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Cobar High School
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Local students head back to a different looking classroom
Cobar High School principal Shane Carter is looking forward to welcoming students back to the school this week and he has a couple of surprises in store for them. “Kids make the school, they are the heart and soul of it. “It’s definitely been a very different place without […]
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Teacher’s contributions in and out of classroom to be missed
Cobar High School farewelled one of their teachers, Josh Brown, at the end of the school term last week. Mr Brown will be taking on the role of Head Teacher of Secondary Studies at Peak Hill Central School next term. Mr Brown originally came to Cobar High in Term […]
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Davidson Shield comp is another casualty of Coronavirus
Another sporting casualty of the Coronavirus pandemic is the Davidson Shield competition which was to have been contested between Cobar, Nyngan, Bourke and Walgett high schools next month. The annual sporting contest has a long history and for many of the school’s former students, it was a much anticipated event […]
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Winter Olympian shares his story to inspire local students
Cobar High School had a visit from Australian Olympian Alex Almoukov last week with the Biathlete talking candidly to Year 9 and 10 students about his journey to the Olympics. The visit to Cobar was part of a western area schools tours with Almoukov also talking to students in Dubbo, […]
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Davidson Shield comp is another casualty of Coronavirus
Another sporting casualty of the Coronavirus pandemic is the Davidson Shield competition which was to have been contested between Cobar, Nyngan, Bourke and Walgett high schools next month. The annual sporting contest has a long history and for many of the school’s former students, it was a much anticipated event […]
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To be or not to be the best Shakespeare teacher in the west
Cobar High School English teacher, Nick Short, has been announced as one of 30 recipients of the Bell Shakespeare 2020 Regional Teacher Mentorships. The program provides teachers from regional, rural and remote schools with a fully-funded year-long mentorship with the Bell Shakespeare Company. Mr Short, who has been teaching for […]
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Cobar High School recognises 2019’s top achievers
Darragh McMullen was presented with Cobar High School’s Dux Award for the highest ranking academic student at the school’s end of year presentations last Wednesday. This year’s perpetual award winners included: Abby Carswell (Anita Salter Nee Winders Memorial Award for Outstanding Participation in Sport, University of Newcastle Year 12 […]
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Cobar High students put on a Spectacular performance
Seven Cobar High School students are back at school (and work) this week following their Spectacular experience in Sydney last week. The students, Jordan Warren, Holly Marsden, Lucy Scott, Georgia Boland, Bree Martin, Elly-May Hand and former Year 12 student Bella Coughlan spent the week in Sydney rehearsing and performing […]
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Nursing students deliver tailored program for local teens
A group of nursing students from Southern Cross University has been working on a new health promotion specially designed for Cobar High School students. The third year nurses from the University’s Gold Coast and Lismore campuses have spent the past three weeks in Cobar working with the school community to […]