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provides education for girls from the Sydney region, and as of 2019 had approximately 1,030 students from

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, including 80 boarders from international, remote and urban areas. St Scholastica's is located within the Archdiocese of Sydney and is affiliated with the Australian Boarding Schools' Association (ABSA).

Sporting

The College sports program includes touch football, volleyball, rowing, tennis, soccer, netball and dragon boating. They participate in the Catholic Girls Schools Secondary Sports Association (CGSSSA) competitions and in local competitions on weekends.

Houses

As of 2018 the College operates with seven houses named after notable Catholic women: Hart (the red house), Clarke (the orange house), Adamson (the yellow house), Ronayne (the green house), McLaughlin (the blue house), Gibbons (the purple house) and Byrne (the pink house). The College homerooms are also organised by house. Each year the house with the most points wins the House Spirit Cup. House points are awarded to students for swimming and athletic carnival participation and spirit, for participation in a vast range of extra-curricular and co-curricular activities, and for gaining awards.

Notable alumni

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– actress * Jennifer Anne Alexander –

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, New South Wales and the

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of Gondwana Voices (also attended

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) * Mabel Eileen Furley – Member of the

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(1962–64); Foundation member of the

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; Chairman of the

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* Malarndirri (Barbara) McCarthy – an Australian politician who represented Arnhem in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 2005 to 2012. School captain in 1988.

References

External links

St Scholastica's College website
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Sporting

Houses

Notable alumni

See also

References

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