Gippsland Independent Schools (GIS) is an association of schools in Gippsland

Gippsland

Gippsland is a large rural region in Victoria, Australia. It begins immediately east of the suburbs of Melbourne and stretches to the New South Wales border, lying between the Great Dividing Range to the north and Bass Strait to the south...

, Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

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, Australia

Australia

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. The association organises many inter-school extracurricular competitions. These include swimming, diving, athletics, summer sports (cricket, tennis, softball and basketball), winter sports (football, soccer, hockey and netball), and cultural festivals, including drama, chess, dance and debating.
Students from year 7 and up can participate in most of these events.

Schools

• Beaconhills College, Pakenham
  Beaconhills
  Beaconhills College is a co-educational, ecumenical, independent school providing education from early learning to preparatory to year 12. The college has three campuses...
  
  
• Chairo Christian School, Drouin
• Gippsland Grammar, Sale
  Gippsland Grammar School
  Gippsland Grammar School is an independent, Anglican, co-educational, day and boarding school, located in Sale, in the state of Victoria, Australia....
  
  
• Marist-Sion College, Warragul
• Mary MacKillop Catholic Regional College, Leongatha
• Newhaven College, Newhaven
• Presentation College
• St Paul's Anglican Grammar School, Warragul
  St Paul's Anglican Grammar School
  St Paul's Anglican Grammar School is a coeducational Anglican independent school founded in 1982 in Warragul, Victoria, Australia. St Paul's is a member of the GIS and ICCES school association bodies....
  
  http://www.newhavencol.vic.edu.au/school/cocurricular/interschool.htm