| Hornsby Girls' High School | |
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Hornsby_Girls_High_School-2.jpg) Hornsby Girls' High School | |
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Australia | |
| Coordinates | 33°42′23″S 151°6′5″E / 33.70639°S 151.10139°E |
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| Type | Government-funded single-sex selective secondary day school |
| Motto | Faith with Fortitude |
| Established | 1930[1] |
| Principal | Justin Briggs |
| Gender | Girls |
| Enrolment | 730 |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Colour(s) | Fawn and navy blue |
| Website | hornsbygir-h |
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Hornsby Girls' High School is a government-funded single-sex academically selective secondary day 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 the scientist Sarah Agnes Angus Brewster.[1]
Academically, Hornsby Girls' is regularly ranked first in the Hornsby region in terms of Higher School Certificate (HSC) results and is repeatedly ranked as one of the top ten performing schools in the state.[2][3]
The school has a student exchange program with three of their languages – Japanese, French and German. Their Japanese sister school is Shukutoku Yono which is situated in Saitama, their German sister school is Graf-Rasso in Furstenfeldbruck and students from the school have visited New Caledonia a few times in recent years.[when?]
- ^ a b Else-Mitchell, R., "Sarah Agnes Angus Brewster (1874–1957)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 29 April 2024
- ^ "HSC School Ranking – 2020".
- ^ McDougall, Bruce (26 December 2007). "Public tops private across the state --- Special report: The best schools region by region". The Daily Telegraph.