Eastern Goldfields College

Eastern Goldfields College
Location
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Australia
Information
Type Public School
Established 2005
Principal Dan McCormack
Enrolment 488 (2012)
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 of Technology campus and shares many facilities with the University. The College accepts year 11 and year 12 students from across the Goldfields region.

History

The school was formerly a part of Eastern Goldfields Senior High School but that High School split in 2001 onto two campuses. The original site on Boomerang Crescent became Kalgoorlie-Boulder Community High School with classes for years 8-10. 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.

Enrollments at the school have been generally growing with 395 students attending the school in 2007, 573 in 2008, 608 in 2009, 605 in 2010, 559 in 2011 and 488 in 2012.[1]

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 Yr 11 and 12's and the year 8-10's representing their own 15-man squads.

See also

List of schools in rural Western Australia

References

  1. ↑ "Department of Education Schools online". 2011. Retrieved 2012-05-24.

Sources


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