Sunbury Downs College

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Sunbury Downs College
Location
Sunbury Downs College
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Coordinates 37°34′58.7″S144°42′18.9″E / 37.582972°S 144.705250°E / -37.582972; 144.705250
Information
Type State school
MottoConfidence to Achieve
Established1988 [1]
PrincipalWarwick Beynon [2]
Years7 to 12
Number of students≈656, [3] Coeducation
Colour(s)Red, navy, white, blue
Nickname SDC
YearbookNexus
PublicationsSDC News & eCommunications (online newsletters & communications)
Website http://www.sunburydowns.vic.edu.au

Sunbury Downs College is a secondary College located in the north-west regional town of Sunbury, Victoria, Australia.

Contents

The College is set on a single campus located within the northern Melbourne suburb of Sunbury and caters for students in Years 7-12.

Accelerated curriculum and enrichment program

In 2008 an accelerated curriculum and enrichment program was introduced. [4]

Key details

House system

Students are divided into one of four houses upon enrolling into the College. These houses compete every year in various events to win house points in the hope of winning the house cup, each year two carnivals are held for the houses to compete for. These are; the athletics cup and the swimming cup. Each house is named after a notable person.

Principals

From Term 4 2016 to 2019, the Sunbury Downs College principal was Maria Oddo. Since 2019, she has been working on a project for the Department of Education and has since had Warwick Beynon take over as acting principal. [5] [6]

Previous principals of the College were Brett Moore, Graeme Brown, Vin Virtue and John Shaw (founding principal).

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References

  1. "School Strategic Plan for Sunbury Downs Secondary College Northern Metropolitan Region 2012-2015" (PDF). Sunbury Downs College. Retrieved 5 November 2015. Built in 1988, the year of Australia's Bi-Centenary, Sunbury Downs College is a modern and clean school.
  2. https://www.sunburydowns.vic.edu.au/uploaded_files/media/newsletter_no._1_2019.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  3. "Sunbury Downs Secondary College". myschool.edu.au. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  4. "About Us". Sunbury Downs College. Retrieved 5 November 2015. In 2008 an Accelerated Curriculum & Enrichment (ACE) program was introduced.
  5. https://www.sunburydowns.vic.edu.au/uploaded_files/media/newsletter_no._1_2019.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  6. "SDC News No5: August 2015" (PDF). Sunbury Downs College. Retrieved 5 November 2015. Congratulations Our New Principal - Ms Maria Oddo.