Watson High Class of 1969
In February 1965 Watson High School opened its doors to 265 first form and second form students (there were 14 full-time and 3 part-time teachers).
Many students continued all the way from second form in 1965 to sixth form in 1969, while others came later. Many left at the end of fourth form. Meanwhile the school student body, staff and buildings grew ever bigger to almost 800 students and 55 staff.
In 1997, 2000, 2009, 2011, 2017 and 2019 we have held reunions of students who were part of this year group and some teachers and parents. We’re sorry if you missed any of these. We did try to contact as many ex-students and ex-teachers as we could find! Photos of past reunions are posted below, including the latest reunion on 26th October, 2019, which marked the fiftieth year since many of us finished Year 12.
We’re planning another reunion in November 2024. If you haven’t received an email from us, and would like to know more, please contact us at watsonhigh40@gmail.com
Discussion, comments, questions
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Photos
We’ve tried to get as many photos from our school years as possible – class photos, sport, musical productions, Ku-ring-gai visits, excursions, etc. Let us know if you have any more photos and we’ll gladly add them. Please contact us by email at watsonhigh40@gmail.com – and we’ll work out how best to get a copy from you.
More recently added photos appear at the start of the collection.
We’ve also posted most of the photos from previous reunions in the “Stories, biographies, reminiscences” section below.
Stories, biographies, reminiscences
We’d love you to share your life story or memories of our school days on the blog below. Include a photo if you like! Send your contributions to watsonhigh40@gmail.com.
More recent additions will appear at the top of the list. Click on “Previous entries” for earlier posts.