North Sydney Girls High School

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Established 1914 Years offered 7-12 Campus Urban Motto Ad Altiora (Latin)		Principal David Tomlin Enrolment ~923 Phone +61 2 9922 6666 Founded 1914

Type Public, Selective, Single-sex, Secondary, Day school Address 365 Pacific Hwy, Crows Nest NSW 2065, Australia Similar Sydney Church of England Grammar School, Homebush Boys High School, North Sydney Boys High School

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North Sydney Girls' High School (NSGHS) is an academically selective, public high school for girls, located in Crows Nest, in Sydney, New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia.

Established in 1914, the school currently caters for approximately 930 students from Years 7 to 12. Admission is based entirely on academic results through the Selective High Schools Test undertaken by students in Year 6.

In 2001, The Sun-Herald ranked North Sydney Girls High School first in Australia's top ten girls' schools, based on the number of its alumni mentioned in the Who's Who in Australia (a listing of notable Australians).

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History

North Sydney Girls' High School was officially founded in 1914 with an enrolment of 194 students. The school was originally located on the corner of Hazelbank Road and Pacific Highway (where Cammeraygal High School is now situated). By the 1980s, it was felt that the site could no longer meet the needs of the school, and years of intense lobbying for improved facilities followed. When the New South Wales Government decided to close Crows Nest Boys' High, the facility was transferred to North Sydney Girls'. In December 1993, North Sydney Girls' High officially moved to its current location, following a $6 million building and renovations project.

Enrolments

North Sydney Girls' is an academically selective high school; admission to the school for Year 7 is determined by results in the Selective High Schools test, which is open to all Year 6 students in NSW. A small number of students from other high schools are accepted into years 8 to 12, with applications made to the school to sit for an entrance exam.

Award system

At North Sydney Girls' High School, awards are given based on academic performance in the senior school.

Academic results

The school performs well in public examinations, and in recent years has been placed as the leading girls' school in New South Wales in the Higher School Certificate (HSC) examinations. Annually, at least 30% of Year 12 students achieve places in the top 1% of HSC.

Curriculum

North Sydney Girls' High School is registered and accredited with the New South Wales Board of Studies, and therefore follows the mandated curriculum for all years.

Co- and extracurricular activities

NSGHS offers a diverse range of extracurricular activities.

Music and drama

NSGHS has a theatresports troupe, Junior Drama Ensemble, Year 10 Drama Night, and various clubs available to seniors. They also have a combined Annual Musical with North Sydney Boys High School. Instrumental ensembles and bands include Advanced String Ensemble, Stage (Jazz) Band, Jazz Ensemble, Concert Band, Symphony Orchestra, Wind Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, Beginner Band. Choirs and vocal ensembles include Year 7 Choir, Junior Choir, Intermediate Choir, Combined (NSGHS & NSBHS) Choir, Senior Vocal, and the A Capella group.

Sport and outdoor activity

Co-curricular sports include Basketball, Skiing, Hockey, Cricket, Badminton, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Rowing, Kayaking, Touch Football, Water polo, Fencing, Netball, Tennis, Lacrosse and Volleyball. NSGHS also has a chess club, dance ensembles, cadet program at Marist College North Shore, and have students who participate in Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme.

Academic

Dame Valerie Beral AC FRS, breast cancer epidemiologist

Anna Katherine Donald, Rhodes Scholar (1989)

Dame Janet Ritterman, former director of the Royal College of Music in London, from 1993 to 2005.

Business

Sylvia Tulloch, Founding Managing Director of Dyesol, third generation solar company listed on the ASX.

Entertainment, media and the arts

Jill Hellyer, author and poet

Benita Collings, Play School presenter

Ruth Cracknell, actress

Nathalie Kelley, actress

Nicole Kidman, actress

Katia Tiutiunnik, composer

Naomi Watts, actress

Catherine Martin, production designer

Lucy Maunder, cabaret and theatre performer

Margaret Throsby, ABC Classic FM presenter

Samantha Lang, film and theatre director

Ceridwen Dovey, author

Cassandra Pybus, historian and author

Wendy Huang (Wengie), YouTuber

Janet Patterson, costume designer and production designer

Politics, public service and the law

Verity Firth, Chief Executive Officer of the Public Education Foundation in Australia, a former NSW Minister for Education and Training, the former member for NSW Legislative Assembly seat of Balmain

Justice Lucy McCallum, Judge of the Supreme Court of NSW

Nancy Grace Augusta Wake, resistance fighter known to the Germans as "the White Mouse"; the most decorated woman of World War Two

Shelley Hancock, teacher and parliamentarian; elected as a member of the NSW Legislative Assembly for South Coast (Liberal Party)

Nicola Wakefield Evans, lawyer and company director; partner of King & Wood Mallesons (1993-2013), non-executive director of Toll Holdings, Lend Lease Corporation, Macquarie Group and BUPA Australia & New Zealand; member of the University of NSW council of the Law School and director Asialink, University of Melbourne

Sport

Elise Simone Ashton (née Norwood), Olympic water polo player

Renée Kirby, World Championship-winning rower

Principals

The school principals have been:

References

North Sydney Girls High School Wikipedia

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