Welcome
Snowy Mountains Grammar School is a K-12 co-educational school, catering to both day and boarding students.
Nestled in the foothills of Australia’s stunning alpine mountain region and located on the banks of the beautiful Lake Jindabyne, only a short drive from the Alpine resorts of Thredbo and Perisher, Snowy Mountains Grammar School is truly unique.
This environment provides our students with opportunities that many only dream of.
Winner – Innovative Schools!
For the second year running, Snowy Mountains Grammar School has been awarded The Educator Magazines Innovative Schools Award – Find out why!
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SMGS teams headed to the Australian Aeronautical Velocity Challenge Regionals!
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SMGS 2018 Athletics Carnival Program
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SMGS Presents: Grease the Musical! – Tickets on sale now!
“SMGS offers a well-rounded, academically enriched education with a strong pastoral care program, whereby each student is known personally by teachers, who prepare students for their vocation and life in the real world…”
Michael Jones – Chairman, Snowy Mountains Grammar School
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Peak Performance
Author: Andrew Bell, SMGS Principal This article first appeared in SMGS newsletter, Aspects on Friday, 18th May. Peak Performance I recently read the book, Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise, by Ericsson & [...]
The Australian National Eisteddfod a golden experience for Jindabyne’s Snowy String Ensemble
On Saturday, 19th May, SMGS students, Pippi Fuller, Ayumi Bailey, Alexi Cross, Lucy Cross and Jasmine Zollinger who are part of an 8 muscian strong performance group who perform under the title 'Snowy String Ensemble' [...]
SMGS joins 8255 schools across Australia for National Simultaneous Storytime 2018
The youngest members of our school community had a busy day on Wednesday, 23rd May! Before heading out to the Athletics Carnival, our Kindergarten to Year 2 participated in the National Simultaneous Storytime (NSS). SMGS [...]
2018 Term 1 Principal’s Merit Assembly
On Friday, 18th May, Senior School students were recognised who have achieved Academic Honours (Provisional) and/or Academic Endeavour (Provisional) for Term 1. Academic Endeavour is calculated by converting the effort grades each student achieves into [...]
ABSA National Boarding Week – 2018 SMGS Boarders: “Why I Love Boarding”
Our boarders come from all over Australia, including the major cities of Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth, as well as some of the smaller, closer, regional towns of Adelong, Braidwood, Captain’s Flat, together with other [...]
National Boarding Week 2018 – Celebrating the SMGS Boarding Community
This week, boarding schools around Australia will be participating in the Australian Boarding Schools Association (ABSA) National Boarding Week. The week is aimed at raising awareness about the many benefits of boarding schools, thanking our [...]
Off the Beaten Track and into the World of Acting
Author: Jackson Quinn, Arts Captain Last week, SMGS Drama students were treated to the fabulous talents of the wonderful Maria Angelico, star of Channel Ten’s Sisters. Through a range of fun and inspiring improvisation activities, [...]
Year 11 Legal Studies Excursion to the Cooma Courthouse for Law Week
Our Year 11 Legal Studies students were very lucky to be invited to Cooma Court House as part of Law Week. The students spent the morning in court watching a list day with Magistrate Michael [...]
School pride and team camaraderie out in full force at SMGS cross-country carnival
On Monday, 7th May, SMGS K-12 students took to the cross-country track at the Station Resort…180 runners to be exact! With the House Shield on the line, this year’s cross country carnival saw one of [...]
Wellbeing and the change of seasons – A note from our Dean of Students, Years 7-10
Welcome to our new students and staff who have joined for this term and beyond, and another warm welcome back to those who are continuing their journey with us. As we enter Term 2 at [...]