Cammeraygal High School is a government-funded

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, located on the Pacific Highway, , a suburb on the lower north shore of

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, Australia. Established in 2015, the school enrolled approximately 500 students in 2018, from

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, of whom less than one percent identified as

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and 42 percent were from a language background other than English. The school is operated by the

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in accordance with a curriculum developed by the

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; the principal is Kathy Melky.

History

The school is named in honour of the

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, a clan of the

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tribe of Indigenous Australians who inhabited the lower north shore of Sydney. The school site originally opened in 1914 as

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until December 1993, when North Sydney Girls relocated across the Pacific Highway to the site of the closed

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. The site was then taken over by

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. The former buildings of North Sydney Girls and Bradfield College are listed as a heritage item in the ''North Sydney Local Environment Plan 2013''. In 2014, when the Department of Education resolved to create a new public high school in the North Sydney area on the site of Bradfield College (which moved further up the Pacific Highway to

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), the first new public school in the area since 1961, some former alumni of Crows Nest Boys High School campaigned to restore the "Crows Nest High" name, colours and motto to the new school. However the Department eventually decided on "Cammeraygal High School", which opened in January 2015. In 2018 plans were revealed for an expansion of the school by creating a senior campus at the former Crows Nest

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Campus site on West Street, Crows Nest. In 2020 Cammeraygal High School had its first graduating class of Year 12.

Campuses

Cammeraygal High School has two campuses. Junior Campus- Years 7-9. This campus was formerly the North Sydney Girls High School campus prior to them moving to a new campus across the road, this campus was completed in 2015. Senior Campus-Years 10-12. This Campus was formerly the West Street TAFE, this campus was completed in 2019. In 2019 an art hall was built on the senior campus, the new hall features a basketball court, new change rooms and a stage for performances.

Houses

Cammeraygal High School has four houses these houses are named after Australian Sports persons. 1.Freeman-Named after Former Olympian Cathy Freeman, the house colour is Yellow. 2.Goodes-Named after Former AFL player Adam Goodes, the house colour is Blue. 3.Hughes- Named after Former Australian Cricketer Phillip Hughes, the house colour is Purple. 4.Stosur- Named after Australian tennis player Samantha Stosur, the house colour is Green. These houses are primarily used for sporting events held by Cammeraygal High School such as swimming carnivals, athletics and cross country.

Co-curriculum Sports

Cammeraygal High School students have the opportunity to participate in sports, all students from year 7-10 must complete in term sport, this is optional for year 11 and 12 students, along with in term sports, students has the opportunity to participate in extra curricular sports such as P&C sports and knock out competitions with other public schools in the Sydney Region.

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