Killarney Heights High School
| Killarney Heights High School | |
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Starkey Street, Killarney Heights, NSW Australia | |
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| Type | Public, secondary |
| Motto | Sylle Aefter Faerelde (To each according to his/her conduct) |
| Established | 1967 |
| Principal | Ms Hayley Emmerton |
| Grades | 7–12 |
| Enrolment | 911 (May 16 2017) |
| Colour(s) | Blue, White and Green |
| Website | http://www.killarney-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/home |
Killarney Heights High School is a coeducational, comprehensive high school located on Starkey Street, Killarney Heights near the Northern Beaches of Sydney. The school is situated in a bushland setting within 20 minutes drive of the Sydney central business district.
The school has a tradition of high academic achievement, catering for individual student needs and providing a broad co-curricular program.
The motto is thought to have come from an abbreviated quote from the writings of a late Old English abbot and Aelfric of Eynsham “a prolific writer of religious literature, including translations from the Bible, saints’ lives and homilies. It reads as follows: Ic afandie manna heotan: & heora lendena. & aelcum sylle aefter his faerelde.& aefter his agenre afundennysse. This means:’to each I will give according to his {life} journey and according to his own invention [or discovery]”.
The school motto "sylle aefter faerelde" was translated as "To each according to his/her conduct" (translated as his/her due to the school being coeducational). The three words on their own can also be interpreted as “sylle” – foundation, “aefter” – after, “faerelde”- journey.
See also
External links
- http://www.killarney-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/home
- New South Wales Department of Education and Training - Killarney Heights High School
Coordinates: 33°46′18″S 151°12′55″E / 33.77167°S 151.21528°E