Department of Education |
Principal | Ian Davies[1] |
Teaching staff | 47.8 FTE (2018)[2] |
Years | 7–12 |
Enrolment | ~440[2] (2018) |
Campus | Regional |
Colour(s) | Bottle green, black and white |
Newspaper | Kadina News |
Website | kadina-h |
Established in 1976 as Kadina High School, the campus enrolled approximately 440 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom 16 percent identified as Indigenous Australians and five percent were from a language background other than English.[2] The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education; the principal is Ian Davies.[1]
The Rivers Secondary College comprises the Richmond River High Campus, the Kadina High Campus, and the Lismore High Campus.
House system
Students are divided alphabetically into four house groups. School carnivals in swimming, athletics and cross country are organised on a house basis. There are also sport captains in each sport house that lead the houses into house and school spirit chants and organise house meetings and do various jobs. The houses are:
- Bradman – named in honour of the late Sir Donald Bradman, an Australian cricketing legend;
- Fraser – named in honour of Dawn Fraser, an Australian champion swimmer;
- Newcombe – named in honour of John Newcombe, an Australian former World No. 1 tennis player;
- Cuthbert – named in honour of Betty Cuthbert, an Australian athlete and fourfold Olympic champion.
Notable alumni
- Craig Foster – former soccer player and sports journalist; human rights and refugee ambassador[3]
- Paul Foster – former soccer player[3]
- Adam Gilchrist AM – former cricket player; captained Australia; now sports journalist[4]
- Adam Hughes – former soccer player
- Ngaire Joseph – singer-songwriter[5]
- David Mead – rugby league football player[6]
- Taya Smith-Gaukrodger – singer/worship leader for Hillsong United[7]
- Emma Tom – author and journalist
- Darren Williams – author
- Jake Collins - Actor, Entrepreneur and Journalist
- Craig Price - 2nd Place in 2014 Speak Off
References
- "Principal welcome". The Rivers Secondary College, Kadina High Campus. NSW Department of Education. January 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- "The Rivers Secondary College, Kadina High Campus, North Lismore, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- "Local heroes go back to school". Lismore Echo. 18 May 2006. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
- "The double casting of Adam Gilchrist". ABC. 7 February 2007. Archived from the original on 16 October 2007. Retrieved 23 February 2007.
- Encalada, Javier (10 July 2015). "Former Lismore singer Ngaiire hitting high notes". The Northern Star. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
- Mascord, Steve (3 May 2013). "MEN OF THE WORLD Two: DAVID MEAD (Papua New Guinea & Australia)". Stevemascord.com. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
- "Ex Kadina High School Vice Captain Taya Smith performing on The Morning Show Channel 7". Facebook. Retrieved 20 November 2017.