Mount Clear College

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Mount Clear College
Address
Mount Clear College
59 Olympic Avenue [1]

Mount Clear, Victoria
,
Australia
,
3350
Coordinates 37°36′27″S143°52′33″E / 37.6076°S 143.8759°E / -37.6076; 143.8759
Information
Type State, co-educational, day school
MottoCare, commitment, respect, responsibility [1]
Established1976 [2]
PrincipalJen Bromley-Lynch (Acting) [1]
Years offered7–12
GenderCo-educational
Enrolment1080 [3]
Colour(s)Earth red, charcoal & stormy blue    
VCE average27 [4]
Affiliation Ballarat Associated Schools
Website mountclearcollege.vic.edu.au [ dead link ‍]

Mount Clear College, formerly known as Mount Clear Secondary College and Mount Clear Technical High School, is a public high school in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. It was established after two secondary colleges, Ballarat Boys' Technical School and Ballarat Girls' High School amalgamated in 1981. [1] The college is located in Mount Clear, seven km (4.3 mi) from Ballarat's central business district.

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History

Ballarat Technical School was founded as a boys' school in 1913, [5] and was officially opened in July 1915 by Sir Alexander Peacock. [6]

In 1976, following the successful amalgamation of the Ballarat Technical School and the Ballarat Girls' High School (est. 1951), Mount Clear Technical High School opened as a school for years 7 to 10 students. Both of those schools had a rich tradition that started in 1874. The Technical school, known as ”Central Tech", was located in Lydiard St South in the CBD and the High School, known as the "Girls School", was located in Barkly Street, Ballarat East.[ citation needed ]

In 1977, four mini schools were established. One was for students at the Lydiard Street campus. It was known as Lalor Mini School. Students at the old Girls High site were part of the Barkly Mini School. In that year all new year 7 students were based at the Mount Clear campus. Two new mini schools, Canadian and Currawong were also added.[ citation needed ]

In October 1981, a new building designed around the concept of the mini schools was completed. Students from Lalor Mini School were the first to move into the new building. By the end of that year all students had moved to the new site which was immediately to the east of the Mount Clear Recreation Reserve and just north of the former Mount Clear Railway Station.[ citation needed ]

In the mid-1980s, in response to school community concerns, year 11 and 12 began to be taught at the school. The names of the mini schools have been retained in the forms of the house names, and on the logo. In 2002 the official name of Mount Clear College was adopted. [2]

Curriculum

Students in Year 6 can apply for the ASPIRE (formerly known as the SEALP program) .

Houses

Sport

MCC is a member of the Ballarat Associated Schools (BAS).

MCC has won the following BAS premierships. [8]

Boys:

Girls:

Notable alumni

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Mount Clear College".
  2. 1 2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ↑ "Mount Clear College - The Good Schools Guide".
  4. ↑ Wang Family. "VCE School Results - 2015".
  5. ↑ "Our history" (PDF). Federation University Australia .
  6. ↑ "31 Jul 1915 - BALLARAT TECHNICAL SCHOOL. - Trove". Trove. 31 July 1915.
  7. ↑ Graeme Forrester. "Key Staff". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "Past Results". bas.vic.edu.au. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
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