Grafton High School

About

Grafton High School prides itself on its excellent achievements in academic, cultural and sporting endeavours. Please see the story section in the about tab for more information regarding the GHS facebook page.

Story

Situated on Bundjalung land in the picturesque Clarence Valley, Grafton High School is the oldest secondary school in the Clarence and the sixth oldest secondary school in country NSW. Grafton High School prides itself on its excellent achievements in academic, cultural and sporting endeavours. The school aims to create an educational climate in which each student is encouraged and assisted to grow to full intellectual, social, emotional and physical maturity.

In joining our community on Facebook, GHS follows the Department of Education Code of Conduct and Facebook’s Community Standards.

Students

Facebook Terms and Conditions state no one under the age of 13 years should have a Facebook profile. Therefore, any comments
or page fans from primary students on the GHS page will be removed and, if warranted, users will be reported.

Tagging or naming student photos

Photos of students can only be published if the correct Department of Education permission o publish forms have been completed by the
student’s parent or guardian. The photo must be removed after one year of publishing unless further permission from the parent is sought.

For privacy and protection, please do not tag photos of children, and please do not name them in your comments, unless the previously
mentioned permissions is sought. On rare occasions and with parental permission, students may be named by the school
Facebook administration team. Tagging of parents or friends within the comment box is permitted with the understanding that all
other rules of engagement are followed.

Comments

GHS encourages interaction from participants with the understanding that the school does not endorse comments made by visitors to the page. We ask that visitors making comments on the page show respect for other users by ensuring discussions remain civil. Personal attacks, trolling or spam will not be tolerated. We reserve the right to remove comments that do not adhere to the rules of engagement of the page and Facebook’s community standards including comments that:

■ are deemed racist, sexist, abusive, profane, violent, obscene, spam

■ advocate illegal activity

■ are wildly off-topic

■ libel, incite, threaten or make personal character attacks on GHS students, employees, guests or other individuals. We reserve the right to remove any participant that does not adhere to the rules of engagement or Facebook’s Community Standards.

Remember, your name and photo will be seen next to your comment, visible to all visitors to the page.

We will not permit messages selling products or promoting commercial, political or other ventures.

Moderation Hours

This page is moderated from 9am to 3pm on weekdays.