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Harrison School opened in 2008. The school has been built on the original farmland of ‘Well Station.’ A number of trees have been listed as having heritage significance and need to be protected and preserved, as well as a small flock of endangered Superb Parrots. The priority enrolment area for the school includes the suburbs of Harrison and parts of Gungahlin, and the school shares Franklin with Palmerston District Primary School. It is located on Wimmera Street, Harrison adjacent to neighbourhood and district playing fields. The school currently has facilities for students from pre-school to year 6. The school will extend to year 7-10 in 2012. The design of the school aims to provide inclusion for students with disabilities to a higher degree than at any previous school in the ACT. The school has four special needs classrooms for students with a disability, which are completely integrated with the mainstream student classrooms, and one high support needs unit integrated within the school complex. The school ethos operates with a values and belief system that is reflected in the Code of Practice for the school community. Our key values are Respect, Care, Acceptance, Inclusion, Teamwork, Learning and Fair go. Environmentally sustainable design features have been incorporated in the school. Specifically, water sensitive urban design principles have been applied with rainwater to be collected on-site in large underground rainwater tanks and extensive use is made of rainwater run-off in hard paved areas to irrigate garden areas. The school design provides flexible, modern, high quality and environmentally sustainable educational facilities that support the learning of the growing community. School colours are royal blue, navy and red.
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Improving ACT Public High Schools and Colleges: A Discussion Paper to Generate Ideas
Our high schools and colleges are changing. They are developing plans and programs of study to meet the individual needs of their students. But more needs to be done. We are looking for new and innovative ideas that will help our school system cater better for the aspirations and interests of young people in the ACT. We want to create a connected, integrated education environment that will excite and engage our students and encourage them to adopt the philosophy of lifelong learning. We are seeking ideas from students and young people, teachers and support staff, parents and community members, colleagues from other education settings and business and industry. More...