Koonung Secondary College is a secondary

state school State schools (in England, Wales, Australia and New Zealand) or public schools ( Scottish English and North American English) are generally primary or secondary schools that educate all students without charge. They are funded in whole or in ...

Mont Albert North, Victoria Mont Albert North is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 13 km east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Whitehorse local government area. Mont Albert North recorded a population of 5,609 at the 2 ...

, in the eastern suburbs of

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/ Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metro ...

, Australia. The school takes its name from the nearby

Koonung Creek Koonung Creek (or Koonung Koonung Creek) is a small tributary of the Yarra River in Melbourne's east. The creek originates in Nunawading near Springvale Road, and flows to join the Yarra at the border between Ivanhoe East, Bulleen and Balwyn No ...

. Its school catchment includes the suburbs of Mont Albert, Mont Albert North,

Balwyn Balwyn () is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 10 km east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Boroondara local government area. Balwyn recorded a population of 13,495 at the 2021 census. White ...

, Balwyn North,

Doncaster Doncaster (, ) is a city in South Yorkshire, England. Named after the River Don, it is the administrative centre of the larger City of Doncaster. It is the second largest settlement in South Yorkshire after Sheffield. Doncaster is situated in ...

, Box Hill, Box Hill North, Surrey Hills and Burwood. On 13 June 2019, it received a grant of $6.05 million to improve its facilities.

Curriculum

Koonung follows the VELS (Victorian Essential Learning Standards) for the years 7–10 curriculum. A standard VCE ( Victorian Certificate of Education) course is run in years 11 & 12 (year 10 students also have the option to take one or two VCE subjects), with a range of VET (

Vocational education Vocational education is education that prepares people to work as a technician or to take up employment in a skilled craft or trade as a tradesperson or artisan. Vocational Education can also be seen as that type of education given to an i ...

al Training) subjects also available.

Notable former students

Zac Clarke Zachary Clarke (born 28 March 1990) is a former professional Australian rules footballer. He previously played for the Fremantle Football Club and Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Early life Clarke was born in Au ...

-AFL footballer *

Josh Daicos Josh Daicos (born 26 November 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Son of Peter Daicos, who played for Collingwood in the VFL/AFL, he played for th ...

-AFL footballer * Daniel Pearce-AFL footballer *

Jo Hall Jo Hall (born 25 June 1958) is a former Australian retired television presenter. Hall currently presents '' Nine News Regional Victoria'' and is a reporter for ''Nine News''. Career Hall began her career with a Melbourne newspaper cadetship, ...

References

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* Public high schools in Melbourne Educational institutions established in 1964 1964 establishments in Australia Buildings and structures in the City of Whitehorse {{VictoriaAU-school-stub