Our Vision
Snowy Mountains Grammar School will be recognised as a premier K-12 co-educational day and boarding school community offering a diverse range of opportunities, leading to the development of outstanding adaptive citizens equipped for an ever-changing world.
Our Mission
Our mission is to work with families to develop well-rounded young people with active and creative minds, who have an understanding of and compassion for others, a passion for lifelong learning and the courage and confidence to act on their beliefs.
Our Values
We believe in Courage, acting with conviction and owning responsibility when faced with challenges. Authenticity means living with integrity and staying true to ourselves. We show Respect by valuing every person, embracing diversity, and building positive relationships. With Empathy, we listen with curiosity and compassion to truly understand others.
These values guide how we learn, grow, and belong together.
Our Motto
We encourage all to Challenge themselves to reach their individual potential and take ownership of their actions. We strive to Belong to a connected and compassionate community built on respect, honesty, and integrity. We seek to Explore what it means to live authentically, act with courage, grow life skills through innovation and responsible risk-taking, and deepen our care for and understanding of the natural environment. These principles guide our learning, relationships, and contribution to the world around us.
School Houses
The four Houses celebrate local geographical features and take their shields from our school crest.
Cascades is represented in the crest by the gum leaf, depicting Environment.
A cascade is a river environment where there is a waterfall or a series of small waterfalls over steep rocks. The streams and rivers of the Snowy Mountains have many such cascades. The Cascades region and Cascades Hut are found above Dead Horse Gap. The hut was built in 1935 by stockmen for use whilst grazing cattle. The hut and the Cascades region inspired Elyne Mitchell’s Sliver Brumby books.
Kiandra is represented in the crest by the linked fingers in Community.
For centuries before European settlement, Aboriginal tribes gathered in the Kiandra district in summer to feed on bogong moths. When the first Europeans arrived early in the nineteenth century, they used the high country for summer pasture for sheep and cattle.
Mowamba is represented in the crest by the flowing river, depicting Flexibility.
The Mowamba River is a tributary of the Snowy River, which flows south of Jindabyne, it is bridged by both the Barry Way and the Snowy River Way, before joining up with the Snowy River.
Twynam is represented in the crest by the mountain, depicting Challenge.
Mount Twynam is the third-highest mountain on mainland Australia. It is located in the Snowy Mountains on the Main Range, 8 kilometres north-west of Mount Kosciuszko.
Our School Crest
CHALLENGE
The mountain peak represents the School’s commitment to providing a range of educational and personal challenges within a safe and supportive environment.
ENVIRONMENT
The Snow Gum leaf represents the unique natural environment of the School and its commitment to learning, both within and beyond the classroom.
COMMUNITY
The figures represent the kinship of the School, its place within the broader Snowy Mountains community and the lasting relationships formed between students and staff, by giving through service and by the sharing of values and ideals.
FLEXIBILITY
The flowing river represents adaptability and versatility, key elements the school uses to nurture the individuality of students and the delivery of curriculum in an engaging and relevant manner.