Smith's Hill High School
| Smith's Hill High School | |
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35-37 Gipps Street Wollongong, New South Wales, 2500 Australia |
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| Coordinates | 34°25′07″S 150°53′45″E / 34.41861°S 150.89583°ECoordinates: 34°25′07″S 150°53′45″E / 34.41861°S 150.89583°E |
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| Type | Selective, Public, Day school |
| Motto | Promoting Excellence in a spirit of Trust and Cooperation |
| Established | 1916 |
| Principal | Mr David Deitz |
| Years | 7–12 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Enrolment | ≅760 (2008) |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Colour(s) | Navy Blue & Gold |
| Slogan | "Endeavour Respect Integrity Compassion Harmony (ENRICH)" |
| Website | smithshill-h.schools.nsw.edu.au |
Smith's Hill High School is the only academically selective school in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. The school is co-educational, and situated in central Wollongong. Its close proximity to the beach, Wollongong CBD, the University of Wollongong, the Illawarra Institute of Technology, Wollongong Entertainment Centre, Illawarra Performing Arts Centre and Beaton Park sporting complex allows it to provide a balanced curriculum in terms of academic pursuits, cultural and sporting experiences. The curriculum is supplemented by relevant excursions and extra-curricular activities which include camps and national competitions of an academic nature. Students are expected to participate in sport and are encouraged to pursue their strengths in all fields of endeavour. Students who choose to attend the school do so from an area which stretches from the southern suburbs of Sydney to Bateman's Bay in the south. All students are encouraged to: become independent learners; make choices concerning their own learning paths; and to extend themselves through involvement in extra-curricular activities.
The application and testing process for students seeking enrolment into Year 7 at Selective Schools in NSW is centrally administered by the High Performing Students Unit of the Department of Education. Applications for Year 7 are made in Year 5 with testing undertaken in Year 6. Applications open in mid-October and close in mid-November. Application Forms are available from local primary schools or can be downloaded from the High Performing Students Unit website when applications open. Students seeking a place at the school after Semester 1 in Year 7 make an application directly to the school. Each selective school administers its own application and selection processes for Years 8 - 12. Application packages are available from late June and need to be submitted by late July. Further information and application forms are also available from the High Performing Students Unit website.
In 1906, Wollongong Primary School began to offered vocational education courses for non-academic students. This included courses such as Household Accounts, Cookery, Laundry and Dressmaking. Five years later, in 1911, secondary courses were offered to academic students which allowed students to achieve the Intermediate Certificate and with further study, the Leaving Certificate.
A separate school for these courses was then established in 1916 under the name Wollongong Home Science School. This school was a single-sex education school for girls only and was based on a site in Smith Street, Wollongong. In 1957, the school relocated to its current location on the former site of Wollongong High School in Gipps Street and then in 1958, was renamed to Smith's Hill Girls High School. The school then allowed non-academic students to achieve the Intermediate and Leaving Certificates.
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