| Sydney Technical High School | |
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"Manners Makyth Man"
(William of Wykeham) |
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| Location | |
| Bexley, New South Wales, Australia | |
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| Type | Selective, state-funded, secondary, single-sex (male), day school |
| Established | 1911 |
| Principal | Jacqueline Lyons |
| Years Offered | 7–12 |
| Enrolment | ~930[1] (2011) |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Colour(s) | Maroon & Sky Blue |
| Website | www.sths.nsw.edu.au |
Sydney Technical High School is an academically selective, state-funded high school for boys in Bexley, a southern suburb of Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1911 as part of Sydney Technical College, the school was one of the six original New South Wales selective schools. The school is colloquially abbreviated to "Sydney Tech" or simply "Tech".[2]
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The school consistently achieves strong results in external assessments, such as the NAPLAN, the School Certificate, and in particular, the Higher School Certificate (HSC), where its students are regularly ranked in the top ten places in the state across a variety of subjects.[3] On average, over 80% of its students achieve in the top 20% of the state, with a majority gaining an Australian Tertiary Admission Rank of more than 90.[3]
In 2010, fifteen students from the school's graduating class received Premier's Awards for All-round Excellence in the NSW HSC.[4] The school also won the national championship in the University of Newcastle Science and Engineering Challenge in 2010.[4]
One of the reforms advocated by the 1903 Royal Commission into NSW Education was the establishment of classes providing courses which would involve technical subjects. Consequently, Continuation classes for students interested in technical subjects commenced at the Sydney Technical College.[2]
In April 1911, these Continuation classes were given the status of a high school, and Sydney Technical High was established. Originally the school was co-educational with 113 boys and 15 girls. In February 1913 the girls were transferred to Fort Street Girls' High and from then on the school became for boys only.[2]
Since 1911, the school has been located at three Sydney sites:
The current grounds at Bexley include the following physical facilities:
| Faculty | HSC Subjects |
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| Creative Arts | Music, Music Extension, Visual Arts |
| English | Drama, English (Standard & Advanced), English Extensions 1 & 2 |
| History | Ancient History, Modern History, History Extension, Studies of Religion |
| Languages | French, German, Japanese (Beginners, Continuers & Extension) |
| Mathematics | Mathematics, Mathematics Extensions 1 & 2 |
| PD/Health/PE/Careers | Personal Development/Health/Physical Education & Careers |
| Science | Biology, Chemistry, Physics |
| Social science | Business Studies, Economics, Geography, Legal Studies |
| Industrial arts and computing studies | Design and Technology, Engineering Studies, Information Processes and Technology, Information Technology (VET), Software Design and Development, Graphic and Computing Studies |
Extracurricular activities offered to Sydney Technical High School students include:
Tech is in the St George Sports Association for boys.
Students also have the choice of participating in the following non-grade sports:
The school's annual activities include:
Fundraising activities include:
As of 2008, the Prefect Body has been merged with the year 11 and 12 SRC members. The current system emcompasses School Captain, Vice Captain, and four Senior Prefects. The School Captain runs school assemblies. All prefects that are not part of the Prefect executives do canteen duty during recess and lunchtimes as well as bus duties.
SRC votes internally to determine the positions of SRC president, SRC vice-president and SRC treasurer. The stated role of the SRC is to organise and raise funds for equipment and facilities for the school.
There has been a reintroduced house system, consisting of 6 houses. These correlate with the six Roll Call classes and are named, Williams, Turner, McMullen, MacKinnon, Broome and Gotto. The House Captains are elected from Years 10 and 12. The roll call classes are arranged according the students' surnames. Students compete together in their houses at athletics carnivals and swimming carnivals etc.
St. George Girls' High School is considered to be the female counterpart or 'sister school' of Sydney Technical High School, and often engages in Student Representative Council activities, as well as Parents and Citizens meetings.
Alumni are referred to as Old Boys.
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