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Sydney Girls High School (abbreviated as SGHS) is an academically selective, Public high school for girls', located at Moore Park, in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Image File history File links Sghs_logo. ... For other uses, see Latin (disambiguation). ... A selective school is a school which admits students on the basis of some sort of selection criteria, usually academic. ... The term public school has three distinct meanings: In the USA and Canada, elementary or secondary school supported and administered by state and local officials. ... A single-sex school is a school that only accepts boys or girls exclusively. ... A day school is an institution where children are given educational instruction only during the day and after which children return to their homes. ... Moore Park is a large area of parkland in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... NSW redirects here. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Cities with at least a million inhabitants in 2006 An urban area is an area with an increased density of human-created structures in comparison to the areas surrounding it. ... Sydney Boys High School, a NSW Selective School Selective schools in New South Wales are government high schools operated by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training that have accepted their students based upon their academic merit. ... The term public school has three distinct meanings: In the USA and Canada, elementary or secondary school supported and administered by state and local officials. ... For other uses, see High school (disambiguation). ... Moore Park is a large area of parkland in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... The Eastern Suburbs is a general term which is used to describe the metropolitan area directly to the east and south-east of the Sydney central business district in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... This is about the city of Sydney in Australia. ... NSW redirects here. ...

Established in 1883 and operated by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training, the school currently caters for approximately 920 students from years 7 to 12,^[1] and is situated next to its 'brother school' Sydney Boys High School. The New South Wales Department of Education and Training (DET) runs primary schools, secondary schools and Technical and Further Education (TAFE) colleges in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... The term sister school originally refered to a definite financial commerce between two colleges or universities. ... Sydney Boys High School is a secondary school in City of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ...

In 2001, The Sun-Herald named Sydney Girls High School the eighth best girls' school in Australia based on the number of its alumni mentioned in the Who's Who in Australia (a listing of notable Australians).^[2] The Sydney Morning Herald is one of the most prestigious and important newspapers in Australia, published daily in Sydney, the largest city in Australia. ... An alumn (with a silent n), alum, alumnus, or alumna is a former student of a college, university, or school. ... The Whos Who in Australia is an Australian biographical dictionary, first published Fred Johns in 1906 as Johnss Notable Australians, it has been published under its current name since 1923. ...

History

Established as Sydney High School in 1883, the school grounds were originally located on Elizabeth Street, Sydney, where the David Jones store currently stands. At the time, the school building was two storeys, blocked off by a high wall. The ground floor was occupied by male students, while the females occupied the first floor. James Ruse Agricultural High School is an agricultural and selective co-educational public high school in Carlingford, New South Wales, Australia. ... Baulkham Hills High School is a public (government) selective high school in Baulkham Hills, a suburb in the north west of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... Sydney Boys High School is a secondary school in City of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... James Ruse Agricultural High School is an agricultural and selective co-educational public high school in Carlingford, New South Wales, Australia. ... Baulkham Hills High School is a public (government) selective high school in Baulkham Hills, a suburb in the north west of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... Hornsby Girls High School is an academically selective, Public high school for girls, located in Hornsby, a suburb on the Upper North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... James Ruse Agricultural High School is an agricultural and selective co-educational public high school in Carlingford, New South Wales, Australia. ... North Sydney Girls High School (note that the official name has no apostrophe) is a selective girls high school in Crows Nest, Sydney. ... Baulkham Hills High School is a public (government) selective high school in Baulkham Hills, a suburb in the north west of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... James Ruse Agricultural High School is an agricultural and selective co-educational public high school in Carlingford, New South Wales, Australia. ... North Sydney Girls High School (note that the official name has no apostrophe) is a selective girls high school in Crows Nest, Sydney. ... Baulkham Hills High School is a public (government) selective high school in Baulkham Hills, a suburb in the north west of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... James Ruse Agricultural High School is an agricultural and selective co-educational public high school in Carlingford, New South Wales, Australia. ... North Sydney Girls High School (note that the official name has no apostrophe) is a selective girls high school in Crows Nest, Sydney. ... Baulkham Hills High School is a public (government) selective high school in Baulkham Hills, a suburb in the north west of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... James Ruse Agricultural High School is an agricultural and selective co-educational public high school in Carlingford, New South Wales, Australia. ... North Sydney Girls High School (note that the official name has no apostrophe) is a selective girls high school in Crows Nest, Sydney. ... Baulkham Hills High School is a public (government) selective high school in Baulkham Hills, a suburb in the north west of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... James Ruse Agricultural High School is an agricultural and selective co-educational public high school in Carlingford, New South Wales, Australia. ... North Sydney Girls High School (note that the official name has no apostrophe) is a selective girls high school in Crows Nest, Sydney. ... Sydney Boys High School is a secondary school in City of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... David Jones is a common name, particularly in Wales, and there have been several well-known individuals with this name. ...

Because of high levels of noise pollution from transport and other activities, the boys' school moved to a different location, followed by the girls' school, which became Sydney Girls High School. Ironically, the two streets currently adjacent to the school, Anzac Parade and Cleveland Sreet, are both large and busy roads that still make classrooms noisy from time to time.

In 1921, SGHS moved to the former Sydney Zoo site, which was formerly known as the 'Billy Goat Swamp' but is better identified as being opposite Moore Park, Fox Studios and the SCG. The new building incorporated many modern features necessary for twentieth century education, provided large areas of greenery and was more quiet, but students were still sad to leave the original school site. Giraffes in Sydneys Taronga Zoo A zoological garden, zoological park, or zoo is a facility in which animals are confined within enclosures and displayed to the public, and in which they may also be bred. ... Moore Park is the name of more than one place: Moore Park, New South Wales in Sydney, Australia Moore Park, Toronto in Canada This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) (, ) is a cricket stadium in Sydney. ...

SGHS students supported the war effort on the homefront in both World War I and World War II by organising care packages and knitting socks and other important clothing items for the soldiers on the front. Image File history File links SGHSfront. ... Image File history File links SGHSfront. ... â€œThe Great War â€ redirects here. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

In 1999, a severe hailstorm in Sydney caused significant damage to the school grounds, destroying areas of the roof and causing water leakage into many of the classrooms. To repair and prepare for restorations, students were given a week off school. On the upside, this storm also destroyed much of the obsolete computer technology and paved the way for a large base of new technology throughout the school.

Houses

Students are allocated to a 'house' when they enter SGHS according to surname. There are 4 different houses in which students compete under for the Swimming, Athletics and Cross Country Carnivals. All 'houses' exceed in separate areas of competition:

All of the houses are named after former principals of the school, except Macquarie, which is named after Governor Lachlan Maquarie.

Extra-curricular activities

One co-curricular activity SGHS particularly excels in is debating. In both 2004 and 2005, SGHS has won the Hume Barbour Trophy, the most prestigious public school debating competition. Debate is a formalized system of (usually) logical argument. ... The Hume Barbour Trophy is an annual debating trophy for Year 12 secondary school students in New South Wales. ...

SGHS has long had a strong debating ethos, giving students of all grades the opportunity to develop their skills through weekly coaching and debates, both social and competitive. SGHS is entered into all Combined High Schools debating competitions, and regularly has social debates with schools such as Sydney Boys High School, Sydney Grammar School, Scots College and St Joseph's College (Joeys). Sydney Boys High School is a secondary school in City of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... Sydney Grammar School (colloquially known as Grammar)[4] is an independent, secular, selective day school for boys, located in Darlinghurst, Edgecliff and St Ives, all suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... For other schools with a similar name see Scots College. ... Saint Josephs College could refer to: St. ...

SGHS also offers a wide variety of sports to its students. Girls can participate in Basketball, Netball, Rowing, Waterpolo, Soccer, Fencing, Hockey, Volleyball, Swimming and Athletics both within the school and at an inter-school level. Further sports are offered for within school education. The school also has several dance groups, drama ensembles and music groups. The school also has a student run Technical Company which oversees lighting and sound for school assemblies and performances.

As a support for the Oxfam Charity, SGHS hosts a charity event to fundraise money. A game of Sydney Girls Touch Football is played between the Year 11 and Year 12 girls, where every try that is scored will fundraise ten dollars to the cause. Oxfam International logo Oxfam International is a confederation of 13 organizations working with over 3000 partners in more than 100 countries to find lasting solutions to poverty and injustice. ...

School Song

The Sydney Girls High School song, set to the tune "Men of Harlech," is sung at assemblies. When an old girl is present at an assembly, the principal would traditionally point to the former student when the line "famous old girls here returning" is sung.

Sydney Technical High School shares the same school song, albeit with different lyrics. Also, Sydney Boys High School, the brother school of Sydney Girls, starts its school song with "rally round, boys". Sydney Technical High School is an academically selective school for boys located in the suburb of Bexley in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... Sydney Boys High School is a secondary school in City of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ...

Lyrics:
Rally round girls, to acclaim her
For our heritage proclaim her;
Loudly, proudly, let us name her
Sydney Girls' High School!
Toiling cannot tire us, we have hope to fire us,
Day by day, in work or play,
With "Labor Omnia Vincit" to inspire us.
Never slacken our endeavour,
Do not think this bond can sever,
Flourish now and flourish ever!

Famous old girls here returning,
Show the light of their discerning,
Honouring now this place of learning -
Sydney Girls' High School.
Toiling cannot tire them, they have hope to fire them,
Day by day, in every way,
With "Labor Omnia Vincit" to inspire them
Echoes from the past are ringing,
Youth is brief and time is winging,
Past and present join in singing:
Sydney Girls' High School.

School uniforms

All students are required to wear school uniforms.^[3] The uniform is the brown tunic and blouse for juniors and the brown skirt and blouse for seniors. Students in Bangkok Over one thousand students in uniform during an assembly at a secondary school in Singapore. ...

Notable SGHS Old Girls

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See also

The New South Wales Department of Education and Training (DET) is a department of the Government of New South Wales. ... This is a list of selective and agricultural high schools run by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training. ... The Head of the River rowing regatta is run by the Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales, and takes place in Penrith, New South Wales, Australia every March at the Sydney International Regatta Centre (SIRC). ...

References

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Categories: Educational institutions established in 1883 | Girls schools in Australia | Public schools in New South Wales | High schools in New South Wales | Schools in Sydney Sydney Boys High School, a NSW Selective School Selective schools in New South Wales are government high schools operated by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training that have accepted their students based upon their academic merit. ... Baulkham Hills High School is a public (government) selective high school in Baulkham Hills, a suburb in the north west of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... Caringbah High School (sometimes referred to as Caringbah Selective High School) is located on Willarong Road North in the suburb of Caringbah, in the Sutherland Shire, Sydney. ... Fort Street High School is a coeducational, academically selective high school currently located in Petersham, Sydney, Australia. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Gosford High School, (abbreviation GHS) is a school located in Gosford, New South Wales, Australia. ... Hornsby Girls High School is an academically selective, Public high school for girls, located in Hornsby, a suburb on the Upper North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... Merewether High School is a co-educational, academically selective high school for students from Year 7 to Year 12. ... Normanhurst Boys High School is a selective, non-denominational high school for boys located in Normanhurst, a northern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... North Sydney Boys High School is an academically selective, Public high school for boys, located at Crows Nest, on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... North Sydney Girls High School (note that the official name has no apostrophe) is a selective girls high school in Crows Nest, Sydney. ... Northern Beaches Secondary College is a local high school system on the Northern Beaches, Sydney, Australia, which includes five government high schools. ... Manly Selective Campus is a public, selective high school for students in years 7 to 12 located in North Curl Curl, New South Wales, Australia. ... Penrith High School is an academically selective high school located in Penrith, New South Wales, Australia, to the west of Sydney, Australia. ... Smiths Hill High School is the only selective school in Wollongong, Australia. ... St. ... Sydney Boys High School is a secondary school in City of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... Sydney Technical High School is an academically selective school for boys located in the suburb of Bexley in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... Alexandria Park Community School is a selective high school in Alexandria, Sydney, Australia. ... , Chatswood High School is a public, co-educational high school, located in Chatswood, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... Macquarie Fields High School (MFHS) is a selective high school in Macquarie Fields, Sydney, Australia. ... Rose Bay Secondary College is a co-educational public high school located in the suburb of Dover Heights,Sydney, Australia on Hardy Street. ... Ryde Secondary College is a co-educational public high school in Ryde, Sydney, Australia. ... Sefton High School is a partially selective high school in Sefton, Sydney, Australia. ... Sydney Secondary College Sydney Secondary College is a group of schools in Sydneys inner west. ... Tempe High School is a high school in Tempe, Sydney, Australia. ... // Farrer Memorial Agricultural High School is a selective Day and Boarding high school located on the outskirts of the suburb of Calala,in Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia. ... Hurlstone Agricultural High School (abbreviated HAHS) is a selective agricultural secondary school for students from Years 7 to 12 in Glenfield, the oldest of its type in New South Wales, Australia. ... James Ruse Agricultural High School is an agricultural and selective co-educational public high school in Carlingford, New South Wales, Australia. ... Yanco Agricultural High School is a major co-educational agricultural secondary school located in the small town of Yanco in the Local Government Area of Leeton in south western New South Wales. ...

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