St. Ives High School
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St Ives High School is a coeducational government high school located on the Upper North Shore of Sydney
, Australia
. Approximately 850 students are enrolled at the school each year. Due to its location, the school has extensive views of the city skyline from its spacious grounds. Apart from the immediate local area of St Ives
, the school's intake area extends through Hornsby
to north of Mount Colah
.
, Hornsby Girls' High School
and Asquith Girls High School
. They were segregated from the other students at their respective foster schools as they had their own uniform and classes. When the construction finally finished in 1964, students were able to start classes at their own school. However, the infrastructure of the school was still unfinished. The students and staff had neither electricity nor gas and the windows were unglazed.
of over seventy or more each year, higher than the state's average. Other participation by students include:
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. Approximately 850 students are enrolled at the school each year. Due to its location, the school has extensive views of the city skyline from its spacious grounds. Apart from the immediate local area of St Ives
St Ives, New South Wales
St Ives is a suburb on the Upper North Shore of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. St Ives is located 18 kilometres north of the Sydney Central Business District in the local government area of Ku-ring-gai Council...
, the school's intake area extends through Hornsby
Hornsby, New South Wales
* Highest Maximum Temperature: 42 °C* Lowest Maximum Temperature: 4.9 °C* Warmest Month: January* Coolest Month: July* Highest Precipitation: February* Lowest Precipitation: July-Notable residents:...
to north of Mount Colah
Mount Colah, New South Wales
Mount Colah is a suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Mount Colah is located 29 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Hornsby Shire....
.
Brief history
The building development of the school began in 1963. Prior to the development, the school had an enrolment of 150 students. Due to the incomplete construction, these students were transferred to Asquith Boys High SchoolAsquith Boys High School
Asquith Boys High School, is a school located in Asquith, New South Wales, Australia, on Jersey Street. It is a boys high school operated by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training with students from years 7 to 12...
, Hornsby Girls' High School
Hornsby Girls' High School
Hornsby Girls' High School is an academically selective, public high school for girls, located in Hornsby, a suburb on the Upper North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.Founded in 1930, the school's first principal was Sarah Agnes Angus Brewster....
and Asquith Girls High School
Asquith Girls High School
Asquith Girls High School is a girls' government high school located in the Sydney suburb Asquith, Australia.-History:Asquith Girls High School was opened in 1959 while it was still being built to replace Hornsby Domestic Science School, which had been burned down in bushfires.The current Principal...
. They were segregated from the other students at their respective foster schools as they had their own uniform and classes. When the construction finally finished in 1964, students were able to start classes at their own school. However, the infrastructure of the school was still unfinished. The students and staff had neither electricity nor gas and the windows were unglazed.
Achievements
St Ives High School has achieved consistent results at the Higher School Certificate with 90% of its Year 12 students awarded a HSC achieving an UAIUniversities Admission Index
The Universities Admission Index was used in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, Australia, as the primary criterion for entry into most undergraduate-entry university programs...
of over seventy or more each year, higher than the state's average. Other participation by students include:
- Dramatic, dance and musical productions
- Instrumental and choral performances
- Visual Arts and Design and Technology exhibitions
Notable alumni
- Elli OvertonElli OvertonEllinora Overton is a former backstroke and medley swimmer, who competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for Australia, starting in 1992...
, Olympic swimmer - Jane JamiesonJane JamiesonJane Jamieson is a track and field athlete from Australia.Jamieson has competed in the heptathlon in the Olympic Games, World Championships and Commonwealth Games finishing with Top 10 results at each level including a Gold Medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.Since the 2000 Olympic...
Olympic athlete - Rich ThompsonRich Thompson (pitcher, born 1958)Richard Neil Thompson is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played for the Cleveland Indians and the Montreal Expos . In his career, he made 77 appearances and went 3-10 with a 5.05 ERA....
, Olympic baseball silver medallist - Megan ConnollyMegan ConnollyMegan Jennifer Connolly was an Australian actress.-Career:Connolly's film debut was 1990's The Crossing with Russell Crowe. She later played Tori Hayden in the soap opera Paradise Beach Later she hosted the television shows The Zone and Body Corp...
, actor - Chris FoyChris Foy (actor)Chris Foy is an Australian actor.-Biography:Foy's most recent role was playing Matt Leyland on the ABC children's program Blue Water High. He has also appeared on Home and Away. Chris was also seen in "Our Lips Are Sealed" starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen...
, actor - Geoffrey Nugent (AKA Jim JeffriesJim Jeffries (comedian)Geoffery James Nugent, aka Jim Jeffries is an Australian stand-up comedian .-Early life:...
) Australian comedian - Candy RaymondCandy RaymondCandida Raymond is an Australian actress active in film during the 1970s and early 1980s. she attended St Ives High School in Sydney. She is the sister of actress Victoria Raymond....
, actor - John WaltonJohn WaltonJohn Walton is the name of:* John Walton , Georgia Continental Congressman, signer of the Articles of Confederation* Sir John Lawson Walton , British MP and Attorney General of England and Wales...
, actor - Evelyn JuersEvelyn JuersEvelyn Juers is an Australian writer and publisher.Juers was born in Neritz, Germany, moved to Australia in 1960, and has lived in Hamburg, Sydney, London and Geneva. She has a PhD from University of Essex, on the Brontës and the practice of biography...
, writer - Emily SymonsEmily SymonsEmily Symons is an Australian actress.Symons's mother remarried when she was just four years old and Symons did not see her biological, English father again until ten years later. She left school before finishing her exams and launched herself into the acting world...
. actor - Alison BraheAlison BraheAlison Brahe is an Australian model and actress.She began modelling early and became cover-girl of Dolly Magazine. She worked on the children's game show Guess What? with Andrew Fyfe in 1993 and had a guest appearance in the US TV series NewsRadio in 1995, in the episode Goofy Ball...
, model