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Taroona High School
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Taroona High School is a government co-educational comprehensive junior secondary school located in , a suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Established in 1958, the school caters for approximately 1,100 students from Years 7 to 10. The school is administered by the Tasmanian Department of Education.
In 2019 student enrollments were 1,110. The school principal is Charles White. The school is planning to expand into years 11 and 12 with limited courses starting in the 2022 school year at the University of Tasmania campus.
The school's most notable former student is Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark.
The school is located on the shore of the Derwent River, with a rocky beach. In 2003 Taroona High School underwent a major redevelopment. The school feeder zone covers students in the southern suburbs of Hobart such as Taroona, Dynnyrne and Sandy Bay but students also come from access schools in a wide range of other areas such as West Hobart and Blackmans Bay.
Taroona High School features four building areas each with two or more levels:
A Block contains the office, principal, general classrooms on the top two floors and a Learning Centre, used for teaching children with special needs. The lower floor houses the Library and the Exploring the Ocean classroom. Construction started in 1957, and it opened for use in 1958, the first building in the school. An extension called the Science Demonstration Block was added in 1969.
B Block is composed of a mixture of general classes as well as art rooms on the top floor, with kitchens for food based courses, general purpose classrooms on the ground floor, as well as Design and Technology workshop facilities and a fully equipped Canteen on the lower ground floor.
C Block was originally built in 1962. C Block is mainly devoted to both Music, Drama, and Contemporary Music classes, with all music rooms on the top floor of the new extension of the block, and Drama and Contemporary Music facilities below. C Block now contains multiple new classrooms that are used for Grade 10 classes, as well as staff offices.
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