Muirfield High School

Muirfield High School is a public, co-educational, secondary day school located in North Rocks, a north-western suburb of Sydney, Australia.

Established in 1976^[1] and operated by the New South Wales Department of Education, Muirfield is a non-selective school catering for approximately 738 students from Years 7 to 12.^[2]

History

Muirfield High School opened in 1976 as a comprehensive, co-educational high school.^[2]

In 1989 the school was identified as one of twenty-six technology high schools in New South Wales,^[2] becoming one of the first Public schools in New South Wales to introduce computers into the curriculum. The aim of the 'Technology High School' was to produce "technologically-literate people" and to give an advantage to students who are seeking a career in computing or technology-based industries.^[3] Additionally over the past five years (2014–2018) the school has had a student in the top ten of State for the HSC/TAFE course Information & Digital Technolroduce, and livestock.

Alumni

Scott Tunkin - Australian Olympic Baseballer
Andrew Crews - NSL Footballer
Kieren Briggs - GWS Giants AFL Footballer
Chad Staples – Zookeeper at Featherdale Wildlife Park^[4]
Tom Burton - Olympic Gold Medalist (Sailing)
Aideen Keane – athlete and footballer for Sydney FC (A-League Women) in the A-League Women^[5]^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "About Muirfield High School". Muirfield High School. Archived from the original on 30 August 2007. Retrieved 18 September 2007.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Muirfield High School". School Locator. New South Wales Public Schools. Retrieved 24 February 2008.
^ Sarno, Tony (22 October 1989). "The New Kids of High Tech". Computers. Sydney: The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 1. Retrieved 24 February 2008.
^ "Zookeeper Chad | Featherdale Wildlife Park".
^ "2017 Results for SW – Secondary Football (Soccer)- Girls – Championship".
^ "SYDNEY FC WELCOMES LUCY, AIDEEN AND MARGAUX".

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