Knox Grammar School - Sydney
Written by Thulung on January 9, 2010.
Knox Grammar School is an independent Presbyterian day and boarding school for boys located in Wahroonga, in a North Shore suburb of Sydney, New South Wales Australia. It was founded in 1924 by the Presbyterian Church of Australia and named after 16th century Scottish reformer John Knox, who planned a network of school in every church parish.
Since the day of its establishment, the school has grown, dividing it into senior school and preparatory school with its senior school students number reaching to approximately 1,400 and preparatory students number counting to 550. The school also has about 150 live in boarding students.
Knox’s senior campus includes sports facilities: indoor pool, gymnasium, squash, weight training, music and drama centres and several sporting fields. Each classrooms are equipped with projector and each student has laptop wireless internet access .
Beside academic and sporting programmes, the school also offers various extra curricular activities : several large ensembles and orchestras, drama, debating, public speaking, chess, science clubs, and Duke of Edinburgh’s Award scheme, as well as maintaining the largest secondary school cadet unit in Australia.
TheeAustralian.com — For More Info:
KNOX GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Pacific Highway
PO Box 5008
Wahroonga NSW Australia 2076
T: 61 2 9487 0122 F: +61 2 9487 0186
E: contact@knox.nsw.edu.au
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