McKinnon Secondary College is a public secondary school located in the Melbourne suburb of McKinnon. The school was ranked 62nd in Victoria in terms of VCE median study score in 2012. McKinnon is known for its large music faculty.
Overview
McKinnon Secondary College is a coeducational secondary school, serving years 7-12, is located in McKinnon, Melbourne Southern Suburbs & Western Port region of Victoria. It is one of the government schools in the McKinnon area. Mckinnon Secondary College offers VET and VCAL courses. The uniform is compulsory and enforced.
The school previously held numerous PC and Mac computer labs, although this number has been reduced following the introduction of the school's Chromebook program, under which all students in the school are equipped with individual Chromebooks.
VCE results
McKinnon Secondary College is consistently in the top non-selective government schools in Victoria for the last decade, and in 2003 was the state system's second top non-selective-entry VCE school. In 2011 it was ranked 62nd in the state out of all schools. McKinnon Secondary College was ranked eighth out of all state secondary schools in Victoria based on VCE results in 2018.
Music
McKinnon Secondary has many instrumental groups that cater for people of different ability, instrument and music style preference. The colleges music ensembles include:
The music faculty at McKinnon holds many performances such as the Spring and junior concerts. An event considered important in the school calendar is the Winter Concert, held annually at Robert Blackwood Hall, in Monash University. The college also produces a musical every second year. The most recent musical to be performed by the college was 'The Addams Family'. Five shows were performed from 21 to 24 June 2017. Previous musicals in recent years include 'Little Shop of Horrors' in 2015, 'Zombie Prom' in 2013, 'The Wiz' in 2011, and 'Hot Mikado' in 2009.
Languages
McKinnon Secondary offers two languages, German and French. The school previously taught Korean. It is compulsory for students in years 7 and 8 to learn a language. The college also hosts the Victorian School of Languages, which allows students to learn a language out of school in their own time as a subject for VCE. The VSL offers both Hebrew and Russian. This enables McKinnon students to learn another language, or their native language, as part of their VCE. Year 10 students have the opportunity to go on exchange trips to either or France and have an exchange student live with them for a period of time.
Enhancement program
The college offers an enhanced maths and science program for selected students called ELMS.
Sports carnivals
McKinnon Secondary holds sports carnivals throughout the year where students can compete for their houses. The three carnivals are swimming, athletics and cross-country. Students who win, or do well, in these competitions go on to represent McKinnon at inter-school sporting events.
