East Doncaster Secondary College
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East Doncaster Secondary College (EDSC) | |
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Excellence In Education | |
Established | 1974 |
School type | Public |
Principal/ Headmaster |
Mr Philip Gardner |
Location | East Doncaster, VIC, Australia |
Campus | East Doncaster |
Enrolment | {{{enrolment}}} |
School colours | Yellow and Navy Blue |
Homepage | http://www.eastdonsc.vic.edu.au |
East Doncaster Secondary College is a government high school in the suburb of Doncaster East, Melbourne, Australia. It is located on George Street and was established 34 years ago. Its current principal is Phillip Gardiner. East Doncaster Secondary College is a co-educational school and has around 1200 students. This school teaches from Year 7 up to Year 12. The subjects there are offered in most schools in Victoria such as English, Maths, Science, SOSE, Commerce, VCD, Art and LOTE. Some subjects not as common are practical subjects such as woodwork, metalwork, photography and home economics (cooking).
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[edit] Uniform
Its colours are burgundy on blue, and this worn on the school jumper sport uniform. The boy's normal uniform is a blue shirt with grey trousers. The girl's uniform is a chequered blue and white dress.
Winter uniform includes a royal blue coloured woollen jumper with the EDSC logo embroided on it.
Year 11 / 12 VCE students now have a darker blue coloured woollen jumper with the EDSC logo and V.C.E embroidered on it.
[edit] Houses
The four houses are:
Bradman - Blue
Chisholm - Yellow
Sutherland - Red
Dunlop - Green
[edit] Year level structure
Years 7 to 8 - Junior School
Years 9 to 10 - Middle School
Years 11 to 12 - Senior School
[edit] Facilities
The school is consists of J, C, P, G, A, H and L blocks.
- J block is for the arts, such as art and drama.
- C block is for Lote and English.
- P block is for portables.
- G block for science and SOSE subjects.
- A block for maths and IT.
- H block mainly for careers and administration.
- L block is the John Landy / Senior Student Centre
The School also features a Senior Student Centre named after retired governor and Olympic champion John Landy (now known as The Landy Centre or L Block). The centre, used by Year 12 students includes seminar rooms, discussion space, an interview room, administration area, kitchenette and toilets. The rooms can be configured in a number of ways to permit various different uses. The air conditioned centre is equipped with internet access, colour photocopier and large projection facilities for DVD, video, and television.
The college also has a canteen, an extensive library, locker bays, toilets and basketball courts, a head office and a large oval. Stage 2 of the East Doncaster Secondary College Sports precinct has seen the opening of our new 6 synthetic, multi purpose courts. They are marked for different sports and are adjacent to the college oval.
Recently, the school has been repainted into blue, silver and white colours and new portables have been erected. A new entrance to the college has also recently been installed, pedestrians are now separated from cars through an attractive walkway.
The School also received $6.4 million in the latest Victorian State Budget for construction works to upgrade J and G Blocks.