Houses
As with most Australian schools, Sydney Girls High utilises a house system. Students are allocated to a house when they enter the school according to surname. There are four different houses in which students compete under for the Swimming, Athletics and Cross Country Carnivals:
- Campbell (red)
- Garvin (blue)
- Macquarie (green)
- Moore (yellow)
With the exception of Macquarie, named after Governor Lachlan Macquarie, all of the houses are named after former Principals of the school: Florence Campbell, Helena Moore and Lucy Arbella Stocks Garvin. The houses are created by sorting students in year 7. Alternatively, students who have family members who were pupils or former pupils of the school may elect to change houses to the same house.
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