James Sheahan Catholic High School
| James Sheahan Catholic High School | |
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Orange, New South Wales Australia |
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| Type | Co-educational Day |
| Motto | Semper Paratus |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Established | 1980 |
| Principal | Mark Pauschmann |
| Employees | ~100 |
| Enrolment | 1,017 |
| Website | www |
James Sheahan Catholic High School is a Catholic non-government co-educational school located in Orange, New South Wales, Australia, 260 km west of the state capital Sydney. It is located on Anson Street in Orange next to the train line and is adjacent to the Orange Christian School. it is the largest Catholic school in the Bathurst Diocese.
The co-curricular music programme at James Sheahan includes private lessons as well as a range of ensemble music, including an orchestra, concert band, Choir and stage band. The "Music Manifesto" is an annual performance put on by the school which showcases their ensembles as well as other small music groups and solo performances.
The school's drama departmentallows students to express the creativity through dances and performances. Every year James Sheahan showcases a production at the Orange Civic theatre. In 2017 the production was the "Wizard of Oz".
Students at James Sheahan may choose to participate in a wide range of sporting activities. Cricket, Netball, Rugby Union, Rugby League, Soccer, Equestrian, Triathlon, League-tag, Rugby 7's, Cross Country, Hockey, Basketball and Dragon Boating are just some of the sports offered by the school. All students also take part in the annual Swimming and Athletics carnivals.
In addition to Music, Drama and Sport, a number of other activities are available to students. These include the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme, Cattle team, Public speaking, Debating, Community service, peer support, Chess, Human powered vehicles, ICAS Competitions, Tournament of the Minds, Work experience, Jindabyne Camp and SRC.
The first stage of James Sheahan Catholic High School was completed in late 1977, when secondary school boys from the local De La Salle College began to attend. In 1980 the school became co-educational when girls from Santa Maria School began attending. The original design only consisted of a 2-3 floored C-shaped building housing classrooms facing North with a wing leading off the edge of the East housing the office and a four-room building adjacent to the corner of the West edge which housed the first science labs. There was also a large house which was where the De La Salle Brothers lived for several years. There were also four basketball courts, four netball courts and two cricket nets down from the school on a large asphalt expanse known as "the tarmac".
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