Kirrawee High School

Kirrawee High School is a comprehensive co-educational high school located in Kirrawee, New South Wales, Australia, adjacent to the Royal National Park.

Kirrawee High School
Location
Kirrawee
,
New South Wales

Australia
Information
TypeCo-educational public high school
MottoMeasure by Achievement
Established1966
PrincipalChristine Campbell
Grades7–12
Enrolment1250
Colour(s)Navy, grey and white
Websitehttps://kirrawee-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/

The school was opened in 1966[1] and now caters for around 1,200 students, most continuing their education from three local primary schools, Gymea Bay, Grays Point and Kirrawee. The school is a Languages High School which also offers a comprehensive education in sports and in the performing arts, with musician James Morrison, who plays a concert at the school every year,[2] a close mentor for the school's Jazz Orchestra.

In the Sutherland Cronulla Education District, Kirrawee High school was second only to the academic selective high school Caringbah High School.

Extra-curricular activities offered include debating and public speaking, musical and dramatic productions, the Student Council, community service, charitable collections and fund raising and many sports programs.[3] Brett McKay, the head science teacher, has been awarded the Prime Minister's Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching.[4]

See also

Notable alumni
  • Ruby Fields – Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist.
  • Larissa Behrendt – Indigenous academic, lawyer and writer. NSW Australian of the Year 2011[5]
  • Michael Dickson – NFL Punter, Seattle Seahawks
  • Alicia McCormack – Olympic bronze medalist, Beijing 2008 water polo and London 2012 water polo
  • Chris McCormack – twice World Ironman Triathlon champion
  • Kirsten Thomson – Olympic silver medalist, Sydney 2000 swimming
  • Jackson Fear – Olympic archer, Atlanta 1996
  • Emma Pask – jazz vocalist
  • Kate Hollywood – Olympic hockey player and dual Commonwealth Games gold medalist
  • Nicola Zagame – Olympic bronze medalist, London 2012 water polo
  • Lena Mihailović – Olympian at the 2021 Olympics for water polo. Her father Predrag was also the coach of the side.
  • Saya Sakakibara – Tokyo 2020 Olympian in BMX Racing. AusCycling's Female BMX Racing Rider of the Year in 2020

References
  1. Pauline Curby. Pictorial History Sutherland Shire. p. 121.
  2. http://web1.kirrawee-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/internet/06_newsEvents/links/Newsletters/August%202016.pdf
  3. http://www.kirrawee-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/01_ourSchool/links/2010AnnualSchoolReport.pdf
  4. "Kirrawee High science teacher named best in Australia". St George & Sutherland Shire Leader. 18 October 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  5. "Professor Larissa Behrendt – Australian of the Year". Archived from the original on 20 September 2020.

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