Here are some photos of the old school taken by Attila early this year (2010). It closed as a school in 1987, only 22 years after first opening. The building still looks much the same from outside, but has been extensively refurbished inside, as you can see from “A” block. \u00c2\u00a0 And of course the courtyards in each classroom block were roofed over not long after we left – what a crazy design for a Canberra school! Remember freezing as we waited in line outside the classrooms in winter?<\/p>\n
Most of the classroom blocks are tenanted. The school hall was unavailable to be photographed, unfortunately. Watson High memorabilia (mainly old photos) is now consigned to a couple of boxes in the ACT Education Department archives. There was very little from the early days when we were there\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0– we’ve reproduced the ones that came from our era on the website (mainly class photos). But the school still lives on in our memories and those of our teachers!<\/p>\n
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