School Traditions
There are four houses at Killara High School these houses are named after Aboriginal words since the area in which the school sits in Ku-ring-gai is steeped in Aboriginal tradition these include:
- Kimba (Fire): Red House
- Caringa (Light): Yellow House
- Mundara (Thunder): Green House
- Doongara (Lightning): Blue House
There is also a honours system at Killara High School where students collect honour points from participating in extracurricular activities and completing excellent work in class.
The more points you earn the higher in the system you go, this is how the system works:
- Letter Of Merit
- Inscription into Honour Book
- Honour badge
- Honour Pennant can be attained from getting at least 4 Honour Badges
- The Highest is a Honour blue which can be attained from gaining Honour Badges for all 6 years at Killara High School.
An annual sports award ceremony and an annual award ceremony is held every year to acknowlage the sporting and academic achievements of the students at the school.
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