}, which translated as "Strive to the end". The Girls' High School motto was the la, Facta non verba, translated as "Deeds not words". There was a fire in the girls' assembly hall in the early 1970s as well as fires in the boys' school. Following damage to the boys' school in the early 1970s, it was decided to merge the boys' and girls' schools to form a new co-educational high school for the area. This was one of many reasons to amalgamate the schools.

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was also being built and the numbers at the school would halve. The

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decided against the amalgamation and it was only due to a strike by students and parents that the schools were merged and upgraded. The merger had always been planned, both schools were supposedly temporary with a few permanent buildings built in the 1960s and 1970s. These buildings still stand as of 2019. Thus, the schools merged in 1976 to form Narrabeen High School and most of the school buildings date from this time. The altered badge of Narrabeen Boys' was adopted, although the motto was also changed to read "Purpose and Integrity". By the 1990s, the school had generated a reputation for sporting excellence and the decision was made to re-form the school into the state's first specialist sports high school, which was done by the end of 2000. In 2008, Narrabeen Sports High became a member of the Peninsula Community of Schools group. As of 2022, the principal is Heidi Currie.

Sports offered and facilities

The Narrabeen Sports High School operates a talented sports development program across the following sports:

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baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...

boxing Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined ...

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

dance Dance is a performing art form consisting of sequences of movement, either improvised or purposefully selected. This movement has aesthetic and often symbolic value. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoir ...

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(affiliated with the Sydney FC),

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tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

, touch football,

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, and

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. Located between Narrabeen Beach and Narrabeen Lakes and surrounded by playing fields, the Narrabeen Sports High School is able to access the adjacent facilities of the Sydney Academy of Sport. The school's sporting facilities include a full-sized gymnasium, fitness laboratory, dance studio, tennis courts, and a hall for public performances.

Notable alumni

Narrabeen High/Sports High

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player * Laura Eneversurfer; competed in the

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player *

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rugby union player *

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rugby league player * Scott Millerswimmer; represented Australia at the

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* Chris Payne

player in the A-League *

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Australian actor and writer *

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soccer player in the A-League * Josh Valentinerugby union player * Rodney van Buizenbaseball player; represented Australia at the

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* Rouben Vesmadianbasketball player * Anthony Watmoughrugby league player

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* John Alexander former tennis player; member of the Australian Davis Cup team; politician who represents

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* Mark Andersonswimmer; represented Australia at the 1968 Summer Olympics *

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surfer; creator of the "thruster" surfboard design *

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rugby league player * John Gibbsrugby league player and media personality * Peter Montgomery former water polo player who represented Australia at the 1972 Munich, 1976 Montreal, 1980 Moscow, and 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics; sports administrator who served as the Vice President of the

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singer, actor, entertainer *

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former politician who represented

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and North Shore *

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* Marlena JefferySpouse of a former Governor-General of Australia,

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* Jenny Turrallswimmer; represented Australia at the 1976 Olympics; Commonwealth Games; and former world record holder

References

External links

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Badge of Narrabeen Boys' High - held by the Powerhouse Museum
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Sports offered and facilities

Notable alumni

Narrabeen High/Sports High

Narrabeen Boys High

Narrabeen Girls High

See also

References

External links