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Oakleigh Education Plan South Oakleigh Secondary College
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$9.922 million to design and upgrade South Oakleigh Secondary College
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The College is one of 3 schools involved in the Oakleigh Education Plan, which is rejuvenating and reforming education across Oakleigh.
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Helen Koziaris
Principal
Helen Koziaris: Students will benefit from these new facilities by giving them a sense of pride in what we have at the school.
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Helen: By allowing them to have a space where they can interact with each other, their teachers and collaborate within in the working space.
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Kathyrn
Parent
Kathryn: It’s going to be a high school of choice. It's going to be where people want to go. Because, it’s got, it’s not just about the buildings, the teachers here are amazing.
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Lauren
Year 9 student
Lauren: I think it makes us feel pretty excited. We’ve seen all the plans, so it's exciting seeing them come to life.
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Lauren: But it also makes us feel proud, I know the communities going to be impressed by them, so I’ll be proud to say yep, that’s my school, those are my classrooms.
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Tom
Year 9 student
Tom: I’m looking forward to having the new classrooms. Because it sort of gives the school a bit of a freshen up and gets more students to come here.
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Kathyrn
Parent
Kathryn: Making it worth the investment, the communities going to feel it, they are going to see what’s happening here. It’s just going to open a whole world of options for them. They are going to be able to be creative in their approach to teaching.
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Mackenzie
Year 9 student
Mackenzie: Considering having the same rotations of classrooms every year and combine that with online learning. It's nice to have a new area to be able to learn.
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Helen Koziaris
Principal
Helen: As part of the Oakleigh education plan one of the things that we actually do is work with the local schools.
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A map of Oakleigh is shown, the Oakleigh South Primary school is outlined in red.
Helen: Particularly Huntingdale Primary School and Oakleigh South Primary school where we actually provide opportunities for their students to come in for advanced classes.
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We see a zooming out shot of the proposed gymnasium.
Helen: And work towards improving their skillsets in those areas but also allow them an opportunity to see what our school offers.
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Kathyrn
Parent
Kathryn: The biggest benefit for them is feeling the importance of their education and the investment that is being made.
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Visit the VSBA website to keep up to date with construction and to view the designs.
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Authorised by The Victorian School Building Authority 33 St Andrews Place, East Melbourne.
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