Callaghan College Waratah Technology Campus

Callaghan College Waratah Technology Campus
Callaghan College Waratah Technology Campus main entrance
Address
Turton Road Waratah, NSW, 2298 Australia
Coordinates	32°54′23.9″S 151°43′38.5″E / 32.906639°S 151.727361°E / -32.906639; 151.727361Coordinates: 32°54′23.9″S 151°43′38.5″E / 32.906639°S 151.727361°E / -32.906639; 151.727361
Information
Type	State-run high school, public, coeducational
Motto	Excellence, Respect, Responsibility
Established	~2002
Founded	~2001
Opened	~2002
Status	Open
Principal	Dana Fuller
Chaplain	Ivan Paulin (past)
Staff	~55
Teaching staff	~40
Grades	7–10
Enrolment	~556 (2016)
Classrooms	35
Campus type	Urban
Houses	Hannell      Hunter      Shortland      Smith
Colour(s)	Maroon
Communities served	Lower Hunter Region
Website	web3.waratah-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/website/

Callaghan College Waratah Technology Campus (a campus of Callaghan College) is a state-run high school, co-educational day school in Newcastle, located in the north-western residential suburb of Waratah, specialising in the use of technology. It has an enrolment of approximately 556 students, as of 2016.

As a specialist middle school in New South Wales, it teaches Year 7–10 students in accordance with the state government's education curriculum, as determined by the Board of Studies. At the end of Year 10, students proceed to Callaghan College Jesmond Senior Campus for the completion of their studies.

History

The school buildings were originally occupied by Newcastle Boys' High School, a selective boys' high school that operated on the site from 1934 to the end of 1976. At the beginning of 1976 the school became non-selective and co-educational for students in years 7–11, and in 1977 changed its name to Waratah High School. Later the name was changed to Waratah Technology High School, which persisted until the change to Waratah Technology Campus. Despite numerous other changes, the school retains the original Newcastle Boys' High School house names.

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