Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts

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Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts
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Age Quad Agis
(Latin:"Whatever you do, do well")
Established 1916
School type Public, Co-educational, Performing arts, Secondary, Day school
Principal/
Headmaster
Marian Grant
Location Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia Flag of Australia
Campus Suburban
Enrolment ~952 (7-12)[1]
School colours Green, Black & Gold             
Homepage whspa.nsw.edu.au

Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts is a specialist co-educational, government secondary school located in Fairy Meadow, a suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, run by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training. It was founded in 1916.

The school enrolls both local students, and students who gain entry through auditions. The school estimates that a third of the student body has gained entry through auditions.

The school focuses primarily on academic excellence and excellence in the performing arts and boasts of examination results, well above average and a high level of tertiary acceptance.

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[edit] Notable Alumni

Arif Khan - [ 2004 Middle Weight Gold Medalist ]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts. School Locator. New South Wales Public Schools. Retrieved on 2008-03-03.
  2. ^ a b "NSW Rhodes Scholars"University of Sydney list, (retrieved 16 April 2007)

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