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{{Short description|School in Western Australia}} | |||
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name = Scotch College| | |||
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image = ]| | |||
{{Use Australian English|date=May 2011}} | |||
motto = ''Sicut Patribus Sit Deus Nobis''<br>''(May God be with us as He was with our forefathers)''| | |||
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established = ]| | |||
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| name = Scotch College | ||
| former_name = The Alexander Scotch College | |||
principal = Rev. Andrew Syme| | |||
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| caption = Collegians' House, the administration building | |||
country = ] | | |||
| logo = Scotch College, Perth, Crest, Stacked.png | |||
campus = ]| | |||
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enrollment = approx. 1,100| | |||
| motto = {{langx|la|Sicut Patribus Sit Deus Nobis}} | |||
colours = Maroon, blue and gold| | |||
| motto_translation = May God be with us, as He was with our forefathers | |||
homepage = | | |||
| established = {{start date and age|1897}} | |||
| founders = {{bulleted list|Jane Alexander|]}} | |||
| type = ] ] ], ], and ] ] and ] school | |||
| denomination = ] | |||
| gender = ] | |||
| headmaster = Dr. Alec O'Connell | |||
| Chief Financial Officer = Ian Anthony | |||
| Chaplain = Gary Van Heerden | |||
| Head of Junior School = Maria Hodges | |||
| Head of Middle School = Brad Gill | |||
| Head of Senior School = Peter Burt | |||
| Director of Teaching and Learning = Richard Spence | |||
| Director of Co-Curricular = Richard Foster | |||
| Director of Pastoral Care = James Hindle | |||
| Director of Admissions and Advancement = David Kyle | |||
| Director of People & Culture = Vivien Whitehead | |||
| Director of Information and Learning Technologies = Shirin Reyhani | |||
| Head of Scotch Global = Cara Fugill | |||
| chairman = Mark Paganin | |||
| slogan = Preparing Boys for Life, A Community for Life | |||
| location = ], ] | |||
| country = Australia | |||
| coordinates = {{coord|31|58|52|S|115|46|23|E|display=inline,title|type:edu_region:AU-WA}} | |||
| enrolment = ~1,895<ref name=seniorschool>{{cite web |url=http://www.scotch.wa.edu.au/newsite/public_html/index.php?content=AboutScotch&page=SeniorSchool/seniorschool.htm |title=The Senior School |access-date=30 November 2006 |work=Scotch College, Perth |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060902043633/http://www.scotch.wa.edu.au/newsite/public_html/index.php?content=AboutScotch&page=SeniorSchool%2Fseniorschool.htm |archive-date=2 September 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=juniorschool>{{cite web |url=http://www.scotch.wa.edu.au/newsite/public_html/index.php?content=AboutScotch&page=JuniorSchool/juniorschool.htm |title=The Junior School |access-date=30 November 2006 |work=Scotch College, Perth |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060824144600/http://scotch.wa.edu.au/newsite/public_html/index.php?content=AboutScotch&page=JuniorSchool%2Fjuniorschool.htm |archive-date=24 August 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | |||
| enrolment_as_of = 2019 | |||
| staff = 394 | |||
| colours = Maroon, navy, gold, fawn and blue {{color box|#5C1128}}{{color box|#002855}}{{color box|#F2A900}}{{color box|#FAF0E1}}{{color box|#00558C}} | |||
| sister_school = ] | |||
| homepage = {{URL|http://scotch.wa.edu.au/}} | |||
{{URL|http://global.scotch.wa.edu.au/}} | |||
| pushpin_map = Australia Perth | |||
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in {{WAcity|Perth}}, ] | |||
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| nickname = Scotch, SC | |||
| publication = Reporter, Clan, Thistle (eNews) | |||
| affiliations = {{bulleted list|]|Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference|]|] Schools}} | |||
| grades = ] and ] | |||
| grades_label = Years | |||
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| campuses = {{bulleted list|{{WAcity|Swanbourne}}: ]–]|{{WAcity|Claremont}}: {{bulleted list|Early learning; ]–]|Sports grounds and ]}}|{{WAcity|Dwellingup}}: ] }} | |||
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:''This article is about a Scotch College located in ]. | |||
:''For information regarding other schools named Scotch College, see ].'' | |||
'''Scotch College''' |
'''Scotch College''' (informally known as '''Scotch''' or '''SC'''), is an ] ] ] and ] school for boys, located in the ] suburb of ]. It has both ] and ] students. | ||
Founded in 1897 by the ], the school caters for approximately 1,900 boys from early learning, through ] to ]. The school has undertaken the ]'s ] and ] programmes since 2003; and offers the ] for year 11 and 12 students. The school continues to run the state education ] course and VET (Vocational Education Training). | |||
Scotch has a large ] in ] and an outdoor education centre in ]. The campus in ] consists of a ] for years 8-12, a ] for years Pre-Primary to Grade 7, a ] and sports grounds. The school has over 100 boarding students. | |||
In 2023, Scotch College launched . As a branch of the College, Scotch Global primarily offers online education to students of all genders.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome from the Head of Scotch Global |url=https://global.scotch.wa.edu.au/welcome |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=Scotch Global |language=en}}</ref> Scotch Global's offerings are split into three streams: Connect, Thrive and Accelerate. Connect programmes offer access to private education from home, including the Australian Curriculum from Years 6 to 10 and the in the final years of high school.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Leading Australian Online School - Online Schooling Redefined - Scotch Global {{!}} Scotch Global Connect |url=https://global.scotch.wa.edu.au/connect/home |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=Scotch Global |language=en}}</ref> The Thrive stream offers extension and enrichment courses.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Worldwide Flexible Education - Flexible Learning Options - Scotch Global {{!}} Scotch Global Thrive |url=https://global.scotch.wa.edu.au/thrive/home |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=Scotch Global |language=en}}</ref> The Accelerate stream offers career development for secondary school students and graduates.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Accelerate your career before leaving university {{!}} Scotch Global Accelerate |url=https://global.scotch.wa.edu.au/accelerate/home |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=Scotch Global |language=en}}</ref> | |||
Scotch College describes learning as ''"more than an academic issue; it is a 'total picture' which provides a balance between a student's intellectual, physical, emotional, relational and spiritual needs".'' {{ref|website}} | |||
The school is a member of the ] (PSA), the ], and is a member of ] Schools. | |||
As with most Australian independent schools, Scotch is not a full fee paying institution; full fees apply only to international students, who are not subsidised by government funding. For non-international students, fees range from AU$8,000 to AU$14,000 per year for day students, and in excess of AUS$25,000 for boarding students. {{ref|fees}} | |||
Scotch College spreads over a large ] in Swanbourne. It also has an ] centre in ]. The campus in Swanbourne consists of a ] for years 9 to 12, a ] for early learning pre-kindergarten to Year 5, and ] for years 6 to 8. Also located on campus are playing fields spanning 15 hectares, and ] for 160 students.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Boarding School - Scotch College|url=https://www.scotch.wa.edu.au/view/boarding.aspx|access-date=2020-11-27|website=www.scotch.wa.edu.au}}</ref> | |||
==History{{ref|book1}}== | |||
Scotch College owes its foundations to a conversation at a dinner party, where the parents of a 12-year-old boy, Mrs. Jane Alexander, complained that there was an absence of a Presbyterian school for boys in Perth. She offered Rev. David Ross, the minister representing the Presbyterian Church in Western Australia, £500 to establish Scotch College. Alexander announced the establishment in December 1896, and when founded, the school was originally named '''The Alexander Scotch College'''. | |||
==History== | |||
In 1905, the college became a founding school of the Public Schools Association, showing it to be by that time a well-regarded independent school, and entitling it to take part in the most competitive schoolboy sporting competitions in Western Australia. | |||
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===Foundation=== | |||
During ], 475 boys enlisted to defend the empire as part of the ]. This number represented over 50% of all Scotch alumni at the time{{ref|book2}}. A roll of honour is present in Collegians House, the administration building, featuring the names of all past Scotch College students who had volunteered to fight. | |||
], a founder of Scotch College]] | |||
Scotch College owes its foundations to a conversation at an 1896 dinner party, where the parent of a 12-year-old boy, Jane Alexander, wife of ], ], complained that there was an absence of a Presbyterian school for boys in Perth.<ref name=JennyBookpg1>{{cite book |last=Gregory |first=Jenny |editor=Amanda Curtin |title=Building a Tradition, A History of Scotch College, Perth 1897 – 1996 |orig-year=1996 |edition=First |year=1996 |publisher=] Press |location=] |isbn=1-875560-89-0|chapter=1, Founding the Alexander Scotch College 1897 – 1904 |page=1}}</ref> She offered ], moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Western Australia, ]500 to establish Scotch College.<ref name=JennyBookpg1 /> The announcement of the college came on Monday 4 January 1897, in the form of an advertisement.<ref name=JennyBookpg10>Gregory, page 10</ref> The advertisement included the first location of the school, Shearer Memorial Hall, which is now the ].<ref name=JennyBookpg10 /> When founded, the school was originally named '''The Alexander Scotch College'''.<ref name=JennyBookpg10 /> The school would later shorten its name to Scotch College in 1908 for banking purposes.<ref>Gregory, page 4</ref> | |||
In 1905, the college became a founding school of the Public Schools Association, showing it to be by that time a well regarded independent school, and entitling it to take part in the most competitive schoolboy sporting competition in Western Australia. | |||
In 1939, the Head Masters' Conference approached the Commonwealth Government for financial assistance due to low staff salaries, the standard of the school's science facilities and the lack of money the school possessed. When gifts of money to the school became tax-deductible in 1954 (provided donations were for the purpose of either repaying debt on buildings or helping to fund new building projects), people found they had more incentive to donate to schools. This led to Scotch, among other schools around Australia, beginning fund-raising appeals within the school community.{{ref|book3}} | |||
===World War One to World War Two=== | |||
Even before donations were made tax-deductible, an appeal to fund an old-boys memorial for those who served in ] raised £9,000 by 1950. When the school's council, the town in which Scotch resides in, inquired about the cost for a memorial hall to sit 650 people, they were shocked to discover it would cost around £30,000. A fete organized in 1953 raised £2,500. Another fete was arranged and appeals to both old-boys and parents raised the total raised to £17,500. Despite lack of funds, David Brisbane, a council member since 1945, laid the foundation stone for the hall in early 1957. Although donations to schools over £1 had been tax-deductible since 1954, it was not until January 1957 that the Taxation Department informed the school that all donations towards the new Scotch College Building Fund would be tax-deductible. The appeal committee launched a major appeal raising £23,000 for the Memorial Hall.{{ref|book4}} | |||
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During ], 475 boys enlisted to defend the empire as part of the ]. This number represented over 50% of all Scotch alumni at the time.<ref>Gregory, page 126</ref> A roll of honour is present in Collegians House, the current administration building, featuring the names of all past Scotch College boys who had volunteered to fight. | |||
In 1939, the Head Masters' Conference approached the Commonwealth Government for financial assistance due to low staff salaries, the standard of the school's science facilities and the lack of money the school possessed. When gifts of money to the school became tax deductible in 1954 (provided donations were for the purpose of either repaying debt on buildings or helping to fund new building projects), people found they had more incentive to donate to schools. This led to Scotch, among other schools around Australia, beginning fundraising appeals within the school community.<ref name=Gregory-Building>Gregory, Jenny (1996). ''Building a Tradition, A History of Scotch College, 1897–1996'' ] Press {{ISBN|1-875560-89-0}}</ref> | |||
The Memorial Hall was opened by Sir ], ] at the time, on October 19, 1957, the same year as the school's ]. The opening led to a further £30,000 in promised donations, although the actual amount received was below this figure. Eventually the cost of the hall led to the school having to be provided a £25,000 overdraft from the ]; this lead to an increase in school fees. The total cost of the Memorial Hall was £48,864 and the appeal raised £45,700. Gordon Gooch, who has a sports pavilion at the school named after him, met the shortfall.{{ref|book8}} | |||
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===Post war=== | |||
The Scotch College foundation was established in 1986 when Judge Bob Keall was chairman of the college. The foundation raised $1.1 million within six months to partly fund a new Physical Education Centre. Bob Keall opened the $2.25 million centre on ], ].{{ref|book6}} | |||
Even before donations were made tax deductible, an appeal to fund a memorial for past boys who served in the ] raised £9,000 by 1950. When the school's council, the town in which Scotch resides in, inquired about the cost for a memorial hall to sit 650 people, they were shocked to discover it would cost around £30,000. A ] organised in 1953 raised £2,500. Another fete was arranged and appeals to both past students and parents increased the total raised to £17,500. Despite lack of funds, David Brisbane, a council member since 1945, laid the foundation stone for the hall in early 1957. Although donations to schools over £1 had been tax-deductible since 1954, it was not until January 1957 that the Taxation Department informed the school that all donations towards the new Scotch College Building Fund would be tax-deductible. The appeal committee launched a major appeal raising £23,000 for the Memorial Hall.<ref name=Gregory-Building /> | |||
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The Memorial Hall was opened by Sir ], ] at the time, on 19 October 1957, the same year as the school's ]. The opening led to a further £30,000 in promised donations, although the actual amount received was below this figure. Eventually the cost of the hall led to the school having to be provided a £25,000 overdraft from the ]; this led to an increase in school fees. The total cost of the Memorial Hall was £48,864 and the appeal raised £45,700. Gordon Gooch, who has a sports pavilion at the school named after him, met the shortfall.<ref name=Gregory-Building /> | |||
===1970 to 1990=== | |||
In 1984, Scotch acquired ''Moray'', the school's new outdoor education centre where students would be able to attend camps. This was purchased after the school had considered, for over a decade, the possibility of acquiring a site for a school camp. The Parents' Association gave support to the project and the school purchased the 164-acre property through a mortgagee sale for $220,000. It was named ] after a province in ] where Clan Murray originated (the Moray camp site is adjacent to the ]). {{ref|book7}} | |||
In 1971, after observing the ], a group of Year 12 boys organised a "schoolboy strike" on the regulations of hair length, after the issue had been simmering for several months. The strike involved 60 boys refusing to return to class after the lunch bell, despite threat of expulsion, which led the headmaster to arrange an assembly for all boys after having a psycho.{{Clarify|reason=having a psycho|date=December 2020}} The ringleader of the strike, Cary Kallis informed the ] newsroom to announce the strike. However, Kallis informed several boys which led to news of the strike quickly spreading around the school. After being threatened by a teacher with expulsion, Kallis quickly called Channel Nine again, pretending to be a teacher, by saying "The strike has been cancelled and the boys have been disciplined". As mentioned above, the strike still went ahead.<ref name=Gregory-Building /> | |||
In 1984, Scotch acquired Moray, the school's outdoor education centre where students would be able to attend camps. This was purchased after the school had considered, for over a decade, the possibility of acquiring a site for a school camp. The Parents' Association gave support to the project and the school purchased the {{convert|164|acre|km2|adj=on}} property through a mortgagee sale for $220,000. It was named ] after a province in Scotland where Clan Murray originated (the Moray camp site is adjacent to the ]).<ref name=Gregory-Building /> | |||
The school recently announced plans to construct a new hall for assemblies and other functions. This joins other new plans such as the redesign of the Arts and Technology classrooms and a new sporting oval. Building is forecasted to start in 2006 and finish in 2007. The main new building will be a new hall, named the Dickinson Centre, after Scotch's previous headmaster, WR Dickinson. On ], 2006, Headmaster Revd Andrew Syme, announced that college was in negotiation with a builder about the final price. Scotch is expecting construction to start on Friday ], 2006, which is a long weekend.{{ref|HMNL20F}} | |||
The Scotch College foundation was established in 1986, when Judge Robert Keall was chairman of the college. The foundation raised $1.1 million within six months to partly fund a new Physical Education Centre. Robert Keall opened the $2.25 million centre on 29 March 1988.<ref name=Gregory-Building /> | |||
==Academics== | |||
Scotch offers a wide range of subjects in its academic curriculum. All students in years 8-10 study one language other than English — either ] or ] — through the International Baccalaureate's ] (MYP). The MYP also requires students in years 9 and 10 to do a year-long personal project. For this project, boys can choose a topic of their choice, provided that the topic relates to the ]. The project consists of researching the topic, producing the article and doing a maximum 5000 word write up on the project. The project is marked from 1 - 7 with 2 being a pass mark. | |||
===1990 on=== | |||
Scotch awards several scholarships based on academic merit to students, but under agreed PSA rules no member schools may award sports scholarships. Entrance scholarships at Scotch are based on the results of scholarship ]. In year 11 there is a scholarship open to boy of former alumni (P.C Anderson Memorial Old Boy's Scholarship). To be considered boys must have several references and sit an interview. | |||
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In 2007, the school built the Dickinson Centre, named after Scotch's previous headmaster, the late W. R. Dickinson, for assemblies and other functions. In June 2009, the school opened a Science, Design and Technology building next to the school chapel. Designed by Taylor Robinson architects, the new facility marks the completion of the first stage of the school's Master Plan. A memorial service was held for the late W. R. Dickinson, the fifth headmaster of Scotch College, on 10 May 2006. A pavilion was erected on the Scotch playing fields, and the School and Pipe Band formed a guard of honour for the Dickinson family members and the funeral cortege as they arrived.<ref>. Retrieved 14 May 2006. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060825030859/http://www.scotch.wa.edu.au/newsite/public_html/content/NewsandNotices/HeadmasterNewsletter/2006/No6/HMNewsMay8.htm |date=25 August 2006 }}</ref> In 2015, a new middle school campus was opened along with library facilities and gallery. Memorial Hall was refurbished in 2017 with a new Heritage Centre that houses the school's archival collection. In February 2019, the school's PC Anderson Chapel was refurbished and rededicated with the appointment of two new college chaplains. | |||
In May 2017, Scotch College announced the banning of phones on campus during school. This decision was made to remove lunchtime distractions and encourage more face to face discussions among the students.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/top-perth-college-bans-mobiles-from-the-schoolyard-ng-b88461930z|title = Top Perth college bans mobiles from the schoolyard|date = May 2017}}</ref> | |||
The Gordon Gooch Entrance Scholarship can be sat by any boy entering year 8. The John. A Gooch Scholarship is similar to the Gordon Gooch Entrance Scholarship, but can only be sat by boys entering the senior school directly from the junior school. | |||
===Schools=== | |||
Students entering year 8 in 2006 are eligible for one of several music scholarships. Students entering will need to be playing at a high level as the scholarship is selected through auditions. It also takes into account the results of his most recent music examination. This includes the results in both the theory and practical section. | |||
===Middle school structure=== | |||
In ], the school changed the years 8 through to 10 learning structure after the school became an International Baccalaureate certified school. Students in these years study two languages, a ]]mathematics|maths]], a ], an arts, a technology, a humanities and ] subject. | |||
Scotch College has many schools and facilities. | |||
Students in Years 9 and 10 have the option of choosing which ] and ] classes they take for either the year or ]. There are two art classes; 2D and 3D art. The former comprises drawing and painting; the latter, ] and other sculpture art. Drama is another class identified as an art by the MYP, and students learn many techniques, including ] and ]. Music is also an art class and students can create their own music on computer programs like Super Duper Music Looper. | |||
*The brand new School of Mathematics and Commerce. This is the newest addition to the school. | |||
*School of Design, Technology and Sciences. Built in 2011, this building houses facilities for production of handmades. The building also houses the school's science department. The building has many design flaws which include no natural light in many spaces of the building.{{Citation needed|date=December 2020}} | |||
*Department of Humanities and Social Sciences. | |||
*Department of Language Acquisition. The school offers studies in French, Indonesian and Spanish. | |||
*Department of Performing Arts | |||
*Department of Media and Visual Arts | |||
*Department of Language and Literature | |||
*Department of Physical Education | |||
===Student facilities=== | |||
For technology classes there are several options. In metal work, boys will build many different metallic objects, including ] stumps. Wood work has boys making objects of of wood. In recent years boys have made tiny ] powered ]. The 'understanding technology' class is popular, as students create electronics and dancing ]. In recent years, the technology department has talked about wanting students to create a ] car. The main reason this has not been undertaken is because of cost. Information Systems and ] are two different subjects. Boys are taught in the ] lab and use the computers to create ] designs and databases. | |||
Student resource centres have a number of different facilities available, which include IT assistance, equipment hire, proofreading and late night study as well as a number of online resources. Compared to other departments in the school, the library has an incredibly large budget.{{cn|date=March 2023}} This allows students to purchase reading material and academic journals at any time. The large budget also allows for the further development and initiatives within the libraries. | |||
In year 10, students have the option of doing media studies and/or business and enterprise. Media studies has boys create their own ] and critically analyse feature films in the form of essays. In business and enterprise, students will create their own share portfolio on the ] website. This is an ] game however and no real money is involved. | |||
The college has an academic support department which provides assistance to students in the classroom and during exams. | |||
In years 9 and 10, boys do a personal project, as part of their ] education. This starts midway through year 9 and finishes a year later, midway through year 10. One year, a boy raised over $100,000 for his personal project and donated it to the local ]. However, parents and boys have been very critical of the personal project as boys are required to hold meetings discussing their progress during class time. They are also ] of the fact that only the ] at the end of the project is marked, not the project itself. | |||
==Headmasters== | |||
A similar structure was introduced to the junior school when they joined the IB ], becoming the only school in the ] certified to teach the programme. | |||
{| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
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! Ordinal !! Officeholder !! Term start !! Term end !! Time in office !! Notes | |||
|- | |||
| align=center| {{nts|1}} || John Sharpe ||align=center| 1897 ||align=center| 1904||align=right| {{age in years|1897|1904}} years || | |||
|- | |||
| align=center| {{nts|2}} || ] {{post-nominals|country=AUS|CBE}} ||align=center| 1904 ||align=center| 1945||align=right| {{age in years|1904|1945}} years || | |||
|- | |||
| align=center| {{nts|3}} || G. G. Campbell ||align=center| 1945 ||align=center| 1947||align=right| {{age in years|1945|1947}} years || Acting | |||
|- | |||
| align=center| {{nts|4}} || G. Maxwell Keys ||align=center| 1947 ||align=center| 1968||align=right| {{age in years|1947|1968}} years || | |||
|- | |||
| align=center| {{nts|5}} || D. H. Prest ||align=center| 1969 ||align=center| 1971||align=right| {{age in years|1969|1971}} years || | |||
|- | |||
| align=center| {{nts|6}} || W. R. Dickinson ||align=center| 1972 ||align=center| 1997||align=right| {{age in years|1972|1997}} years || | |||
|- | |||
| align=center| {{nts|7}} || Andrew Syme ||align=center| 1998 ||align=center| 2010||align=right| {{age in years|1998|2010}} years || | |||
|- | |||
| align=center| {{nts|8}} || Peter Freitag ||align=center| January 2011 ||align=center| June 2011||align=right| {{age in years|2011|2011}} years || Acting | |||
|- | |||
| align=center| {{nts|9}} || Alec O'Connell ||align=center| July 2011 ||align=center| ''incumbent'' ||align=right| {{age in years|2011}} years || | |||
|- | |||
| align=center| {{nts|10}} || Brad Gill ||align=center| April 2024 ||align=center| August 2024||align=right| {{age in years|2024|2024}} years || Acting | |||
|} | |||
===Senior school academics=== | |||
As Scotch does not offer the ] to senior students, students in Years 11 and 12 have the option of undertaking either ] subjects or wholly School-assessed subjects; students select these subjects in Year 10. Many choose to sit the ] so they can attend university to further their education. The top student for each subject is awarded a prize on speech night, and the Year 12 student who finishes top of their year is awarded ''Dux''. | |||
==Curriculum== | |||
Every two years, the school has a tour to France for French language students in Years 11 and 12. These tours run for around two weeks and allow boys to stay with a French family, giving them the chance to experience native French. | |||
Scotch offers a wide range of subjects in its academic curriculum. All students in years 8 to 10 study one language other than English – either French or ] – through the International Baccalaureate's ] (MYP). In Year 8, boys undertake a community project. | |||
Scotch awards several scholarships based on academic merit to students, but under agreed PSA rules no member schools may award sports scholarships. Entrance scholarships at Scotch are based on the results of scholarship ]. In Year 11 there are two scholarships open to sons of former alumni (PC Anderson Memorial Old Boy's Scholarship) as well as the WR Dickinson Scholarship. To be considered, boys must have several references and nominations from the staff and are required to sit an interview and submit a copy of their resume. | |||
Scotch students have been consistently gaining high marks in their TEE exams. This was continued in 2004 with two students awarded ] as well as three boys receiving ]. A further eleven boys were awarded ]. A total of ten Scotch boys were given ]s (TERs) of 99 or above and 29 boys recieved TERs of 95 or above.{{ref|reporter}} | |||
===Middle school structure=== | |||
In 2005, ] recieved the ], awarded to top student in the state, for his TEE results. As in 2004, two students were awarded ]. ] were awarded to three students for 5 overall subjects. Eleven boys recieved ] and six boys were awarded ] for 11 subjects overall. A total of nine TERs above 99 were recieved while 30 boys recieved a TER of 95 or higher.{{ref|Reporter05}} | |||
From 2003, when the school became an International Baccalaureate certified school, students began to study two languages, a ], ], an art, a technology, and a humanities and ] subject.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Home - Scotch College|url=https://www.scotch.wa.edu.au/view/ib|access-date=2020-11-27|website=www.scotch.wa.edu.au}}</ref> | |||
Boys in years 9 and 10 have the option of choosing which ] and ] classes they take for either the year or semester. They may also take drama and music. Technology includes ], ], ], ]s and ]. | |||
===Senior school curriculum=== | |||
{{Unreferencedsect|date=February 2023}} | |||
Scotch offers the ] Programme to senior students in years 11 and 12. In addition to this, students in years 11 and 12 have the option of undertaking ] or VET. The top student for each subject is awarded a prize on speech night, and the Year 12 student who finishes top of their year in their chosen pathway is awarded '']''. | |||
In 2017, two Scotch students achieved 45, a perfect score for the ]. In that same year, a ] student achieved an ] score of 99.95. | |||
In 2005, a Scotch graduate received the ], which is awarded to the top student in the state, for his TEE results. As in 2004, two students were awarded General Exhibitions. ] were awarded to three students for five overall subjects. | |||
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===Academics=== | ||
The school appears regularly in the top 50 schools for the ].{{update inline|date=June 2019}} | |||
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Unlike other Australian independent schools, Scotch College has not followed the trend of making laptops compulsory for students. The school has an intranet which is available on any computer with internet access; the login page is located on the Scotch website. Students are able to use email, store files and view assignments using the intranet, as each student and teacher has their own individual account to access the intranet site. The computers run on ] and use a ] login program. | |||
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Over the 2005-06 summer vacation, the intranet was upgraded. The upgrade included changing the layout of the intranet to a more visually ] design and making page links more prominent on the page. ], the school email system, was also upgrade during the same period. Like the intranet, Groupwise is now also more aesthetic to the eye. Teachers also have their own email and intranet accounts. | |||
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!% +75 in WACE{{efn-lr|Based on the number of Stage 3 course enrolments in the school where a WACE course score of 75 or above was achieved}} | |||
!State ranking{{efn-lr|Ranking of school compared to other schools in the state}} | |||
!% +65 in WACE{{efn-lr|Based on the number of Stage 3 course enrolments in the school where a WACE course score of 65 or above was achieved}} | |||
!State ranking | |||
!% graduation{{efn-lr|Percentage of Year 12 cohort that graduated with a WACE certificate}} | |||
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| 2014|| 24.61 || 11 || 57.68 || 7 || 99.13<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/internet/_Documents/Statistics/YEAR%2012%20School%20Performance%20Data%202014_WITH%20STATISTICAL%20DATA.pdf|title=Year 12 Student Achievement Data|year=2014|access-date=3 February 2015|publisher=]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309085033/http://scsa.wa.edu.au/internet/_Documents/Statistics/YEAR%2012%20School%20Performance%20Data%202014_WITH%20STATISTICAL%20DATA.pdf|archive-date=9 March 2015}}</ref> | |||
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| 2013|| 22.50 || 8 || 48.73 || 10 || 96.77<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/internet/_Documents/Statistics/2013%20Year%2012%20School%20Performance%20Data%20-%20complete.pdf|title=Year 12 Student Achievement Data|year=2013|access-date=4 April 2014|publisher=]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309085051/http://scsa.wa.edu.au/internet/_Documents/Statistics/2013%20Year%2012%20School%20Performance%20Data%20-%20complete.pdf|archive-date=9 March 2015}}</ref> | |||
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| 2012|| 25.15 || 7 || 56.55 || 11 || 97.50<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/internet/_Documents/Statistics/Year%2012%20Student%20achievement%20data%20-%202012.pdf.pdf|title=Year 12 Student Achievement Data|year=2012|access-date=25 August 2013|publisher=]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826115635/http://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/internet/_Documents/Statistics/Year%2012%20Student%20achievement%20data%20-%202012.pdf.pdf|archive-date=26 August 2014}}</ref> | |||
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| 2011 || 19.38 || 21 || 56.60 || 17 || 99.33<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/internet/_Documents/Statistics/Year%2012%20Student%20achievement%20data%202011_communications_web%20version%20RELATE%20TO%202012_900.pdf|title=Year 12 Student Achievement Data|year=2011|access-date=25 August 2013|publisher=Government of Western Australia|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826161651/http://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/internet/_Documents/Statistics/Year%2012%20Student%20achievement%20data%202011_communications_web%20version%20RELATE%20TO%202012_900.pdf|archive-date=26 August 2014}}</ref> | |||
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| 2010 || 23.37 || 12 || 59.51 || 17 || 100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/internet/_Documents/Statistics/Year%2012%20student%20achievement%20data%20and%20State%20statistics%20-%202010.pdf|title=Year 12 Student Achievement Data|year=2010|access-date=25 August 2013|publisher=Government of Western Australia|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826161245/http://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/internet/_Documents/Statistics/Year%2012%20student%20achievement%20data%20and%20State%20statistics%20-%202010.pdf|archive-date=26 August 2014}}</ref> | |||
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| 2009 || || 17 || || 22 || 99.44<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scsa.wa.edu.au/internet/_Documents/Statistics/Year%2012%20Student%20achievement%20data%20-%202009_web.pdf|title=Year 12 Student Achievement Data|year=2009|access-date=20 August 2013|publisher=Government of Western Australia|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309085152/http://scsa.wa.edu.au/internet/_Documents/Statistics/Year%2012%20Student%20achievement%20data%20-%202009_web.pdf|archive-date=9 March 2015}}</ref> | |||
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==Scotch student life== | ==Scotch student life== | ||
Scotch offers a comprehensive |
Scotch offers a comprehensive extracurricular activities program for students. The school has boarding facilities for students who live in rural areas of ], as well as international students. The major components of the program are sport, music, the arts and community and service. Students in years 10–12 may participate in ] programs. Activities offered: Cadets, Chess, Debating, Instep, UNYA, Duke of Edinburgh, SMARTS, Prometheans, Drama, Music and Pipe Band. | ||
===Boarding=== | ===Boarding=== | ||
All boarding students |
All boarding students live in residential houses, with boarding staff who also live on site. Boarders have 24-hour access to medical services. In 2006, international students were required to pay an extra $5,700 in lieu of ''government subsidies and extra administration costs''.<ref>. Retrieved 30 January 2006. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051103141502/http://www.scotch.wa.edu.au/newsite/public_html/index.php?content=AboutScotch&page=Boarding%2Fboarding.htm |date=3 November 2005 }}</ref> | ||
On weekends boarders will often do a variety of activities that staff arrange. They also use the nearby ] as well as ] and ]. Boarders in years 10, 11 and 12 will also participate in sport on a |
On weekends boarders will often do a variety of activities that staff arrange. They also use the nearby ] as well as ] and ]. Boarders in years 10, 11 and 12 will also participate in sport on a Saturday morning. | ||
A boarding tradition at Scotch is walking the entire ] |
A boarding tradition at Scotch is walking the entire ].<ref>. Retrieved 31 January 2006.</ref> Boys walk sections of the track each year. | ||
===Moray=== | ===Moray=== | ||
In |
In year 5 and years 7, 8, 9 and 10 in the senior school, students will camp for several days, depending on their age, at Moray near ]. Moray, close to the ], is set in Australian bush and is 66 hectares.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Moray Outdoor Education Centre {{!}} Scotch College Perth|url=https://www.scotch.wa.edu.au/view/outdoor-education/moray|access-date=2020-11-27|website=Scotch College|language=en}}</ref> Moray allows students to camp either outside in tents, under ]s, or inside cabins. Students here will learn about safety, the ecosystems and how native ] lived in the area. They will also learn how to be more independent by cooking their own food and setting up their own swag. Students will also do activities on the Murray River such as kayaking or canoeing, climbing an outdoor rock wall, climbing a telephone pole, and doing a suspended ]. The amount and difficulty of the activities available will increase as the years progress. | ||
The |
The cadets also use Moray for a weekend camp. The cadets do activities, like navigation designed to improve self-confidence like the rock wall or the ] were cadets jump from a telephone pole and try to grab a plastic wire. They are suspended from falling using a wire. One night over the weekend the cadets do a "night stalker" game where the senior cadets try to prevent the junior cadets from reaching a certain point. | ||
===House |
===House system=== | ||
The pastoral care system is based on a House structure which deals with all matters relating to a student's well-being or curriculum needs. Each student is placed in a |
The pastoral care system is based on a ] which deals with all matters relating to a student's well-being or curriculum needs. Each student is placed in a house tutorial group that is overseen by a house tutor for each of the ten houses in senior school. | ||
In junior school however, there are only six houses and had nearly nothing to do with pastoral care. The ten houses listed below belong to the senior school whilst these six houses: Andrew (green), Bruce (orange), David (black), Gordon (yellow), James (blue) and Robert (red) will not be listed below.<ref>{{Cite web|title=House System - Scotch College|url=https://www.scotch.wa.edu.au.aspx|access-date=2020-11-27|website=www.scotch.wa.edu.au/}}</ref> | |||
The House Tutor and Heads of House work as a team to monitor the academic and personal progress of each student in the House Tutorial Group and House. Generally, the House Tutor is the first and main point of contact between the parent and the School. For more serious issues a Head of House is usually contacted. | |||
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Most house tutorial groups have three students from each year level in that house. A house contains students from years 9 to 12. Each house is led by one head of house. The members of each house are led by a house captain, appointed by the head of house and the students in it. The houses meet on a regular basis. Prior to year 9, students are also placed in houses although the system is not as involved. | |||
The house tutor and heads of house work as a team to monitor the academic and personal progress of each student in the house tutorial group and house. Generally, the house tutor is the first and main point of contact between the parent and the school. For more serious issues a head of house is usually contacted. | |||
Students are either put in a randomly selected house or into the house of any ] they are related to. Houses compete against each other in sports such as inter-house athletics and academic contests like ]. Students march to assembly on ] mornings in their house and are marked on their performance by the cadets. | |||
Students are either put in a randomly selected house or into the house of any ] they are related to. Houses compete against each other in sports such as inter-house athletics and academic contests like ]. Students march to assembly on Friday mornings in their house and are marked on their performance. | |||
The house that wins the most points over all inter-house competitions is awarded the staff trophy. This includes the larger inter-house events like athletics and some smaller competitions like ] and ]. | |||
The house that wins the most points over all inter-house competitions is awarded the staff trophy. This includes the larger inter-house events like athletics, cross-country and swimming as well as some smaller competitions like ] and ]. | |||
''For a list of the Scotch College Houses, please see ]''{{ref|diary}}. | |||
===Sport=== | |||
Scotch College teams regularly compete in the PSA sports competitions. The students of the college play or compete in athletics, Australian rules football, badminton, basketball, chess, cricket, cross country, golf, field hockey, rowing (see ]), rugby union, sailing, association football, surfing, swimming, tennis, water polo and volleyball. | |||
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==== PSA premierships ==== | |||
In 2004, Scotch won two premierships for PSA competition, in hockey (co-Premiers) and in surfing. 2005 was a unsuccessful year for the college in PSA sport winning only the hockey competition. The school managed three runner-up positions however in cricket, rugby union and tennis.{{ref|Reporter05}} | |||
Scotch has won the following PSA premierships.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Records – Public Schools Association|url=https://www.psa.wa.edu.au/records/|access-date=2021-02-14|language=en-US}}</ref> | |||
* Athletics (21) – 1948, 1954, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1983, 1984, 1996, 1998, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 | |||
For all students in the high school, sports is a compulsory activity. Teams will usually have training two times per week. Matches are held on a Thursday for the junior school, Friday for years 8 and 9, and Saturday for years 10 to 12. | |||
* Badminton – 2016 | |||
* Basketball (5) – 2001, 2011, 2012, 2018, 2019 | |||
* Cricket (21) – 1908, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1918, 1923, 1924, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1939, 1949, 1952, 1954, 1960, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1996, 2012, 2014 | |||
* Football (24) – 1906, 1917, 1925, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1979, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1997, 2013, 2016, 2020, 2021, 2022 | |||
* Golf (2) – 2005, 2016 | |||
* Hockey (15) – 1961, 1983, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2015 | |||
* Rowing (24) – 1906, 1907, 1908, 1913, 1920, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1957, 1960, 1978, 1984, 1985, 1990, 2006, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2021, | |||
* Rugby (18) – 1963, 1967, 1968, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1989, 1990, 2001, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2023, 2024 | |||
* Soccer (5) – 1996, 2003, 2013, 2017, 2018 | |||
* Surfing (7) – 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2018 | |||
* Swimming (24) – 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1917, 1918, 1921, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1985, 2023, 2024 | |||
* Tennis (8) – 1983, 2000, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2017 | |||
* Water Polo (6) – 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2011, 2017 | |||
===Arts=== | |||
Occasionally, tours are arranged for sports teams. Recent tours included the Australian rules football team visiting ], and a hockey tour of ]. Future tours include the rugby union tour of ] in 2006. | |||
Scotch offers students an opportunity to participate in the annual school production. Productions have included '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', ''The Addams Family'', ''The Wedding Singer'', ''The Government Inspector'' and ''We Will Rock You''. | |||
Athletics, cross country and swimming are all major inter-house games and almost every student competes. | |||
Scotch has two poetry prizes awarded each year; the Raven Senior Poetry Prize for years 11 and 12 and the Raven Junior Poetry Prize for years 8, 9 and 10. The winning piece along with several other pieces of student poetry and art are published in the annual school publication, ''Reporter''. Raven prize winners are presented an award on speech night. There are also two annual prose prizes; the Raven Senior Prose Prize and the Raven Junior Prose Prize. Like the poetry prizes, the winning pieces are published in ''Reporter'' and the writer presented with an award on speech night. | |||
===The Arts=== | |||
Scotch offers students an opportunity to participate in the annual school production. Recent productions include '']'' and '']''. | |||
Street dance is another extra-curricular activity being offered at Scotch. It is an urban-based dance program in which students choreograph dance routines and perform them in concerts. The school regularly competes at the annual ACHPER dance festival, and has performed well in this festival in recent years,leading to an invitation to participate in the more prestigious ACHPER Gala Night. | |||
Scotch has two poetry prizes awarded each year; the Raven Senior Poetry Prize for Years 11 and 12 and the Raven Junior Poetry Prize for Years 8, 9 and 10. The winning piece along with several other pieces of student poetry and art are published in the annual school publication, ''The Reporter''. Raven prize winners are presented an awarded on speech night. There are also two annual prose prizes; the Raven Senior Prose Prize and the Raven Junior Prose Prize. Like the poetry prizes, the winning pieces are published in ''The Reporter'' and the writer presented with an award on speech night. | |||
===Music=== | ===Music=== | ||
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Scotch gives students the chance to learn ] during class time in the senior school. Students may also join the ] if their playing skills and marching skills are of a high standard. The pipe band ] |
Scotch gives students the chance to learn ] during class time in the senior school. Students may also join the ] if their playing skills and marching skills are of a high standard. The pipe band ] leads the school in marching. | ||
In recent years there have been several pipe band and music tours. In April 2006, the pipe band |
In recent years there have been several pipe band and music tours. In April 2006, the pipe band toured the United States. The band played in the ] in that period It was the pipe band's fourth international tour and its second time participating in an international tattoo of that magnitude. The first was the ] in 2000. In 2015 and 2018, the pipe band was invited to perform at the ], and the ] in 2019. | ||
All students in the senior school are eligible to play in the school's bands. The school's music bands include Jazz Band, String Orchestra, Big Band 1 (guitar, drums, brass), Big Band 2 (guitar, drums, brass), Big Band 3 (guitar, drums, brass), Middle School Concert Band (years 6 to 10), Chamber Strings, Concert Band (brass and drums), Wind Ensemble (with ]), Vocal Ensemble, Brass Ensemble and Guitar Ensemble. | |||
All students in the senior school are eligible to play in the schools bands. | |||
The school offers several music scholarships for students in year 7. | |||
The schools music bands are the Dixieland Band (Horns and Brass), String Orchestra, Big Band 1 (guitar, drums, brass), Big Band 2 (guitar, drums, brass), Middle School Concert Band (years 6 to 10), Chamber Strings, Concert Band (brass and drums), Wind Ensemble (with ]), Vocal Ensemble, Brass Ensemble, Guitar Ensemble. | |||
The school song is "God of Our Fathers" which is to the tune of "]". The song is sung at the first and last assembly each term and the music is performed by two pipers and a snare drummer from the pipe band, along with a small brass support band.<ref>. Retrieved 16 December 2005.</ref> | |||
The school offers several music scholarships for students in years 7 or 8. These scholarships are in Voice, Cello, Trumpet, Violin and Trombone. | |||
=== Cross-campus classes === | |||
The school song is ''God of Our Fathers'' which is to the tune of ''Highland Cathedral''. The song is sung at the first assembly each term and the music is preformed by members of the pipeband.{{ref|flagday}} | |||
As part of efforts to reduce costs and increase efficiency, Scotch College runs "cross campus" classes with ] - their sister school. Shuttle buses operate between the two campuses every hour. These services along with the initiative provide students in Year 11s and 12 to further their education - by choosing subjects that interest them which may not be offered on campus due to budgetary constraints. The cross campus classes are particularly important for students studying for the IB Diploma. Money saved from the initiative is used to further the school's infrastructure - both academic buildings as well as sports pavilions and administrative buildings. | |||
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==Notable alumni== | ||
{{alumni|date=October 2020}} | |||
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] of Scotch College are known as Old Scotch Collegians. | |||
Scotch College, like most ] independent ], requires ] to wear full ] at all times. There are currently two school uniforms - a summer and a winter. | |||
===Academia and science=== | |||
In summer, a ] collared short-sleeved shirt is worn with light green shorts, house tie, green Scotch socks and black lace-up shoes. On the left breast pocket, above the school badge, an identifying strip is worn. In the junior school a Scotch coloured strip is worn whilst in Years 8 to 11 the strip is their house colour; Year 12 students wear both strips. | |||
* ] – mathematician, ], ]list<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hiatt |first1=Bethany |title=Perth-raised maths wizard's love of numbers adds up to top prize |url=https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/perth-raised-maths-wizards-love-of-numbers-adds-up-to-top-prize-ng-b88914336z |access-date=2 August 2018 |work=] |date=2 August 2018}}</ref> | |||
'''Rhodes Scholars''' | |||
In winter a white long-sleeved collared shirt is worn, along with house tie, black belt, grey trousers, grey socks, black lace up shoes and a maroon ]. Year 12s wear a striped blazer. A grey Scotch jumper may be worn over the shirt in both summer and winter uniforms. | |||
*1922 ] (1900–1969) | |||
*1998 ]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Subscribe to The Australian {{!}} Newspaper home delivery, website, iPad, iPhone & Android apps|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=TAWEB_WRE170_a&dest=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/legal-affairs/james-edelman-new-peak-in-golden-career/news-story/f7a5f05465b307c35b62ec4df441005f&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&nk=dc0bae663ab15e0c61156b7bff514ca0-1606506925|access-date=2020-11-27|website=www.theaustralian.com.au}}</ref> | |||
===Arts and media=== | |||
In October 2005, students voted on a whether to keep the summer uniform or to change it. The results of this election have not yet been released. | |||
* ] – ABC-TV journalist | |||
* ] – TV sports commentator | |||
* ] – novelist, poet and short story writer; chair of ] ''see also Politics and law'' | |||
* ] – musician, ] and ] | |||
* ] – Australian actor and writer | |||
* ] – musician, Pendulum and Knife Party | |||
===Business=== | |||
The school may have fund raising "free dress" days where boys may wear what they choose to school if they donate $2 to a designated charity. | |||
* ] (1905–1994) – Chair, Bunning Timber Holdings (now ]) | |||
* ] (1903–1986) – Chair, ] | |||
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===Education=== | ||
* ] – educator, headmaster of Hale School ''see sport'' | |||
Senior School students have two ties - a house ] and a school ]. On most days, students will wear the house ]. On special occasions, such as speech night the school ] is worn. House ties contain their respective house tartans. | |||
* ] – educator, headmaster of ], ] and ] | |||
===Military=== | |||
Students may also earn a colours tie or an honours tie. Colours ties are awarded to students who perform in an extra-curriculum activity such as making a firsts team. An honours ties are rare and are only awarded when a ] performs very well in that sport and gives some voluntary service to the sport. The academic equal to a colours tie is an academic ties which are awarded to students who earn 5 academic excellence awards, with at least two being in year 11 or 12. These three ties may only be worn on a Friday. | |||
* ] DSO & Bar, MC, MIDs (1894–1945) – Air Marshall, ] | |||
* ] – commandant of the ] | |||
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===Politics and law=== | ||
* ] – ] | |||
''Any leaver of Scotch College is called an ''Old Collegian'' | |||
* ] – Federal Treasurer in the Keating Government | |||
*] - Australian rules footballer. | |||
* ] – justice of ], ], & ] | |||
*] - Australian rules footballer. | |||
* ] – justice of Supreme Court of Western Australia | |||
*] - Olympic gold medallist in swimming. | |||
* ] – Australian Ambassador to China at the time of the ] | |||
*] - cricketer. | |||
*] - 2005 ] winner. | |||
*] — basketballer. | |||
*] - Australian rules footballer. | |||
*] — rugby footballer; first Western Australian to play for the ]. | |||
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* ] – Australian Rules footballer | |||
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* ] – ] | |||
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* ] – Australian waterpolo player | |||
* ] – Australian hockey player | |||
* ] – Australian hockey player. World Cup Silver Medal in ]. | |||
* ] – cricketer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scoreboardpressure.com/2016/12/06/scotch-college-claremont-western-australia/amp/|title = Scotch College, Claremont, Western Australia|date = 6 December 2016}}</ref> | |||
* ] – footballer | |||
* ] – cricketer | |||
* ] – Australian Rules footballer | |||
* ] – Australian hockey player | |||
* ] – basketball player with ] | |||
* ] – AFL footballer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Return to the Nest: James Clement |url=https://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/news/1165491/return-to-the-nest-james-clement |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=collingwoodfc.com.au |language=en}}</ref> | |||
* ] – Olympic Gold medallist in swimming | |||
* ] – Australian Rules footballer with ] and ] | |||
* ] – golfer | |||
* ] – cricketer | |||
* ] – former Australian Rules footballer and ]ist | |||
* ] – Australian All-rounder test cricketer | |||
* ] – cricketer | |||
* ] – Australian Test cricketer | |||
* ] – Australian Rules footballer. 2006 ] winning player for the ] | |||
* ] – cricketer | |||
* ] – Australian Rules footballer | |||
* ] – Australian Rules footballer with St Kilda | |||
* ] – Australian Rules footballer | |||
* ] – former NBA and ] basketballer – 3 x ] with the ]. Current assistant coach with the Australian Boomers. | |||
* ] – Australian Rules footballer. 2 x ] player for the ] in 1992 and 1994. | |||
* ] – cricketer | |||
* ] – Australian Rules footballer | |||
* ] – cricketer | |||
* ] – Australian Rules footballer. 2006 ] winning player for the ] | |||
* ] – test cricketer; state hockey player and cricket administrator | |||
* ]-AFL footballer | |||
* ] - ultra cyclist | |||
* ] – rugby union footballer; first Western Australian to play for the ] | |||
* ] – high jumper; won Australia's first gold medal at the ] | |||
* ] – Australian hockey player | |||
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# {{note|book1}}{{note|book2}}{{note|book3}}{{note|book4}}{{note|book5}}{{note|book6}}{{note|book7}}{{note|book8}}Gregory, Jenny (1996). ''Building a Tradition, A History of Scotch College, 1897-1996'' ] Press ISBN 1-875560-89-0 | |||
# {{note|reporter}}Scotch College (2004). ''Reporter 2004'' | |||
# {{note|diary}}Scotch College (2003). ''Student Diary 2003'' | |||
# {{note|website}}{{note|fees}}. Retrieved 14 December 2005. | |||
# {{note|flagday}}. Retrieved 16 December 2005. | |||
# {{note|boarding}}. Retrieved 30 January 2006. | |||
# {{note|abc}}] article about the Bibbulmun Track]. Retrieved 31 January 2006. | |||
# {{note|Reporter05}} Scotch College (2005). ''Reporter 2005'' | |||
# {{note|HMNL20F}} . Retrived 20 February 2006. | |||
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Scotch College | |
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Collegians' House, the administration building | |
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Swanbourne, Western Australia Australia | |
Coordinates | 31°58′52″S 115°46′23″E / 31.98111°S 115.77306°E / -31.98111; 115.77306 |
Information | |
Former name | The Alexander Scotch College |
Type | Independent single-sex early learning, primary, and secondary day and boarding school |
Motto | Latin: Sicut Patribus Sit Deus Nobis (May God be with us, as He was with our forefathers) |
Denomination | Uniting Church |
Established | 1897; 128 years ago (1897) |
Founders |
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Sister school | Presbyterian Ladies' College, Perth |
Chairman | Mark Paganin |
Headmaster | Dr. Alec O'Connell |
Staff | 394 |
Years | Early learning and K–12 |
Gender | Boys |
Enrolment | ~1,895 (2019) |
Campuses |
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Campus type | Suburban |
Colour(s) | Maroon, navy, gold, fawn and blue |
Slogan | Preparing Boys for Life, A Community for Life |
Nickname | Scotch, SC |
Publication | Reporter, Clan, Thistle (eNews) |
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Alumni name | Old Scotch Collegians |
Website | scotch |
Scotch College (informally known as Scotch or SC), is an independent Uniting Church primary and secondary school for boys, located in the Perth suburb of Swanbourne, Western Australia. It has both day and boarding students.
Founded in 1897 by the Presbyterian Church of Australia, the school caters for approximately 1,900 boys from early learning, through pre-kindergarten to Year 12. The school has undertaken the International Baccalaureate's Primary Years and Middle Years programmes since 2003; and offers the Diploma Programme for year 11 and 12 students. The school continues to run the state education WACE course and VET (Vocational Education Training).
In 2023, Scotch College launched Scotch Global. As a branch of the College, Scotch Global primarily offers online education to students of all genders. Scotch Global's offerings are split into three streams: Connect, Thrive and Accelerate. Connect programmes offer access to private education from home, including the Australian Curriculum from Years 6 to 10 and the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme in the final years of high school. The Thrive stream offers extension and enrichment courses. The Accelerate stream offers career development for secondary school students and graduates.
The school is a member of the Public Schools Association (PSA), the Junior School Heads Association of Australia, and is a member of Round Square Schools.
Scotch College spreads over a large campus in Swanbourne. It also has an outdoor education centre in Dwellingup. The campus in Swanbourne consists of a senior school for years 9 to 12, a junior school for early learning pre-kindergarten to Year 5, and middle school for years 6 to 8. Also located on campus are playing fields spanning 15 hectares, and boarding facilities for 160 students.
History
Foundation
Scotch College owes its foundations to a conversation at an 1896 dinner party, where the parent of a 12-year-old boy, Jane Alexander, wife of William Alexander, MLC, complained that there was an absence of a Presbyterian school for boys in Perth. She offered David Ross, moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Western Australia, £500 to establish Scotch College. The announcement of the college came on Monday 4 January 1897, in the form of an advertisement. The advertisement included the first location of the school, Shearer Memorial Hall, which is now the Perth Trades Hall. When founded, the school was originally named The Alexander Scotch College. The school would later shorten its name to Scotch College in 1908 for banking purposes.
In 1905, the college became a founding school of the Public Schools Association, showing it to be by that time a well regarded independent school, and entitling it to take part in the most competitive schoolboy sporting competition in Western Australia.
World War One to World War Two
During World War I, 475 boys enlisted to defend the empire as part of the Allied forces. This number represented over 50% of all Scotch alumni at the time. A roll of honour is present in Collegians House, the current administration building, featuring the names of all past Scotch College boys who had volunteered to fight.
In 1939, the Head Masters' Conference approached the Commonwealth Government for financial assistance due to low staff salaries, the standard of the school's science facilities and the lack of money the school possessed. When gifts of money to the school became tax deductible in 1954 (provided donations were for the purpose of either repaying debt on buildings or helping to fund new building projects), people found they had more incentive to donate to schools. This led to Scotch, among other schools around Australia, beginning fundraising appeals within the school community.
Post war
Even before donations were made tax deductible, an appeal to fund a memorial for past boys who served in the Second World War raised £9,000 by 1950. When the school's council, the town in which Scotch resides in, inquired about the cost for a memorial hall to sit 650 people, they were shocked to discover it would cost around £30,000. A fete organised in 1953 raised £2,500. Another fete was arranged and appeals to both past students and parents increased the total raised to £17,500. Despite lack of funds, David Brisbane, a council member since 1945, laid the foundation stone for the hall in early 1957. Although donations to schools over £1 had been tax-deductible since 1954, it was not until January 1957 that the Taxation Department informed the school that all donations towards the new Scotch College Building Fund would be tax-deductible. The appeal committee launched a major appeal raising £23,000 for the Memorial Hall.
The Memorial Hall was opened by Sir Charles Gairdner, Governor of Western Australia at the time, on 19 October 1957, the same year as the school's Diamond Jubilee. The opening led to a further £30,000 in promised donations, although the actual amount received was below this figure. Eventually the cost of the hall led to the school having to be provided a £25,000 overdraft from the ASB Bank; this led to an increase in school fees. The total cost of the Memorial Hall was £48,864 and the appeal raised £45,700. Gordon Gooch, who has a sports pavilion at the school named after him, met the shortfall.
1970 to 1990
In 1971, after observing the May 1968 French riots, a group of Year 12 boys organised a "schoolboy strike" on the regulations of hair length, after the issue had been simmering for several months. The strike involved 60 boys refusing to return to class after the lunch bell, despite threat of expulsion, which led the headmaster to arrange an assembly for all boys after having a psycho. The ringleader of the strike, Cary Kallis informed the Nine Network newsroom to announce the strike. However, Kallis informed several boys which led to news of the strike quickly spreading around the school. After being threatened by a teacher with expulsion, Kallis quickly called Channel Nine again, pretending to be a teacher, by saying "The strike has been cancelled and the boys have been disciplined". As mentioned above, the strike still went ahead.
In 1984, Scotch acquired Moray, the school's outdoor education centre where students would be able to attend camps. This was purchased after the school had considered, for over a decade, the possibility of acquiring a site for a school camp. The Parents' Association gave support to the project and the school purchased the 164-acre (0.66 km) property through a mortgagee sale for $220,000. It was named Moray after a province in Scotland where Clan Murray originated (the Moray camp site is adjacent to the Murray River).
The Scotch College foundation was established in 1986, when Judge Robert Keall was chairman of the college. The foundation raised $1.1 million within six months to partly fund a new Physical Education Centre. Robert Keall opened the $2.25 million centre on 29 March 1988.
1990 on
In 2007, the school built the Dickinson Centre, named after Scotch's previous headmaster, the late W. R. Dickinson, for assemblies and other functions. In June 2009, the school opened a Science, Design and Technology building next to the school chapel. Designed by Taylor Robinson architects, the new facility marks the completion of the first stage of the school's Master Plan. A memorial service was held for the late W. R. Dickinson, the fifth headmaster of Scotch College, on 10 May 2006. A pavilion was erected on the Scotch playing fields, and the School and Pipe Band formed a guard of honour for the Dickinson family members and the funeral cortege as they arrived. In 2015, a new middle school campus was opened along with library facilities and gallery. Memorial Hall was refurbished in 2017 with a new Heritage Centre that houses the school's archival collection. In February 2019, the school's PC Anderson Chapel was refurbished and rededicated with the appointment of two new college chaplains.
In May 2017, Scotch College announced the banning of phones on campus during school. This decision was made to remove lunchtime distractions and encourage more face to face discussions among the students.
Schools
Scotch College has many schools and facilities.
- The brand new School of Mathematics and Commerce. This is the newest addition to the school.
- School of Design, Technology and Sciences. Built in 2011, this building houses facilities for production of handmades. The building also houses the school's science department. The building has many design flaws which include no natural light in many spaces of the building.
- Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.
- Department of Language Acquisition. The school offers studies in French, Indonesian and Spanish.
- Department of Performing Arts
- Department of Media and Visual Arts
- Department of Language and Literature
- Department of Physical Education
Student facilities
Student resource centres have a number of different facilities available, which include IT assistance, equipment hire, proofreading and late night study as well as a number of online resources. Compared to other departments in the school, the library has an incredibly large budget. This allows students to purchase reading material and academic journals at any time. The large budget also allows for the further development and initiatives within the libraries.
The college has an academic support department which provides assistance to students in the classroom and during exams.
Headmasters
Ordinal | Officeholder | Term start | Term end | Time in office | Notes |
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1 | John Sharpe | 1897 | 1904 | 6–7 years | |
2 | P. C. Anderson CBE | 1904 | 1945 | 40–41 years | |
3 | G. G. Campbell | 1945 | 1947 | 1–2 years | Acting |
4 | G. Maxwell Keys | 1947 | 1968 | 20–21 years | |
5 | D. H. Prest | 1969 | 1971 | 1–2 years | |
6 | W. R. Dickinson | 1972 | 1997 | 24–25 years | |
7 | Andrew Syme | 1998 | 2010 | 11–12 years | |
8 | Peter Freitag | January 2011 | June 2011 | 0 years | Acting |
9 | Alec O'Connell | July 2011 | incumbent | 13–14 years | |
10 | Brad Gill | April 2024 | August 2024 | 0 years | Acting |
Curriculum
Scotch offers a wide range of subjects in its academic curriculum. All students in years 8 to 10 study one language other than English – either French or Indonesian – through the International Baccalaureate's Middle Years Programme (MYP). In Year 8, boys undertake a community project.
Scotch awards several scholarships based on academic merit to students, but under agreed PSA rules no member schools may award sports scholarships. Entrance scholarships at Scotch are based on the results of scholarship examinations. In Year 11 there are two scholarships open to sons of former alumni (PC Anderson Memorial Old Boy's Scholarship) as well as the WR Dickinson Scholarship. To be considered, boys must have several references and nominations from the staff and are required to sit an interview and submit a copy of their resume.
Middle school structure
From 2003, when the school became an International Baccalaureate certified school, students began to study two languages, a maths, a science, an art, a technology, and a humanities and physical education subject.
Boys in years 9 and 10 have the option of choosing which technology and arts classes they take for either the year or semester. They may also take drama and music. Technology includes metal work, wood work, electronics, information systems and 3D modelling.
Senior school curriculum
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Scotch offers the IB Diploma Programme to senior students in years 11 and 12. In addition to this, students in years 11 and 12 have the option of undertaking WACE or VET. The top student for each subject is awarded a prize on speech night, and the Year 12 student who finishes top of their year in their chosen pathway is awarded dux.
In 2017, two Scotch students achieved 45, a perfect score for the IB Diploma. In that same year, a WACE student achieved an ATAR score of 99.95.
In 2005, a Scotch graduate received the Beazley Medal, which is awarded to the top student in the state, for his TEE results. As in 2004, two students were awarded General Exhibitions. Subject Exhibitions were awarded to three students for five overall subjects.
Academics
The school appears regularly in the top 50 schools for the Western Australian Certificate of Education.
Year | % +75 in WACE | State ranking | % +65 in WACE | State ranking | % graduation |
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2014 | 24.61 | 11 | 57.68 | 7 | 99.13 |
2013 | 22.50 | 8 | 48.73 | 10 | 96.77 |
2012 | 25.15 | 7 | 56.55 | 11 | 97.50 |
2011 | 19.38 | 21 | 56.60 | 17 | 99.33 |
2010 | 23.37 | 12 | 59.51 | 17 | 100 |
2009 | 17 | 22 | 99.44 |
- Based on the number of Stage 3 course enrolments in the school where a WACE course score of 75 or above was achieved
- Ranking of school compared to other schools in the state
- Based on the number of Stage 3 course enrolments in the school where a WACE course score of 65 or above was achieved
- Percentage of Year 12 cohort that graduated with a WACE certificate
Scotch student life
Scotch offers a comprehensive extracurricular activities program for students. The school has boarding facilities for students who live in rural areas of Western Australia, as well as international students. The major components of the program are sport, music, the arts and community and service. Students in years 10–12 may participate in FESA Cadet programs. Activities offered: Cadets, Chess, Debating, Instep, UNYA, Duke of Edinburgh, SMARTS, Prometheans, Drama, Music and Pipe Band.
Boarding
All boarding students live in residential houses, with boarding staff who also live on site. Boarders have 24-hour access to medical services. In 2006, international students were required to pay an extra $5,700 in lieu of government subsidies and extra administration costs.
On weekends boarders will often do a variety of activities that staff arrange. They also use the nearby Indian Ocean as well as Challenge Stadium and Subiaco Oval. Boarders in years 10, 11 and 12 will also participate in sport on a Saturday morning.
A boarding tradition at Scotch is walking the entire Bibbulmun Track. Boys walk sections of the track each year.
Moray
In year 5 and years 7, 8, 9 and 10 in the senior school, students will camp for several days, depending on their age, at Moray near Dwellingup. Moray, close to the Murray River, is set in Australian bush and is 66 hectares. Moray allows students to camp either outside in tents, under swags, or inside cabins. Students here will learn about safety, the ecosystems and how native Aboriginal Australians lived in the area. They will also learn how to be more independent by cooking their own food and setting up their own swag. Students will also do activities on the Murray River such as kayaking or canoeing, climbing an outdoor rock wall, climbing a telephone pole, and doing a suspended ropes course. The amount and difficulty of the activities available will increase as the years progress.
The cadets also use Moray for a weekend camp. The cadets do activities, like navigation designed to improve self-confidence like the rock wall or the leap of faith were cadets jump from a telephone pole and try to grab a plastic wire. They are suspended from falling using a wire. One night over the weekend the cadets do a "night stalker" game where the senior cadets try to prevent the junior cadets from reaching a certain point.
House system
The pastoral care system is based on a house structure which deals with all matters relating to a student's well-being or curriculum needs. Each student is placed in a house tutorial group that is overseen by a house tutor for each of the ten houses in senior school.
In junior school however, there are only six houses and had nearly nothing to do with pastoral care. The ten houses listed below belong to the senior school whilst these six houses: Andrew (green), Bruce (orange), David (black), Gordon (yellow), James (blue) and Robert (red) will not be listed below.
Alexander | Green |
Anderson | Black |
Brisbane | Red |
Cameron | Light blue |
Ferguson | Brown |
Shearer | Grey |
Keys | Purple |
Ross | Orange |
St. Andrews | Blue |
Stuart | Yellow |
Most house tutorial groups have three students from each year level in that house. A house contains students from years 9 to 12. Each house is led by one head of house. The members of each house are led by a house captain, appointed by the head of house and the students in it. The houses meet on a regular basis. Prior to year 9, students are also placed in houses although the system is not as involved.
The house tutor and heads of house work as a team to monitor the academic and personal progress of each student in the house tutorial group and house. Generally, the house tutor is the first and main point of contact between the parent and the school. For more serious issues a head of house is usually contacted.
Students are either put in a randomly selected house or into the house of any alumni they are related to. Houses compete against each other in sports such as inter-house athletics and academic contests like debating. Students march to assembly on Friday mornings in their house and are marked on their performance.
The house that wins the most points over all inter-house competitions is awarded the staff trophy. This includes the larger inter-house events like athletics, cross-country and swimming as well as some smaller competitions like lightning chess and indoor soccer.
PSA premierships
Scotch has won the following PSA premierships.
- Athletics (21) – 1948, 1954, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1983, 1984, 1996, 1998, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
- Badminton – 2016
- Basketball (5) – 2001, 2011, 2012, 2018, 2019
- Cricket (21) – 1908, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1918, 1923, 1924, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1939, 1949, 1952, 1954, 1960, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1996, 2012, 2014
- Football (24) – 1906, 1917, 1925, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1979, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1997, 2013, 2016, 2020, 2021, 2022
- Golf (2) – 2005, 2016
- Hockey (15) – 1961, 1983, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2015
- Rowing (24) – 1906, 1907, 1908, 1913, 1920, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1957, 1960, 1978, 1984, 1985, 1990, 2006, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2021,
- Rugby (18) – 1963, 1967, 1968, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1989, 1990, 2001, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2023, 2024
- Soccer (5) – 1996, 2003, 2013, 2017, 2018
- Surfing (7) – 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2018
- Swimming (24) – 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1917, 1918, 1921, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1985, 2023, 2024
- Tennis (8) – 1983, 2000, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2017
- Water Polo (6) – 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2011, 2017
Arts
Scotch offers students an opportunity to participate in the annual school production. Productions have included Bugsy Malone, Grease, A Clockwork Orange, Blood Brothers, Holes, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Mad Forest, Babe the Sheep Pig, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Great Expectations, The Addams Family, The Wedding Singer, The Government Inspector and We Will Rock You.
Scotch has two poetry prizes awarded each year; the Raven Senior Poetry Prize for years 11 and 12 and the Raven Junior Poetry Prize for years 8, 9 and 10. The winning piece along with several other pieces of student poetry and art are published in the annual school publication, Reporter. Raven prize winners are presented an award on speech night. There are also two annual prose prizes; the Raven Senior Prose Prize and the Raven Junior Prose Prize. Like the poetry prizes, the winning pieces are published in Reporter and the writer presented with an award on speech night.
Music
Scotch gives students the chance to learn instruments during class time in the senior school. Students may also join the pipe band if their playing skills and marching skills are of a high standard. The pipe band traditionally leads the school in marching.
In recent years there have been several pipe band and music tours. In April 2006, the pipe band toured the United States. The band played in the Virginia International Tattoo in that period It was the pipe band's fourth international tour and its second time participating in an international tattoo of that magnitude. The first was the Nova Scotia Tattoo in 2000. In 2015 and 2018, the pipe band was invited to perform at the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, and the Basel Tattoo in 2019.
All students in the senior school are eligible to play in the school's bands. The school's music bands include Jazz Band, String Orchestra, Big Band 1 (guitar, drums, brass), Big Band 2 (guitar, drums, brass), Big Band 3 (guitar, drums, brass), Middle School Concert Band (years 6 to 10), Chamber Strings, Concert Band (brass and drums), Wind Ensemble (with Presbyterian Ladies' College), Vocal Ensemble, Brass Ensemble and Guitar Ensemble.
The school offers several music scholarships for students in year 7.
The school song is "God of Our Fathers" which is to the tune of "Highland Cathedral". The song is sung at the first and last assembly each term and the music is performed by two pipers and a snare drummer from the pipe band, along with a small brass support band.
Cross-campus classes
As part of efforts to reduce costs and increase efficiency, Scotch College runs "cross campus" classes with Presbyterian Ladies' College, Perth - their sister school. Shuttle buses operate between the two campuses every hour. These services along with the initiative provide students in Year 11s and 12 to further their education - by choosing subjects that interest them which may not be offered on campus due to budgetary constraints. The cross campus classes are particularly important for students studying for the IB Diploma. Money saved from the initiative is used to further the school's infrastructure - both academic buildings as well as sports pavilions and administrative buildings.
Notable alumni
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Alumni of Scotch College are known as Old Scotch Collegians.
Academia and science
- Akshay Venkatesh – mathematician, Stanford University, Fields Medallist
Rhodes Scholars
- 1922 Sir Walter Worboys (1900–1969)
- 1998 James Edelman
Arts and media
- Michael Charlton – ABC-TV journalist
- Tony Charlton – TV sports commentator
- Nicholas Hasluck – novelist, poet and short story writer; chair of Commonwealth Writers Prize see also Politics and law
- Gareth McGrillen – musician, Pendulum and Knife Party
- Toby Schmitz – Australian actor and writer
- Rob Swire – musician, Pendulum and Knife Party
Business
- Charles Bunning (1905–1994) – Chair, Bunning Timber Holdings (now Bunnings Group)
- Sir Colin Syme (1903–1986) – Chair, BHP
Education
- John Inverarity – educator, headmaster of Hale School see sport
- Ralph Townsend – educator, headmaster of Sydney Grammar School, Oundle School and Winchester College
Military
- Sir Peter Drummond DSO & Bar, MC, MIDs (1894–1945) – Air Marshall, Royal Air Force
- Eric Lacy Vowles – commandant of the Royal Military College, Duntroon
Politics and law
- Roger Cook – Premier of Western Australia
- John Dawkins – Federal Treasurer in the Keating Government
- James Edelman – justice of High Court of Australia, Federal Court of Australia, & Supreme Court of Western Australia
- Nicholas Hasluck – justice of Supreme Court of Western Australia
- David Sadleir – Australian Ambassador to China at the time of the Tiananmen Square massacre
Sport
- Bailey Banfield – Australian Rules footballer
- Drew Banfield – Australian Rules Footballer
- Jamie Beadsworth – Australian waterpolo player
- Geoff Boyce – Australian hockey player
- Michael Boyce – Australian hockey player. World Cup Silver Medal in 2006.
- James Brayshaw – cricketer
- Mark Brayshaw – footballer
- Ian Brayshaw – cricketer
- Mal Brown – Australian Rules footballer
- Jonathon Charlesworth – Australian hockey player
- Mitch Clarke – basketball player with Perth Wildcats
- James Clement – AFL footballer
- Peter Evans – Olympic Gold medallist in swimming
- Mark Gale – Australian Rules footballer with Fremantle and St Kilda
- Terry Gale – golfer
- Shawn Gillies – cricketer
- Ross Glendinning – former Australian Rules footballer and Brownlow Medalist
- Cameron Green – Australian All-rounder test cricketer
- Nick Hobson – cricketer
- John Inverarity – Australian Test cricketer
- Rowan Jones – Australian Rules footballer. 2006 AFL Premiership winning player for the West Coast Eagles
- Matthew Kelly – cricketer
- Don Langsford – Australian Rules footballer
- Tom Ledger – Australian Rules footballer with St Kilda
- Tom Lee – Australian Rules footballer
- Luc Longley – former NBA and Australian Boomers basketballer – 3 x NBA Champion with the Chicago Bulls. Current assistant coach with the Australian Boomers.
- Ashley McIntosh – Australian Rules footballer. 2 x AFL Premiership player for the West Coast Eagles in 1992 and 1994.
- Hamish McKenzie – cricketer
- Alistair Nicholson – Australian Rules footballer
- Joel Paris – cricketer
- Mark Seaby – Australian Rules footballer. 2006 AFL Premiership winning player for the West Coast Eagles
- Barry Shepherd – test cricketer; state hockey player and cricket administrator
- Brynn Teakle-AFL footballer
- Jack Thompson - ultra cyclist
- John Welborn – rugby union footballer; first Western Australian to play for the Australian Wallabies
- John Winter – high jumper; won Australia's first gold medal at the London Olympics in 1948
- Tristram Woodhouse – Australian hockey player
See also
- List of schools in the Perth metropolitan area
- List of boarding schools in Australia
- List of pipe bands
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