Participants ( High School ) Eight students from three Inner West of Melbourne schools will be selected to participate in Hatch Initiative Lab. These schools and the reason they have been selected are below.
School #1 Gilmore Girls: -Small all girls government school with just 355 students -Classified as a low socioeconomic school with a high proportion of students with English as a second language
-School retention from 2006 - 2009 leaving school to either further studies and full time employment is lower than the state average. -There are no art or design specific cocurriculum activities.
School #2 Braybrook College: -State co-ed secondary college of 1067 students -Classified as a low socioeconomic school with a mid-high level of students where english is a secondary language.
-School retention from 2006 - 2009 leaving school to either pursue studies and full time employment is lower than the state average. -There is no art or design specific cocurriculum activities.
School #3 Footscray City College: -Co-educational college of 895 students -Classified as a low socioeconomic school with a mid-high percentage of students with english as a second language . -However they have a strong co-curricular 7
program with creative arts including performing arts, visual arts and yearly exhibition but nothing specific to growing design skills .