Taroona High School

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Taroona High School is a co-educational state high school located in Taroona, a southern riverside suburb of greater Hobart, the capital of the island state Tasmania. The school has approximately 1,000 students in grades 7 to 10. In 2003 Taroona High School underwent a major redevelopment. The school caters for students in the southern suburbs of Hobart such as Taroona, Dynnyrne and Sandy Bay but students also come from a wide range of other areas such as West Hobart and Blackmans Bay. The school's most notable former student is Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark. Taroona is known to be Tasmania's most haunted school.FacilitiesTaroona High School features four building areas each with two or more levels: A Block contains general classrooms on the top two floors and a Learning Centre, used for teaching children with special needs. The lower floor houses the Library and the Exploring the Ocean classroom. B Block is composed of a mixture of general classes as well as art rooms on the top floor, with kitchens for food based courses, general purpose classrooms on the ground floor, as well as D&T workshop facilities and a fully equipped Canteen on the lower ground floor. C Block is mainly devoted to both Music and Drama classes, with all music rooms on the top floor, and Drama facilities below. C Block also contains three computer labs, as well as a computer hardware study room and a small room used for the development of projects in conjunction with an Xbox 360 Kinect unit. Gym - The gym is used for whole school assemblies, but mainly for the use of indoor Physical Education classes. The gym is also used for music and drama performances. S Block contains Science labs and classrooms as well as two mobile computer labs contained within the science prep room.