Eltham High School
| Eltham High School | |
|---|---|
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| It's the Deeds that Count | |
| Location | |
| Eltham, Victoria, Australia | |
| Coordinates | 37°43′31″S 145°08′30″E / 37.7252°S 145.1418°ECoordinates: 37°43′31″S 145°08′30″E / 37.7252°S 145.1418°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Public, Day school |
| Established | 1926 |
| Principal | Vincent Sicari |
| Grades | 7–12 |
| Enrolment | ~1,330 (1 October 2013) |
| School color(s) | Blue, Red & Gold |
| Website | http://www.elthamhs.vic.edu.au |
Eltham High School is a secondary school in Victoria, Australia. It is located in Eltham, a suburb which is north east from Melbourne. It is mainly known for the creativity of its students, in areas such as art, drama, and music and also its well known volleyball program.
Its internationally revered music program,[1] currently being overseen by Mr Rick Plummer, which has won numerous awards, is highly developed in the brass and symphonic band areas. The band was invited to play at the Chicago Midwest Clinic in 1997 and is one of the only high school bands to ever have attended.
The photography program, currently run by Mr Ian Clark, has turned out numerous award-winning photographers, many of whom have been recognised internationally.[citation needed] A darkroom is available for student use, capable of developing over 160 photographs per hour. Aside from the photography program, the school excels in most arts including media, VCD, ceramics and general art studies.
Notable alumni
The school has produced Tour de France winning cyclist Cadel Evans, footballer Peter Moore, Victorian cricketer Lloyd Mash, Seven Network newsreader Jennifer Adams, actor and musician Ben Mendelsohn, actress Emily Browning, Australian actress and cinema icon Kerry Armstrong, and Australian comedian and radio / television personality Merrick Watts of Merrick & Rosso. 2008 Beijing and 2012 London Gymnastic Olympian Georgia Bonora graduated Eltham High School in 2009, as did Current Channel 31 Melbourne and Geelong television personality Dave Lee of The Silic & Lee Show. Motor sport legend Peter Brock attended the school, and had his cars hubcaps stolen by students when returning to give a speech.[citation needed]
Year level structure
The year levels are broken up into three different groups which are:
- Junior School (Year 7–8)
- Middle School (Year 9–10)
- Senior School (Year 11–12)
Student Laptop Initiative
At the end of 2011 the Eltham High School started rolling out the One to One laptop program initiated by the then Rudd Government for the start of the 2012 School year. This involved the purchase of several hundred Dell Inspiron M102z laptops, either under funding from the Australian National Secondary School Computer Fund (NSSCF) [2] to provide access for years 9–12 or funded through a lease agreement for years 7 and 8. [3]
This program has continued in 2013 with the roll out of more than 230 Dell XT3 tablet laptops to year 7's. All the notebooks in the program run a standard operating environment (SOE) provided by DEECD with a multitude of free and paid software. [4] The school also has licencing for a number of additional commercial software suites including Adobe Master Collection which is available on all Classroom and Library computers and will be installed on select lease laptop's dependent on course enrolment.
This program has proved to be successful in preparing students for the technologies that they will now encounter in day to day life. Further changes to the school curriculum have been made since the implementation of the program and as of next year all Year 7 texts will be in digital format.
Sport
The Eltham Stallions senior boys football won the 2013 School Sports Victoria State championship lead by coach Steve McCrystal and Peter Nicholson. Eltham High has an award-winning Volleyball program run by Mr. Greg Thomas. The school recently won its 30th VSSSA pennent since 1996. The school has produced many outstanding volleyballers that have gone on to represent Victoria and Australia at many championships. The school is the most successful Volleyball school in VSSSA history.
Houses
| Eltham High School houses | ||
| House Name | Colour | |
|---|---|---|
| Stewart | Blue | |
| Everard | Yellow | |
| Andrew | Green | |
| Rutter | Red | |
References
- ↑ Eltham High School Music Page
- ↑ http://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/programs/infrastructure/pages/nsscf.aspx National Secondary School Computer Fund, DEECD (Department of Education and Early Development) website.
- ↑ http://www.education.vic.gov.au/studentlearning/elearning/onetoone.htm 1 to 1 Program, DEECD (Department of Education and Early Development) website.
- ↑ http://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/principals/infrastructure/Pages/softwareed.aspx eduSTAR.SOE Software List, DEECD (Department of Education and Early Development) website.