Wenona School
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North Sydney, New South Wales Australia 
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| Coordinates | 33°50′1″S 151°12′32″E / 33.83361°S 151.20889°ECoordinates: 33°50′1″S 151°12′32″E / 33.83361°S 151.20889°E |
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| Type | Independent, Single-sex, Day and Boarding |
| Motto |
Latin: Ut Prosim (That I May Serve) |
| Denomination | Non-denominational |
| Established | 1886 |
| Founder | Miss Edith Hooke |
| Chairman | Ms Dianna Crebbin |
| Principal | Dr Briony Scott |
| Staff | 113 (Full-time) |
| Enrolment | 1,000 (K–12) |
| Colour(s) | Navy Blue, Red and White |
| Slogan | "Empower young women to serve and shape their world" |
| Website | 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 1,000 students from Kindergarten to Year 12, including 50 boarders in Years 7 to 12.
The school is affiliated with the Independent Primary School Heads of Australia (IPSHA), the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA), the Alliance of Girls' Schools Australasia (AGSA), and the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS).
Woodstock School was founded in 1886 by Miss Edith Hooke who was prominent in educational circles at the time. Miss Hooke selected the motto Ut Prosim, that I may serve, which she transferred to Wenona School in April 1913, a preparatory school with the same colours and crest and an enrolment of 40 which she established in place of Woodstock. The close relationship between the schools is reflected in the name Wenona, thought to have been chosen by Miss Hooke, a devotee of Longfellow, from his poem The Song of Hiawatha, in which Wenonah is a first-born daughter.
When Miss Hooke left the school in February 1920 due to an illness in her family, Ms Messiter, a former pupil of Woodstock, stepped in to watch over the school. By June of that year, another former Woodstock student, Miss Edith 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 school's first boarding house. In the following years, Miss Ralston extended Wenona into a large and successful school for girls, with a curriculum providing for students from Kindergarten to Year 12.
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