21 Nov 2018
On Wednesday November 14th Marrickville High School was proud to receive two significant Awards at the Directors Educational Leadership Principal Network Awards Ceremony.
- The School Award
- Classroom Teacher Award - Ms Vicky Karmogianni - English/History
Principal, Arety Dassaklis was proud to accept the School Award acknowledging Marrickville High School's outstanding achievements in transforming teaching and learning practices, leading to an enormous impact on student learning outcomes.
The leadership team and staff were commended for the development of a school culture based on:
- high expectations
- growing student aspirations
- commitment to quality teaching in every classroom
"The school focus on improving core skills of literacy and numeracy, on data analysis, explicit teaching practices and personalised student support, evidenced by the outstanding high gain performance in NAPLAN results has positioned Marrickville High School as one of the most substantially improved schools in the state" said Virginia Pacey, Director of Public Schools for Marrickville.
Marrickville High School was also commended for its outstanding performance of students in the 2017 HSC. Since 2013 MHS has recorded an outstanding increased percentage of student eligibility for the Australian Tertiary Entrance Rank and is now recognised as one of the leading schools in the state in this area.
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