Kirrawee High School is a comprehensive co-educational high school located in

Kirrawee, New South Wales Kirrawee is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Kirrawee is located 25 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district in the Sutherland Shire. Kirrawee lies between Sutherland, to the west, and ...

, Australia, adjacent to the

Royal National Park The Royal National Park is a protected national park that is located in Sutherland Shire in the Australian state of New South Wales, just south of Sydney. The national park is about south of the Sydney central business district near the local ...

. The school was opened in 1966 and now caters for around 1,200 students, most continuing their education from three local primary schools, Gymea Bay, Grays Point and Kirrawee. The school is a Languages High School which also offers a comprehensive education in sports and in the performing arts, with musician James Morrison, who plays a concert at the school every year, a close mentor for the school's Jazz Orchestra. In the Sutherland Cronulla Education District, Kirrawee High school was second only to the academic selective high school

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. Extra-curricular activities offered include debating and public speaking, musical and dramatic productions, the Student Council, community service, charitable collections and fund raising and many sports programs. Brett McKay, the head science teacher, has been awarded the Prime Minister's Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching.

Notable alumni

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- Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist. *

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- Indigenous academic, lawyer and writer. NSW Australian of the Year 2011 * Michael Dickson- NFL Punter, Seattle Seahawks * Alicia McCormack- Olympic bronze medalist, Beijing 2008 water polo and London 2012 water polo * Chris McCormack – twice World Ironman Triathlon champion *

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– Olympic silver medalist, Sydney 2000 swimming *

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- Olympic archer, Atlanta 1996 * Emma Pask – jazz vocalist *

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- Olympic hockey player and dual Commonwealth Games gold medalist * Nicola Zagame- Olympic bronze medalist, London 2012 water polo *

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- Olympian at the 2021 Olympics for water polo. Her father Predrag was also the coach of the side. *

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- Tokyo 2020 Olympian in BMX Racing. AusCycling's Female BMX Racing Rider of the Year in 2020

References

External links

Kirrawee High School website
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See also

Notable alumni

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