Hornsby Girls’ High School is a government selective school for girls in Years 7 to 12. The heritage buildings were originally established in 1930 and there have been recent sympathetic buildings added. The school’s mission statement is “Excellence in girls’ education”.
Facilities: Technology, science and language laboratories, modern library, specialist facilities for Visual Arts, Music, Drama, Design and Food Technology, gymnasium and sports oval, netball, basketball and tennis courts.
Curriculum Years 7 and 8: Students follow mandatory BOS courses, including languages, visual arts and music development programs.
Electives Years 9 and 10: Commerce, Dance, Design, Drama, Food Technology, French, Geography, German, Graphics Technology, History, Information and Software Technology, Japanese, Music, Photographic and Digital Media, Textiles Technology, Visual Arts.
Electives Years 11 and 12: English (Advanced and both Extensions), Ancient History, Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, Drama, Dance, Economics, Food Technology, French, Geography, German, History Extension, Information Processes and Technology, Japanese, Legal Studies, Mathematics (all courses), Modern History, Music, Physics, PD/Health/PE, Philosophy, Photography, Society and Culture, Software Design and Development, Textiles and Design, and Visual Arts.
Sport: Athletics, badminton, basketball, cricket, cross-country, dance, gymnastics, hockey, martial arts, netball, oztag, softball, soccer, squash, swimming, table tennis, touch football. There are interschool competitions for all these sports.
Extracurricular activities: These include debating and public speaking, Mock Trial, dance ensembles, a choral vocal group, bands and orchestras, drama, creative and performing arts exhibitions and performances, a student leadership program, charity fundraising, a school musical, Tournament of Minds, and many others.
Welfare and personal development: The school’s reputation is enhanced by its highly supportive student welfare team, which supports individual needs and high aspirations. It offers pro-active pastoral care programs, an effective prefect system and SRC, work experience as well as careers education and personal development programs. There are several established gifted and talented programs. The school uniform is stylish and worn with pride.