Cronulla High School

Cronulla High School
Location
Cronulla in Southern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates	34°02′21″S 151°09′29″E
Information
Type	Government-funded mixed-sex school comprehensive education secondary day school
Motto	Caritas Humilitas Dignitas
Established	1961 (1961)
School district	Sutherland; Metropolitan South
Educational authority	New South Wales Department of Education
Principal	Tony Ibrahim
Staff	~110
Years	7–12
Enrolment	~1,300 (2019)
Campus	Suburban
Color(s)	Green and white
Website	cronulla-h.schools.nsw.gov.au

Cronulla High School (abbreviated as CHS) is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive secondary day school that is located in Cronulla, a southern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The school was established in 1961, and has an enrolment of approximately 1,300 students from the grades year 7 through to year 12.

Cronulla High School has a close proximity to the Tasman Sea and Botany Bay, located in a relatively large local catchment area with a large enrolment of roughly 1,300 students. The school is operated by the New South Wales Department of Education; the current principal is Tony Ibrahim.

History

Establishment of Cronulla High School

The school was established and first built in 1961 under the name of Cronulla High School in the Southern Sydney suburb of Cronulla. The land was previously used as a sand mining ground, as it used to be sand dunes. After a while the land was for sale and bought by the NSW Government after the site had finished mining and as the decision was made to build a secondary school. This decision was made to decrease the travel distance and time to other secondary schools, since some of the surrounding suburbs continued to expand and the surging population from an increasing rate of development and housing.

Talented programs

Cronulla High School features many programs which includes athletics, Aussie Rules Swan Shield, Australian rules football, rugby league, rugby union, soccer, triathlon, softball, water polo, volleyball, swimming, surfing, cricket, baseball, netball, music, drama, dance, computing, creative arts, mathematics, science, languages, technology and engineering.

The school also features a developed Performing Arts Program and a Targeted Surfing Program.

Notable alumni

• Grace Pitts, (Singer and a contestant on The Voice Australia)
• Kathy Lette, (Best-Selling author and co-author of Puberty Blues)
• Tyrone Peachey, (Professional rugby league footballer who plays for the NRL Penrith Panthers)

See also

• List of government schools in New South Wales
• Lists of schools in New South Wales
• Lists of schools in Australia
• Education in Australia

External links

• Cronulla High School website
• NSW Department of Education