Even though the school was overcrowded with inadequate facilities and staff shortages, students of the 1950s participated in professional and academic programs and a wide range of sports. Annual visits to and by Warrigal HS were a highlight. Boys and girls were kept separate at assemblies, in the school yard and in some classes. Dedicated and highly qualified teachers had a positive influence, despite having 40 pupils in each class in Years I to IV.
Principals
1948–1952: Mr. Roy W. Andrews, B. Sc., B. Ed.
1953–1957: Mr A T Ebbels, Dip. Ed, BA.
1958–1965: Mr. Roy W. Andrews, B. Sc., B. Ed.
Head Prefects
1950: Kenneth Hilliard and Roberta Wale
1951: Ian Boyd and Mary Sanders
1952: John Waters and Audrey Aarons
1953: Graeme MacNamara and Elizabeth Ward
1954: John Addie and Margaret Atkins
1955: John McArthur and Sigrid Beilharz
1956: Peter Friend and Sigrid Beilharz
1957: David Raby and Nicola Donkin
1958: Brian Blanksky and Beverley Blight
1959: John O’Hara and Oenone Lovert
House Captains
Churchill
1950: Judith Maley and Neil Richardson
1951: Elizabeth Chapple and Kalaris Paizis
1952: Pauline Maley and Jeffrey Mayne
1953: Gillian Cole and George Russell
1954: Joyce Rowe and James Coyle
1955: Christine Fisch and David Raby
1956: Diana Whitney and Bruce Noseda
1957: Beverley Blight and Frank Moore
1958: Betty Veitch and Antony Everingham
1959: June Gregory and David Hopkins
Macarthur
1950: Janet Naylor and Lindsay Kline
1951: Wendy Hope and Neville Duff
1952: Sheila McIntyre and Alan Chapple
1953: Ina Robinson and Jim Dyer
1954: Ingeborg Graze and John Foster
1955: Valerie Craig and David Henry
1956: Cedar Sonnenberg and Brian Firth
1957: Judith Firth and Robert Kaegi
1958: Gail Samblebe and James Turnbull
1959: Patricia Brewer and Ron Welsh
Montgomery
1950: Christine Watson and Donald Douglas
1951: Judith Boothman and John Butler
1952: Elizabeth Ward and Allan Dempsey
1953: Barbara Boniface and John Addie
1954: Margaret Haines and Raymond Barnett
1955: Ngaire Boniface and John Brown
1956: Margaret Reid and John Brown
1957: Wendy Norman and David Chesterman
1958: Barbara Arnold and John O’Hara
1959: Gwynyth Thompson and Peter Blunden
Roosevelt
1950: Marion Coppin and Kenneth Solomon
1951: Margot Taylor and Ian Lurati
1952: Margot Taylor and Ian Lurati
1953: Margaret Atkins and Bruce Smith
1954: Lucy Hey and Keith Richardson
1955: Lorraine Anderson and Neil Twitt
1956: Lorraine Anderson and Raymond Spark
1957: Dorothy Green and Ray Spark
1958: Jeanette Anderson and Geoffrey French
1959: Judith Fyfe and Ralph Hill