Dandenong High School

Dandenong High School
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Coordinates37°58′45″S 145°12′33″E / 37.97917°S 145.20917°E / -37.97917; 145.20917
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TypeState school
MottoLatin: Faber Quisque Fortunae
(Every person is the architect of their own destiny)
Established1919 (1919)
FounderPrivate P. C. W. Langford
PrincipalSusan Ogden
Teaching staff165[1]
Years offered712
GenderCo-educational
Enrolment1785[1]
CampusDandenong Site & Ann Street Site
Houses  Banksia
  Callistemon
  Darwinia
  Eucalyptus
  Fern
  Grevillea
  Hakea
Colour(s)Royal blue, light blue and red
     
SongWe Shall Be Strong
AthleticsAthletics
Swimming
Chorals
NicknameDandy High
NewspaperFortnightly
YearbookThe Gate
Assoc. PrincipalsKatie Watmough & Mark Dewar
Websitehttp://www.dandenonghs.vic.edu.au

Dandenong High School is one of the largest co-educational government secondary schools in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, catering for students from Years 7 to 12. It is the oldest school, public or private, in Melbourne's outer east, and now has 1400 students alone on its Dandenong site on the north side of the Princes Highway. The historic façade of the Administration Building will remain, as it is heritage-listed and is a landmark of Dandenong.

At the start of 2007, Dandenong High School, Cleeland Secondary College and Doveton Secondary College officially merged to become the new Dandenong High School,[2] as part of the Federal Government's Building the Education Revolution. As of 2017, the school has 165 teaching and 54 non-teaching staff, as well as 1785 students.[1]

  1. ^ a b c "School profile - My School". www.myschool.edu.au.
  2. ^ http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=13497 Archived 29 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Magnificent seven