University of Canberra
The University of Canberra (UC) is a public research university with its main campus located in Bruce, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. The campus is within walking distance of Westfield Belconnen, and from Canberra's Civic Centre. U ...
Senior Secondary College Lake Ginninderra, formerly known as Lake Ginninderra College until 2011, is a
public
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secondary college for students in Years 11 and 12. It is located in the
Australian Capital Territory
The Australian Capital Territory (commonly abbreviated as ACT), known as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) until 1938, is a landlocked federal territory of Australia containing the national capital Canberra and some surrounding townships. I ...
,
Australia, situated on the lakefront of
Lake Ginninderra
Lake Ginninderra is an artificial lake located on the Ginninderra Creek in Canberra. It is adjacent to the Belconnen Town Centre. The lake was constructed in 1974 to collect stormwater discharge from a catchment that includes the surrounding s ...
.
History
Lake Ginninderra College was established in 1987, with John Cope being appointed as founding Principal. University of Canberra Senior Secondary College Lake Ginninderra is located near its partner facilities the University of Canberra and the Australian Institute of Sport.
Australian Institute of Sport Program
University of Canberra Senior Secondary College Lake Ginninderra is the designated college for students in Years 11 and 12 attending the
Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), consistent with a Memorandum of Understanding between the Australian Sports Commission and the ACT Government. The college has supported AIS students with a range of programs to enable completion of their secondary education while training at the institute. The list of sporting graduates includes: Shane Heal, Lauren Jackson, Petria Thomas, Mark Viduka, Todd Woodbridge, Andrew Bogut, LIz Cambage, Daniel Azarni, Joe Ingles, Dante Exum and many more.
Campus
The college is located in
Belconnen, Canberra. Following its completion in 1987, the unique architecture of the campus gained local recognition, and was awarded the ACT Architecture Merit Award.
Daryl Jackson
Daryl Sanders Jackson AO (born 7 February 1937) is an Australian architect and the owner of an international architecture firm, Jackson Architecture. Jackson also became the associate professor of the University of Melbourne and Deakin Univers ...
, an internationally renowned Australian architect, also featured the college in an article in which he discussed several of his personal favourite school designs, the thinking, underpinning the designs and what makes them work effectively.
Curriculum
Year 12 Certification and Tertiary Entrance
The college offers students over eighty courses of study for the award of the ACT Year 12 Certificate, with students who complete a T (Tertiary) Package able to sit the
ACT Scaling Test {{Refimprove, article, date=July 2020
The ACT Scaling Test (AST) is a test of aptitude in studies for Year 12 students in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) set by the ACT Board of Senior Secondary Studies (BSSS) and created by the Australian Co ...
(AST) to obtain an
Australian Tertiary Admission Rank
The Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) is the primary criterion for domestic student entry into undergraduate courses in Australian public universities. It was gradually introduced to most states and territories in 2009–10 and has sinc ...
(ATAR) for admission to university.
Vocational Education and Training courses
The college offers a large range of
Vocational Education
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and Training courses (VET) programs. A high percentage of students who graduate with a Year 12 Certificate also receive at least one VET qualification.
Notable students and alumni
*
Mustafa Amini - footballer
*
David Andersen
David Emil Andersen (born 23 June 1980) is an Australian-Danish former professional basketball player. One of Australia's most experienced and successful players, Andersen won 12 league championships (9 European national domestic league champ ...
- basketball player
*
Andrew Barr
Andrew James Barr (born 29 April 1973) is an Australian politician who has been serving as the 7th Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory since 2014. He has been an Australian Labor Party member in the ACT Legislative Assembly sinc ...
- politician
*
Suzy Batkovic
Suzy Batkovic (born 17 December 1980 in Lambton, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian professional basketball player and politician. Suzy played her junior basketball with the Port Hunter Basketball Club in Newcastle. She has played bas ...
- basketball player
*
Abby Bishop
Abby Bishop (born 29 November 1988) is an Australian professional basketball forward/center who plays for Southside Flyers of the Australian WNBL. She has played for the Australian Institute of Sport from 2005 to 2006, the Canberra Capitals ...
- basketball player
*
Andrew Bogut
Andrew Michael Bogut (born 28 November 1984) is an Australian former basketball player who spent the majority of his professional career playing in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The tall center was selected by the Milwaukee Buck ...
- former professional basketball player
[
* ]Dante Exum
Dante Exum (born 13 July 1995) is an Australian professional basketball player for Partizan of the ABA League and the EuroLeague. He chose to bypass college and was ultimately selected by the Utah Jazz with the fifth overall pick in the 2014 N ...
- basketball player
* Lexie Feeney - archer
* Shane Heal
Shane Douglas Heal (born 6 September 1970) is an Australian basketball coach and former player.
Playing career
International
Heal's international career highlights include representing the Australian Boomers at the 1992, 1996, 2000 and 20 ...
- basketball player[
* Belinda Hocking - backstroke swimmer
* Joe Ingles - basketball player for the ]Milwaukee Bucks
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* Lauren Jackson - basketball player[
* Rachel Jarry - basketball player
* ]Damian Martin
Damian Patrick Martin (born 5 September 1984) is an Australian former professional basketball player, best known for his 11 seasons with the Perth Wildcats of the National Basketball League (NBL). After four years of college basketball for Lo ...
- basketball player
* Patty Mills
Patrick Sammy Mills (born 11 August 1988) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Mills was born and raised in Canberra, and is of Torres Strait Islander and Aborigin ...
- basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets
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[
* ]Brad Newley
Brad Newley (born 18 February 1985) is an Australian professional basketball player for Melbourne United of the National Basketball League (NBL). After starting his career in Australia, playing for the Australian Institute of Sport and the Tow ...
- basketball player
* Luke Schenscher - basketball player
* Belinda Snell
Belinda Snell (born 10 January 1981) is an Australian women's basketball player. She is a member of the Australia women's national basketball team, and has won two silver medals in basketball at the 2004 & 2008 Summer Olympics, a bronze medal at ...
- basketball player
* Jane Waller - archer
* Taylor Worth
Taylor Worth (born 8 January 1991) is an Australian archer competing in recurve events. He won a gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the men's team event, a gold medal at the United States Open and at the 2008 World Youth Archery Cha ...
- archer
* Emily Van Egmond
Emily Louise van Egmond (born 12 July 1993) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for San Diego Wave FC and the Australia women's national team. She previously played for German side 1. FFC Frankfurt and VfL Wo ...
- soccer player
* Hugh Greenwood
Hugh Greenwood (born 6 March 1992) is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) and a former basketball player with the University of New Mexico. Greenwood ...
- Basketball player/AFL Footballer
* Tom Wilson (basketball)
Thomas Glen Joseph Wilson (born 24 June 1997) is an Australian former professional basketball player, turned Australian rules football player who played for the Collingwood Football Club.
Early life
Wilson was born in Melbourne, Victoria (Aus ...
* Kye Rowles - soccer player
* Josh Giddey
Joshua Giddey (born 10 October, 2002) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected by the Thunder with the sixth overall pick in the 2021 NBA draft. Gi ...
- basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder
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* Chima Moneke
Nwachukwu Iheukwumere Chima Moneke (born 24 December 1995) is a Nigerian-Australian professional basketball player for AS Monaco Basket of the French LNB Pro A and the EuroLeague. At 1.96 m. tall, he plays at the power forward position. He also ...
- basketball player for the Sacramento Kings
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See also
* List of schools in the Australian Capital Territory
This is a list of schools in the Australian Capital Territory, which houses Australia's capital city, Canberra. The Territory's education system consists of primary schools, which accommodate students from kindergarten to Year 6, high schools, wh ...
* Global Classroom Conference, hosted by the college in 2017
References
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1987 establishments in Australia
Educational institutions established in 1987
High schools in the Australian Capital Territory