Mordialloc Secondary College or Mordialloc College is a state

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secondary school located in the suburbs of

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at Aspendale,

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, on the south bank of the

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Description

The College currently has over 1000 students in year 7 to year 12 and offers a broad range of academic and creative subjects. It also offers extracurricular activities including a

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, musical productions and bands, camps, overseas tours, competitions and

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s. It has an International Student Program with an accredited English Language Centre, supported by an established network of homestay families, and a

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(Gifted Children) Program. The S.E.A.L program exists for years 7–10.

History

It was founded in February 1924 as the Mordialloc District High School, with 148 students who were temporarily accommodated in the Mechanics Institute Hall in Albert Street, Mordialloc. Later that year the school's name changed to Mordialloc Carrum District High school when it was officially opened by Cr Roy Beardsworth of the Borough of

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; it was subsequently known as the Mordialloc Chelsea High School. On 15 February 1928 the main redbrick building at the present site was completed with eight classrooms; subjects taught at that time included commercial studies, domestic science, woodwork, sheetmetal working and blacksmithing. In 1997, the College advertised its "new and refurbished facilities". The College started accredited training in first aid and cardio-pulmonary resuscitation in 1999, with twenty students enrolled. Students completing the two year program qualify for a bronze-level

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. State Government budget cuts in 2011 resulted in the loss of $50,000 in funding for

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(VCAL) programs at the College, but it had already made a commitment to double the size of the programs. As of 2022, Mordialloc Secondary College has participated in "Innovative Learning Environments (ILE)" in which instructors employ "explicit meta-cognitive strategies and a desire to move away from 'teaching to the text', established practices which then informed the spatial redesign to utilise the space differently to achieve these aims".

Alumni

The College Alumni Association was incorporated in October 2014. One of its aims is to create a digital, searchable database of material and resources pertaining to the school, before the school's centenary in 2024.

References

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