Engadine High School

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Engadine High School
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School building
Location
Engadine High School
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Australia
Coordinates 34°3′43″S151°1′8″E / 34.06194°S 151.01889°E / -34.06194; 151.01889
Information
Type Public, secondary, co-educational, day school
MottoDream Believe Succeed
Established1969
PrincipalKerrie Jones
Enrolment~ 1200 (7–12)
Campus typeSuburban
Colour(s)Blue, white and gold    
MascotToadie
NewspaperThe Flannel Flower (monthly newsletter)
Website Engadine High School

Engadine High School (abbreviated as EHS) is a school located in Engadine, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, on Porter Road. It is a co-educational high school operated by the New South Wales Department of Education, with students from years 7 to 12. The school was established in 1969 as a result of the growing population in the Engadine area.

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History

Established in 1969, Engadine High School has been awarded the Director-General's Award for achievement for: Excellence in Performing Arts (2002), Consolidating a Strong Learning Culture (2004) and Outstanding Linkages Program with Primary Schools (2006). In 2009, a celebration of the school's fortieth anniversary was held in the school grounds for students and locals.

The school's original motto was "To find and not to yield," taken from the Tennyson poem "Ulysses." This was later changed to "Dream, Believe, Succeed."

Notable alumni

Controversies

In December 2013, it was alleged by a parent of a student with Down syndrome that her daughter and other students of the support unit were not invited to the Year 10 formal. [1] However, the school responded by claiming that the formal was not organised by the school itself, but rather by Year 10 students and their parents, and that the students in the support unit had been invited to the formal. [2] Other parents defended the school, saying notes given to the support unit students did not always make it home. [3]

In early 2018, Engadine High School Principal Kerrie Jones has come under fire from parents and students for her comments on sexual violence and female skirt lengths. [4]

See also

References

  1. "When Josie Webster and the disabled kids weren't invited to the school dance, her mother made a revenge video". News.com.au. 8 December 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  2. "We did nothing wrong, says 'formal snub' school". 9news.com.au. 9 December 2013. Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  3. Tejszerski, Eva (9 December 2013). "Engadine High rejects segregation claim of special needs student". The Leader. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  4. "Sydney school principal under fire over talk on sexual violence, female skirt lengths". Australia: ABC News. 3 February 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2022.