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Darwin High School Year 10 Legal Studies class participated in the NT Legal Aid Commission’s (NTLAC) Judgement Day program last week.Students learned about aspects of the criminal justice system by participating in a mock trial. Two students admirably played the role of defendants charged with stealing.…

Last year, the Darwin Middle School and Darwin High School Music Departments commenced strategic planning for collaborative work between the schools music programs. This year’s focus is combined school band events introducing the “Bullocky Precinct Band”, to occur at least once per term. By collaborating,…

Darwin High School Humanities teacher, Liam Phillips, was selected for the 2017 Gandel Holocaust Studies Program for Australian Educators. Just one of only 35 teachers from around Australia to be selected, Liam received a fully funded scholarship to attend Holocaust education training at the Yad Vashem Centre for Holocaust Studies in Jerusalem, Israel.

February 19 2017 marked the 75 anniversary of the bombing of Darwin. The attack by enemy aircraft at 9.58am on Thursday 19 February 1942, was the first hostile act on Australian soil in history. This initial attack on Darwin was followed by a further 64 raids over the next two years.

Darwin High School teacher Matt Atfield has returned from a 12 day school visit to Vietnam as part of the ASEAN Bridge program. The school visits help promote cultural understanding between our two countries by sharing resources and working to increase the Vietnamese student's understanding of Darwin…

​Congratulations to Year 12 student Ritwik Dasgupta who received the International Business Student Commendation at the Chief Minister's Northern Territory Export and Industry Awards on 23 September 2016.

Fourteen students from Darwin High School recently competed in the NT Evatt Finals.

On 14 September Darwin High School representatives were pleased to attend the official ‘switch on’ for Australia’s first purpose-built subsea fibre optic cable connecting Darwin to Port Hedland. The Darwin end of the North West Cable System is situated adjacent to Darwin High School and we have watched its progress with interest over the last 2 years.

It's your last chance to donate to our crowdfunding campaign to buy an industrial robot arm. The campaign closes on 7 October and we are very close to meeting our goal of $17,000. Please donate and share the campaign on your social networks. Every donation (big and small) gets us closer to success!

​In mid-September, Year 11 Centre for Excellence Science students visited the Ranger Uranium Mine at Jabiru.