University of Canberra Senior Secondary College Lake Ginninderra, formerly known as Lake Ginninderra College until 2011, is a public secondary college for students in Years 11 and 12. It is located in the Australian Capital Territory,
Australia
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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
The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) is a high performance sports training institution in Australia. The Institute's headquarters were opened in 1981 and are situated in the northern suburb of Bruce, Canberra. The AIS is a division of the ...
(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, 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 (AST) to obtain an Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) for admission to university.
Vocational Education and Training courses
The college offers a large range of Vocational Education 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
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Mustafa Amini
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Born in Sy ...
Lexie Feeney
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Belinda Hocking
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Career
Hocking was fifth in the 200-metre back and sixth in the 50 and 100m back at the Telstra Australian Swimming Cha ...
- backstroke swimmer
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Joe Ingles
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Lauren Jackson
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Cameron Myers
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Luke Schenscher
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Taylor Worth
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Hugh Greenwood
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- Basketball player/AFL Footballer
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Tom Wilson (basketball)
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Early life
Wilson was born in Melbourne, Victoria (Aus ...
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Kye Rowles
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Chima Moneke
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Global Classroom
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