Student Life
Guildford offers a comprehensive extracurricular program for students. The school also has boarding facilities for students who live in rural areas of Western Australia, as well as international students. The major components of the program are sports, music, the arts, and cadets.
The Cadet program at Guildford has a long and proud tradition, which dates back to 1904. The program is governed by the State and Federal Arms of the Australian Army Cadet Corps, and is supported by the A SQD Tenth Light Horse.
Guildford is known to be one of the highest contributors to the national Tournament of the Minds competition which spans throughout Australasia. Guildford produced 15 teams composed of 7 boys from years 8–10 in 2007 and annually produces about 12 teams. Guildford has had success within this competition, regularly going into State Finals and making the nationals in 2005, ranking fourth nationally in 2005 and being the top team for Maths/Engineering in Western Australia.
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