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Willoughby Girls High School

Coordinates: 33°48′10″S 151°11′57″E / 33.80278°S 151.19917°E / -33.80278; 151.19917
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Willoughby Girls' High School
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Coordinates33°48′10″S 151°11′57″E / 33.80278°S 151.19917°E / -33.80278; 151.19917
Information
TypePublic, Single-sex, Secondary, Day school
MottoCourage, Loyalty, Truth
Established1934
PrincipalSuzette Young
Enrolment~931 (7–12)[1]
CampusSuburban
Colour(s)Navy Blue and White
  
Websitewww.wghs.nsw.edu.au

Willoughby Girls' High School (WGHS) is a public, secondary, day school for girls, located in Willoughby, a lower North Shore suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Established in 1934, Willoughby Girls' High currently enrols around 931 students from Years 7 to 12, and is the only comprehensive government girls' school situated on the lower north shore of Sydney.[1]

Facilities and activities

Willoughby Girls High School has a variety of facilities for students, including tennis courts, a playing field, library, senior study rooms, canteen, science labs, computer labs, design and technology rooms, music studio, art rooms, a senior dark room and landscaped courtyards. The school has a wide variety of after school or extracurricular activities available for students. The school has also been providing extension classes for the last nine years in Maths, English and Science for those girls with higher marks, who must sit a test to earn their place each year.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Willoughby Girls High School". School Locator. New South Wales Public Schools. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
  2. ^ Noonan, Gerard (2005-07-25). "Selective classes in a regular school? Clever idea". National. Sydney, NSW: Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2008-06-15.