Gladstone Park Secondary College
Gladstone Park Secondary College is a public state school in Melbourne, founded in 1975.
| Gladstone Park Secondary College | |
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| Location | |
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| Coordinates | 37°41′19″S 144°53′29″E |
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| Type | Co-educational public comprehensive secondary school |
| Motto | Knowledge is Power |
| Established | 1975 |
| Principal | Lynne Gutterson |
| Years offered | 7–12 |
| Enrolment | 1644[1] (2018) |
| Campus | Taylor Drive |
| Colour(s) | Dark green, white, grey & black |
| Website | www |
Introduction
The school has around 1500 students, a figure which has remained roughly constant for over a decade. When it first opened, Gladstone Park Secondary School (GPSC) quickly became the largest school in terms of matriculated students within a 10 km radius, a position which it still holds today.
Uniform
The school's uniforms were brown and gold up until the early 1990s, when the school council introduced a uniform consisting of a white polo shirt with a green logo and grey cotton shorts in summer for boys and a green chequered dress for girls. The winter uniform consists of grey cotton pants and a green cotton jumper with a yellow emblem for both boys and girls. Year 12s traditionally wore a dark blue jumper with classmates' names in printed in white on the front and back. In 2009 the blue was changed to black. Since 2010 each year has had a unique design. In 2012, further additions were made to the school uniform and students can now be seen wearing blazers and/or neck ties along with the original uniform.
School life
The school has a special disability partnership with the local TAFE institutes, where most GPSC graduates enrol to do apprenticeships or diplomas.
Facilities
The school grounds contain many sports facilities including a football and soccer oval, outdoor basketball and netball courts, cricket nets and an outdoor hockey/ futsal pitch. There is an indoor sports centre with two basketball courts, squash courts and gym facilities. The school library is open to students and the public.
A new senior school/study centre is currently being built for the future year 12 students, beginning with the class of 2017.[2]
School productions
Every year, GPSC produces a musical.
| Year | Production |
|---|---|
| 2007 | Grease |
| 2008 | Fame |
| 2009 | The Wiz |
| 2010 | Annie |
| 2011 | Little Shop of Horrors |
| 2012 | Bye Bye Birdie |
| 2013 | Step in Time: a Musical Cabaret |
| 2014 | Beauty and the Beast |
| 2015 | Seussical |
| 2016 | West Side Story |
| 2017 | Legally Blonde |
| 2018 | The Addams Family |
| 2019 | Guys and Dolls |
Incident
On 1 March 2017, an intruder broke into the school in the early hours of the morning. They broke into forty Year 12 students' lockers and stole textbooks, scientific calculators and other objects. However, the school decided to not compensate the students for the theft of their valuables because the school was not "entirely at fault". This caused major uproar among students & parents, especially because students had "hours and hours of notes" that had been prepared for their VCE subjects.[3]
Alumni
- Sport
- Aziz Behich – Professional footballer for Süper Lig club Bursaspor
- Corey McKernan – Former Australian rules footballer
- Jordan Bannister – Former Australian rules football player and umpire[4]
- Australian Defence Force
- Cameron Baird – recipient of the Victoria Cross for Australia.[5]
Reference List
- "9th February 2018 Newsletter" (PDF). GPSC. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
- "Gladstone Park Community Library". Hume Libraries. Melbourne, Australia: Hume City Council. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
- "School insurance won't cover locker raid". Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- Lange, Greg. (15 August 2007). "Carlton’s secret weapon: extra homework", Carlton Football Club. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- Wright, Tony (14 February 2014). "VC for hero who died storming Taliban compound". The Age. Retrieved 18 February 2014.