Arthur Phillip High School

Arthur Phillip High School (abbreviated as APHS) is a coeducational public high school, located in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia. The school was established in 1960 in its own right, in buildings which had been used continuously as a school since 1875, and is named for Arthur Phillip, the first governor of the state of New South Wales and the founder of the city of Sydney.

History

Parramatta South Public School opened in 1873, and in 1875 moved to Smith Street. In 1887 it became a "Superior Public School" offering both primary and post-primary courses. In 1907 it was renamed Parramatta. For many years, boys' and girls' post-primary classes were taught separately in the adjacent buildings. In 1944, they were combined into a Central School. At the start of 1958, the primary school moved to Macquarie Street, where it remains today. In 1960, the secondary classes were separately established as Arthur Phillip High School. At the front of the main side of its two-part campus the Old School House building, now a museum, is situated and contains photos and items pertaining to education in Australia's early colonial era and beyond. The Old School House is the oldest continuously used educational building in Sydney.^[1]

Campus

The campus is located at the corner of Smith Street and Macquarie Street in Parramatta's central business district, on both sides of Macquarie Street. The architectural front and main entrance of the school faces Smith Street, however it is rarely used and is an artefact of a different structure which has now changed due to the building's numerous appendages. The school has a central courtyard around which the main classroom buildings are arranged, and additional sports grounds which have gradually decreased in size due to an increase in demountable classrooms.

Social initiatives

Arthur Phillip High School has a Refugee Transition Program which engages with the wider migrant and refugee community in Western Sydney.^[2]

Incidents and accidents

Terrorism event

In 2015, 15 year old student of the school, Farhad Khalil Mohammad Jabar, was the perpetrator of the 2015 Parramatta shooting.^[3][4]

Another student was arrested after he encouraged terrorism after this shooting.^[5]

Student stabbing attack

On 23 November 2020, the school went to lockdown after a stabbing attack on a 14 year old male student, NSW Police was alerted at 8:30 am and searched around the area. However, no arrests were made after the investigation. Officers from Parramatta Police Area Command established a crime scene and investigated how the boy was stabbed. The boy suffered serious injuries after multiple stab wounds on his body and was taken to hospital soon after, however, classes were resumed after the incident unfolded.^[6]

See also

1. ^ "Arthur Philip High School – Australian Historical Markers on Waymarking.com". waymarking.com.
2. ^ School background 2015–2017 Arthur Phillip High School
3. ^ "Police shooting sparks Sydney raids". Nine News. 7 October 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
4. ^ "Major players in Sydney terror raids". Special Broadcasting Service. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
5. ^ "'Merrylands Police Station is next': Student arrested on way to school". ABC News. 5 October 2015.
6. ^ Mark Saunokonoko (24 November 2020). "Teen charged after 'nightmare' student stabbing at school in Sydney's west". Nine Entertainment Co. Retrieved 13 March 2024.

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