Melton Secondary College
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Melton Secondary College previously Melton High School |
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| Address |
Cnr Coburns Road and High Street |
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| Suburb |
Melton, Victoria 3337 |
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| Established |
1975 |
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| Community |
Urban |
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| Type |
State |
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| Religion |
Secular |
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| Students |
Approximately 800 |
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| Years |
7 to 12 |
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| Principal |
Phillip Campbell |
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| Nickname |
MSC, The High |
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| Colours |
Bottle Green, Wattle Gold, Navy Blue |
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| Motto |
Respect The Dream, Create The Reality was originally Strive for Excellence |
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| Melton Secondary College was the first secondary school built in Melton, Victoria, Australia. The school currently offers studies in 34 VCE subjects and 23 VET subjects.
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[edit] Houses
Interhouse competitions remain an integral part of the school's ethos.
The four Houses with their associated colours are:
- Yangardook (Red)
- Kororoit (Blue)
- Djerriwarrh (Green)
- Pywheitjorrk (Yellow)
The names for the houses were derived from local waterways.
The houses compete in 2 Major Competitions:
- Kororoit current champions for athletics and swimming in 2007
[edit] Rock Eisteddfod Challenge
Melton Secondary College had a very successful Rock Eisteddfod team for many years. Among the achievements:
- 1998: From the Tsar With Love - Revolution (Based on the Russian Revolution and the Tsar Nicholas II): 1st Place, Open Division
- 1999: What's For Dinner? (Based on the Addams Family): 5th Place, Premier Division - The first Victorian school in its state of Victoria to obtain a place in their first year in Premier Division
- 2000: De Amor En Espana - Love in Spain (Roughly based in the musical Carmen): 5th Place, Premier Division
- 2001: Rock'n' the River (Roughly based on Showboat): 6th Place, Premier Division
- 2002: Gentleman Prefer Blondes (Based on the life of Marilyn Monroe): 2nd Place, Premier Division and Victorian finalist for Nationals
- 2003: Deutchland - From Hope to Heartbreak (Based on the musical Cabaret): '4th Place, Premier Division
- 2004: Free as a bird (based on aladdin) 11th place premier division
- 2005: Isadora Duncan - Mother of Modern Dance - Premier Division, 5th Place
- 2006: Toulouse Lautrec - a lost time
- 2007: HOPE - live life be strong (A tribute the cancer charities)
2007 welcomed a new team for msc rocka challenge including jennifer toner (Director and Head Choreographer), jarryd pentony, Taneesha pentony, Natalie desmond, jessica mcmurrie, Leigh Walker, Amanda cini, chris ferreira (set designer)
Previous production team included, among others:
- Debra Dunn (liaison 1990-1998)
- Mik Pollard (liaison 1999-2001, 2004-2005 and motivator involved for a period of 13 years)
- Janice Kot (Producer, Director and Head Choreographer 1994-2004)
- Olivia Tardio (Lead Choreographer 1 year)
- Melissa Barker, Paul Rizzo, Nova Stelarc, Fiona Pettett, Belinda Guban, Janelle Mace, Stephen Wakefield (Choreographers)
- Mark Baddeley, Helen Beynon, Kate Kershaw, David Tait, Chris Egan, Peter Hendrickson, John McConchie and many others(Teachers)
- Alan Marsh (Set Designer 1999-2003)
- The 'Dad's Army' (Set Construction 1999-2003)
- Tony Glover (Soundtrack Producer)
- Judy Marsh, Dianne Glover, Heather Tyrell (Costume Designers)
- The Kot, Marsh, Glover, Tyrell, Jones, Rizzo and Carroll families
[edit] Music
With the schools many achievements comes the Instrumental Music Department which was built originally by Mr. Steven Jones in 1993 and taken over by Mrs. Joan Jones (no relation) in 1998. The concert band reached a peak in 1996 with more than 55 members attending regular rehearsals and music lessons.
music captains.
- Jarryd Sweeney (??-2002) - Ashlee Kumar (2003-2004) - Leigh Walker (2005-2007) - Brinie Wilson (2008, January - March) - Alex Morton (2008-current date)
the music captain is the student who knows the most about musical theory , preformance and techniques and grants the student with many privliages such as;-jazz band leadership
- deputy concert band director
- a say in who gets the most outstanding musician award ( the most prestigeous of awards with in the music department)
- a say in the music chosen to play
- a say in where the music camp takes place
The schools music department offers a range of instruments that can be learned by any of the students at the school. such as; - flute
- (piccolo after 3 years or equivilant of playing the flute)
- clarinet
- oboe
- bassoon
- saxophone ( alto, tenor ,bari and to select few the soprano sax)
- trumpet/cornet
- trombone
- tuba
- horn
- keyboard
- guitar( bass, electric and acoustic)
- drums
- percussion
[edit] Sister schools
A sister school relationships exists internationally with Osaka Seriyo High School in Japan.
