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Epping Boys High School

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Type
  
High School

School district
  
Epping/Marsfield

Staff
  
~76

Phone
  
+61 2 9869 2701

Founded
  
1957

Established
  
1957

Principal
  
Tim O'Brien

Grades
  
7-12

Motto
  
Strive to Achieve

Color
  
Green, gold

Address
  
Epping Boys High School, 213 Vimiera Rd, Marsfield NSW 2122, Australia

Similar
  
Cheltenh Girls High School, Ryde Secondary College, Marsden High School, James Ruse Agricultur, Muirfield High School

Profiles

Epping Boys High School is a government high school located at Marsfield, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was established in 1957. Tim O'Brien is the principal.

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Achievements

As well as high musical achievements the school also has a strong sporting background and are high achievers in the academic field as well. The school has been placed on the Centre of Excellence program.

On 15 April 2010 the school hosted a Community Cabinet meeting chaired by the Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd.

School style

The school traditionally uses green and gold in its logo and student uniforms. The school tie for junior year students consists of gold stripes on green with white stripes and school logo, while for senior year students consists of gold school logo printed on a pure green background.

Houses

The school has four houses, which are based upon prominent figures in the Epping-Eastwood area. Pupils competing in sport, academic and other various events earn points for their houses. At the end of the year, the house with the most points win the house cup. The houses are named after the people who built farms in the Marsfield area. The houses are:

  • Darvall (Red)
  • Harris (Yellow)
  • Midson (Blue)
  • Terry (Green)
  • Alumni

  • John Abernethy - NSW State Coroner (2000-2007)
  • Adam Biddle (footballer) - former Sydney FC football player
  • John Cartmill - Professor of Surgery at Australian School of Advanced Medicine, Macquarie University
  • Iva Davies - musician, lead singer of Icehouse
  • Stuart Dickinson - former rugby referee, most capped Australian referee at international level
  • Michael Ebeid - chief executive of SBS
  • Sam Gallagher - U20 Socceroos player in the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup
  • Brendan Kerry - figure skater
  • Kevin Kim - member/lead vocal of South Korean boy band ZE:A
  • Paul Murray - Sky News Australia presenter
  • Jack Newton - professional golfer
  • Brett Papworth - Wallaby
  • Dr Ezio Rizzardo, awarded the 2011 Prime Minister’s Prize for Science
  • Geoffrey Robertson - QC and Rhodes Scholar (1970)
  • Craig Shipley - baseball player, second Australian to play Major League Baseball
  • Jordan Simpson - BSC Young Boys football player
  • Tyler Simpson - former Queensland Roar and Perth Glory football player
  • Alex Wilkinson - Footballer for Sydney FC and the Socceroos
  • References

    Epping Boys High School Wikipedia