Congratulations to Year 6 student Ruby Kite who advances to the semi-finals of the Rostrum Public Speaking Competition after winning the quarter-finals last night in Cooma. A big thank you to Zac Rowlands for being tonight’s chairperson and Noah Horvath for being the timekeeper and guest speaker. Great job representing SMGS last night. [...]
Congratulations to the 7 Middle School and Senior School students who travelled to Sydney International Equestrian Centre Saxony Road, Horsley Park to represent SMGS in the Independent Sporting Association (ISA) Cross Country Championships. SMGS spirit shone brightly in the extremely competitive fields, as all students ran to their personal bests. Congratulations to [...]
Congratulations to the 11 Junior School students who travelled to Blue Mountains Grammar School for the 2021 HICES Cross Country Championships on their outstanding results and personal bests! The team effort culminated with SMGS placing 3rd in the percentage shield, which is a first for the school at this level of competition. [...]
Maria Kisich Public Speaking Competition 2021 On Tuesday, 18 May, Snowy Mountains Grammar School held its 22nd annual Maria Kisich Public Speaking Competition. With last year’s competition being held online, staff, students and families were elated to come together this year to watch the competition in person; however, with the success [...]
2021 Australian Education Awards – SMGS Announced as Excellence Awardee in Three Categories Photos: Banner - 2020 Junior School Teaching Team (L-R Heidi Shvetsoff, Brooke Kennedy, Julia Cane, Rosheen Nikora, Christine Philpott, Tavia Taylor), above, SMGS Executive Team L-R (Kelli Wilson, Dr Andrew Bell, Renee Tonkin, Jennifer Thompson, Heidi Shvetsoff, Dr [...]
SMGS Junior School Term 2 Lunchtime and After-school Co-curricular Program off to a Flying Start From the beginning of 2020, one of the key goals of the SMGS leadership team has been to build an inspiring and engaging Junior School lunchtime and after-school co-curricular and activities program. Underpinned by our mission [...]
On Saturday, partnering with Clean Up Australia, members of Twyanam House met at the Claypits for their annual Jindabyne foreshore clean up day. In combination with a spectacular day in the mountains, the Twynam House clean up day was a great opportunity to further grow house spirit, friendships and serve our community. A [...]
The Junior School feels privileged to be leading a Service Learning opportunity as a K-12 project. The project, Light Up Vanuatu, is supported by SolarBuddy and SchoolAid and has been introduced to SMGS through an Independent Schools Organisation, IPSHA. SchoolAid is an Australian charity empowering young philanthropists by providing in-school support and a crowd-funding platform [...]
SMGS Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Term 1 Adventurous Journey The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award students embarked upon their first Adventurous Journey for 2021 from Friday 26 to Monday 29 March. The expedition party comprised forty students from Years 9 to 12 and were accompanied by six brave staff members (Mrs Batson, Mrs Bell, [...]
Congratulations to Year 12 Student Zac Corcoran, who represented SMGS, the Jindabyne community and the wider region at the Lions Youth of the Year State Finals gala dinner in Canberra on Saturday 17 April. In what was a very close competition between the 5 speakers, we are incredibly proud of Zac's work to prepare [...]
