Woodville High School is a secondary school in Woodville, South Australia, Woodville, a north western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It was opened in 1915.
The school provides music, performing and visual arts and sporting programs and has achieved success in these activities, with students winning Gold, Silver and Bronze placings in the Generations in Jazz competition held annually in Mount Gambier, South Australia, 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. The school's Music Center is also known for the variety of curriculum options with possible international outcomes in areas including: performance, Sound Engineer, sound engineering and Musical Composition, composition. However, these curriculum options are largely based on Jazz or modern musical theory.
It is one of four Special interest high schools in South Australia, Special Interest Music Centres, with those at Brighton Secondary School and Marryatville High School set up 1976, Woodville High School in 1977 and Playford International College (then "Fremont High School") in 1978 covering four distinct geographical areas of Adelaide.
The school participates in a variety of activities including the Mid-Autumn Festival, 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 Football Club, Port Adelaide and Adelaide
*Greg Anderson (footballer), Greg Anderson, Australian rules player - Port Adelaide Football Club, Port Adelaide, Essendon Football Club, Essendon and Adelaide Football Club
*Mario Andreacchio, movie producer/director
*Justice Terry Connolly, Supreme Court, Australian Capital Territory
*Bryan Dawe, political satirist, writer, actor
*Bruce Dooland, Australian Test cricketer
*Eric Freeman (cricketer), Eric Freeman, Australian Test cricketer
*Tim Ginever, Australian rules player
*Robert Haigh, Olympian hockey 4 times, Silver medalist, Australian hockey coach
*Neil Hawke, Australian Test cricketer, Australian Rules footballer
*Alf Jarvis, teacher, Cape Horner (1915-2018)
*Rob Kelvin, newsreader
*David Kemp (Australian scientist), David Kemp, Australian plant geneticist and parasitologist (1945–2013)
*Bruce McAvaney, sports broadcaster
*Geof Motley, Australian rules player
*Charles Perkins (Aboriginal activist), Charlie Perkins, Australian soccer player, indigenous political activist
*Mark Peters (sport administrator), Mark Peters, Australian baseball player, Sporting Administrator
*Michelangelo Rucci, journalist
*Dr Samer Shahin, business leader
*Bob Simunsen, Australian Rules footballer, Interstate cricketer
*Jan Stirling, Australian basketball player and coach
*Tim Wall, Australian Test cricketer
External links
Woodville High School
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Public schools in South Australia
Schools of the performing arts in Australia
Rock Eisteddfod Challenge participants
Special interest high schools in South Australia
Educational institutions established in 1915
1915 establishments in Australia