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New and familiar faces join CHS

February 9, 2022 tcwadmin

Cobar High School has two new faces and also two familiar ones joining the staff this year. At back are new teachers Chris Johnson and John Clarke and at front are local residents, Elsa Mitchell and Amy Thompson, who have joined the school’s Student Learning and Support team. Chris will […]

Staff welcomed back

February 9, 2022 tcwadmin

While there are no new additions to the staff at St John’s School this year, the school however has welcomed back teachers Roslyn Lancaster (at left) and Jessica Fugar (at right) from maternity leave, along with Gabrielle Newton (centre) who is returning to full time class teaching.

Mitchell is Dux of the school

December 15, 2021 tcwadmin

Year 12 student Mitchell Chaplain was named Cobar High School’s 2021 Dux of the Year collecting the school’s overall award for academic achievement. Mitchell also earned the University of Newcastle Year 12 Award for Academic Excellence; the Ampol Award for Best All Rounder in the Senior School and the Roy […]

Students and teachers get the chop and raise over $5,000

August 18, 2021 tcwadmin

Cobar High School’s (CHS) Student Rep-resentative Council (SRC) raised over $5,000 at their World’s Greatest Shave fundraiser event for The Leukemia Foun-dation last week. The SRC well and truly exceeded their fundraising goal of $2,500 and finished the day with a massive tally of $5,332.13. Six brave […]

Another group of students keen to take a mining pathway

August 11, 2021 tcwadmin

Another cohort of Cobar High School students has commenced a Mining Path-ways Work Skills Preparation training program with the CSA Mine. The group of nine students are the fourth lot of Cobar High students to undertake the work preparation program which gives them an insight into what it’s like to […]

Principal’s Awards

July 28, 2021 tcwadmin

Earning Cobar High School Principal’s Awards during Term 2 were Year 7 student Sarah Nicholson, Macee Brown (Year 9), Jayden Greenwood (Year 10) and Braydee Mackay (Year 11) who are pictured above with school principal Shane Carter. Due to Covid restrictions regarding visitors to the school, the Term 2 awards […]

New infrastructure project at Cobar High almost complete

July 14, 2021 tcwadmin

The cricket nets at the Cobar High School (CHS) have undergone a refurbishment during the school holidays. CHS principal Shane Carter said he was pleased to see the school’s cricket pitch, which is also available for community use, undergoing resurfacing. He said the pitch was worn and in places had […]

Cobar High School has welcomed local resident Wendy Byrne to their staff as the school’s new Wellbeing Officer. Wendy’s is a new role in the school and is aimed at supporting students and families that require assistance in the demands associated with general school life. As part of the Student […]