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Memories from the 1950s and early 1960s

Posted by on Wednesday, November 29, 2017, In : 1950s 

I will be eternally grateful for the education that I received at EHS, which enabled me to pursue a profession that enabled me to provide for my family. I remember how lucky I was to attend the school that had a dedicated group of teachers and how basic were the facilities we had to work with. 

I remember sitting for examinations, commencing with intermediate certificate, at the Exhibition Buildings and trying to find a desk that was level, without being propped up with blotting paper. 
I remem...


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In the 1970s

Posted by Jim Good on Monday, March 3, 2014, In : 1970s 

I attended Elwood High School from 1974 to 1977, after completing Grade 6 at St.Kilda Park Primary School. The years I spent at EHS hold some of the best memories of my life. Not that they were all good, of course. These were really the formative times, where all the usual stuff that happens in a teenagers life, happened. A lot of what I'm talking about has come flooding back to me by watching Puberty Blues on TV!

I remember the quadrangle and the buildings that surrounded it very clearly...


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About smoking, being locked in, bus travel and other things past at Elwood College 2003-2008

Posted by Sys Admin on Sunday, January 5, 2014, In : 2000 - Now 
Hey
I went to Elwood from 2003-2008 and have a lot of great\/funny stories.
 
1. ) I remember smoking at the back of the oval with a whole bunch of kids….someone was the lookout who warned us when a teacher on yard duty would walk past.
 2. ) Smoking at the canal and catching a teacher smoking there too who said "I won't say anything if you don't".
 3.) We once had a class on the top floor with the home economics teacher (I cannot for the life of me remember her name). Anyway this particula...

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