Woolooware High School

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 School
Location
Woolooware, New South Wales , New South Wales Australia
Coordinates	34°02′23″S 151°08′41″E
Information
Type	Public, unisex secondary
Motto	Strive For Excellence
Established	1967
Principal	M. Benson (2018)
Grades	7–12
Enrolment	approx. 1200
Colour(s)	Blue, white and black
Website	www.woolooware-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

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]

Alumni

• Simon Pavey, motorcycle racer who competed in the Dakar Rally and co-star of Race to Dakar.
• Cheyenne Tozzi, model and television presenter.
• Tahyna Tozzi, model and actress.

References

1. "Chronological List Of Schools 1961-1980" (PDF). NSW Department of Education. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
2. Tejszerski, Eva (12 November 2012). "Eisteddfod latecomers win". The Leader. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
3. "ANSTO Science and Engineering Challenge". The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
4. "White Ribbon Walk". White Ribbon Australia. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
5. "Police operations at Penrith and Woolooware high schools". The Australian. 29 January 2016. Retrieved 16 March 2016.

External links

• Official website