| Brisbane Water Secondary College | |
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| Location | |
| Umina and Woy Woy, New South Wales, Australia | |
| Information | |
| Type | State Run High School |
| Motto | Strength Through Unity |
| Established | 2001 |
| Principal | Pamela McAllister |
| Enrolment | 2000 |
| Colour(s) | Blue, White and Yellow |
| Website | http://brisbanewatercollege.com.au/ |
Brisbane Water Secondary College is a secondary high school located on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia. The college consists of two campuses, the Middle School Campus at Umina and The Senior Campus at Woy Woy.
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Brisbane Water Secondary College is a public high school that was created in 2002 by the merging of Umina High School and Woy Woy High School. Both former high schools now constitute the two campuses of the Secondary College. The Umina Campus, located along Veron Road, Umina Beach, caters for Middle School students from Years 7 to 9 and the Woy Woy Campus, located along Edward Street, Woy Woy, caters for Senior School students from Years 10 to 12[1]. The logo of the new school was a Griffin, a mythical hybrid of a lion and a eagle to symbolise the joining of the two schools into one college.
The Umina Campus has a large Agriculture Farm used for teaching across Years 7 to 12. The Cattle Club has won many awards in Agricultural shows with its limousin steers and with students for judging and parading.
The college also is currently trialling "Sports Academies". The two academies currently being trialled are for Rugby League and Football (Soccer). The rationale for the academies to be in place is to encourage students who have athletic potential but might otherwise leave school to stay until the end of Year 12.
From 2009 the senior campus refurbished its Design and Technology faculty to provide high quality vocational courses for students.
The current principal of the Umina campus is Frank Gasper and the current principal of the Woy Woy campus is Pamela McAlister. The college Principal is Steve Harris. Notable staff include Shane Emmett; the brother of Belinda Emmett, and Elisabeth Laberton; the mother of Australian actor Simon Baker.