Narangba Valley State High School
public school in Narangba, Queensland, Australia
Narangba Valley State High School (NVSHS) is a co-educational, state secondary school in Narangba, Queensland. It is one of the newest schools in the state, having only opened on 1 January 2000.
Principals
Ken Kennedy (2000–2002)
Ross Mackay (2002– 1 August 2014)
Adam Colley (1 August 2014 – 2015) (5 March 2018 – 16 July 2018)
Steven Miskin (16 July 2018 – 15 December 2021)
Kyrra Mickelborough (15 December 2021 – present)
Academics
Narangba Valley State High School offers schooling from grade 7 (Grade 8 before 2015) through to 12. The school has had a reasonable amount of academic success, with 71% of students receiving an OP of 1–15 in 2006, one of the highest scores for state schools in the district.
Subjects are offered in a wide range of curriculum areas: Mathematics, English, SOSE, Science, Performing Arts, Life Technology (Home Economics), Design Technology (Manual Arts), ICT and Business, Physical Education, LOTE (Japanese and Spanish) and Visual Arts.
As well as these Academic subjects, the school also has a weekly lesson designed to enhance the life skills of the students, known as SGD (Student Growth and Development). Another of these weekly lessons is VAP (Access to Vocational Pathways). In VAP, Year 10 students have been completing a Certificate II in Work and Vocation Pathways, with an embedded numeracy and literacy short course, adding 7 points towards their Queensland Certificate of Education. In Years 11 and 12, students complete preparation tests for the Queensland Core Skills Test.
Academy programs
Since 2004 the school has offered extension programs in many subjects.
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