Eastern Goldfields College

Eastern Goldfields College
Address
70 Cassidy Street
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Australia
Information
Type Public School
Motto Upward & Onward
Established 2006
Principal Dan McCormack
Enrolment 457 (Semester 2, 2017)
Campus Kalgoorlie
Colour(s)           Navy Blue and White
Website http://www.egc.wa.edu.au/

Coordinates: 30°45′04″S 121°28′29″E / 30.751233°S 121.474627°E / -30.751233; 121.474627

Eastern Goldfields College is a high school located in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. It is located on the Curtin University campus in Kalgoorlie and shares many facilities with the University. The College accepts year 11 and 12 students from across the Goldfields region.

History

The school was formerly a part of Eastern Goldfields Senior High School, but the school split in 2006 onto two separate campuses. The original site on Boomerang Crescent became Kalgoorlie-Boulder Community High School with classes for years 7-10. Senior students were moved to the local Curtin University campus and the students benefited from the high quality university facilities that were made available to them, particularly in the areas of trade and hospitality. The name of the school and its pegasus logo were made official in 2006.

Enrolment

Enrolments at the school were generally growing in the first 3 years, however it dipped between 2013.

Enrolments in Semester 2 of each school year (provided by the Department of Education)[1]
Year 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
No. of Enrolments 395 573 608 605 559 488 389 436 460 470 456
Change from previous year +178 +35 -3 -46 -73 -99 +47 +24 +10 -14

Sport

The College competes annually at country week, which is a sporting competition held in Perth between country high schools. Eastern Goldfields has competed in sports including hockey, netball, basketball, football, soccer, volleyball, speech and debate.

Eastern Goldfields has also competed in rugby union games against rival high school John Paul College (Kalgoorlie). This competition began in 2006 and is held annually. Both the Year 11 and 12's and the year 8-10's represent their own 15-man squads.

See also

List of schools in rural Western Australia

References

  1. "Student Numbers Trends Eastern Goldfields College". www.det.wa.edu.au. Retrieved 2018-01-03.

Sources

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