Wodonga High School was one of three public secondary schools educating Years 7−12 in Wodonga, Victoria, Australia. It was founded in 1955, and celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2005 under principal, Peter McLean.
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In 2005−2006 it formally merged and pooled resources with the other two public secondary schools in Wodonga, Wodonga West Secondary College and Mitchell Secondary College. As of 2006, the former Wodonga High School facility is a specialist senior school for Years 10, 11 and 12, known as Wodonga Senior Secondary College, loosely associated with Wodonga Middle Years College.
Motto
The school's motto was "Labora ut Servias" which roughly translates to "Work to Serve."
Website
Wodonga High School's website was http://www.wodonga.vic.edu.au, but this address has been converted to serve Wodonga Senior Secondary College.
Notable alumni
Spencer Turner - previous draft resister and communist. Spencer Turner was called up in the 14th intake of the draft in 1968. After four years on the run including a spell in 1 MCE Holsworthy military prison where he did extra training every day and did two days solitary confinement for not holding a weapon. Turner was discharged from the army a week before the federal election in 1972.