Duval High School
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Duval High School, a government funded higher school education facility located in Armidale, New South Wales
, Australia
was founded in 1974. Its current enrolment is approximately 800 students, male and female, from Year 7 to Year 12.
The school's motto
is 'Learning to Live'.
, a farmer from Staffordshire
, England
who, following the break and enter of a property, was sentenced to death in 1825. Duval was transported to New South Wales
and worked for Captain William Dumaresq guiding squatters to the North.
Recent productions have included:
State Final victory, 2004; State Finals, Futsal
, 2004; table tennis
State Finals, 2004,girls soccer state champions 2008
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
was founded in 1974. Its current enrolment is approximately 800 students, male and female, from Year 7 to Year 12.
The school's motto
Motto
A motto is a phrase meant to formally summarize the general motivation or intention of a social group or organization. A motto may be in any language, but Latin is the most used. The local language is usual in the mottoes of governments...
is 'Learning to Live'.
History
The school sits at the foot of Duval Mountain, which was named after stockman John DuvalJohn DuVal
John Tabb DuVal was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, in 1940, and grew up in Jenkintown, a suburb of Philadelphia. He holds an A.B. in English from Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, a Master of Arts in English from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Master's in French, a...
, a farmer from Staffordshire
Staffordshire
Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
who, following the break and enter of a property, was sentenced to death in 1825. Duval was transported to New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
and worked for Captain William Dumaresq guiding squatters to the North.
Achievements
Duval High School is recognised for producing above average Higher School Certificate results. The following statistics are from the NSW Board of Studies.2003 Higher School Certificate Examination Results
- 27 of 114 students appeared on the State Merit List (for scoring over 90% in a subject).
- Duval High School students appear on the Merit List 42 times.
- 61 of 114 students scored 80% or above in a subject.
- Of the 38 courses examined at Duval High School, 30 were consistent with, or above, the state average.
2002 Higher School Certificate Examination Results
- NSW Top All-Rounders: 2 from Duval High School
- Students on the Honour Roll in NSW who achieved a mark of 90% or above in any 1 of the 113 Higher School Certificate subjects:
- Duval High School: 90 19 Credits (Above 90) English 8 Mathematics 8
- 14 State Merit List Awards
- 78 Results in Band 5/6
- 25 Results in Extension Band 3/4
- Substantial number in Band 6
- 15 Subjects Above State Average on a State Average
- Of the 39 courses examined at Duval High School, 32 of these were consistent with, or above, the state average.
2001 Higher School Certificate Examination Results
- 14 State Merit List Awards
- 78 Results in Band 5/6
- 25 Results in Extension Band 3/4
- 15 Subjects Above State Average on a State Average
The arts
Duval High School is also recognised for the talent of students in the field of arts, particularly the performing arts. The school is renowned for its bold approach to theatre, and has presented a wide variety of plays in different theatrical styles and dealing with different contexts.Recent productions have included:
- Under Milk WoodUnder Milk WoodUnder Milk Wood is a 1954 radio drama by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, adapted later as a stage play. A movie version, Under Milk Wood directed by Andrew Sinclair, was released during 1972....
, a play by Dylan ThomasDylan ThomasDylan Marlais Thomas was a Welsh poet and writer, Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 11 January 2008. who wrote exclusively in English. In addition to poetry, he wrote short stories and scripts for film and radio, which he often performed himself...
, - The Importance of Being EarnestThe Importance of Being EarnestThe Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on 14 February 1895 at St. James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personae in order to escape burdensome social obligations...
by Oscar WildeOscar WildeOscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s... - Love Actually...Not (a student-directed cabaret)
- The VisitThe VisitThe Visit is a 1956 tragicomic play by Swiss dramatist Friedrich Dürrenmatt.-Plot summary:...
by Friedrich DürrenmattFriedrich DürrenmattFriedrich Dürrenmatt was a Swiss author and dramatist. He was a proponent of epic theatre whose plays reflected the recent experiences of World War II. The politically active author's work included avant-garde dramas, philosophically deep crime novels, and often macabre satire...
.
Sporting
Duval High School is also recognised for its high achievements in sporting including girls' soccer State Final, 2006; boys field hockeyField hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
State Final victory, 2004; State Finals, Futsal
Futsal
Futsal is a variant of association football that is played on a smaller pitch and mainly played indoors. Its name is a portmanteau of the Portuguese futebol de salão and the Spanish fútbol de salón , which can be translated as "hall football" or "indoor football"...
, 2004; table tennis
Table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...
State Finals, 2004,girls soccer state champions 2008