Willoughby Girls High School
| Willoughby Girls' High School | |
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| Coordinates | 33°48′10″S 151°11′57″E / 33.80278°S 151.19917°E |
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| Type | Public, Single-sex, Secondary, Day school |
| Motto | Courage, Loyalty, Truth |
| Established | 1934 |
| Principal | Ms. Diprose |
| Enrolment | ~931 (7–12)[1] |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Colour(s) | Navy blue and white |
| Website | www.wghs.nsw.edu.au |
Willoughby Girls' High School (WGHS) is a public, secondary, day school for girls, located in Willoughby, a lower North Shore suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Established in 1934, Willoughby Girls' High currently enrols around 931 students from Years 7 to 12, and is the only comprehensive government girls' school situated on the lower north shore of Sydney.[1]
Facilities and activities
Willoughby Girls High School has a variety of facilities for students, including tennis courts, a playing field, library, senior study rooms, canteen, science labs, computer labs, design and technology rooms, music studio, art rooms, a senior dark room and landscaped courtyards. The school has a wide variety of after school or extracurricular activities available for students. The school has also been providing extension classes for the last nine years in Maths, English and Science for those girls with higher marks, who must sit a test to earn their place each year.[2]
Alumni
- Evonne Goolagong (born 1951), tennis player.
- Jeni Mawter (born 1959), children's author.
- Yvonne Kenny (born 1950), opera singer.
- Jo Haylen , NSW MP for seat of Summer Hill for the Australian Labor Party, elected 2015.
- Justice Ruth McColl, Supreme Court of Australia
See also
References
- ^ a b "Willoughby Girls High School". School Locator. New South Wales Public Schools. Retrieved 15 June 2008.
- ^ Noonan, Gerard (25 July 2005). "Selective classes in a regular school? Clever idea". National. Sydney, NSW: Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 15 June 2008.