Brunswick Secondary College (BSC) is located at 47 Dawson Street, Brunswick 3056 Victoria, Australia. It is one of two government secondary schools in Brunswick, the other one being Sydney Road Community School. BSC was created during the 1990s via an amalgamation of Brunswick Technical School, Brunswick Girls School, Brunswick East Secondary School and Brunswick High School. BSC offers a comprehensive curriculum from Year 7 to 12, and many electives and enrichment opportunities. In the last decade, BSC has seen a steady improvement in its results in many areas including VCE scores, and now attracts students from well beyond its neighbourhood zone. Enrolment in 2011 is 900. The Northern Metropolitan Region has given approval for the school to grow to 1,100 in the next few years
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BSC has many facilities allowing a wide curriculum with many electives including: dance, drama, circus, computer art, ceramics, cooking, sports leadership, table tennis, Kendo, woodwork and creative writing. The languages offered at BSC are Mandarin Chinese and Italian. Other features include strong music, debating and chess programs and high level participation and achievement in a range of subject competitions. The school also runs a SEAL (Select Entry Accelerated Learning) Program and a VCE Early Start Program. A new Year 9 Learning Centre was completed early in 2007 with new computers and teaching rooms with electronic whiteboards. The school has a full size synthetic multipurpose field that is used by the school during the day and the Brunswick Hockey Club in the evenings.
In 2011, Brunswick Secondary College placed first in the Rock Eisteddfod, Premier Division. In the absence of a Rock Eisteddfod Challenge in 2010, the Victorian Government sponsored a statewide replacement, Vic Moves, in which Brunswick placed first. In 2009, Brunswick Secondary College Placed fifth in the Raw Division of the Rock Eisteddfod. In 2008, the school came third in the Premier Grand Final with their performance 'Glitch'. They also received The Edge Award of Excellence for Choreography. They also received a wildcard into the 2008 National TV Special, and received a total score of 25.5 out of 30.
Brunswick Secondary College won the Rock Eisteddfod Challenge 2007 Premier Grand Final with their performance of 'Solstice'. In addition to coming first, they were awarded the following prizes:
In 2006, students from BSC won the Open Division, with their performance of 'Overload' and the 2004 Small School Division, with their performance 'Unanana and the Elephant'. They also made finals in 2005 with their performance 'Billy the Punk'.