RESERVOIR DISTRICT SECONDARY COLLEGE

Reservoir High School reflects a diverse and multi-cultural community with about 48 per cent of students from non-English speaking backgrounds. The school has over 40 different languages represented and about 25 per cent of the students were not born in Australia. Reservior High School comprises of 600 students, with an increasing Year 7 population. It has well equipped permanent facilities and every room has an interactive whiteboard that is connected to the internet. The school is broken into three sub-schools (Junior Years 7 and 8, Middle Years 9 and 10 and Senior Years 11 and 12) for discipline and welfare purposes. Each sub-school has its own administrative officer to help the co-ordinators and students. The school has high expectations of academic success and even higher expectations of behaviour. All students are encouraged to show respect to their teachers, their fellow students and themselves.

Facilities: The school has a stadium with four basketball courts and outdoor courts. There are over twenty computer laboratories and interactive whiteboards or wide-screen TVs that are connected to the internet in all rooms.

Curriculum: The school offers the full 7 to 10 comprehensive curriculum that leads to the VCE years. In VCE the full range of subjects are offered. VET is offered at the school in conjunction with NMIT and NCAT. A VCAL program is also offered. Computers used throughout the curriculum as well as in specialist classes.

Sport: There is an extensive interschool sport program and sport leadership program as well as expert coaching and an athletics carnival.

Extra-curricular activities: The school offers a computer club, instrumental music, dance and drama, an annual concert, Film Club, Chess Club, Student Council (SRC), and community performances. There are also graduation and awards nights which occur after hours.

Extension and Enrichment: Reservior High School is an official SEAL school. The school offers accelerated VCE programs, extension maths, camps and outdoor education, peer support and awards and community scholarships as well as competitions such as the Westpac Maths competition, the Language/Poetry competition and the English competition.

Student welfare programs: Reading aides and special programs, counsellors, health education, psychologists, visiting specialists (eg speech).