Killarney Heights High School

Killarney Heights High School is a coeducational, comprehensive high school located on Starkey Street in Killarney Heights, a northern suburb of Sydney, near the Northern Beaches, Australia. The school is situated in a bushland setting within a 20 minutes drive of the Sydney central business district.

Killarney Heights High School
Location
Starkey Street, Killarney Heights
,

New South Wales

Australia
Information
TypePublic, secondary
MottoSylle Aefter Faerelde (To each according to his/her conduct)
Established1967
PrincipalHayley Emmerton
Grades7–12
Enrolment911 (May 16, 2017)
Colour(s)Blue, white and green
Websitehttps://killarney-h.schools.nsw.gov.au/

History

The school was established in January 1967 to serve the new suburb of Killarney Heights which was built in the early 1960s. Some construction was still ongoing when the school opened and by the end of the year there were eight classrooms over four buildings. There were extensions to the school in 1968 and 1969. When the school opened there were 137 students but this rose rapidly with 998 students being enrolled by 1971 and 1281 by 1972.[1]

In 1972, the school was vandalised when the library was deliberately flooded.[1]

A gala event was held in 2017 to mark the 50th anniversary of the school.[1]

Motto

The motto is thought to have come from an abbreviated quote from the writings of a late Old English abbot and Aelfric of Eynsham "a prolific writer of religious literature, including translations from the Bible, saints' lives and homilies. It reads as follows: Ic afandie manna heotan: & heora lendena. & aelcum sylle aefter his faerelde.& aefter his agenre afundennysse. This means: 'to each I will give according to his {life} journey and according to his own invention [or discovery]'".

The school motto "sylle aefter faerelde" was translated as "To each according to his/her conduct" (translated as his/her due to the school being coeducational). The three words on their own can also be interpreted as "sylle" – foundation, "aefter" – after, "faerelde " — journey.

See also

References
  1. "Killarney Heights schools turn 50". www.dailytelegraph.com.au. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2020.

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