East Hills Boys High School

East Hills Boys High School
Location
Panania, New South Wales
Australia
Coordinates 33°57′26″S 150°59′39″E / 33.9572°S 150.9941°E / -33.9572; 150.9941Coordinates: 33°57′26″S 150°59′39″E / 33.9572°S 150.9941°E / -33.9572; 150.9941
Information
Former name East Hills Boys Technology High School
School type Public, Comprehensive, Single-sex, Secondary School
Motto Latin: Servio
(I Serve)
Established January 1955[1]
Sister school East Hills Girls Technology High School
Principal Karen Savins
Grades 7-12
Enrolment ~811[2] (2013)
Campus Lucas Road
Colour(s) Blue, black and white             
Website www.easthillsb-h.schools.nsw.edu.au

East Hills Boys High School, (frequently abbreviated to EHBHS) known until 2011 as East Hills Boys Technology High School, is a boys school in Panania, a suburb in south-western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, on Lucas Road. It is a single-sex boys high school operated by the New South Wales Department of Education with students from years 7 to 12. The school was established in 1955.

School history

The school was established in 1955 and was officially opened on 26 May 1956 by the Mininster for Education, Bob Heffron. The first headmaster from 1955 to his retirement in 1963 was Michael Stephen Cannon.[3][4][5] Heffron also officially opened the new assembly hall on 6 August 1959, with the hall subsequently named the "R. J. Heffron Hall" in his honour.[6]

Principals

YearsName[7]
1955–1963Michael Stephen Cannon, B.A.
1963–1965L. E. Jones
1966–1978T. C. Wallis
1979–1983G. C. Franks
1984–1986B. S. Byrnes
1987–1987S. R. Jacob
1988–1996R. K. Morris
1997–1999C. J. South
1999–2000C. Preece
2000–2000P. McSeveny
2001–2012Roderick Brooks
2013–2018Kevin Elgood
2018–dateKaren Savins

Notable alumni and staff

Staff

See also

References

  1. ↑ "East Hills Boys High - Cumberland". History of New South Wales government schools. NSW Department of Education. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "School Locator: East Hills Boys High School". Retrieved 13 February 2011.
  3. 1 2 "History 1955-1963" (PDF). 60th Anniversary 1955-2015. East Hills Boys High School. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "RETIREMENTS—TEACHERS". Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales (30). New South Wales, Australia. 29 March 1963. p. 890. Retrieved 27 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "Planning For Most School". The Farmer And Settler. L (12). New South Wales, Australia. 10 December 1954. p. 13. Retrieved 27 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "Opening of the Assembly Hall" (PDF). 60th Anniversary 1955-2015. East Hills Boys High School. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  7. ↑ "School Magazine 60th Anniversary 1955-2015" (PDF). East Hills Boys High School. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  8. ↑ "DALE, John William - Officer of the Order of Australia". It's an Honour database. Australian Government. 10 June 2002. Retrieved 28 March 2018. For service to the dental profession in the areas of professional development, ethics and standards, to training and education, particularly in relation to course accreditation and assessment of overseas-trained practitioners, and in the field of administration.
  9. ↑ "School to celebrate 60th". Canterbury Bankstown Torch. 26 October 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  10. ↑ Andrew McDonald (15 May 2014). "WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS" (Hansard). Legislative Assembly Hansard. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  11. ↑ "Top NSW athlete". The Canberra Times. 53, (15, 969). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 13 June 1979. p. 36. Retrieved 27 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
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