"A local comprehensive and partially selective high school... the very best of both worlds" 
Exciting learning experiences and opportunities for students in 2011 and beyond...

Welcome to our new Principal...

On behalf of the staff, students and parents of our school community, a warm word of welcome is extended to the new Principal of Prairiewood High School, Mr Alan Maclean, formerly Deputy Principal at Endeavour Sports High School.

Congratulations to our top achieving students in the 2011 HSC: Aaron Jolley, Michelle Maiuolo, Stephanie Nguyen, Stephanie Croucher, Fanulla Sapountzis, Shennen Rowland-Clarke, Steven Nguyen, Michael Sprod, Stefan Lay, Danny Cao, Rasha Dahdal, Stephanie Garzaniti, Antony Le, Anthony Luu, Ivy Ly, Michael Mascarenas, Matthew Porpiglia, Roselynn Rebello, Jessica Ribbons, Julian Spinoglio, Gina Jung, Whoopi Hutman and Daniel Zammit.

Congratulations to our top achieving students in the 2011 School Certificate: Juline Bou-Obeid, Anwar Al-Abedi, Alan Allaf, Julian Barcenas, Jamila Benito, Cherrie Buraga, Daniel Garzaniti, Rhiannon Gobsill, Elizabeth Griffin, Ivy Huynh, Naramsen Isaac, Stephanie Italiano, Samantha King, Lungaka Mbedla, Stephanie McCann-Hoey, Whitney Setiawan, Amirah Todor and Brendon Vongsouvanh.

 

What really makes Prairiewood High School different?

• Prairiewood High School has a very strong student welfare support team … with a Year Adviser and an Assistant Year Adviser assigned to each student year group… from Years 7 to 12.
• Almost all teachers in all faculty areas have a recognised qualification (GERRIC) from the University of NSW in the area of teaching Gifted and Talented students, with many also having received specialised training (TELL) for teaching students from Non-English Speaking backgrounds.
• All teaching staff are part of an established Community of Schools group which focuses upon sharing teaching ideas and resources for selective stream students across all areas of the high school curriculum.
• Prairiewood High School receives one million dollars of Commonwealth Government funding each year to assist in developing new strategies to improve learning outcomes for all students.
• In the past two years, three students from Prairiewood High School have been awarded major university scholarships in recognition of their outstanding academic success in the HSC.
• Finally... during 2011, one of our Prairiewood students in Year 12 won the NSW Finals of the SMH Plain English Speaking Competition and a Year 7 student has been awarded a first place prize in the National Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards. In recognition of her outstanding success, a Year 12 VET student has been announced as “Vocational School Student of the Year” for the SW Sydney Institute of TAFE. Additionally, we proudly congratulate another Prairiewood student whose outstanding short film is being featured at the Cannes Film Festival, whilst on the sports field, two students were selected to play in National teams.
  

We are very proud of our school and the many achievements of our students in all of their work, both within and beyond the classroom.

J. Pickering ~ Retiring Principal