Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts

Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts

Latin: Age Quad Agis
Whatever you do, do well
Location
Fairy Meadow, New South Wales
Australia Australia
Coordinates 34°24′23″S 150°53′22″E / 34.40639°S 150.88944°E / -34.40639; 150.88944Coordinates: 34°24′23″S 150°53′22″E / 34.40639°S 150.88944°E / -34.40639; 150.88944
Information
Type Public, Co-educational, Performing arts, Secondary, Day school
Established 1916
Principal Paul Ryan
Enrolment ~952 (7-12)[1]
Campus Suburban
Colour(s) Green, Black & Gold
              
Website wollongong-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts is a specialist co-educational, government secondary school located in Fairy Meadow, a suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, run by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training. It was founded in 1916.

The school enrolls both local area students and students who gain entry through auditions. The school estimates that over a third of the student body has gained entry through auditions.

The school focuses primarily on academic excellence and excellence in the performing arts and boasts of examination results, well above average and a high level of tertiary acceptance.

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. "Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts". School Locator. New South Wales Public Schools. Retrieved 2008-03-03.
  2. 1 2 "NSW Rhodes Scholars"University of Sydney list, (retrieved 16 April 2007)

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