Asquith Girls High School, (abbreviated as AGHS) is a government-funded comprehensive single-sex secondary day school for girls, located on Stokes Avenue, Asquith, an upper north shore suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Stokes Avenue, Asquith, New South Wales Australia | |
| Coordinates | 33°41′27.14″S 151°6′46.94″E / 33.6908722°S 151.1130389°E |
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| Type | Government-funded comprehensive single-sex secondary day school |
| Motto | Learn to live |
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| Sister school | Asquith Boys High School |
| School district | Hornsby |
| Educational authority | New South Wales Department of Education |
| Oversight | NSW Education Standards Authority |
| Principal | Elizabeth Amvrazis |
| Teaching staff | 45.6 FTE (2018)[2] |
| Years | 7–12 |
| Gender | Girls |
| Enrolment | 597 (2023[2]) |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Colour(s) | Green and white |
| Website | asquithgir-h |
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Established in 1959 to replace the Hornsby Home Science School, the school enrolled approximately 597 students in 2018, from Year 7 to Year 12, of whom two percent identified as Indigenous Australians and 30 percent were from a language background other than English.[2] The school is operated by the NSW Department of Education in accordance with a curriculum developed by the New South Wales Education Standards Authority; the principal is Elizabeth Amvrazis.
The school's brother school is the Asquith Boys High School.
History
editIn February 1958, the NSW Department of Education acquired a two-hectare (five-acre) site in eastern Asquith for a new girls high school to replace the Hornsby Home Science School (established 1947) that was destroyed with other school buildings on Peats Ferry Road in a bushfire in 1957.[3] Asquith Girls High School officially commenced operation from 1 January 1959.[4][5]
Principals
editThe following individuals have served as principal of Asquith Girls High School:
| Ordinal | Officeholder | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes |
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| − | Alma Hamilton | [6] | |||
| − | Kristine Needham | 2006 | [7] | ||
| − | Jane Ferris | 2006 | 2013 | 6–7 years | |
| − | Elizabeth Amvrazis | 2013 | incumbent | 10–11 years |
Notable alumnae
edit- Micky Green – pop singer
See also
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References
edit- ^ "Asquith Girls High – Cumberland". History of New South Wales government schools. NSW Department of Education. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ^ a b c "Asquith Girls High School, Asquith, NSW: School profile". My School. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority. 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
- ^ "NOTIFICATION OF RESUMPTION OF LAND UNDER THE PUBLIC WORKS ACT, 1912, AS AMENDED". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 26. New South Wales, Australia. 7 March 1958. p. 611. Retrieved 4 May 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "NEW SECONDARY SCHOOLS". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 72. New South Wales, Australia. 25 July 1958. p. 2202. Retrieved 4 May 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Asquith Girls' High School, 1962". Hornsby Shire Recollects. Hornsby Shire Council. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ^ "THE MAGAZINE OF THE FORT STREET GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL" (PDF). Fort Street Girls High School. 1965. p. 3. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ^ "Asquith Girls High School". The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 June 2002. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
Further reading
edit- Asquith Girls' High School; Duke, Barbara; King, Diane (1966), Asquith Girls' High School, G.W. Hall & Co.
- Dewey, Patricia (2005), A history of Hornsby Home Science Secondary School Pacific Highway Hornsby, P. Dewey
External links
edit- Official website
- NSW Department of Education School Finder – Asquith Girls High School
- Asquith Girls High School P&C website
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