Woolooware High School | |
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Address | |
2R Woolooware Road North , | |
Coordinates | 34°02′23″S151°08′41″E / 34.039741°S 151.144618°E |
Information | |
Type | Public, unisex secondary |
Motto | Strive For Excellence |
Established | 1967 |
Educational authority | New South Wales Education Standards Authority |
Oversight | New South Wales Department of Education |
Principal | Mardi Benson |
Grades | 7–12 |
Enrolment | approx. 970 |
Colour(s) | Blue, white and black |
Website | woolooware-h |
Woolooware High is a comprehensive secondary school in the Sutherland Shire, Sydney, Australia. It was established in 1967 and took its first class in January 1968. [1]
Woolooware High is known for participation and success in performing arts, sport and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The school has had success in the Rock Eisteddfod Challenge. [2]
Several students from WHS competed in and won the Science and Engineering Challenge, held at the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation. [3]
Woolooware High became a participant in the White Ribbon program in 2014 and was officially accredited as a "White Ribbon" school in 2016. [4]
On 29 January 2016, Woolooware High was one of a number of schools across New South Wales which were evacuated following threatening phone calls that students were in danger. The calls turned out to be a hoax. [5]
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