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The process of choosing a secondary school for your child can be time consuming and exhaustive. For some families already happily associated with a school, the decision is possibly already made. For others, particularly in those cases where the issue of secondary schooling has arisen for the first time, there are many issues to consider:

Some of the questions you might ask include -

* Am I seeking broad curriculum?
* Do I want my child to develop in a co-educational setting?
* Is firm discipline important?
* Am I seeking a school committed to uniform?
* Do I want my child to have access to state of the art computer hardware and software?
* Am I seeking a school which emphasises community values and promotes responsible behaviour?
* Do I want my child to be in a caring school environment, which ensures the safety and security of each individual?
* Am I looking for a school where student achievement is valued and celebrated?

If you have answered YES to most or all of these questions, then the combination of our College goals and your family priorities provide an ideal environment for the achievement of desired outcomes for your son/daughter.
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Opportunities Minimize
Students of Western Heights College enjoy a broad range of co-curricular opportunities. A highlight of the College program is our participation in the Rock Eisteddfod. In 1998, the College was successful in winning the State final at Melbourne Park in only our third year in the competition.

In each alternative year, the College is involved in the Statewide spectacular, Joining the Chorus, allowing students to participate in singing, dancing and body percussion performances with students from many schools around the state.

In recent years, students have enjoyed the opportunity to travel to our sister school in Tewksbury, Massachusetts in the USA, as well as Japan and France.

The College has recognised the importance of Information Technology in the world of the next millenium and provides extensive access to computer hardware and software, including the Internet.

Students enjoy the opportunity to participate in intra- and inter-school sport, including the prospect of competing all the way to State final level.
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College Council Minimize
Mrs. Kristine Rooney
Mrs. Alison Cox
Mr. Anthony Marshall
Mrs. Michelle Muir
Mr. Ross Murray
Mr. Jim Turnbull
Mr. Rod Stokes
Ms. Kerry Martin
Ms. Deanna Errey
Ms. Vivienne Gibbs
Mr. Wayne Eason
Mr. Keith Hawkins
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Western Heights College Community Association Minimize
The WCA holds monthly meetings on the third Wednesday of each month. The meetings commence at 1.30pm and are held in the Conference Centre on the Quamby Campus.

The WCA is a great way of meeting other parents and discovering many things about the College Community and its activities. New members are always welcome.

The WCA is consulted regularly by the College Council and its committees. In this way the Association has an active and representative voice in the college.

The WCA voluntarily runs a weekly Used Uniform Shop. Parents and students are welcome to buy and sell through this outlet which is a major fundraising for the Association as we take a percentage of the selling price.

The Used Uniform Shops operate from Minerva and Barton Campus on Mondays from 12.30 p.m. to 1.30 p.m.

The Canteens at Barton and Minerva operate daily, but volunteers are only required for one day per month, for 4 hours from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (With school holidays etc, this works out to only be 7 or 8 days per year.)

Our major fundraising activity is the second hand textbook sale. This sale will occur in early December from 1pm to 3pm in the Caldwell Hall on the Minerva Campus.

Join us in 2006. Your input and participation is valuable.
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