Warracknabeal Secondary College is an Australian high school in

Warracknabeal Warracknabeal ( ) is a wheatbelt town in the Australian state of Victoria. Situated on the banks of the Yarriambiack Creek, 330 km north-west of Melbourne, it is the business and services centre of the northern Wimmera and southern Mallee d ...

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History

In October 1923 the Education Department approved the establishment of a high school at Warracknabeal, provided that the community "contribute £630 in three years". Later that month the department of Education approved the site on which the new high school was to be built. ''

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'' noted the establishment of Warracknabeal High School at the beginning of 1924, and the school submitted its first annual report at the end of that year. However, the school today believes itself to have been founded in 1918, although this has not been confirmed by primary sources.

Curriculum

Years 7-9 are based on AusVELS. Year 7 and 8 students study art, technology subjects (wood, metal, textiles and food), media, drama and Japanese. Elective subjects begin in Year 9. VCE may begin in Year 10 in order to "increase subject options for students". However, Warracknabeal's Year 12 class may be as small as only two students. Therefore, the school supports virtual classes and

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. Students may also enter

VCAL The Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) is a 'hands-on' option for students in Years 10, 11, and 12 and is a credential awarded to secondary school students who successfully complete year 11 and 12 in the Australian State of Victoria s ...

and VET programs (operated in

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). On the completion of their secondary education, around 58% of students will enter the workforce. Around 35% of students will continue their education at university, while around 7% will go into

TAFE Technical and further education or simply TAFE (), is the common name in English-speaking countries in Oceania for vocational education, as a subset of tertiary education. TAFE institutions provide a wide range of predominantly vocational cours ...

programs.

Extracurricular activities

The school offers nine music options and 19 sporting activities. The high school has an Energy Breakthrough Team. Students design, build and test Human Powered Vehicles (HPVs). They train and compete in the

RACV Energy Breakthrough The Energy Breakthrough, previously known by its sponsorship name RACV Energy Breakthrough, is a joint initiative of the Country Education Project, the Shire of Central Goldfields and the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV). The main event ...

challenge in Maryborough.

Houses

The school has three

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. * Henty - the

Henty Highway Henty Highway is a rural highway in western Victoria, Australia. It is primarily a north-south route, consisting of a mix of dual-lane, single-carriageway country highway and four-lane arterial road within some of the larger towns along the ro ...

travels through the town * Wimmera - named for the

Wimmera The Wimmera is a region of the Australian state of Victoria. The district is located within parts of the Loddon Mallee and the Grampians regions; and covers the dryland farming area south of the range of Mallee scrub, east of the South Austral ...

region in North-Western Victoria in which the school sits * Borung - named for the Borung County

Principals

Notable alumni

Linden Cameron Linden Arthur Cameron MC & Bar (17 March 1918 – 19 March 1986) was an Australian army officer and farmer. Cameron was born at Warracknabeal to farmer Finlay Cameron (later a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly) and Victoria May ...

MC (1918-1986), Australian army officer *

Lauren Hewitt Lauren Katherine Hewitt (born 25 November 1978 in Warracknabeal, Victoria) is a track and field sprinter from Australia. She competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996, and won the bronze medal in the women's 2 ...

, Olympic track and field medalist

References

{{Secondary schools in Victoria Public high schools in Victoria (Australia) Educational institutions established in 1924 1924 establishments in Australia Warracknabeal