Blackwood High School
| Blackwood High School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
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Eden Hills, SA Australia | |
| Coordinates | 35°01′33″S 138°36′23″E / 35.0259°S 138.6063°ECoordinates: 35°01′33″S 138°36′23″E / 35.0259°S 138.6063°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Secondary school |
| Principal | Marion Coady |
| Colour(s) |
Green, White and Red |
| Website | www.bhs.sa.edu.au |
Blackwood High School is a co-educational secondary school located in Eden Hills, a south-eastern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia offering the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme with six nearby primary schools and Diploma Programme as the "Mitcham Hills College". It is also a special interest high school that specialise in netball.[1] Blackwood High also offers an enrichment program for identified "gifted" or "talented" students.[2]
Primary schools involved in the Mitcham Hills College are:
- Belair Primary School
- Bellevue Heights Primary School
- Blackwood Primary School
- Coromandel Valley Primary School
- Eden Hills Primary School
- Hawthorndene Primary School
The school developed a resource with Sturt Police on "Teenage Parties" that has been adapted by Victorian private schools Scotch College[3] and Toorak College.[4] The Adelaide based hip hop group, Hilltop Hoods, formed at Blackwood High School.
The school is the site of the Blackwood Community Recreation Centre.
Performing Arts Centre
The Performing Arts Centre, otherwise known as the PAC, the Auditorium, or the Blackwood Community Recreation Centre, was constructed in 2001 with funds raised in several school and community-based fund-raisers.[5] It features several sound-proofed rooms, computing equipment, musical instruments, and a large theatre and stage, with a booth for controlling the lighting and sound effects. The PAC is also used by the community as a church on Sunday mornings.
The main auditorium seats approximately 350, with the capability to have an extended stage because of retractable seating. In addition to the main performing areas, the centre boasts a recording studio, four small practise rooms, two classrooms, offices and storerooms.
Alumni
Alumni include:
- Chloë Fox, South Australia MP in the South Australian House of Assembly
- Rebecca Morse, newsreader for Channel 10, South Australia
- Peter Rathjen, medical researcher and Rhodes Scholar
- Terence Tao, mathematician and 2006 recipient of the Fields Medal
- Brenton Ragless, newsreader for Channel 9, South Australia
- Musicians
- Beccy Cole (musician)
- Matt Lambert (Suffa) and Dan Smith (Pressure) of the Hilltop Hoods
- Nathan Leigh Jones (musician)
- Sports people:
- Adam Cooney, 2008 Brownlow Medal Winner, AFL, Western Bulldogs[6]
- Peter Motley, Australian Rules Footballer - Sturt Football Club 1982-1985 & Carlton Football Club 1986-87
- Matthew Nicks, Australian Rules Footballer - West Adelaide & Sydney Swans Football Club 1996-2005
- Paul Bauer, National League Basketballer - Adelaide 36ers Basketball Club 1997 - 2000
- Kerri Pottharst, Australian professional beach volleyball player and Olympic gold medallist
- Bianca Reddy, Netballer for the Adelaide Thunderbirds
- Liam Reddy, Hyundai A-League soccer player -Central Coast, Sydney, Wellington, Brisbane & Newcastle
- Joel Reddy, National Rugby League player -South Sydney Rabbitohs, Wests & Parramatta
- Ben Rutten, Australian Rules Footballer - Adelaide Football Club 2003–Present All-Australian selection in 2005.
- Paul Cahill, Australian Rules Footballer - St Kilda Football Club Recruited in the 2008 National Draft
School publications
- Each year, the school's year eleven students compile a yearbook which has, since its beginnings, been entitled "Cambium". Students contribute articles, photographs, artworks and written works which give a snapshot of the school-year.
Notes
- ↑ "Blackwood High School - Netball". Blackwood High School. Retrieved 25 August 2010.
- ↑ "Blackwood High School - Gifted and Talented". Blackwood High School. Retrieved 25 August 2010.
- ↑ "Successful Teenage Gatherings" prepared by the Scotch Family Association with illustrations by Julian Collins. Adapted from "Teenage Parties" by Blackwood High School, SA and Sturt Police, SA
- ↑ Special Events and Notices
- ↑ City of Mitcham, Media Release Blackwood Community Recreation Centre is Open for Business: Official Opening 13 February 2004
- ↑ Whiting, Jessica (2008-09-30). "PHOTO GALLERY: Cooney - a long way from Flagstaff Hill". Hills and Valley Messenger. Retrieved 2008-11-11.