Wenona School

Infobox Aust school private
name = Wenona School


motto = " _la. Ut Prosim"
(Latin:"That I May Serve")
established = 1886
type = Independent, Single-sex, Day and Boarding
denomination = Non-denominational
slogan = "Where Her Spirit Grows Tall"
key_people = Dr. Kerrie Wilde (Principal)
Miss. Edith Hooke (Founder)
Ms. Dianna Crebbin (Chairman)
fees =
city = North Sydney
state = New South Wales
country = Australia flagicon|Australia
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enrolment = ~815 (K–12)
num_employ = ~65 (Full-time)cite web|url = http://www.wenona.nsw.edu.au/side/News%20and%20Events/Educational%20%20Financial%20Reporting%202006.pdf|title = Annual Report 2006|accessdate = 2007-10-02|year = 2007|format = PDF|work = Governance|publisher = Wenona School]
revenue =
colours = Navy Blue, Red and White color box|#000080color box|#FF0000color box|#FFFFFF
homepage = [http://www.wenona.nsw.edu.au www.wenona.nsw.edu.au]

Wenona School is an independent, non-denominational, day and boarding school for girls, located in the Sydney suburb of North Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia.

Founded by Miss Edith Hooke in 1886 as Woodstock School, Wenona has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 815 students from Kindergarten to Year 12, including 50 boarders in Years 7 to 12.

The school is affiliated with the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA),cite web
url = http://www.jshaa.asn.au/nsw/directory/index.asp|title = JSHAA New South Wales Directory of Members|accessdate = 2007-10-01|year = 2007|work = New South Wales Branch|publisher = Junior School Heads' Association of Australia] the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA),cite web
url = http://www.boarding.org.au/site/school_detail.cfm?schID=173|title = Wenona|accessdate = 2007-10-01|year = 2007|work = Schools|publisher = Australian Boarding Schools' Association] the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA),cite web|url = http://www.agsa.org.au/members.php?PageID=11&Alpha=W|title = Member Schools|accessdate = 2007-10-01|last = Butler|first = Jan|year = 2006|work = Members|publisher = The Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia] and the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS).cite web
url = http://www.ahigs.nsw.edu.au/DeskTopDefault.aspx?tabid=1|title = Heads of New South Wales Independent Girls' Schools|accessdate = 2007-10-01|year = 2004|work = About AHIGS|publisher = The Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools]

History

Woodstock School was founded in 1886, by Edith Hooke who was prominent in educational circles at the time. The school was closed in April 1913, and in its place Hooke founded Wenona School, a preparatory school with an enrolment of 40.

Hooke was forced to leave the school in February 1920 due to an illness in the family, and Ms Messiter stepped in to watch over the school. By June of that year, an ex-Woodstock student, Miss Ralston, became Principal and owner. In 1922, she moved the school to its current site in Walker Street, North Sydney through the purchase of an extensive property, and opened the schools first boarding house. In the following years, Ralston extended Wenona into a large and successful school for girls, with a curriculum providing for students from Kindergarten to Year 12.

Principals

Campus

Wenona is located on a single campus in North Sydney, a suburb and commercial district on the lower North Shore of Sydney. Current sporting facilities at the school include: a Gymnasium including cricket nets, and various courts and indoor fields; a smaller gymnasium catering to dance and circuit activities; a 25 metre indoor swimming pool; and a weights room.

Boarding

Wenona caters for approximately 52 boarders from Years 6 to 12. These students are accommodated in a boarding house comprised of four heritage cottages located opposite St Leonards park.cite web|url = http://www.wenona.nsw.edu.au/Prospectus/Boarding.pdf |title = Boarding |accessdate = 2008-02-11 |format = PDF|work = The Wenona Prospectus |publisher = Wenona School]

Co-curriculum

port

Co-curricular sport is not compulsory at Wenona, however students are encourage to participate in competitive sport on Saturday mornings and at carnivals. Wenona teams participate in the competitions run by the Junior School Heads Association of Australia (JSHAA) for primary students, and the Independent Girls' Schools Sporting Association (IGSSA) for those in the secondary school.cite web|url = http://www.wenona.nsw.edu.au/Prospectus/Sporting%20Life.pdf |title = Sporting Life |accessdate = 2008-02-11 |format = PDF|work = The Wenona Prospectus |publisher = Wenona School]

Sports offered to junior students (Years 4 to 6) through JSHAA include: Hockey/Minkey, Softball/Tee-ball/Modball, Netball, Tennis, Athletics, Swimming, Diving and Gymnastics. Primary girls may also compete in Skiing and Snowboarding through a separate interschool competition.

Through the IGSSA competition, secondary students may participate in: Rhythmic gymnastics, Artistic gymnastics, Athletics, Cricket, Cross country, Waterpolo, Diving, Swimming, Hockey, Tennis, Netball, and Softball. External to IGSSA, Wenona students may also participate in Equestrian, Indoor hockey, Indoor soccer, Fencing, Skiing, Snowboarding, Tae Kwon Do and Touch football.

Notable alumni

Alumnae of Woodstock/Wenona are known as Old Girls or Wenonians, and may choose to join the schools alumni association, the Wenonians Inc.cite web|url = http://wenoniansinc.com.au/home.html |title = Welcome to Wenonians Inc |accessdate = 2008-02-11 |work = Wenonians Inc |publisher = Wenona School] Some notable Wenonians include:

;Academic
*Sarah Irving – Author and Research Fellow, Oxford Universityfact|date=April 2008
*Beatrice Lilias Rennie – Headmistress and founder of Queenwood School for Girlscite encyclopedia| last = Curnow| first = Jill| encyclopedia = Australian Dictionary of Biography| title = Rennie, Beatrice Lilias (1893 - 1971)| url = http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A160089b.htm?hilite=Queenwood+School| accessdate = 2007-08-07| edition = Online| year = 2002 | publisher = Melbourne University Press| volume =16| location = Melbourne| pages = pp.77-78]
*Dr Petre Ann Santry – Academic Consultant at Victoria Universityfact|date=April 2008
*Rebecca Elizabeth Scott – Rhodes Scholar (1993)cite web|url= http://www.usyd.edu.au/registrar/rhodes/previous.shtml|title= NSW Rhodes Scholars 1904 - 2007|accessdate= 2007-08-02 |year= 2007|work= Rhodes Scholarships|publisher= The University of Sydney]

;Entertainment, media and the arts
*Mandy Chang – Documentary maker and winner of the Grierson Award for Best Arts Documentary 2005fact|date=April 2008
*Genevieve Lemon – Musical Theatre Performer, Shirley in "Priscilla" Dance Teacher in "Billy Elliot".
*Jacqueline Maddock – Channel 10 News Reporterfact|date=April 2008
*Lyndey Milan – TV presenter and "Australian Women's Weekly" Cheffact|date=April 2008
*Ann Moyal AM – Author; Biographer; Social Historian of Science, Telecommunication and Technology; Recipient of the Centenary Medal 2003 (also attended Canberra High School)cite encyclopedia| editor = Suzannah Pearce| encyclopedia = Who's Who in Australia Live!| title = MOYAL Ann Veronica| accessdate = 2007-10-01| date = 2006-11-17| year = 2007| publisher = Crown Content Pty Ltd| location = North Melbourne, Vic]
*Wendy Paramor – Artistcite encyclopedia| last = McGillick| first = Paul| encyclopedia = Australian Dictionary of Biography| title = Paramor, Wendy (1938 - 1975) | url =http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A150656b.htm?hilite=wenona | accessdate = 2007-08-07| edition = Online| year = 2000 | publisher = Melbourne University Press| volume =15| location = Melbourne| pages = p.565]
*April Rose Pengilly – Australian model and daughter of "INXS" band member, Kirk Pengillyfact|date=April 2008
*Anna Hipsley – Radio and TV journalistfact|date=April 2008
*Rebecca Hetherington – Miss Rebecca from Mr. Squiggle
*Margi di Ferranti – Actress, award winning singer, cabaret style entertainerfact|date=April 2008

;Politics, public service and the law
*HE Dr Ruth Adler – Australian High Commissioner to Brunei Darussalamcite encyclopedia| editor = Suzannah Pearce| encyclopedia = Who's Who in Australia Live!| title = ADLER Ruth, HE Dr| accessdate = 2007-10-01| date = 2006-11-17| year = 2007| publisher = Crown Content Pty Ltd| location = North Melbourne, Vic]
*Hon. Justice Annabelle Claire Bennett AO (née Darin) – Judge of the Federal Court of Australia; Additional Judge of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory; Presidential Member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal; Recipient of the Centenary Medal 2003cite encyclopedia| editor = Suzannah Pearce| encyclopedia = Who's Who in Australia Live!| title = BENNETT Annabelle Claire, Hon. Justice| accessdate = 2007-10-01| date = 2006-11-17| year = 2007| publisher = Crown Content Pty Ltd| location = North Melbourne, Vic]

References

See also

* List of non-government schools in New South Wales
* List of boarding schools

External links

* [http://www.wenona.nsw.edu.au/ Wenona School website]