John Monash Science School
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John Monash Science School is a state government coeducational specialist selective school
in Victoria, Australia. It is the state's first specialist science secondary school.
The school is located on the Clayton campus of Monash University
. It opened in 2010 with a year 10 class. It is planned to eventually have 650 students from years 10 to 12. It is named in honour of Sir John Monash. The school is Victoria's first specialist science school and has a unique enrolment procedure - different to the student selection procedures at Nossal
, Melbourne
and MacRobertson Girls High Schools. The John Monash testing process is much more interested in a student's passion for the sciences.
It is devoted to the pursuit of excellence in Science, Mathematics and associated technologies. It is the result of a partnership between the Victorian Government and Monash University, and is located in a purpose-built facility on the Monash University’s Clayton Campus.
The curriculum satisfies all Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) requirements, while the focus on the sciences, mathematics and associated technologies allows students to benefit from specialised and enhanced learning opportunities.
Elective subjects at John Monash Science School include nanotechnology
, marine biology
, biomedicine
, geology
and quantum physics.
The vision for John Monash Science School is to be a nationally and internationally recognised centre for excellence in innovative research-based teaching and learning in the later years of secondary science, mathematics, associated technologies, resource development and pedagogy. The school aims to contribute to Victoria’s, and Australia's, long term economic, social, cultural and environmental goals through delivery of high quality and innovative education.
Reports of the school date from 2002 and highlight the controversy of selective schooling in Australia;
': Wood, Flannery, Doherty, Blackburn. Each house is named after an accomplished Australian scientist: Fiona Wood
, Tim Flannery
, Peter Doherty, and Elizabeth Blackburn
respectively.
Selective school
A selective school is a school that admits students on the basis of some sort of selection criteria, usually academic. The term may have different connotations in different systems....
in Victoria, Australia. It is the state's first specialist science secondary school.
The school is located on the Clayton campus of Monash University
Monash University
Monash University is a public university based in Melbourne, Victoria. It was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. Monash is a member of Australia's Group of Eight and the ASAIHL....
. It opened in 2010 with a year 10 class. It is planned to eventually have 650 students from years 10 to 12. It is named in honour of Sir John Monash. The school is Victoria's first specialist science school and has a unique enrolment procedure - different to the student selection procedures at Nossal
Nossal High School
Nossal High School is a state government selective school in Victoria, Australia. Located in the Berwick campus of Monash University and adjacent to Chisholm Institute and Berwick TEC , the school opened in 2010 with 200 students...
, Melbourne
Melbourne High School
Melbourne High School is a selective entry state school for boys in years 9 to 12 located in the Melbourne suburb of South Yarra. Being a selective school, it is known mainly for its strong academic reputation...
and MacRobertson Girls High Schools. The John Monash testing process is much more interested in a student's passion for the sciences.
It is devoted to the pursuit of excellence in Science, Mathematics and associated technologies. It is the result of a partnership between the Victorian Government and Monash University, and is located in a purpose-built facility on the Monash University’s Clayton Campus.
The curriculum satisfies all Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) requirements, while the focus on the sciences, mathematics and associated technologies allows students to benefit from specialised and enhanced learning opportunities.
Elective subjects at John Monash Science School include nanotechnology
Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology is the study of manipulating matter on an atomic and molecular scale. Generally, nanotechnology deals with developing materials, devices, or other structures possessing at least one dimension sized from 1 to 100 nanometres...
, marine biology
Marine biology
Marine biology is the scientific study of organisms in the ocean or other marine or brackish bodies of water. Given that in biology many phyla, families and genera have some species that live in the sea and others that live on land, marine biology classifies species based on the environment rather...
, biomedicine
Biomedicine
Biomedicine is a branch of medical science that applies biological and other natural-science principles to clinical practice,. Biomedicine, i.e. medical research, involves the study of physiological processes with methods from biology, chemistry and physics. Approaches range from understanding...
, geology
Geology
Geology is the science comprising the study of solid Earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which it evolves. Geology gives insight into the history of the Earth, as it provides the primary evidence for plate tectonics, the evolutionary history of life, and past climates...
and quantum physics.
The vision for John Monash Science School is to be a nationally and internationally recognised centre for excellence in innovative research-based teaching and learning in the later years of secondary science, mathematics, associated technologies, resource development and pedagogy. The school aims to contribute to Victoria’s, and Australia's, long term economic, social, cultural and environmental goals through delivery of high quality and innovative education.
Reports of the school date from 2002 and highlight the controversy of selective schooling in Australia;
Personnel
- Principal: Peter Corkill 2009–present (Formerly of Cheltenham Secondary CollegeCheltenham Secondary CollegeCheltenham Secondary College is a co-educational high school in Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia, catering for students in years 7 to 12. The school officially opened in 1959 as 'Cheltenham High School', and then later changed its name to Cheltenham Secondary College.- Facilities :Below is a list of...
) - Assistant Principal: Andrew Chisholm 2009–present (Formerly of McKinnon Secondary CollegeMcKinnon Secondary CollegeMcKinnon Secondary College is a Public secondary school located in the Melbourne suburb of McKinnon. The school was ranked 37th in Victoria in terms of VCE median study score in 2009. McKinnon is also known for its large music faculty.-Entry:...
) - Assistant Principal: Sally Cheah-Johnson 2009–present (Formerly of Mooroolbark CollegeMooroolbark CollegeMooroolbark College is a government secondary school situated in Victoria, Australia, near the Dandenong Ranges and the Yarra Valley. It has a student population of around 1160....
)
House system
The student body is divided into four 'housesHouse system
The house system is a traditional feature of British schools, and schools in the Commonwealth. Historically, it was associated with established public schools, where a 'house' refers to a boarding house or dormitory of a boarding school...
': Wood, Flannery, Doherty, Blackburn. Each house is named after an accomplished Australian scientist: Fiona Wood
Fiona Wood
Fiona Melanie Wood, AM is a British born plastic surgeon working in Perth, Western Australia. She is the director of the Royal Perth Hospital burns unit and the Western Australia Burns Service...
, Tim Flannery
Tim Flannery
Timothy Fridtjof Flannery is an Australian mammalogist, palaeontologist, environmentalist and global warming activist....
, Peter Doherty, and Elizabeth Blackburn
Elizabeth Blackburn
Elizabeth Helen Blackburn, AC, FRS is an Australian-born American biological researcher at the University of California, San Francisco, who studies the telomere, a structure at the end of chromosomes that protects the chromosome. Blackburn co-discovered telomerase, the enzyme that replenishes the...
respectively.