Established 1955 Years 7-12 Phone +61 3 8520 9000 Motto Wisdom & Service Colors Navy Blue, Red | Principal Mrs Pitsa Binnion Enrolment 1,855 Total enrollment 1,500 (2010) Founded 1955 | |
Colour(s) Navy blue, white, red, green Similar McKinnon Primary School, Bentleigh Secondary College, Brighton Secondary College, Glen Eira College, Glen Waverley Secondar Profiles | ||
McKinnon Secondary College is a public secondary school located in the Melbourne suburb of McKinnon. The school was ranked 62nd in Victoria in terms of VCE median study score in 2012. McKinnon is known for its large music faculty. The school's six core values are Respect, Integrity, Resilience, Community, Creativity, and Success.
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Entry
Press reports have indicated that parents will relocate their residence to within a popular State school's "zone" to attempt entry for their children, with the potential effect of increasing the value of real estate within that zone.
Facilities
The school previously held numerous PC and Mac computer labs, although this number has been reduced following the introduction of the school's Chromebook program, under which all students in the school are equipped with individual Chromebooks.
VCE Results
McKinnon Secondary College is consistently in the top non-selective government schools in Victoria for the last decade, and in 2003 was the state system's second top non-selective-entry VCE school. In 2011 it was ranked 62nd in the state out of all schools, and ranked 6th out of public schools
Music
McKinnon Secondary has many instrumental groups that cater for people of different ability, instrument and music style preference.
The colleges music ensembles include:
The music faculty at McKinnon holds many performances such as the Spring and junior concerts. An event considered important in the school calendar is the Winter Concert, held annually at Robert Blackwood Hall, in Monash University. The college also produces a musical every second year. The most recent musical to be performed by the college was 'Little Shop Of Horrors'. Five shows were performed from 10 to 13 June 2015. Previous musicals in recent years include 'Zombie Prom' in 2013, 'The Wiz' in 2011, and 'Hot Mikado' in 2009.
Languages
McKinnon Secondary offers two languages, German and French. The school previously taught Korean.
It is compulsory for students in years 7 and 8 to learn a language. The college also hosts the Victorian School of Languages, which allows students to learn a language out of school in their own time as a subject for VCE. The VSL offers both Hebrew and Russian. This enables McKinnon students to learn another language, or their native language, as part of their VCE. Year 10 students have the opportunity to go on exchange trips to either Germany or France and have an exchange student live with them for a period of time.
Enhancement program
The college offers an enhanced maths and science program for selected students called ELMS.
Sports carnivals
McKinnon Secondary holds sports carnivals throughout the year where students can compete for their houses (Chisholm, Monash, Gilmore and Flynn). The three carnivals are swimming, athletics and cross-country. Students who win, or do well, in these competitions go on to represent McKinnon at inter-school sporting events.
Extra curricular activities
McKinnon Secondary offers activities including:
Uniform
Students are required to wear a uniform. The uniform policy is enforced by teachers. The colours of the uniform are blue, grey and white.