History.
Pembroke High School opened in 1968 with 86 students and four teachers in temporary accommodation at Croydon West High School. In February 1970, the school opened on its Cambridge Road site. The school was officially opened by the then Governor of Victoria - Sir Rohan Delacombe on November 14, 1972. A merger with Mooroolbark Secondary College followed by a merger with Mt Evelyn Secondary College resulted in the current three-campus structure.
On July 5, 2010, a suspicious fire destroyed three classrooms that were to be demolished.
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