Kool Skools is a multimedia and recording project for secondary school students across the Australia

Australia

Australia , 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 states of Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....

 and New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

. The projects are open to all secondary schools, council youth agencies and youth clubs. Kool Skools promotes, develops and supports a diverse range of talent and genres of contemporary music. Participants of Kool Skools have the opportunity to work within a professional recording environment to record and package an album of music. At the end of each year an awards night is held where participants have the opportunity to perform some of their songs and are recognised for their work throughout the year.

High profile Kool Skool participants

• Tom Ugly (formerly [is])
• Missy Higgins
  Missy Higgins
  Melissa "Missy" Morrison Higgins is an Australian pop singer-songwriter, musician and actor. Her No. 1 albums in Australia are The Sound of White and On a Clear Night , and her Top Ten singles are "Scar", "The Special Two", "Steer" and "Where I Stood". From a musical family in...
  
  
• Delta Goodrem
  Delta Goodrem
  Delta Lea Goodrem is an Australian singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress. Signed to Sony at the age of 15, Goodrem rose to prominence in 2002, starring in the Australian soap opera Neighbours as Nina Tucker. Goodrem has achieved eight number-one singles and three number-one albums in her home...
  
  
• The White Room (ex-Plunja)
• Axle Whitehead
  Axle Whitehead
  Axle Whitehead is a former Australian Video Hits TV host and current singer, musician, and actor. In 2008, he released his first studio album Losing Sleep which debuted outside of the ARIA top 50...
  
   
• The Jam Rolls
• Anthony Callea
  Anthony Callea
  Anthony Cosmo Callea is an Australian singer-songwriter who rose to prominence in the 2004 season of Australian Idol when he became runner up. He was signed to Sony Music Australia until 2009 and is now an independent artist...
  
  
• The Cat Empire
  The Cat Empire
  The Cat Empire are an Australian ska and jazz band formed in 1999. Core members are Harry James Angus , Will Hull-Brown , Jamshid "Jumps" Khadiwhala , Ollie McGill , Ryan Monro and Felix Riebl...
  
   (members)
• The Sparrows
• Dean Geyer
  Dean Geyer
  Dean Stanley Geyer is an Australian Singer-Songwriter and Actor who came third in the 2006 season of the talent show television series, Australian Idol.-Early life:...
  
  
• Casey Donovan
  Casey Donovan
  Casey Donovan may refer to:* Casey Donovan , female Australian singer* Casey Donovan , gay male pornographic performer, born Cal Culver...
  
  

Victoria

• 2009: Thomastown Secondary College
• 2008: Noble Park Secondary College
  Noble Park Secondary College
  Noble Park Secondary College is a year 7-12 co-educational school. In 2007, it is expected that 760 students will be attending the college, making it the largest in the Springvale, Victoria, Australia, educational district.-History:...
  
  
• 2007: Notre Dame College
  Notre Dame College
  Notre Dame College, also known as Notre Dame College of Ohio or simply NDC, is a Catholic, coeducational, liberal arts college in South Euclid, Ohio, USA. Established in 1922 as a women's college it has been coeducational since January 2001...
  
  
• 2006: Geelong Grammar
• 2005: Notre Dame College
  Notre Dame College
  Notre Dame College, also known as Notre Dame College of Ohio or simply NDC, is a Catholic, coeducational, liberal arts college in South Euclid, Ohio, USA. Established in 1922 as a women's college it has been coeducational since January 2001...
  
  
• 2004: Thomastown Secondary College
• 2003: Pakenham Secondary College
  Pakenham Secondary College
  Pakenham Secondary College is situated approximately 50 kilometres southeast of Melbourne. Established in 1968 providing education to a largely rural community the school now enrols 1183 students from an urban community. It is currently undergoing a six stage development project, which has seen the...
  
  
• 2002: Wangaratta High School
  Wangaratta High School
  Wangaratta High School is a secondary education institution in Wangaratta, Victoria. It was the 2002 winner of the Kool Skools award. It has three campuses, and is a public school. It currently has approx. 1300 students attending the school. They are building new campuses to accommodate for the...
  
  
• 2001: Heathdale Christian College
  Heathdale Christian College
  Heathdale Christian College is an independent, Non-denominational, Christian, co-educational in Werribee, in the western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia....
  
  
• 2000: East Gippsland Schools
• 1999: Wangaratta High School
• 1998: Billanook College
  Billanook College
  Billanook College is an independent co-ed school with an early learning program through to Year 12, located in Mooroolbark, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is a school of the Uniting Church in Australia, and a member of Round Square. It was founded in 1980 by the founding principal Dr Peter...
  
  
• 1997: Swinburne Snr Secondary College

New South Wales

• 2009: Brisbane Waters Secondary College
• 2008: Manly Council Youth Services
• 2007: Brisbane Water Secondary College
• 2006: Loseby Park Youth Centre
• 2005: Mackellar Girls Campus
• 2004: (not held in NSW in 2004)
• 2003: Brisbane Water Secondary College
• 2002: Brisbane Water Secondary College
• 2001: Prairiewood Languages High School
• 2000: Port Hacking High School