Eltham High School

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Location
Eltham High School

Deeds Count
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Information
Principal	Vincent Sicari
Students	~1,300 (2007)
Type	Public, Day school
Grades	7 - 12
Established	1926
Homepage	http://www.elthamhs.vic.edu.au

Eltham High School, is a secondary school in Victoria, Australia. It is located in Eltham, a suburb which is north east from Melbourne. It is mainly known for the creativity of it's students, in areas such as art, drama, and music.

Its music programme, run by Mr Ken Waterworth which wins numerous awards each year, is highly developed in the brass and symphonic band areas, however has little support for other styles, such as popular music.

The photography program, run by Mr Ian Clark, regularly turns out award-winning photographers, many of whom have been recognised internationally. Considered by many to be one of the school's greatest assets, a world-class dark room is available for student use, capable of developing over 160 photographs per hour. Aside from the brilliant Photography program, the school excells in most arts including Media, VCD, Ceramics and general Art studies.

Eltham High school is also rare in Victoria in that it doesn't have a school uniform.

The school has produced cyclist Cadel Evans, motor sport legend Peter Brock, Victorian cricketer Lloyd Mash, Seven Network newsreader Jennifer Adams,comedian Merrick Watts of Merrick and Rosso and actress Emily Browning.

1 Year level structure
2 Sport
3 Houses
4 External links

[edit] Year level structure

The year levels are broken up into three different groups which are:

Junior School (Year 7-8)
Middle School (Year 9-10)
Senior School (Year 11-12)

[edit] Sport

Eltham high has a number of very successful soccer teams, particularly in yrs 9 and 10. Coached by Mr Jon Elordietta, in 2007 the yr 8 team progressed through to the third round in a regional inter-school league. The 2008 yr 7 team is looking to be a promising one, despite having not yet played a game.

Eltham High has a award-winning Volleyball program run by Mr Greg Thomas. The school recently won it's 30th VSSSA pennent since 1996. The school has produced many outstanding volleyballers that have gone on to represent Victoria and Australia at many championships. The school is without doubt the most sucsessful Volleyball school in VSSSA history.