| Kahibah Public School | |
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| Location | |
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Frith Street,Kahibah,New South Wales Australia | |
| Coordinates | 32°57′59″S151°42′49″E / 32.96639°S 151.71361°E /-32.96639; 151.71361 |
| Information | |
| Type | Government-fundedco-educationalprimaryday school |
| Motto | Progress With Honour |
| Established | 1938; 88 years ago (1938) |
| School district | Glenrock |
| Educational authority | New South Wales Department of Education |
| Years | K–6 |
| Enrolment | 287 (2012) |
| Campus type | Suburban |
| Website | kahibah-p |
Kahibah Public School is agovernment-fundedco-educationalprimaryday school, located inKahibah, a suburb ofLake Macquarie,New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1938 in the Kahibah Memorial Hall, it moved to its current location in 1954. The school caters for students fromKindergarten toYear 6 with a total enrolment of approximately 287.[1][2]
The school is a registered war memorial.[3][4]
In 1938 Kahibah Public School was established as an Infants (early primary) school in the Kahibah Memorial Hall with an initial enrolment of 33 students and with a single teacher. By 1949 the enrolment had risen to 50 however the school still had only one teacher and a new, more permanent school that catered for all primary ages was needed.[5]
After closing for a short time in 1951, with most students transferred to the school atCharlestown, it reopened as a Primary school in 1952.[5]
In 1953 land at the present site was acquired and the school opened with four buildings in 1954. In 1955 a furtheracre of land was acquired and another two buildings were built and occupied by October of that year although the school was not officially opened until 11 August 1956.[5] Two more buildings were added to the school in 1960.[6]
After reaching an enrolment peak of approximately 450 in the mid-1970s enrolment has reduced during successive years to the current figure of 252.[1][5]
The Kahibah Memorial Hall (originally called the Soldier's Memorial Hall) was opened in 1922 on land approximately 270 m (886 ft) north-west of the current site of the school. When it was demolished in 1996 to make way forhome units proceeds of the land sale were paid to the Kahibah Public SchoolP&C Association. In 2004 the KahibahWorld War I andWorld War II honour rolls from the hall were transferred to the Kahibah Public School Memorial Hall for display and safekeeping and the school was registered officially as awar memorial.[3][4][7][8][9][10]
