Box Hill Senior Secondary College (BHSSC), formerly Box Hill Technical School, is a state-run co-educational senior secondary school located in Box Hill, Victoria. The school has a three-year curriculum, composed of years ten, eleven, and twelve.
While the school has a reputation as an elite sports school, with programs in AFL, Basketball and Tennis, it has an excellent reputation in the areas of Visual and Performing Arts.
Box Hill Senior Secondary College has no feeder schools, and new students are only selected after interview.
Facilities at Box Hill Senior Secondary College include technology, design, art, photography, jewellery, recording and multimedia centres and facilities, kitchens, a basketball stadium and 9 tennis courts.
Box Hill Senior Secondary College is also the location of the Middle Years Tennis School, which was established in 2005 for Years 5 to 9 to help them learn tennis, which operates as a sub-school. Students of the Middle Years Tennis School get access to all the Box Hill Senior Secondary College's facilities to belp them learn.
Despite being a government school, uniform is not compulsory at Box Hill Senior Secondary College. However, uniform is compulsory for students attending the Middle Years Tennis School.
Box Hill Senior Secondary College is not related to Box Hill High School.
Read more about Box Hill Senior Secondary College: Alumni
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