Willoughby Girls High School

Infobox Aust school
name = Willoughby Girls' High School


motto = "Courage, Loyalty, Truth"
established = 1934
type = Public, Single-sex, Secondary, Day school
principal = Ms. Suzette Young
city = Willoughby
state = New South Wales
country = Australia flagicon|Australia
coordinates = coord|33|48|10|S|151|11|57|E|display=inline,title
campus = Suburban
enrolment = ~841 (7–12)cite web |url=http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/schoolfind/locator/?section=showRecord&code=8159 |title=Willoughby Girls High School |accessdate=2008-06-15 |work=School Locator |publisher=New South Wales Public Schools]
colours = Navy Blue and White color box|#000080color box|#FFFFFF
homepage = [http://www.wghs.nsw.edu.au/ www.wghs.nsw.edu.au]

Willoughby Girls' High School (WGHS) is a public, secondary, day school for girls, located in Willoughby, a lower North Shore suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Established in 1934, Willoughby Girls' High currently enrols around 840 students from Years 7 to 12, and is the only comprehensive government girls' school situated on the lower north shore of Sydney.

Facilities and activities

WGHS has a variety of facilities for students, including tennis courts, netball courts [which have recently been taken over by demountables] and playing fields, library, canteen, science labs, computer labs, design and technology rooms, music studio, art rooms, dark room and landscaped courtyards.

The school also has a wide variety of after school or extracurricular activities available for students. The school has also been providing extension classes for the last eight years in Maths, English and Science for smarter students, who must sit a test to earn their place each year. [cite news| first = Gerard | last = Noonan | title = Selective classes in a regular school? Clever idea| url = http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/07/24/1027497355565.html | work = National| publisher = Sydney Morning Herald| location = Sydney, NSW| date = 2005-07-25| accessdate = 2008-06-15]

See also

* List of Government schools in New South Wales

References

External Websites

* [http://www.wghs.nsw.edu.au/ Willoughby Girls High Schooll Website]
* [http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/schoolfind/locator/?section=showRecord&code=8159 NSW Department of Education and Training: WGHS]