Dandenong High School
State school in Dandenong, Victoria, Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dandenong High School is one of the largest co-educational government secondary schools in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, catering for students from Years 7 to 12. It is the oldest school, public or private, in Melbourne's outer east, and now has 1400 students alone on its Dandenong site on the north side of the Princes Highway. The historic façade of the Administration Building will remain, as it is heritage-listed and is a landmark of Dandenong.
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Dandenong High School | |
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Address | |
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Coordinates | 37°58′45″S 145°12′33″E |
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Type | State school |
Motto | Latin: Faber Quisque Fortunae (Every person is the architect of their own destiny) |
Established | 1919 (1919) |
Founder | Private P. C. W. Langford |
Principal | Susan Ogden |
Teaching staff | 165[1] |
Years offered | 7–12 |
Gender | Co-educational |
Enrolment | 1785[1] |
Campus | Dandenong Site & Ann Street Site |
Houses | Banksia Callistemon Darwinia Eucalyptus Fern Grevillea Hakea |
Colour(s) | Royal blue, light blue and red |
Song | We Shall Be Strong |
Athletics | Athletics Swimming Chorals |
Nickname | Dandy High |
Newspaper | Fortnightly |
Yearbook | The Gate |
Assoc. Principals | Katie Watmough & Mark Dewar |
Website | http://www.dandenonghs.vic.edu.au |
At the start of 2007, Dandenong High School, Cleeland Secondary College and Doveton Secondary College officially merged to become the new Dandenong High School,[2] as part of the Federal Government's Building the Education Revolution. As of 2017, the school has 165 teaching and 54 non-teaching staff, as well as 1785 students.[1]