Bowral High School

Bowral High School

Latin: Excelsior
Location
Bowral, New South Wales
Australia
Information
Type Public, Co-education, Day school, Secondary
Denomination Non-denominational
Established 1929
Principal Kim Paviour
Enrolment 900 (7-12)
Campus Suburban/Regional
Colour(s) Navy Blue & White         
Slogan Centre of Excellence in Performing Arts
Website www.bowralhighschool.nsw.edu.au

Bowral High School is a secondary public school in Bowral, New South Wales, Australia. The school is one of two major public high schools in the Southern Highlands, the other being Moss Vale High School. The school was built in 1929 as a tribute to the ANZACs of World War I.

Bowral High caters as a school for a wide area, the main locations are:


Facilities

Bowral is a medium sized modern campus. The main buildings include the original historical building built in 1929, a large 3 storey block built in the 1970s and a few more buildings from the 1980s and 1990s. Facilities on Bowral High include science labs, computer labs, a library, kitchens, textile rooms, industrial art labs, basketball courts, amphitheatre/COLA area and sporting fields.

Houses

Bowral High had four houses, with their respective colours: Belmore (blue); Fitzroy (red); Gibraltar (yellow); and Hume (green).

Principals

Herbert Cowie 1930–1935
Andrew Watson 1936–1937
Sydney Barker 1938–1953
Robert Wilson 1953–1965
Stanley Cutterbuck 1966–1970
Henry Waterhouse 1971–1974
John Jeffery 1975–1978
David McGrath 1978–1986
Ray Perrau 1987–1991
Lance Corr 1992–1994
Kathryn Brennan 1995–2005
Dianne Hennessy 2006–2009
Kim Paviour 2010–present

The Smith Cup

Since 1928, annually Bowral High School against Goulburn High School in a series of sports such as rugby, soccer, cricket, basketball, netball and many other sports one day every year to win the Smith Cup. This sporting cup and competition is one of the oldest in New South Wales.

Subjects

Bowral High has a long range of subjects based on the N.S.W Board of Studies curriculum for the Higher School Certificate and School Certificate. Notably, it has some subjects that are not available at the independent schools of the area; Oxley College and Chevalier College.

Subjects on offer are:

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Bradman Fact File". Retrieved 30 January 2011.

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    Coordinates: 34°29′19.70″S 150°25′26.88″E / 34.4888056°S 150.4241333°E