Sylvania High School

Coordinates: 34°01′03″S 151°06′13″E / 34.0175681°S 151.1037095°E / -34.0175681; 151.1037095
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Sylvania High School
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School typePublic comprehensive coeducational secondary school
MottoScholarship Honour Service
Established1970
PrincipalRenée Holz
Grades7–12
Enrolment722[1] (2022)
Websitesylvania-h.schools.nsw.gov.au

Sylvania High School (abbreviated as SHS) is a high school situated in the Sutherland Shire, in the Southeast region of Sydney, New South Wales. 793 students.[2]

History[edit]

Construction finished in January 1970, with the school opening that same year. It was not until 1976 that all 6 years (Years 7-12) were fully populated.[3]


The school Was featured heavily in the 1979 book Puberty Blues cowritten by a former Sylvania High School student, Kathy Lette. It was considered controversial at the time.


In 1985 it won the Rock Eisteddfod Challenge.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Government school enrolments by headcount". Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  2. ^ Education, NSW Department of. "Government school enrolments by headcount (2004–2018)".
  3. ^ "SHS History – Sylvania High School". Retrieved 13 September 2019.

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