Blackwood High School is a co-educational secondary school located in Eden Hills, a south-eastern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, offering an international baccalaureate middle-years programme with six nearby primary schools and diploma programme as the "Mitcham Hills College". It is also a special-interest high school that specialises in netball. Blackwood High also offers an enrichment program for identified "gifted" or "talented" students. Primary schools involved in the Mitcham Hills College are: Belair Primary Schools Bellevue Heights Primary School Blackwood Primary School Coromandel Valley Primary School Eden Hills Primary School Hawthorndene Primary School The school developed a resource with Sturt Police on "Teenage Parties" that has been adapted by Victorian private schools Scotch College and Toorak College. The Adelaide-based hip hop group Hilltop Hoods formed at Blackwood High School. The school also has a canteen, and is the site of the Blackwood Community Recreation Centre. As of 2022, the school has adopted a rule which bans students from using their mobile phone during school hours. This has been met with a lot of criticism from both students and parents as it makes it a lot harder to communicate with each other. Performing Arts Centre The Performing Arts Centre (PAC), the Auditorium, or the Blackwood Community Recreation Centre, was constructed in 2001 with funds raised in several schools and community-based fund-raisers. It features several sound-proofed rooms, computing equipment, musical instruments, and a large theatre and stage, with a booth for controlling the lighting and sound effects. The PAC is also used by the community as a church on Sunday mornings. The main auditorium seats about 350, with the capability to have an extended stage because of retractable seating. In addition to the main performing areas, the PAC boasts a recording studio, four small practise rooms, two classrooms, offices, and storerooms. Notable alumni David James Campbell, writer and film director Chloë Fox, South Australia MP in the South Australian House of Assembly Rebecca Morse, newsreader for Channel 10, South Australia Peter Rathjen, medical researcher, Rhodes scholar, and sexual abuser Terence Tao, mathematician and 2006 recipient of the Fields Medal Musicians Julian Cochran (composer) Beccy Cole (musician) Matt Lambert (Suffa) and Dan Smith (Pressure) of the Hilltop Hoods Nathan Leigh Jones (musician) Sports people: Adam Cooney, 2008 Brownlow Medal winner, AFL, Western Bulldogs and Essendon Peter Motley, Australian Rules footballer - Sturt Football Club 1982–1985 and Carlton Football Club 1986–87 Matthew Nicks, Australian Rules