Bankstown Girls High School

Bankstown Girls' High School
Location
Mona Street, Bankstown, Sydney NSW Australia
Information
Type	Public School, Girls
Motto	Semper Optime, 'Always the best'
Established	1959
School district	Bankstown
Principal	Mrs Betty Harper
Staff	75
Faculty	55
Grades	7 - 12
Number of students	636
Colour(s)	Navy blue and white
Website	https://web.archive.org/web/20070822223504/http://www.schools.ash.org.au:80/bankstowngirls/default.htm

Bankstown Girls' High School is a government high school for girls operated by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training. It is located in the south-western Sydney suburb of Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia.

Education

The school was established in 1959. There are 118 students in year 10. The school, with an enrolment of 636 students, is situated 10 kilometres from the centre of Sydney with easy access by train or bus. Smart boards are used in certain classrooms to complement the education.

HSC performance

Bankstown Girls' High School performs outstandingly in the HSC with girls receiving band 6s in all their courses. The highest UAI in 2008 was 99.3. and in 2016, which was 98.70.

Houses

Students are allocated to a house when they enter BGHS according to their surnames. There are four houses which students compete under for the Swimming, Athletics and Cross Country Carnivals:

Freeman (red) Sauvage (blue) Jackson (green) O'Neil (yellow)

Over the years, Freeman and O'Neill have had a fierce rivalry, with each house winning by the nearest of margins and points, in athletics and swimming carnivals. The house names were formed in 2001 by the SRC.

Extracurricular activity

The BGHS has a Student Representative Council, as well as prefects, and a newsletter called the Buzz.

Students have the option to participate in athletics, sporting teams, debating, public speaking, student ambassdor programs, math competitions, science competitions, anime club, dance and choir. Since 2010, Bankstown Girls High School has held a school event called Dance Revolution where the students perform numerous dance numbers. It occurred in 2010, 2011 and will be occurring in 2013.

Notable alumnae

Paulini Curuenavuli, R&B Singer and former Australian Idol contestant and Young Divas member.

External links

Coordinates: 33°55′15″S 151°01′53″E / 33.92079°S 151.03141°E / -33.92079; 151.03141

City of Bankstown, South-western Sydney

Suburbs and localities within the City of Bankstown	Bankstown Bass Hill Birrong Chester Hill Chullora Condell Park East Hills Georges Hall Greenacre Manahan Milperra Mount Lewis Padstow Padstow Heights Panania Picnic Point Potts Hill Punchbowl Revesby Revesby Heights Sefton Villawood Yagoona

War history	Bankstown Bunker History of Bankstown during World War II HMS Nabberley No. 1 Fighter Sector RAAF

Crime	Bilal Skaf Milperra massacre Roger Rogerson Sydney gang rapes Villawood Immigration Detention Centre

Education	Alphacrucis Al Amanah College Bankstown Boys (Bankstown Senior College) Bankstown City Library Bankstown Girls Birrong Girls High School Bass High School Georges River Grammar LaSalle Catholic College Malek Fahd Islamic School St Euphemia College Sefton High School University of Western Sydney

Public transport bus service	Highway Tours McVicar's Bus Services Punchbowl Bus Company South Western Coach Lines Transdev NSW

Public transport by rail	Airport line Bankstown Line Bankstown station Birrong station Chester Hill station East Hills station Leightonfield station Padstow station Panania station Punchbowl station Revesby station Sefton station Villawood station Yagoona station

Sports facilities and public parks	Bankstown Oval Dunc Gray Velodrome Garrison Point Georges River National Park Jensen Oval McLeod Reserve Middleton Park Mirambeena Regional Park O'Neill Park Salt Pan Creek Terry Lamb Complex

Other utilities	Bankstown Airport Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital

Sports teams	Bankstown Berries Bankstown Bruins Bankstown City Bulls Bankstown City Lions Bankstown District Cricket Club Bankstown RSL Dragons Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Chester Hill Rhinos Yagoona Lions

Notable residents past and present	Danny Adcock Tahir Bilgiç Bryan Brown John Burgess Paulini Curuenavuli Anh Do Casey Donovan Brett Emerton Mamdouh Habib Hard-Ons Christian Heim Brett Holman Terry Lamb Paul Keating Geoff Robinson Akmal Saleh Vince Sorrenti Ian Thorpe Mark Waugh Steve Waugh

Other topics	Bankstown Bites Food Festival Bankstown Central Shopping Centre Canterbury-Bankstown Division of Banks Electoral district of Bankstown (results)

List of Sydney suburbs

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