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Mount Barker Community College is an integrated
Kindergarten to Year 12 Government school. 
Based two kilometres north of the Mount Barker townsite and surrounded by its own 230 hectare farm, the Community College now accommodates approximately 750 students.
Our Motto - "Together We Strive" encapsulates our ethos of:
- staff, students and parents working together
- students supporting each other's learning across year groups
- working very closely with our community.
How good was that? Highlights of MBCC in 2010
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Hon. Dr Elizabeth Constable, Minister for Education opened the new buildings and praised the Home Economics students for ‘Best Lunch in a WA School.
Sharyn O’Neill, Director General of Education visited.
His Excellency Dr Ken Michael, AC, Governor of Western Australia visited in September.
First Mind Matters School in WA leaders in mental health and wellbeing.
Mitchell Berliner and Andrew Fraser attended the inaugural MindMatters Recognition event in Canberra.
Recognised as the State winner of the ACHPER (Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation) Award for Excellence in a Secondary Health Initiative.
Nathan Standish was second in the State for his work with younger students in the college and his promotion of an active lifestyle among his peers.
Recognised by the Minister of Education as a ‘Top Government School’ for the 6th year in a row.
Geography teacher Callum Gribble recognised as WA Geography Educator of the Year.
Adam Tetlow our specialist football program coordinator was nominated for AFL Ambassador of the Year.
Strong results in Geography National Competitions
- Melissa Lanigan was one of sixteen WA student’s who attended the ‘Geography’s Big Week Out’ held in Perth trying out for the 2011 Geography Olympiad.
- Lily Backshell was a state finalist and represented Western Australia in a national geography competition in Sydney.
Kaleb Woolhouse was the only West Australian to represent the State in the Murray Grey Youth Ambassador Competition.
Alison Minett was selected to attend the Cranlana Symposium.
Chloe Polglaze selected to participate in World Maths Day 2011.
Signing of the Australian Employment Covenant.
David Bennett and Lashaye Armstrong selected to enter the ‘2010 Young Originals’ .
Featured in the Canberra publication of ‘Australian Sustainable Schools’.
Year 7’s were State Winners of ‘Cows Create Careers’.
We adopted 5 infant orangutan orphans thanks to the work of Madelaine Eatts Year 7.
We hosted the ‘Engineering Science Day’ for the district.
Year 10 students took out 3 of the 4 top prizes in the ‘PICSE awards’.
Local Schools Working Together – extension program for our gifted Maths and Creative Writing students.
Supporting our Aboriginal School Based Traineeship students with Certificates in Hospitality through our Corner Cafe and Certificates in Engineering.
Jacinta Anderson was selected to take part in Netball WA’s State girls’ under-17 academy.
Scholarship for Nathan Standish to participate in the Youth Explorer Voyage Program aboard the Leeuwin from Geraldton to Fremantle.
