Sylvania High School

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]

Sylvania High School
Location
Sylvania
,
New South Wales

Australia
Information
School typePublic comprehensive coeducational secondary school
MottoScholarship Honour Service
Established1970
PrincipalRenée Holz
Grades7–12
Enrolment722[1] (2022)
Websitesylvania-h.schools.nsw.gov.au

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
  1. "Government school enrolments by headcount". Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  2. Education, NSW Department of. "Government school enrolments by headcount (2004–2018)".
  3. "SHS History – Sylvania High School". Retrieved 13 September 2019.

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