John Monash Science School
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Melbourne, Victoria Australia |
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| Coordinates | 37°54′50″S 145°07′44″E / 37.91389°S 145.12889°ECoordinates: 37°54′50″S 145°07′44″E / 37.91389°S 145.12889°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Specialist, Selective |
| Established | 2010 |
| Founder | Government of Victoria, Monash University |
| Principal | Peter Corkill |
| Grades | 10-12 |
| Enrolment | ~650 |
| Campus | Clayton |
| Houses | Doherty (Blue) Flannery (Green) Blackburn (Purple) Wood (Silver) |
| Colour(s) | Navy blue, white, sky blue |
| Affiliations | Monash University |
| Website | www |
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 currently running at its full capacity of roughly 660 students. It is named in honour of Sir John Monash.
It is one of three recently built selective high schools in Victoria alongside Suzanne Cory High School and Nossal High School. The addition of these schools are the result of a policy of expansion, and doubles the number of fully selective government schools in Victoria. Prior to these schools, Mac.Robertson Girls' High School, Melbourne High School and the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School were the sole selective entry schools in Victoria. John Monash Science School has a different selection process to these other schools.
A variety of elective subjects are offered in Year 10 at John Monash Science School which cover nanotechnology, marine biology, biomedicine, geology, bioinformatics and physics.
The student body is divided into four houses:
Each house is named after an accomplished Australian scientist: Tim Flannery, Elizabeth Blackburn, Fiona Wood, and Peter Doherty respectively.
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