Brentwood Secondary College
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| Name |
Brentwood Secondary College |
| Address |
Watsons RD |
| Suburb |
Glen Waverley, Victoria 3150 |
| Established |
1969 |
| Community |
Urban |
| Type |
State Secondary |
| Religion |
Non denominational |
| Students |
Approx. 1300 |
| Years |
7 to 12 |
| Houses |
Reardon, Armstrong, Wheeler & MacPherson |
| Principal | Vicki Forbes |
| Vice Principal |
Steve Cook, Barbara Laidlaw and David Shelton |
| School Council President |
Tom Schouton |
| Business Manager |
Graham Harvey |
| Nickname |
BSC |
| Colours |
Blue, Green, Red and White |
| Motto |
"Learning for Leadership" |
| School Magazine |
Faces |
| Website | |
| Phone |
61 3 8545 0300 |
| Fax |
61 3 8545 0355 |
Brentwood Secondary College is a co-educational public high school in Glen Waverley, Victoria. Glen Waverley South Primary School adjoins the College, and they share the use of an oval for sports activities.
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[edit] History of the College
Brentwood Secondary College opened in 1969. The current motto is “Learning for Leadership”. The College logo is a 'B' in a square.
In recent years the number of students attending the College has increased. Brentwood currently has about 1200 students enrolled in years 7 to 12. The year levels are divided into junior school (years 7 and 8) with 3 year level coordinators for each year level, middle school (years 9 and 10) and senior school (years 11 and 12) with 2 year level coordinators for each year level in Middle & Senior school.
[edit] College Facilities
In 2006, a major redevelopment of the college's facilities to the Science, Math and gymnasium complex costing in excess of $4 million Was spent, with Government contributing $2.49 million and the College community contributing $1.74 million. The upgrades included new science and math class room, a new gymnasium with new staff & PE teaching rooms with an up stairs table tennis area.
The College consists of the buildings blocks called 'A', 'C', 'G' and 'J' blocks, a performance centre and a gym, a Senior Learning Centre and multiple portable classrooms. 'A' block is generally for History, Geography, Commerce and Music classes; 'C' block is usually for English and LOTE; 'G' block holds science and mathematics classes; 'J' block has the facilities for textiles, woodwork, art, food technology. There are computer rooms in 'G' block has just been rebuilt with brand new science laboratories and math class rooms with a new computer pod. The portables are coded 'P'. The number of portables has increased over the years due to increasing enrollment numbers.
Brentwood currently has 4 computer labs (1 in A,C,G,P Blocks) and a MAC LAB With 12 Computers in J Block. Brentwood also has 2 computer pods (1 in A & G Block) in addition to the computers in the Library. The Library contains a network printer which allows A4 & A3 colour and black printing which is also capable of scanning and sending files to the network. Brentwood also has plenty of smart boards installed in 2 rooms in G Block, 1 in C Block and 1 in P Block which assist in the teaching of Information Technology and Science.
Brentwoood currently has 2 gyms, the old hall/gym which is planned to be turned into a performance centre and the new one which was just been built under a major redevelopment of the school. The school currently has three basketball courts.
Brentwood SC has been successful in gaining funds from the State Government through the Leading Schools Funding program to build a Thinking, Learning and Creativity environment for their Year 7 program. With the Goverment contributing $600,000 and an expected building project costing $743,000, with The College covering the remaining required funds. New construction for the centre will take place at the end of C block during the first half of 2007.
[edit] Subjects and Studies Overview
In year 7, students complete mathematics, English, LOTE, science and physical education for the whole year with a semester of history, geography, music and art. A term is spent in each of: information technology, textiles, food technology and woodwork.
During the middle years students are able to choose from a selection of semester (two terms) length studies, with the only mandatory subjects being mathematics, English and LOTE. Subjects on offer are: “English (EN), Mathematics (MA), Science (SC), Commerce (CO), Geography (GG), History/Social Science (HS), German (GE), Japanese (JA), Art (AR), Music (MU), Drama (CA), Physical Education (PE), Health (HL), Woodwork (WW), Food Technology (FT), Textiles (TX), Information Technology (IT), and Technology (TN)” (Brentwood Secondary College website). Though, they are required to earn enough points in each discipline in order to be able to continue into year 11.
Brentwood Secondary College currently offers 32 VCE subjects and access to a variety of VET courses. The College does well in VCE (Victorian Certificate of Education) with many students receiving high ENTERs (Equivalent National Tertiary Entrance Rank).
In 2003 Brentwood Secondary College offered 35 3/4 VCE subjects and 5 VET certificates with 184 students enrolled in VCE and 11 in VET certificates. 92% of these students applied for tertiary places. 100% of the students received satisfactory VCE completions. The satisfactory of VET module completions was only 36%. The median study score (out of 50) was 32. The percentage of 40+ study scores acquired being 13%.
[edit] LOTE Program
Students are required to complete 3 years of language study. Brentwood Secondary College’s LOTE program offers Japanese and German.
Brentwood Secondary College has a sister school in Japan. In alternating years Ono Senior High School and Brentwood send students to the other school to be hosted by students' families.
[edit] Brentwood in the media
Brentwood Secondary College gained significant media exposure in 1999 when a year 11 Brentwood student, 17 year old Krystal Rowlston, disappeared from the newsagency in The Glen shopping centre on Friday 12th November. An intense four day police search uncovered the student living in South Australia. During the investigation police discovered that the student had been engaged in an illicit relationship with her Vietnamese-born Accounting and Information Technology teacher Mr. Quyen Nguyen, who had allegedly assisted in her disappearance by providing her with $1,000 in cash and a mobile phone, with alleged plans to relocate to Sydney with the student. Nguyen resigned from his position at Brentwood amidst the media exposure of his relationship with Rowlston and subsequently went into hiding.
This incident followed not long after Brentwood physical education teacher Mark Fuller resigned his position at Brentwood admist allegations of sexual misconduct involving female students during physical education classes in the mid-1990s [citation needed], causing considerable negative image for Brentwood regarding the conduct of its teachers with female students in the 1990s.
[edit] References
Craig Platt. "Mother pleads for help after trusting teen vanishes", The Age, 1999-11-15. (in English)
"Missing teenager still not home", AAP General News (Australia), 1999-11-16. (in English)
"Missing teenager linked with high school teacher", AAP General News (Australia), 1999-11-18. (in English)
"Teenager runs away with teacher", AAP General News (Australia), 1999-11-19. (in English)
"THẦY GIÁO GỐC VIỆT DỤ DỖ NỮ SINH 17 TUỔI ĐI TRỐN", Viet Bao Online. (in Vietnamese)
"2003: Your school's VCE performance", The Age, 2003-12-18. (in English)
Brentwood Secondary College: Middle School. Retrieved on 2006-11-06.
Brentwood Secondary College's Newsletter. Retrieved on 2006-11-19.
[edit] External links
Brentwood Secondary College: Official website
Ono Senior High School: Sister School's Official website (in Japanese)
