Belmont High School History
Past Student Survey
Belmont High School has commissioned a publication to mark the School’s 60 th anniversary (2015). The school
intends that this history, to be titled ‘Strive for the Highest’, will provide a record of the life of the school since
1955, but also that it should make a contribution to the history of secondary education in Victoria more
generally.
The purpose of this survey is to gather detail about the actual experience of life in the school, to complement
and enliven the official record. You are therefore encouraged to complete the questionnaire below so your
experiences can be reflected in the publication. Please feel free to answer as few or as many questions as you
like, or add extra detail on separate pages. I am especially interested in anecdotes about fellow students,
teachers, memorable class room activities and events.
You can submit the completed questionnaire in one of the following ways:
 by mail to: Jenny Acopian, C/- Belmont High School, Rotherham St., Belmont VIC 3216
 by email attachment to: belmont.hs@edumail.vic.gov.au
 via BHS website: the survey can be accessed via a link on the News & Events page at www.bhs.vic.edu.au
1.
Name (including Maiden name if applicable)
2.
Current Address
4. Years attended BHS:
3. Address when attending BHS
5. Age of starting at BHS:
6. Which primary school(s) did you attend?
7. Names of any other secondary school attended - and years 8. How far did you travel to BHS and by what means of transport?
9. What was the major emphasis in your course of study (e.g. humanities, science, commerce, art, music,
mixed)?
10. What were your favourite or best subjects?
11. List any subjects you found boring or irrelevant?
12. List any subjects or topics you would like to have studied and couldn’t?
13. List the extra-curricular activities in which you participated at BHS (eg sporting teams, orchestra, choir, rock
eisteddfod, debating, chess, ISCF, etc)?
14. List any positions held at BHS (e.g. prefect, form captain, sports captain, house captain, school captain,
magazine editor, etc.)
15. List any honours, awards or prizes you received while at BHS.
16. List any scholarships/bursaries you received at school for post-secondary study.
17. What did you like best about school?
18. What do you remember most vividly about your Principal/Headmaster?
19. Which teachers were particularly influential or memorable? Please include details.
20. Were there any disappointments or shortcomings about your schooling at BHS? Please provide details.
21. What were your favourite pastimes out of school?
22. Did you have any part-time employment while attending BHS? (Please add details)
23. Do you still maintain contact with any former students from BHS? (Please list their names – and maiden
names if relevant)
24. Do you recall anyone in your year level who went on to achieve great (or not so great) things? Please provide
their names and brief details.
25. List any relatives who have also attended BHS.
26 What was your educational standard on leaving BHS (eg, Form 3, Leaving, Year 10, HSC, VCE)?
27. When you started at BHS, what did you hope to do after leaving?
28. What do you think your parents expected you to become?
29. If your plans and aspirations changed while you were attending BHS, what did they change to?
30. Who or what do you think most influenced these changed aspirations?
31. Were your parents comfortable with these changed aspirations?
32. If you left school sooner than you would have liked, what were the reasons?
33. What did you do in the first year after you left school?
34. What other studies/training/activities did you undertake in first five years after leaving school?
35. Brief career outline (Please include voluntary and unpaid activities):
36. What would you say was the best thing about attending BHS?
37. What is the most valuable thing you took away from school, or has had the most effect on your life since?
38. Could you describe one or more incident that stays clearly in your memory? (Please add extra pages if
necessary)
39. I wish/do not wish my contribution to be anonymous. [Cross out whichever is not applicable]
40. Would you be available for a short interview? Yes/No
If yes, how would you like to be approached?
By email? Please provide preferred email address
By telephone? Please provide preferred phone no.
Please submit your completed questionnaire in one of the following ways:
by mail to: Jenny Acopian, C/- Belmont High School, Rotherham St., Belmont VIC 3216
by email attachment to: belmont.hs@edumail.vic.gov.au
via website: the survey can be accessed and submitted via a special link on the BHS website: www.bhs.vic.edu.au
I look forward to receiving your questionnaire.
Jenny Acopian (nee Lamb)