Box Hill Senior Secondary College
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| name = Box Hill Senior Secondary College
| city = Box Hill
| state = Victoria
| country = Australia
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| type = State school
| students = Approximately 350
| gender = Co-Educational
| years = Senior School Years 10 to 12 and Middle Years Sports Campus AFL: Year 9, Basketball: Year 7 to 9, Netball: Year 9 to 12 Tennis: Years 9 to 12
| principal = Warren Dawson
| colours = Navy and Gold
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| website = [http://www.bhssc.vic.edu.au/ http://www.bhssc.vic.edu.au/]
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Box Hill Senior Secondary College (BHSSC) is a state-run co-educational senior secondary school located in Box Hill, Victoria, Australia. The senior school has a three-year curriculum, composed of years ten to twelve. Year 9 are offered at the Middle Years Sports Campus.
Box Hill Senior Secondary College has no feeder schools, new students are welcomed from all over Melbourne, but are only selected after interview.
Box Hill Senior Secondary College is also the location of the Middle Years Sports Campus, which was established in 2005. The Middle Years Sports Campus also includes an AFL football academy for Year 9 students. Students of the Middle Years Sports Campus have access to all Box Hill Senior Secondary College's facilities to help them learn.
History
The college began operating as Box Hill Senior Secondary College in 1993. It was formerly Box Hill Technical School, a boys school founded in 1942 and first became coeducational in 1984 when it merged with the Whitehorse Girls Technical School.{{cite web|url=http://www.bhssc.vic.edu.au/About-Us1/More/|title=More About Us|publisher=Box Hill Senior Secondary College|accessdate=28 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226212520/http://bhssc.vic.edu.au/About-Us1/More/|archive-date=26 February 2015|url-status=dead}}
School uniform
Despite being a government school, the College does not have a set day to day uniform. However, there is a required sports uniform for students participating in the Sports Academy.{{Cite web |title=Uniform |url=https://www.bhssc.vic.edu.au/enrolments/uniform/ |access-date=2025-04-25 |website=Box Hill Senior Secondary College |language=en-AU}}
Facilities and subjects
Students are able to integrate their chosen sport specialty with a wide range of academic pursuits. The college offers traditional academic studies in VCE, alongside VCAL and VET studies, including pre-apprenticeship courses. Facilities at Box Hill Senior Secondary College include technology (Building and Electrical pre - apprenticeships, Plumbing and Horticulture), design, art, photography, music recording and multimedia centres and facilities, a commercial kitchen, a basketball stadium, indoor training facility for Netball and 9 tennis courts.{{Citation needed|date=January 2018}}
Notable alumni
- 360 – Hip-hop artist
- Maddy Brancatisano – AFLW player
- Deng Deng – basketball player
- Luke Kendall – basketball coach and former player
- Emmanuel Malou – basketball player
- Rob Mills – entertainer
- Rebecca Ott – basketballer and AFLW player
- Mick Parker – mountaineer
- Ben Simmons – NBA Player
- Adrien Sturt – basketball player
- Jordan Vandenberg – basketball player
- Robbie Gray – AFL [https://www.bhssc.vic.edu.au/en/parent-information/alumni/]
- Taylin Duman [https://www.bhssc.vic.edu.au/en/parent-information/alumni/]
- Tilly Lucas-Rodd – AFLW player [https://www.bhssc.vic.edu.au/en/parent-information/alumni/]
- Matthew Bate – AFL Footballer
- James Parsons – AFL Footballer
- Nick Malceski – AFL Footballer
- Cameron Cloke – AFL footballer
- Jason Cloke – AFL footballer
- Anneli Maley – Basketballer
Basketball Team Achievements
=Championship Men (Open)=
: {{Gold1}} Champions: 2017
: {{Silver2}} Runners Up: 2019
: {{Bronze3}} Third Place: 2011
=Championship Women (Open)=
: {{Gold1}} Champions: (2) 2016, 2019
: {{Silver2}} Runners Up: 2011
: {{Bronze3}} Third Place: 2015
References
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