McKinnon Secondary College

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. In February 2022, the school opened a second campus located in Bentleigh East to be designated to Year 8 and Year 9 students. This new campus was officially dubbed the East Campus. Pitsa Binnion, the principal, retired at the end of 2022, with Mr Michael Kan becoming the new college principal.[1][2] [3]

McKinnon Secondary College
McKinnon Secondary College logo
Location
291a McKinnon, Rd, McKinnon 3204, VIC, Australia

McKinnon
,
Victoria

Australia
Information
School typePublic, coeducational, comprehensive day school
MottoWisdom & Service
Established1955
PrincipalMr Michael Kan
Years7–12
Enrolment2,000+
Colour(s)Navy blue, white, red, green
       
PublicationMcKinnon Newsletter
Websitewww.mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au

Overview

McKinnon Secondary College is a coeducational secondary school, serving years 7–12, is located in McKinnon, Melbourne Southern Suburbs & Western Port region of Victoria. It is one of the government schools in the McKinnon area. Mckinnon Secondary College offers VET and VCAL courses. The uniform is compulsory and enforced.

Facilities
  • Assembly Hall
  • Gymnasium with mezzanine, and weights room
  • Music Centre with auditorium and five music studios
  • McKinnon Resource Centre, including Library
  • McKinnon Exploration Research Centre (MERC)
  • Pitza Binnion Centre (formally senior block), commonly used by year 11s and year 12s (3 Levels)
  • McKinnon Year Seven Transition centre(opened 2013)
  • Lecture Theatre with 250 seats, named the Alan Lawrence Lecture Theatre after a long-serving ex-principal
  • Art/science/technology wing
  • Korean garden with pond
  • Canteen
  • Multicourts
  • New Second Gym at the back of the school (opened 2022)
  • Two Large Ovals (With Soccer goals, AFL Goals and Cricket pitch)[4]

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.[5]

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.[6] In 2011 it was ranked 62nd in the state out of all schools.[7] McKinnon Secondary College was ranked eighth out of all state secondary schools in Victoria based on VCE results in 2018.[8]

Music

McKinnon Secondary has many instrumental groups that cater for people of different ability, instrument and music style preferences.

The colleges music ensembles include:

  • Years 7 and 8 band
  • Years 7 and 8 Strings
  • Symphonic wind band
  • Ovenden Band
  • Intermediate Stage Band
  • Senior Stage Band
  • Orchestra
  • Wind quintet
  • Saxophone Ensemble
  • String quartet
  • Percussion ensemble
  • Choir
  • Senior singers

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.[9] The college also produces a musical every second year. The most recent musical to be performed by the college was 'The Addams Family'. Five shows were performed from 21 to 24 June 2017.[10] Previous musicals in recent years include 'Little Shop of Horrors' in 2015,[11] 'Zombie Prom' in 2013, 'The Wiz' in 2011, and 'Hot Mikado' in 2009.

Languages

McKinnon Secondary offers four languages, German, Spanish and French.[12] The school previously taught Korean.[4]

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. Since 2022, Mckinnon has added the opportunity to learn Spanish, with two dedicated teachers. Before this, Spanish was an option in year 9 as an elective, but wasn't popular. Spots are limited.

Enhancement program

The college offers an enhanced maths and science program for selected students called ELMS. It runs until year 9, then after all ELMS students are enrolled into Year 11 Math Methods.[13] The ELMS program runs from year 7-9, with year 10 students completing unit 1-2 VCE subjects

Sports carnivals

McKinnon Secondary holds sports carnivals throughout the year where students can compete for their houses (Chisholm, Monash, Gargamele and Flynn). But due to covid 2 carnivals were canceled (swimming, athletics 2021). 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. There are two types of Uniform, Sport uniform and regular uniform. Sport uniform can only be worn on days when students have practical PE lessons, or interschool sport. During Term 2 and 3, blazers must be worn to and from school each day when not wearing sport uniform.

Alumni

References
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  2. "2008 VCE Public School Ranking". bettereducation.com.au. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
  3. "Broadway dreaming – Education News". The Age. 18 June 2007. Retrieved 21 May 2008.
  4. "McKinnon Secondary College: School Tour". McKinnon Secondary College. McKinnon Secondary College. 30 October 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  5. "Student Chromebook Program". McKinnon Secondary College. McKinnon Secondary College. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  6. "Have kids, must move out". The Age. 26 February 2006. Retrieved 21 May 2008.
  7. "VCE School Ranking - 2020".
  8. "VCE Public School Ranking - 2018 - Better Education". Better Education. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  9. "McKinnon Secondary College: WINTER CONCERT". McKinnon Secondary College. McKinnon Secondary College. 22 August 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  10. "The Addams Family". Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  11. "McKinnon Secondary College: Little Shop Of Horrors Musical". McKinnon Secondary College. McKinnon Secondary College. 26 June 2015. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  12. "McKinnon Secondary College: Key Learning Areas". mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  13. "In a class of their own". The Age. 8 May 2005. Retrieved 21 May 2008.
  14. "McKinnon Secondary College: Principal's Welcome". 30 October 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  15. "McKinnon Secondary College: General Assembly 3/8/2015". 11 August 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  16. "McKinnon Secondary: Victorian Philosothon and Australasian Philosothon". 13 October 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  17. "McKinnon Secondary Sceptical Society". 30 October 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  18. "McKinnonNEWS – Issue 2 – ICT at McKinnon". 27 February 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  19. "McKinnon Secondary College Alumni - Thistlelonians on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on 30 April 2022.
  20. "McKinnonNEWS – Issue 18". McKinnon Secondary College. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
  21. Springfield, Rick (2010). Late, late at night : a memoir (1st Touchstone hardcover ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 70. ISBN 978-1-4391-9115-6.

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