Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts

Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts

Infobox Aust school
name = Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts


motto = "Age Quad Agis"
(Latin:"Whatever you do, do well")
established = 1916
type = Public, Co-educational, Performing arts, Secondary, Day school
principal = Marian Grant
city = Fairy Meadow
state = New South Wales
country = Australia flagicon|Australia
coordinates =
campus = Suburban
enrolment = ~952 (7-12)cite web |url=http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/schoolfind/locator/?section=showRecord&code=8143 |title=Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts |accessdate=2008-03-03 |work=School Locator |publisher=New South Wales Public Schools]
colours = Green, Black & Gold color box|#008000color box|#000000color box|#FFD700
homepage = [http://www.whspa.nsw.edu.au/whspa.htm 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.

Notable Alumni

* Natalie Bassingthwaighte - Actress in "Neighbours" and singer in "Rogue Traders"
* Alan Edward Davis - Rhodes Scholar (1956). [http://www.usyd.edu.au/registrar/rhodes/previous.shtml "NSW Rhodes Scholars"] — University of Sydney list, (retrieved 16 April 2007)]
* Clyde Roger Sydney Houghton - Rhodes Scholar (1969)
*Mark Kerry - Olympic gold medalist in swimming
*Dael Campbell - Tournament of Minds Regional Champion in Language/Literature, 2005 (Nowra team)

References

2005 Tournament of Minds results http://www.tom.edu.au/

See also

* List of creative and performing arts high schools in New South Wales
*List of Government schools in New South Wales

External links

* [http://www.whspa.nsw.edu.au/whspa.htm Wollongong High School of the Performing Arts Website]
* [http://illawarra.yourguide.com.au/news/local/news/general/teacher-on-child-porn-charges/765945.aspx Child porn arrest 8 May 2008]


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