Riverside Girls High School is a secondary

Secondary school

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, public, day school

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 for girls, located in Gladesville

Gladesville, New South Wales

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, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales

New South Wales

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, Australia

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. It was founded in 1934, celebrating its 70th Anniversary in 2004

Riverside is divided into two groupings. The Junior section consists of the 7th

Seventh grade

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 to the 10th

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 grades. The Senior section consists of 11th

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 and 12th

Twelfth grade

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 grade classes.

Riverside Girls High School has remarkable waterfront views. The school's motto is "Deeds not Words".

Extra-curricular activities

Riverside participates in sport against other schools in the Sydney North West Zone.

Other extracurricular activities include:

• Students Representative Council
• Drama Soiree
• Sports Carnivals
• Debating
• Business Studies Competition and Australian Business Week
• Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme
• Concert Bands - the senior and junior concert bands are entered into competitions every year such as Macdonalds festival. * Choir
• Canoe training day, juniors are taught the use of the fibro vessels at the School's riverside location.
• Peer Mediation dispute settlement Program, and the NSW Law Society Peer Mediation SCRAM Competition
• Peer Support Program with Year 7 and 11
• Page to Stage
• Mock Trial
• Public Speaking Club
• School Spirit Committee
• Thirst (Religious meet)
• SIFE (Students In Free Enterprise) Business Competition
• Drama Club and Environment Club
• Open soccer, water polo, netball, hockey, sailing, and more

Notable alumni

• Muriel Lylie Porter
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   OAM
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   (née Carter) - Journalist
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   and Author
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  ; Anglican laywoman
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• Connie Mitchell
  Connie Mitchell
  Connie Mitchell is an Australian pop singer and the lead vocalist with the Sydney band Sneaky Sound System. She appears on the band's singles "Pictures", "I Love It", "UFO", "Goodbye", "Kansas City", "When We Were Young", "16" and "We Love"...
  
   - Australian Pop Singer, member of Sneaky Sound System
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• Casey Burgess - member of popular children's performance group- Hi 5

External links

• Riverside Girls High School Website