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Brighton Secondary School (formerly Brighton High School) is in North Brighton, a beach suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. The school provides secondary education from year 8 to 12, with special interest programs in music, volleyball, 'Think Bright', and STEM. Program entry into music and volleyball are competitive with the requirement of auditions or try outs. Entry into Think Bright and STEM are via written application, workshop and a conversation with staff.

It is one of four Special Interest Music Centres, with those at Brighton and Marryatville High Schools set up 1976, Woodville High School in 1977 and Playford International College (previously known as Fremont-Elizabeth City High School and in 1977, "Fremont High School") in 1978 covering four distinct geographical areas of Adelaide.

At the Australian National Championships held in Melbourne each year. Brighton Secondary School was named Champion Volleyball School in Australia in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2018.^{[citation needed]}

The school won the Adelaide Rock Eisteddfod Challenge competition in 2003,^{[citation needed]} 2004,^{[citation needed]} 2006^{[citation needed]} and 2008^{[citation needed]} and came 2nd in state for Wakakirri in 2007,^{[citation needed]} receiving the silver award and 4th in 2008.^{[citation needed]}In 2011 they won the Adelaide and National TV Special Award for MAX.^{[citation needed]}

The school is also involved in the F1 in Schools, an engineering initiative from the United Kingdom. The program is designed to educate students in engineering pathways, and the school has had teams in the national competition for the last three years. The school's team, Infinitude, currently holds the F1 in Schools World Record after breaking it at the 2016 World Finals in Austin, Texas, in collaboration with St Bede's College, Melbourne.^[1]

2018 Hack

On 2 October, 2018 news broke to The Advertiser^[2] and HIT 107^[3] that the school had been hacked by a group of students. It is believed that personal information, passwords, and security cameras were included in the breach. The school's principal, Olivia O'Neill stated in response: "On Friday 21 September I became aware that a small number of students had illegally obtained and used staff log-in details to gain unauthorised access to our school's computer systems". The school has said they are not sure of how much information has been accessed, and have not said how the information was accessed.

Principals

• Mr S.L. Tregenza (1952-1962)


• Mr W.J. Bentley (1963-1968)


• Mr W.E. Falkenberg (1969-1975)


• Mr R.M. Farrow (1976-1987)


• Mr G Nicol (1988-1993)


• Ms N Schupelius (1993-2001)


• Mr P Mitchell (2001-2003)


• Mr G Potts (2004)


• Ms O O'Neill (2005–2018)


• Mrs T Carellas (2019-present)

Notable alumni

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  Jen Adams - National team lacrosse player


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  Mark Austin, Carlton Football Club and Western Bulldogs - Australian Football League player


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  James Crawford, Judge of the International Court of Justice
  


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  Bryce Gibbs, Carlton Football Club and Adelaide Football Club - Australian Football League player


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  Michael Haysman, Former international cricketer, sports commentator


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  Melody Horrill, SAS-7 Weeknight Weather Presenter


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  Hayden Jolly, Gold Coast Football Club - Australian Football League past player


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  Stephen Kernahan, Carlton Football Club - Australian Football League past player and now President


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  David Kernahan, Carlton Football Club - Australian Football League past player


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  Rachael Leahcar, Australian Singer


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  Chris McDermott, Adelaide Crows - Australian Football League past player


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  Robert McFarlane,^[4] photographer and photography critic


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  Hannah Nielsen - National team lacrosse player


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  John Paynter, Sturt Football Club - South Australian National Football League past player


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  Nathan Roberts, Volleyball for Australia over 300 games, London Olympian, World championships 2006, 2010, 2014


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  James Sellar, Adelaide Crows and Melbourne Football Club - Australian Football League
  


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  Sam Simmons, Australian comedian


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  Gary Sweet, Australian Actor

References

External links

• Brighton Secondary School


• Music at Brighton Secondary School