Killara High School

Infobox Secondary school
name = Killara High School

motto = "Conserva Progredere"
established = unknown
type = Public, Secondary
affiliations =
principal = Dr.Mark Carter
founder =
chairman =
enrolment = Approximately 1800
grades = 7–12
colours = Green and yellow
city = Koola Avenue, East Killara
state =
NSW
country = Australia
website = [http://www.killara-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/ KHS website]

Killara High School is a coeducational government school located on Koola Avenue in East Killara, Sydney. It has around 1800 students, Killara has a strong reputation in academic achievement, music, art, dance, sport, debating and strong participation in the Duke of Edinburgh Award program.

The current principal is Dr. Mark Carter, who won principal of the year award in 2005Fact|date=September 2008.

Killara High was the top non-selective government school in the state for years 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 by HSC performanceFact|date=March 2008.

Subjects studied at Killara High School include English, mathematics, science, geography, history, music, sport, language - German, French, Hebrew, Chinese and Japanese and a huge range of electives.

The school has an enrolment policy which involves an area inclusive zone. Students seeking enrolment out of the area must fill out an out of area form in the school website. Suburbs in the inclusive zone include West Gordon, Gordon, East Gordon, St Ives, East Killara, Killara, West Killara, West Lindfield, Lindfield, East Lindfield and Roseville. Due to excessive enrolment numbers, enrolment is hard with the school currently at full capacity. The current high enrolment numbers at Killara is testament of the outstanding performance of year 12 students in the HSC.

Notable alumni

Academic

*Wendy Naomi Erber - Rhodes Scholar (1982) [http://www.usyd.edu.au/registrar/rhodes/previous.shtml "NSW Rhodes Scholars"] — University of Sydney list, (retrieved 16 April 2007)]

Entertainment and the Arts

*Elle MacPherson - (Supermodel) [http://www.crikey.com.au/Politics/20060614-Famous-alumni-on-Lathams-hit-list.html Crikey.com.au: Famous alumni on Latham's hit list] (Accessed 26 April, 2006)]
*Anthony Wieldler (Actor - "Thank God You're Here")
*Antonella Gambotto-Burke (Author and critic) [Lunch of Blood, published by Random House, 1994 ]

port

*Andrew Blades - Rugby International Wallabies Front Rower [http://www.rugby.com.au/default.aspx?s=wallaby-team-of-the-decade rugby.com.au: Wallaby Team of the Decade] (Accessed 15 September, 2007)]
*Bruce Djite - an Australian football striker who currently plays for Gençlerbirligi in the Turkcell Super League

References

Further reading

ee also

*List of Government schools in New South Wales

External links

* [http://www.killara-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/ Killara High School website]
* [http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/schoolfind/locator/summaryschool.php?selectOption=8457 New South Wales Department of Education and Training] - Killara High School