Blackwood High School
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Blackwood High School is a co-educational secondary school
located in Eden Hills
, a south-eastern suburb of Adelaide
, South Australia
offering the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme
with six nearby primary schools and Diploma Programme
as the "Mitcham Hills College". It is also a special interest high school
that specialise in netball
. Blackwood High also offers an enrichment program for identified "gifted
" or "talented" students.
Primary schools involved in the Mitcham Hills College are:
The school developed a resource with Sturt Police
on "Teenage Parties" that has been adapted by Victorian private schools Scotch College
and Toorak College
. The Adelaide based hip hop group, Hilltop Hoods
, formed at Blackwood High School.
The school is the site of the Blackwood Community Recreation Centre.
The main auditorium seats approximately 350, with the capability to have an extended stage because of retractable seating. In addition to the main performing areas, the centre boasts a recording studio, four small practise rooms, two classrooms, offices and storerooms.
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
located in Eden Hills
Eden Hills, South Australia
Eden Hills is a suburb in the Mitcham Hills area, 12 km. south of Adelaide, South Australia in the local government area of the City of Mitcham.-History:...
, a south-eastern suburb of Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
, South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
offering the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme
IB Middle Years Programme
The International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme is an educational programme intended for students aged approximately 11 to 16 . Thus, in the United States the programme is often taught throughout the middle school years and the first two years of high school...
with six nearby primary schools and Diploma Programme
IB Diploma Programme
The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme is a two-year educational programme for students aged 16–19that provides an internationally accepted qualification for entry into higher education, and is recognised by universities worldwide. It was developed in the early to mid-1960s in Geneva by...
as the "Mitcham Hills College". It is also a special interest high school
Special interest high schools in South Australia
South Australian special interest high schools with entry into the specialisation being selective. The schools and their specialisations are:*Aberfoyle Park High School - Ignite: Students with High Intellectual Potential *Adelaide High School - Language...
that specialise in netball
Netball
Netball is a ball sport played between two teams of seven players. Its development, derived from early versions of basketball, began in England in the 1890s. By 1960 international playing rules had been standardised for the game, and the International Federation of Netball and Women's Basketball ...
. Blackwood High also offers an enrichment program for identified "gifted
Intellectual giftedness
Intellectual giftedness is an intellectual ability significantly higher than average. It is different from a skill, in that skills are learned or acquired behaviors...
" or "talented" students.
Primary schools involved in the Mitcham Hills College are:
- Belair Primary School
- Bellevue Heights Primary School
- Blackwood Primary School
- Coromandel Valley Primary School (Very good)
- Eden Hills Primary School
- Hawthorndene Primary School
The school developed a resource with Sturt Police
South Australia Police
The South Australia Police is the police force of the Australian state of South Australia. It is an agency of the Government of South Australia within the South Australian Department of Justice.-History:...
on "Teenage Parties" that has been adapted by Victorian private schools Scotch College
Scotch College, Melbourne
Scotch College, Melbourne is an independent, Presbyterian, day and boarding school for boys, located in Hawthorn, an inner-eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia....
and Toorak College
Toorak College, Mt Eliza
Toorak College is an independent, inter-denominational, day and boarding school for girls years 7 - 12 and co-educational from pre school to Year 6...
. The Adelaide based hip hop group, Hilltop Hoods
Hilltop Hoods
The Hilltop Hoods are an ARIA Award winning Australian hip hop group, from Adelaide, South Australia. Their members are MCs Suffa , MC Pressure , DJ Debris and formerly DJ Next. They have been at the centre of the Australian hip hop scene for the better part of two decades, originally forming back...
, formed at Blackwood High School.
The school is the site of the Blackwood Community Recreation Centre.
Performing Arts Centre
The Performing Arts Centre, otherwise known as the PAC, the Auditorium, or the Blackwood Community Recreation Centre, was constructed in 2001 with funds raised in several school and community-based fund-raisers. It features several sound-proofed rooms, computing equipment, musical instruments, and a large theatre and stage, with a booth for controlling the lighting and sound effects. The PAC is also used by the community as a church on Sunday mornings.The main auditorium seats approximately 350, with the capability to have an extended stage because of retractable seating. In addition to the main performing areas, the centre boasts a recording studio, four small practise rooms, two classrooms, offices and storerooms.
Alumni
Alumni include:- Chloe FoxChloe FoxChloë Catienne Fox is an Australian politician, and MP for the seat of Bright in the South Australian House of Assembly since the 2006 election, representing the Australian Labor Party...
, South Australia MPMember of ParliamentA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
in the South Australian House of AssemblySouth Australian House of AssemblyThe House of Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of South Australia. The other is the Legislative Council. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Adelaide.- Overview :... - Michael HughesMichael HughesMichael Eamon Hughes is a retired Northern Irish footballer who currently is a majority shareholder and co-owner of IFA Premiership side Carrick Rangers .-Club career:...
, Winner of the Martin S Lambert Award for excellence in Industrial Design (2005 and 2007) - Rebecca MorseRebecca MorseRebecca Morse is an Australian journalist and news presenter.Morse is currently presenter of Adelaide's Ten News at Five Monday to Thursday....
, newsreader for Channel 10, South Australia - Peter RathjenPeter RathjenPeter David Rathjen is an Australian scientist and medical researcher internationally recognised in stem cell science....
, medical researcher and Rhodes Scholar - Terence TaoTerence TaoTerence Chi-Shen Tao FRS is an Australian mathematician working primarily on harmonic analysis, partial differential equations, combinatorics, analytic number theory and representation theory...
, mathematician and 2006 recipient of the Fields Medal - Brenton Ragless, weatherman for channel 9
- Chris Maguire, Economics teacher at Prince Alfred CollegePrince Alfred CollegePrince Alfred College is an independent, day and boarding school for boys, located on Dequetteville Terrace, Kent Town, near the centre of Adelaide, South Australia...
- Musicians
- Beccy ColeBeccy ColeBeccy Cole is an Australian country music singer and songwriter. She has released six albums and won seven Golden Guitar awards....
(musician) - Matt Lambert (Suffa)SuffaSuffa is one of the MCs of the Adelaide-based hip-hop group the Hilltop Hoods. He currently lives in Adelaide, Australia. Suffa also serves as producer and has produced tracks for a number of other hip hop artists in addition to his work within the Hilltop Hoods, he has been doing this for more...
and Dan Smith (Pressure)MC PressurePressure is one of the MCs of the Adelaide-based hip-hop group the Hilltop Hoods. He along with Suffa and DJ Next [Later replaced by DJ Debris] created the Hilltop Hoods in 1991, which has since become one of the best known Hip Hop acts in Australia. Pressure currently lives in Adelaide...
of the Hilltop HoodsHilltop HoodsThe Hilltop Hoods are an ARIA Award winning Australian hip hop group, from Adelaide, South Australia. Their members are MCs Suffa , MC Pressure , DJ Debris and formerly DJ Next. They have been at the centre of the Australian hip hop scene for the better part of two decades, originally forming back... - Jordan Varbaro, Simon Naulty, Cam SmithCam SmithCam Smith is a British comic book artist and inker known to British comic book readers for his work on 2000 AD and in the American comic book market for his collaborations with Gary Frank, inking that would earn him and Eisner Award nomination....
and Brett Stoeckel of Catacosmica - Nic Rhodes, Josh Conway and Julian Harrison of Bear Garden
- Nathan Leigh JonesNathan Leigh JonesNathan Leigh Jones is a pop singer, songwriter and pianist born in Adelaide Australia, currently living between both Sydney Australia and New York City....
(musician)
- Beccy Cole
- Sports people:
- Adam CooneyAdam CooneyAdam Cooney is an Australian rules footballer, playing for the Western Bulldogs in the AFL. Cooney, recruited from West Adelaide in the SANFL, won the 2008 Brownlow Medal with 24 votes becoming the 10th Footscray/Western Bulldog player to win the AFL's highest individual honor.He attended...
, 2008 Brownlow Medal Winner, AFL, Western Bulldogs - Peter MotleyPeter MotleyPeter Motley is a former professional Australian rules footballer, playing for Sturt Football Club in the South Australian National Football League and Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League....
, Australian Rules Footballer - Sturt Football ClubSturt Football ClubSturt Football Club is an Australian rules football club in the South Australian National Football League. The club is best known for its period of dominance from 1966–76 under legendary coach Jack Oatey, during which it revolutionised the style of play by emphasising teamwork and accurate ball...
1982-1985 & Carlton Football ClubCarlton Football ClubThe Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...
1986-87 - Matthew NicksMatthew NicksMatthew Nicks is a South Australian Australian Football League player. He was recruited from the West Adelaide Football Club to the Sydney Swans with the 21st selection in the 1994 AFL Draft....
, Australian Rules Footballer - West AdelaideWest Adelaide Football ClubWest Adelaide Football Club is an Australian rules football club in the South Australian National Football League . Commonly known as The Bloods and Westies, the clubs home base is City Mazda Stadium located in Richmond, an inner-western suburb of Adelaide.-Early Years :West Adelaide was formed in...
& Sydney Swans Football Club 1996-2005 - Paul Bauer, National League Basketballer - Adelaide 36ers Basketball Club 1997 - 2000
- Kerri PottharstKerri PottharstKerri Ann Pottharst OAM is an Australian professional beach volleyball player and Olympic gold medallist.Pottharst was born in Adelaide, South Australia and currently resides in Sydney....
, AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n professional beach volleyballBeach volleyballBeach volleyball, or sand volleyball, is an Olympic team sport played by two teams of two players on a sand court divided by a net.Like volleyball, the object of the game is to send the ball over the net in order to ground it on the opponent’s court, and to prevent the same effort by the opponent....
player and Olympic gold medallist - Bianca ReddyBianca ReddyBianca Reddy is an Australian netball player in the ANZ Championship, playing for the Adelaide Thunderbirds. In 2010, Reddy did not play in the ANZ Championship, but played for the West Coast Fever replacing the injured Josie Janz....
, Netballer for the Adelaide Thunderbirds - Ben RuttenBen RuttenBenjamin "Truck" Rutten is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . He is known for his size, strength and ability to contain some of the game's best forwards....
, Australian Rules Footballer - Adelaide Football Club 2003–Present All-Australian selection in 2005. - Paul Cahill, Australian Rules Footballer - St Kilda Football Club Recruited in the 2008 National Draft
- Adam Cooney
School publications
- Each year, the school's year eleven students compile a yearbookYearbookA yearbook, also known as an annual, is a book to record, highlight, and commemorate the past year of a school or a book published annually. Virtually all American, Australian and Canadian high schools, most colleges and many elementary and middle schools publish yearbooks...
which has, since its beginnings, been entitled "Cambium". Students contribute articles, photographs, artworks and written works which give a snapshot of the school-year.