Homebush Boys High School

Infobox Aust school
name = Homebush Boys High School


motto = " _la. Recte et Fortiter"
(Latin:"With Courage and Integrity")
established = 1936
type = Public, Secondary, Single-sex, Day school
principal = Dr. Ian Paterson
city = Homebush
state = New South Wales
country = Australia flagicon|Australia
coordinates = coord|33|51|58|S|151|4|37|E|display=inline,title
campus = Suburban
enrolment = ~1,208 (7–12)cite web
url = http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/schoolfind/locator/?section=showRecord&code=8151|title = Homebush Boys High School |accessdate = 2007-11-08|year = 2007|work = School Locator|publisher = New South Wales Department of Education and Training]
colours = Maroon and Sky Blue color box|#800000color box|#ADD8E6
homepage = [http://www.homebushbo-h.schools.nsw.edu.au www.homebushbo-h.schools.nsw.edu.au]

Homebush Boys High School, founded in 1936, is a comprehensive, public high school for boys. It is located in Homebush, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Homebush Boys is regarded as one of the academically best-performing comprehensive schools, and has, in the past, been ranked above selective schools on the Higher School Certificate results. [ Board of Studies 2006 ‘HSC Report – Top schools in each region’, The Board of Studies, 23 December 2006.]

The school has an enrolment of approximately 1200 students, fluctuating from year to year. The students and staff come from diverse backgrounds and many of them live outside the area. [ Homebush Boys High School Website ‘Welcome and Prospectus’, http://www.homebushbo-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41&Itemid=82.]

Curriculum

The school has nine faculties, being English, Mathematics, Science, Social Science, History, Music, Languages, Art, industrial art, and PD/H/PE.

The 2003 Fellowship report noted that students at the school had much higher rates of literacy than the average in the state, and that the proportion of students in the upper achievement bands increased with each year of attendance. It described this as "a remarkable achievement for a school where 85% of the boys come from a non-English-speaking background." [http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/lc/pdfs/paul_leech.pdf]

Homebush Boys is a consistent achiever in the Higher School Certificate (HSC) outcome, averaging 5–10 students achieving the Premier's Award every year. In 2004, a student became the first Homebush Boy to score 100 Universities Admission Index (UAI). Fact|date=September 2008

Extra-curricular activities

*Drum Corps – The drum corps participates in the annual Burwood march, the ANZAC march through the streets of Sydney City, the Sandakan service at Burwood and reserve forces day.
*Chess Team – The school offers senior, intermediate and junior chess teams which participate every Friday afternoon against other schools in the area.
*Debate Team
*Mock UN
*Public Speaking – Examples include the Toastmasters challenge that the school participates in annually.
*Tournament of the Minds.

Notable alumni

;Administration
*John Coates AO – http://www.crikey.com.au/Politics/20060614-Famous-alumni-on-Lathams-hit-list.html] lawyer and businessman; president of the Australian Olympic Committee, member of the International Olympic Committee
*John Symond – Businessman; chief executive "Aussie Home Loans", [Benefits of public school education https://www.det.nsw.edu.au/inform/yr2002/aug/symondsays.htm]

;Science and education
*Richard Collins – Emeritus Professor of Physics, University of Sydney [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/ockham/stories/s1266682.htm]
*Ian Dance – Emeritus Professor of Inorganic Chemistry, University of New South Wales [http://www.chem.unsw.edu.au/staffprofiles/dance.html] Fact|date=September 2008
*Stephen Leeder – Medical scientist; Dean of Faculty of Medicine at the University of Sydney (1996-2002). Director of the Australian Health Policy Institute [http://www.ahpi.health.usyd.edu.au/about/steve.php]
*Alan Pettigrew – Scientist; from 2006 vice-chancellor of The University of New England, formerly (to 2005) chief executive officer of the National Health and Medical Research Council
*Danny Stiel AM – Gastro-intestinal oncologist; member of AOC Medical Commission and formerly chief medical officer at the 2000 Sydney Olympics

;Entertainment and the arts
*Paul Furniss – Australian jazz musician [ Homebush Boys High School Magazine 1961 and [http://www.sthelensonline.com.au/community/sunjazz/artists/furniss.htm] ]

;Politics and law
*Bohdan Bilinsky – Lawyer and legal academic, Fellow of Senate, University of Sydney [ [http://www.usyd.edu.au/senate//fellows1850onalpha.shtml#B Register, Fellows of the S.U. Senate] ]
*Bob Debus – Former NSW politician, state attorney-general and environment minister cite web | title =Swearing in Ceremony of The Honourable Roderick Neil Howie QC | work =Lawlink Transcript | publisher =The Supreme Court of New South Wales | url =http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/supreme_court/ll_sc.nsf/pages/SCO_speech_howie_111000 | accessdate = 2008-04-29 ]
*Roderick Howie – Lawyer and jurist; judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales
*Jim Lloyd former Federal Government Minister

;Sport
*Rodney Blake – Rugby union player for Australia and Queensland Reds [http://austschools.rugbynet.com.au/default.asp?id=95976]
*Gordon Bray AM – Sports commentator, journalist and writer. [". . .the ABC gave Bray the choice of broadcasting league or union. He chose the latter because rugby was the game he was steeped in. He'd gone to a rugby-playing school, Homebush High (the school's toughest prop then was John Symond of Aussie Home Loans), and later played grade rugby as halfback for Eastern Suburbs, rising briefly to second grade before his job forced him to retire. He is also a qualified referee."– Derriman P in [http://www.smh.com.au/news/sport/why-brays-the-man-to-tackle-big-games/2005/07/29/1122144022109.html "Sydney Morning Herald"] 30 Jul 2005]
*Tony Ford – Rugby League player; fullback with Western Suburbs DRLFC, having played over 100 first grade matches. [ [http://www.westsmagpies.net/archives/2008/php/records.php Wests Archives] ] Fact|date=September 2008
*Arthur Summons – Rugby Union and rugby league player; international representative in both codes and former captain Western Suburbs DRLFC [ [http://www.westsmagpies.net/archives/2008/php/wests_halloffame.php Wests Hall of Fame] ] and Australian rugby league teams
*Phillip Hughes (cricketer) – NSW cricketer. [http://www.sports.det.nsw.edu.au/latest_news/year_2008/001.htm] Criminals

*Wade Frankum – Perpetrator of the Strathfield Massacre (also attended Newington College)cite web|url = http://www.thecrimeweb.com/Wade%20Frankum.htm|title = Wade Frankum|accessdate = 2007-09-24 |last = Howard|first = Amanda|date = 2007-05-30|work = The Rampages|publisher = The Crime Web]
* Roger Rogerson Former detective
*Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan – Members of the Bali Nine.

Notable former staff

*Dave Anderson – Australian Olympic oarsman in [http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/olympic-games/1952-Helsinki.php 1952] and [http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/olympic-games/1956-Melbourne.php 1956] . Rowed King's Cup 1950, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57; Henley 1952; New Zealand 1951; and was in winning coxed-4s crew at Empire Games, 1954
*Vincent Durick – Maths teacher; MLA for Lakemba, 1964–84, deceased 1996. [http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/PARLMENT/hansArt.nsf/V3Key/LA19960416044]

See also

* List of Government schools in New South Wales

References

External links

* [http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/schoolfind/locator/summaryschool.php?selectOption=8151 NSW Department of Education and Training: Homebush Boys High School]
* [http://members.iinet.net.au/~jenks/Homebush/homebush.html Memories of 1956-57 year]
*coord|-33.866113|151.077118|region:AU_type:landmark|display=inline [ [http://wikimapia.org/#lat=-33.866113&lon=151.077118&z=17&l=0&m=a&v=2 Wikimapia location] ] ) Geo-links for Homebush Boys High School