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Creative and Performing Art Achievements 2007 |
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In 2007, Sydney Distance Education High School enrolled 102 students from Years 7 to 12 in the vocationally talented category who excelled in elite dance and performing arts activities. This include acting, classical ballet, contemporary dance and music.
Students enjoy very high levels of success. A student has been successful in gaining entry into each of the following organisations: the Melbourne Dance Company, Elmhurst School of Dance in England, Akademie des Tanzes Mannheim in Germany and the London Conservatorium of Music.
Students were also successful in the City of Sydney Eisteddfod and the Queensland Twin Tower Eisteddfod. Students gained positions in:
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Shout
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Billy Elliott
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Home and Away
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Wicked.
Four Drama students performed their group performance as the headlining act at OnSTAGE. A group of students auditioned successfully for the TV show “So you think you can dance”.
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In 2007, Sydney Distance Education High School enrolled 57 students from Years 7 to 12 in the vocationally talented category, who excelled in elite sporting activities. These include beach volleyball, cycling, ice skating, soccer and tennis.
Students enjoy very high levels of success. A student was in the Australian Beach Volleyball Team which toured Norway and Thailand.
In tennis, a student won the Women's Manly Seaside Tennis Tournament, another the Australian U16 Tennis title, and yet another was part of the winning U14 World Junior Tennis team. A number of our students were members of the winning Junior Davis Cup.
Currently the Australian rankings of our athletes in tennis range between Top 50 and 1000.
One of our students has been identified for the Paralympics in London 2012 as a visually impaired athlete. Her recent achievements include a Gold Medal (800m) and Silver Medals (100m) and (200m) in the state championships.
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 Sydney Distance Education High School recognises students for their outstanding curriculum achievements throughout the year.
In 2007, 334 students received the Principal’s Commendation. This is an increase of 212.75% from 2006.
A student was selected as the inaugural winner of the Australian Textile Arts & Surface Design Association Inc. Outstanding Student Award.
Three students received the Long Tan Leadership & Teamwork Award from the Australian Defence Force.
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