Box Hill Senior Secondary College
| Box Hill Senior Secondary College | |
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| Location | |
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| , Australia | |
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| Type | State |
| Principal | Warren Dawson |
| Years offered | Senior School Years 10 to 12 and Middle Years Sports Campus AFL: Year 9, Basketball: Year 7 - 9, Netball: Year 9 - 12 Tennis: Years 9 - 12 |
| Number of students | Approx. 350 |
| Colour(s) | Blue and yellow |
| Website | http://www.bhssc.vic.edu.au/ |
Box Hill Senior Secondary College (BHSSC) is a state-run co-educational senior secondary school located in Box Hill, Victoria, Australia. The senior school has a three-year curriculum, composed of years ten - twelve. Year 9 are offered at the Middle Years Sports Campus.
While the school is highly regarded as an elite sports school[citation needed], with academies in Basketball, Netball, AFL Football, Tennis and Athlete Development, it also has an excellent reputation in the areas of Visual and Performing Arts.[citation needed]
Box Hill Senior Secondary College has no feeder schools, new students are welcomed from all over Melbourne, but are only selected after interview.
Box Hill Senior Secondary College is also the location of the Middle Years Sports Campus, which was established in 2005. The Middle Years Sports Campus also includes an AFL football academy for Year 9 students. Students of the Middle Years Sports Campus have access to all Box Hill Senior Secondary College's facilities to help them learn.
History[]
The College began operating as Box Hill Senior Secondary College in 1993. It was formerly Box Hill Technical School, a boys school founded in 1942 and first became coeducational in 1984 when it merged with the Whitehorse Girls Technical School.[1]
School uniform[]
Despite being a government school, uniform is not compulsory in Years 10 - 12 at Box Hill Senior Secondary College. However, a sports uniform is compulsory for students in Years 7 - 9 attending the Middle Years Sport School.
Facilities and subjects[]
Students are able to integrate their chosen sport specialty with a wide range of academic pursuits. The College offers traditional academic studies in VCE, alongside VCAL and VET studies, including pre-apprenticeship courses. Facilities at Box Hill Senior Secondary College include technology (Building and Electrical pre - apprenticeships, Plumbing and Horticulture), design, art, photography, music recording and multimedia centres and facilities, a commercial kitchen, a basketball stadium, indoor training facility for Netball and 9 tennis courts.[citation needed]
Alumni[]
- 360 - Hip-hop artist
- Mick Parker - mountaineer
- Robert Mills - entertainer
- Ben Simmons - NBA Player
- Fearless Vampire Killers - band
- Robbie Gray - Footballer
- Nick Malceski - Footballer
- Cameron Cloke - Footballer
- Ian Prendergast - Footballer
- James Parsons - Footballer
- - actor and writer
- - Environment and social justice advocate
- Taylin Duman- footballer
- - Footballer
- Matthew Bate-AFL footballer
- Tilly Lucas-Rodd- AFLW footballer
References[]
- ^ "More About Us". Box Hill Senior Secondary College. Archived from the original on 26 February 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
Coordinates: 37°48′37″S 145°06′47″E / 37.81028°S 145.11306°E
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