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School Times
• Dapto High School starts at 8:28 every morning and finishes at 2:40 every afternoon.
• On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday we have 5 classes as well as recess and lunch
Thursday School Times.
• On Thursday we only have 3 classes and recess and lunch because we have sport so school finishes at 2:30.
Canteen
• At Dapto High, students have the choice to bring their own lunch or purchase something from the school canteen.
• The canteen operates every day, recess and lunch.
Uniform
• At Dapto High School, we have to wear school uniform.
• Every student also has to wear leather enclosed shoes.
• On Thursday we wear a yellow and maroon shirt with black DHS shorts for sport.
Specific Uniforms
• All girls must wear a polo shirt or a blouse and the maroon shorts and skirts.
• All boys must wear grey polo shirts and grey shorts.
Holidays
• Dapto High School has 4 lots of school holidays.
• We have 3 lots of 2 weeks and 1 lot of 6 weeks for our Christmas Holidays.
Sport
• Every Thursday is Dapto High Schools sport day. Every student picks 1 sport to do on the Thursday afternoon.
• This goes on for 1 ½ hours after lunch.
Sporting Carnivals
• Every year Dapto High School students participate in 3 sporting carnivals. The Swimming Carnival, Athletics Carnival and Cross Country.
Sporting Carnivals
• Cross country is just long distance running around the school ovals.
• The athletics carnival has a variety of sports such as high jump, long jump, shot put, discus, javelin and running.
Subjects
At Dapto High School, year 9 have the option of picking 2 out of 8 elective subjects along with the normal subjects of:• Maths• English• Science• P.E• Health• History and Geography.
University
• Students have the option to go along to year 12.
• This year, students sit examinations that rank them for university admissions. (HSC)
• Once they complete year 12 and their HSC they can go to university if they get a high enough score.