Woodville High School (South Australia)
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| Type | Public, Secondary School |
| Motto | Diversity. Creativity. Success. |
| Established | 1915 |
| Principal | Ms. Meredith Edwards |
| Head of Curriculum | Mr. Neil Hendry |
| Number of students | approximately 1,000 (from 69 backgrounds) |
| Colour(s) | Navy Blue and white |
| Website | www.woodvillehs.sa.edu.au |
Woodville High School, is a secondary school in Woodville, a north western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It was opened, to all ethnicities, at its current site in 1915.
The school provides comprehensive music, performing and visual arts and sporting programs and has achieved great success in these activities, including numerous Gold, Silver and Bronze medals in different competitions and also many more Gold, Silver and Bronze placings in the Generations in Jazz competition held annually in Mount Gambier. In 2007, the Stage Band's saxophone section was deemed the best of the Generations in Jazz competition, which won them a small cash prize and a trophy which is displayed amongst the many others.[citation needed] The school's Music Center is also known for the variety of curriculum options with possible international outcomes in areas including: performance, sound engineering and composition. However, these curriculum options are largely based on Jazz or modern musical theory.
It is one of four Special Interest Music Centres, with those at Brighton Secondary School and Marryatville High School set up 1976, Woodville High School in 1977 and Fremont-Elizabeth City High School (then "Fremont High School") in 1978 covering four distinct geographical areas of Adelaide.
The school participates in a variety of activities including the Vietnamese Moon Festival, Glendi, Dozynki and Carnevale.
The school has also won the Rock Eisteddfod Challenge, in 2007.
Notable alumnae
- Bruce Abernethy, Australian rules player - Port Adelaide and Adelaide
- Greg Anderson, Australian rules player - Port Adelaide, Essendon and Adelaide Football Club
- Professor Philip Broadbridge,Head of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences La Trobe University
- Justice Terry Connolly, Supreme Court, Australian Capital Territory
- Bruce Dooland, Australian Test cricketer
- Eric Freeman, Australian Test cricketer
- Tim Ginever, Australian rules player
- Neil Hawke, Australian Test cricketer, interstate Australian rules player
- Kevin Greatrex, Australian baseballer
- Rob Kelvin, newsreader
- Bruce McAvaney, sports broadcaster
- David Mundy, Australian baseballer, interstate cricketer
- Geof Motley, Australian rules player
- Charlie Perkins, Australian soccer player, indigenous political activist
- Mark Peters, Australian baseball player, Sporting Administrator
- Michelangelo Rucci, journalist
- Jan Stirling, Australian basketball player and coach
- Tim Wall, Australian Test cricketer
- Lionel Williams, television presenter
- Professor Pat Thomson PSM, Education, The University of Nottingham
- Bryan Dawe, political satirist, writer, actor
- David Gauci, Actor, Singer, Australian Cabaret performer
- Justin Hamilton, Writer and Standup Comedian