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Picnic Point High School

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Established
  
1962

Colour(s)
  
Green and gold

Motto
  
Knowledge is Life

Founded
  
1962

School type
  
Secondary school

Enrolment
  
Approx. 1000

Phone
  
+61 2 9772 1700

Number of students
  
1,000

Staff
  
85

Principal
  
Wolly Negroh (Retired 2016)

Website
  
picnicpt-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

Address
  
61 Kennedy St, Picnic Point NSW 2213, Australia

Similar
  
East Hills Boys High School, Moorebank High School, Kingsgrove High School, Sefton High School, Punchbowl Boys High School

Picnic point high school


Picnic Point High School is a government high school located in the suburb of Picnic Point, New South Wales, Australia.

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The school has approximately 1000 students in Years 7 to 12. It prepares students for the Higher School Certificate (HSC) in Year 12, and the Record of School Achievement for those students who leave school before attaining the HSC. The school celebrated its 50th anniversary on Saturday, 31 March 2012.

Shaheedi faujan gatka akhara gatka demo at picnic point high school on multicultural day 2011


Notable students and ex-students

  • Jack Bennett, Australian and Oceania track cycling champion
  • Rod Bower, cricketer representing NSW and Tasmania
  • Lachlan Burr, Australia Schoolboy rugby league team
  • Blake Guthrie, Sydney Swans scholarship player
  • Jarrad Hickey, rugby league player with Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
  • Gary Humphrys, corporate executive
  • Dan Jones, radio personality at 104.7 (Canberra)
  • Cameron Phelps, rugby league player with Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and Wigan Warriors
  • Shaun Rennie, international lead role in Cats
  • Peter Smith, rugby league player with Canterbury-Bankstown, South Sydney and Gold Coast
  • Glen Steed, RAAF pilot and youngest-ever peacetime Air Commodore
  • Ray Strudwick, rugby league player with Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Eastern Suburbs Roosters and Parramatta Eels

    • Notable staff and ex-staff

  • Alan Ashton, member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (1999–2011)
  • Ted Glossop, coach of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs rugby league team
  • John Murray, Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
  • Geoff Smith, Australian decathlon champion

    • References

    Picnic Point High School Wikipedia
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