Ashwood High School
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| Ashwood High School | |
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| Coordinates | 37°51′53″S 145°06′15″E / 37.8648°S 145.1041°E |
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| Type | Public |
| Motto | Vision Inspired Action |
| Established | 1958 |
| Principal | Brett Moore |
| Years | 7-12 |
| Enrolment | 364 |
| Campus size | 17 hectares (170,000 m2) |
| Colour(s) | Blue, yellow, red, white |
| Website | www.ashwood.vic.edu.au |
Ashwood High School is a coeducational public school located in Ashwood, Victoria, Australia.
Ashwood offers a wide range of academic subjects and in 2016 introduced an Accelerated Curriculum and Enrichment Program (ACE). This program is unique in that it is the only secondary school in the seat of Burwood with an accelerated learning program. Recently[when?] the curriculum has expanded to include an extensive arts programme. The school was recently[when?] also allowed a grant to rebuild the majority of the classroom facilities throughout the school. This includes the Middle School Centre (opened in late 2014), as well as the Senior School, which opened in 2016.
History
Jordanville Technical School was the first secondary school located in the area and it opened in 1954, followed by Ashwood High School in 1958. Ashwood College was formed in 1988 from the merger of Ashwood High School and Jordanville Technical School. The new school was located on the High School site, while the Technical School site, across the road, was eventually redeveloped for housing in 1993.[1][2]
Ashwood High School (formerly Ashwood Secondary College / Ashwood College) was renamed 'Ashwood High School' in 2016. Notification of the name change appeared in the Victoria Government Gazette No. G3 Thursday 21 January 2016.
House system
The School uses a house system to group students, based on colours and the historic people on the $10 (AB ‘Banjo’ Paterson) $20 (John Flynn), $50 (Edith Cowan), $100 (Dame Nellie Melba). And the corresponding colour of the bank note is used to determine the colour:
- Melba - Green
- Paterson - Blue
- Cowan - Yellow
- Flynn - Red
Students are sorted randomly into houses on the first day in Year 7.
References
- ^ School of Historical Studies, Department of History. "Ashwood - Place - eMelbourne - The Encyclopedia of Melbourne Online". www.emelbourne.net.au. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- ^ http://www.monash.vic.gov.au/city/history/section-c-5.htm Archived 14 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 12/12/10