Year 11 and 12 students have been helping senior prep teacher Glenda Hutchinson set up a Facebook page 'Taree High School Alumni'.

"I refuse to be daunted!" said Glenda on learning how to navigate and post on the social network.

The Facebook page will be a space to post photos of past students, school memories and other historic memorabilia.

"It's about getting it out of our cupboards and into the community," said Glenda.

Some of this memorabilia will include posting pieces from the school's magazine 'The Torch'.

Originally called 'The Endeavour', the first edition of The Torch came out in 1943 "as an emblem of eternal camradeship, tradition and service". The war years, explained Glenda, tended to engender these lofty symbols.

With a wealth of historic material coming from The Torch alone, students who take part in The Torch elective will be able to learn archive skills.

Photo albums will be created on the Facebook page with pictures from recent reunions as well as memories from school musicals to school sports.

Another exciting prospect Glenda believes the page could bring is the ability to track down students whose history they are not aware of.

"You see we could post a picture like this," says Glenda while motioning to an old photo of a student. "And post it asking 'where did she go?' and people might be able to fill in the pieces."

Jay Davis will be working on finding information on indigenous students.

Offline, work with alumni started in June of this year when the school held its first "Welcome Saturday".

This day encouraged past and future students to go inside the school and take an informal look at what the school looks like in its modern day.

Next year the day will be held in spring and on a Sunday.

Glenda is hoping people could use this day to come along and organise their reunions - to avoid problems such as having to book venues in advance without a clear indication of numbers.

There are also plans for an ex-staff afternoon.

As well, the school is offering the chance to see the school on 'Alumni Wednesday', where if you contact the school, a tour can be arranged on a Wednesday for four to six people.

Current alumni momentos that can be ordered are a keyring and re-prints of The Torch.

"As the oldest school in the area it is a historic icon," said Glenda.

"We want to preserve the past and connect the future, so that its heritage can start to live again."