THE HISTORY of the Crick family is strongly interwoven with the Sunshine College senior campus site.
The Graham St site – formerly the Sunshine Technical School – will celebrate its centenary during July this year.
The Crick family has strong ties to the school, which grandfather Alan Crick – now aged 77 – attended as a pupil before returning as a teacher years later.
As a staff member of the school, Alan established its social club with another teacher and also set up a school camp at Monument Creek.
“When I came here as a student it was all tin sheds,” Mr Crick said.
His wife Gladys served on the school’s Parent’s and Friend’s Committee for several years.
Their daughters Debra, Yvonne and Jill also attended Sunshine Technical School.
Before then, their great-grandfather George Roy was a pupil at the school and later took night classes in carpentry there.
“During my upper years at the school, I had great relationships with the teachers but we were friends with them too – we played sport with some of them outside of school,” Debra said.
Just like her father, Debra became a teacher and now works at Copperfield College.
One of her sisters is also a teacher, while her other sister works at Victoria University.
Debra’s son Shane recently became the fourth generation of their family to attend the school and completed his VCE last year.
Shane, 18, said he attended the school because he was deaf and Sunshine College is the only school in the West which caters for hearing-impaired teenagers.
“It’s a good feeling and I just want to keep the generations of our family coming here,” he said.
On Sunday 13 October, past students and staff are invited to attend a celebration of the school’s centenary from 10am to 5pm.There will be food stalls, memorabilia, centenary magazines and more. Gold coin donation is required on entry.
For information contact campus principal Mona Raghdo on 8311 5245 or visit www.sunshine.vic.edu.au
