Sylvania High School Explained

Sylvania High School
Motto:	Scholarship Honour Service
City:	Sylvania
State:	New South Wales
Country:	Australia
Schooltype:	Public comprehensive coeducational secondary school
Established:	1970
Principal:	Renée Holz
Grades:	7–12
Enrolment:	722^[1]
Enrolment As Of:	2022

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

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

-34.0176°N 151.1037°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Government school enrolments by headcount. 6 March 2024.
2. Web site: Education. NSW Department of. Government school enrolments by headcount (2004–2018). en.
3. Web site: SHS History – Sylvania High School. en-US. 13 September 2019.