Community Involvement

Barrenjoey is an integral part of its community and students and the community work together in a variety of ways such as:

• Barrenjoey Concert Band provides the music for the Avalon ANZAC Day march and memorial service, the bugler for the Dawn Service and the memorial ceremony, our student leaders march and participate in the memorial service and our captains attend the ANZAC Day luncheon;
• Barrenjoey students recognise the work of local volunteers in the community by organising a ceremony held at Palm Beach RSL. This is called CAN - Community Awards Night;
• Since Pittwater Council introduced the youth award in the volunteers ceremony Barrenjoey has had nominees and almost every year have won. The Pittwater Council Youth of the Year 2005 announced on Australia Day 2006 was Tim Hill, Year 12 2005.
• Barrenjoey uses the ECO grant provided by Pittwater Council for a variety of school and community environmental projects;
• Students participate annually in Clean Up Australia Day;
• Students have designed and painted murals for local buildings such as the Avalon Recreation Centre and the North Avalon amenities block;
• Barrenjoey participates in Avalon and Newport market days providing music, stalls and willing labour for the day to assist the community committee to run the day; and
• Barrenjoey Music Room is a quarterly music event where members of the community can enjoy a high quality concert performed by local amateur and a wide variety of professional groups from further afield.