Founded in 1878 by the Good Samaritan Sisters, St Scholastica’s is a Catholic girls’ high school situated in Glebe, five minutes from the city.
Facilities: Library, technology resource centre centre, computer rooms, independent learning centre with IBM computers, networked computer laboratories, internet, two netball courts, one tennis courts, multi-purpose hall/gymnasium.
Electives Years 7 to 10: Visual Arts, Music, Drama, History, Geography, Commerce, Information & Software Technology, Technology, Food Technology, Textiles Technology, Aboriginal Studies, French, Italian, Japanese, Physical Activity & Sports Studies, Talented Students Program (Philosophy).
Courses Years 11 and 12: Studies of Religion 1 and 2 (compulsory and studied at HSC level), Fundamentals of English, English Standard, Advanced and Extension, ESL, Mathematics, Mathematics Ext 1 & Ext 2, General Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Earth & Environmental Science, Aboriginal Studies, Ancient History, Modern History, Extension History, Geography, Drama, Economics, Legal Studies, Music, Visual Arts, Business Studies, Society and Culture, Italian Continuers, Japanese Beginners and Continuers, Chinese Background Speakers, Design and Technology, Food Technology, PD/Health/PE, VET Hospitality, VET Business Services, Community and Family Studies, Information Processes and Technology, access to TAFE VET courses, Open High School and Saturday School of Community Languages.
Sport: Netball, softball, volleyball, tennis, swimming, soccer, touch football, hockey, gymnastics, diving, athletics, cricket, basketball, water polo, indoor soccer.
Extracurricular activities: Private music tuition, debating, public speaking, choir, band, orchestra, theatre sports, Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme.
Welfare and personal development: St Scholastica’s allows students to be catered for at an individual level. With the aid of an academic adviser, each student negotiates her subjects on the basis of need, talent and interest. The school accommodates a wide range of student backgrounds, and a pastoral care system encourages personal development and individual responsibility.
Special features: Among key curriculum innovations is a resource centre, which is a student-led learning environment where students can follow specific themes in their choice of subjects. There is also ESL and a Gifted and Talented Program. At the heart of the College are its traditional Benedictine values: compassion, justice, wisdom, learning, harmony, balance, hospitality and stewardship. The College has a strong Justice Peace and Ecology Program.