Dandenong High School

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Coordinates: 37°58′45″S 145°12′33″E / 37.97917°S 145.20917°E / -37.97917; 145.20917
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Dandenong High School
Co-educational
Enrolment1785[1]
CampusDandenong Site & Ann Street Site
Houses  Banksia
  Callistemon
  Darwinia
  Eucalyptus
  Fern
  Grevillea
  Hakea
Colour(s)
light blue and red
     
SongWe Shall Be Strong
AthleticsAthletics
Swimming
Chorals
NicknameDandy High
NewspaperFortnightly
YearbookThe Gate
Assoc. PrincipalsKatie Watmough & Mark Dewar
Websitehttp://www.dandenonghs.vic.edu.au

Dandenong High School is one of the largest

Dandenong site on the north side of the Princes Highway. The historic façade of the Administration Building will remain, as it is heritage
-listed and is a landmark of Dandenong.

At the start of 2007, Dandenong High School, Cleeland Secondary College and Doveton Secondary College officially merged to become the new Dandenong High School,[2] as part of the Federal Government's Building the Education Revolution. As of 2017, the school has 165 teaching and 54 non-teaching staff, as well as 1785 students.[1]

History

Dandenong High School officially opened on 10 March 1919. It opened late due to the

typhoid, and then undertook recruitment work for the Army. Langford served at the school until 1934 when he transferred to Mildura, then to Frankston
in 1937 where he worked until his retirement in 1948.

The colours of the school are those of Langford's Regiment, the 4th Light Horse, and are red and two shades of blue. The school

Australian flora
.

In 2009, Dandenong High School celebrated its 90th anniversary. The Administration Building was renamed the Langford Building in 2010, where a plaque was placed at the building entrance in honour of the first Headmaster.

Ann Street Campus

The Ann Street Campus (37°58′40″S 145°12′48″E / 37.9779°S 145.2134°E / -37.9779; 145.2134), formerly the Cleeland Secondary College (named after the nearby Cleeland Street), is situated about 200 m (660 ft) directly east of the Dandenong Main Campus, with the entrance down on Ann Street about halfway between Herbert Street and Cleeland Street, with a campus area about twice the size of the Dandenong main site. It was originally built in 1957 as a

Melbourne Olympics. The student population at Cleeland reflected the local cultural diversity and it was for some time the most ethnically diverse school in the state. The college established Literacy and Numeracy Centres to promote crucial educational skills to its mainstream and many special needs students. Cleeland Secondary College was the first school to offer, in conjunction with Chisholm Institute, the new Vocational Education Training
(VET) course in Information Technology/Multimedia.

After the school merger, the original Cleeland school buildings will be demolished after Stage Two building works are complete. A new double-

fields
will be constructed on the site, as part of the Stage 3 building works. The construction of a federally funded Language Centre is nearing completion on the Ann Street site.

Former Doveton Campus

The

Koo-Wee-Rup, Korumburra, Lang Lang and Cranbourne. Subsidised bus services, trains and school buses from Dandenong railway station
brought children to Doveton. In 1967, girls' courses at Form 1 level were introduced.

The former Doveton Campus, or Doveton Secondary College officially closed down 1 December 2008. Doveton Campus students joined students on the Dandenong Site for the remainder of the 2008 school year.[5] The buildings on the Doveton Campus have now been demolished. A new P-9 government school called Doveton College opened in 2012 1.5 km (0.93 mi) east of the old Doveton Secondary location.[6]

Dandenong Education Precinct Project

The Dandenong Education Precinct Project is a major regeneration project funded under the Federal Government's

Victorian Government $45 million and will be completed in stages. Stage 1 of the building program was completed in early 2009, including the construction of Banksia, Darwinia and Callistemon Houses, and also the extension and refurbishment of the current Library Resource Centre. Stage 2 of the building program consisted of the constructing of the remaining 4 Houses: Fern, Hakea, Grevillea and Eucalyptus, as well as the construction of a Commonwealth-funded Language Centre on the Ann Street Site, costing $2 million. The school architecture designed by Hayball involves "green" and environmental aspects and incorporates Environmentally Sustainable Design (ESD) principles, including passive solar building design and natural light penetration.[citation needed
]

Each House or SWIS (School-With-In-School) building houses 300 students and a core of 25 teachers. There are 50 students from each

elective
programs. The House buildings resemble a mini-school because of the administrative structure in each House. Each of the seven Houses is led by a House Leader (or Assistant Principal), along with an Assistant House Leader and a House Student Coordinator. An Attendance Officer/Receptionist assists with attendance and general tracking of student records. All seven Houses are overseen by the two Associate principals and the Principal.

Stage 3 of the building project, which is yet to be funded, will consist of a Performing Arts Centre, a 350-seat auditorium, additional Physical Education Centre (with a double-gymnasium), Fine Arts Wing, Design Technology Wing, Senior Chemistry/Physics Laboratories, Food Technology Centre, cafeteria, and Fabrics/Media/ICT Wing. Students will be based in their Houses for around 65% of the time, whilst specialty subjects such as Food Technology and Art will be conducted in their respective wings and buildings. The first half of Stage 3, totalling $10M, was funded in the 2011-12 State Budget, and the second half of Stage 3, totalling $9.4M, was funded in the 2012-13 State Budget.

The new

Cranbourne North and William Ruthven Secondary College in Reservoir
are following a similar architectural concept as Dandenong High School with the SWIS approach.

Houses

Former Houses

Dandenong High School Houses (1920–2008)
Bluegum Clematis Orchid Wattle
Green Blue Purple Yellow
Cleeland Secondary College Houses (1957–2007)
Cuthbert Landy Marshall Strickland
- - - -

New Houses

The new Dandenong High School Houses, or Learning Centres, are named after Australian native plants. These Houses are also the same student bodies used for school curricular activities, such as sporting and music chorals events. The seven new houses, which consist of 300 students each, are:

Dandenong High School Houses (2009–present)
Banksia Callistemon Darwinia Eucalyptus Fern Grevillea Hakea
Orange Red Burgundy Blue Green Purple Yellow

Grounds, buildings and facilities

Dandenong High School is spread across two sites in

Dandenong, the main Princes Highway Campus and the Ann Street Campus. The Princes Highway Campus comprises is split into the following blocks: Administration Block or Langford Building (built in 1919), Banksia House (built in 2009), Callistemon House (built in 2009), Darwinia House (built in 2009), Eucalyptus House (built in 2010), Fern House (built in 2010), Grevillea House (built in 2010), Hakea House (built in 2010), R Block (built in 2000 and consisting of a Gymnasium and music rooms), a Library Resource Centre and a Careers Resource Centre.[7]

The Ann Street Campus comprises the old buildings from the former Cleeland Secondary College as well as football fields and basketball courts. A Language Centre is currently being built on the site, and when Stage 3 is complete, the Ann Street Campus will comprise a Physical Education Centre (with double gymnasium), a 350-seat auditorium, Performing Arts Centre, and extra sporting fields. The Princes Highway will also have a Fine Arts Wing, Design Technology Wing, Senior Chemistry/Physics Laboratories, Food Technology Centre, Cafeteria, and Fabrics/Media/ICT Wing as part of Stage 3.[8]

Media/Awards

In August 2009, Dandenong High School, in conjunction with its architect

Education Minister Bronwyn Pike said that, "The awards showcase innovative building design that reflects the 21st Century learning occurring in our Victorian schools". She also said that "Leading architect Hayball pushed the boundaries with its design of this outstanding Victorian school".[9]

Notable alumni

Notable staff

References

  1. ^ a b c "School profile - My School". www.myschool.edu.au.
  2. ^ http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=13497 Archived 29 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Magnificent seven
  3. ^ "Australian Light Horse Studies Centre". alh-research.tripod.com.
  4. ^ "LANGFORD Percival Charles William : Service Number - 136 : Place of Birth - Broadmeadows VIC : Place of Enlistment - Broadmeadows VIC : Next of Kin - (Father) LANGFORD Charles".
  5. ^ "Fresh start for new 'super' students at Dandenong High - Education - News - Dandenong Leader". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2009.
  6. ^ "Doveton College - Who we are". Doveton College. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  7. ^ "Dandenong High School". Archived from the original on 24 May 2010. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
  8. ^ "Dandenong High School vision now a reality - Education - News - Dandenong Leader". Archived from the original on 27 February 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
  9. ^ "School design award winners announced - News and Media Releases - About the Department - Department of Education and Early Childhood Development". Archived from the original on 20 March 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2011.

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