Heartbreak High

- Season 1

(1994)

Its the first day of Year 11 for Hartley High students. The new teacher, Miss Milano, struggles to keep control of her students. Tensions rise between school bully Rivers and Vietnamese student Jack.

Principal Deloraine's banning of Jodie's incendiary rap song sparks a freedom-of-speech revolt among the students.

Christina gets approval for a school soccer team by volunteering to be its coach.

Nick spends the night with Jodie, causing his parents to worry about his absence.

After leaving home following an argument with his father, Nick moves in with Jodie and begins looking for a job so he can drop out of school.

The burden of her family responsibilities cause Chaka to behave erratically at school but attract the attention of her friends who rally to support her. Marco presses Christina to set a wedding date.

Low morale threatens to destroy the school's poorly performing soccer team until Christina seeks help from Nick's father, a former international player, who reluctantly becomes involved. Deloraine's efforts to get Hartley designated a "disadvantaged" school in order to get more funding backfires when a reporter takes his comments out of context. Spurned on by being labelled "intellectually inferior", Hartley's new debating team (composed of Rose, Con, and Chaka) faces off against another school on the merits of Australia becoming a republic.©

Steve's disclosure to Nick of information regarding his mother's car accident pushes Nick further along a destructive path that ends with him assaulting a police officer.

Con tries to get new uniforms for the soccer team in time for their last match while his mother arranges for a housekeeper to help out at the Poulos' home.

Nick hits Jodie after she confesses to a romantic fling while in Melbourne.

Mr North confides a secret about his past to Rose, who has a crush on him.

Yola's attempt to counsel Danielle's pregnant 15-year-old sister causes a professional crisis when the girl's condition becomes known to her parents.

After learning about Phil's past relationship with a student, Christina decides they can have no future together and Phil makes the decision to resign.

Verbal and physical harassment over a misconstrued encounter with a young student causes Graham to have doubts about continuing to teach at Hartley.

Rose and Jack's friends try to get them together before the school dance. Yola and Southgate are locked in a storage cupboard.

Stella's wild daughter Katerina shows up unexpectedly and starts making life difficult for both Nick and her mother. Rose's strict father forbids her to continue dating Jack.

Already burdened by issues in his personal life, Southgate decides to resign after he reacts violently during a confrontation with Katerina who has started attending Hartley.

The head gardener at the nursery where Nick and Danielle are participating in the school's work experience programme has a heart attack.

While trying to earn some extra money, Rivers unknowingly buys some stolen car parts though Con but refuses to name his supplier when the police charge him.

While serving as acting principal, Southgate institutes a series of strict policy changes as a means of preventing the possible closure of the school.

A phantom blader plays a cat-and-mouse game with Southgate after the Acting Principal bans inline skating at Hartley.

After Rose announces to the school that she is pregnant, Nick invites her to move into the Poulos home until her father, who does not want her to keep the baby, changes his mind and allows her to come back home.

Con pressures Jodie into entering a televised "rising stars" contest but then must come up with another act when she backs out at the last minute.

Nick's election as Class Captain puts him in direct conflict with Southgate when he is forced to come down on his friends for violating school policies.

Danielle's first foray into modelling goes awry when the photographer manipulates her into posing nude.

Hurt by his parents' divorce and their apparent disregard for him, Steve decides to move out and gets an apartment with Jodie and Rivers who has his own reasons for wanting to leave home.

Steve, angry after learning that he was adopted, is caught stealing from his employer and the police are called.

Steve wants to keep a stray dog that befriends him but Deloraine and Rivers have other ideas.

George is hurt by Nick and Effie's less-than-enthusiastic reaction to his big announcement about an impending move.

With their father moving to Greece and their house up for sale, Nick and Effie move in with their uncle and aunt.

Roberto and Helen are upset when Rocco, their eldest son, returns from America and doesn't contact them.

Lucy encourages Steve to continue searching for his birth mother even though contacting her is prohibited by law.

Rose's pregnancy complicates plans to host the prestigious Education Awards at Hartley High.

Steve discovers that the person who has been following him is his birth mother. How she learned where to find him is an even bigger surprise.

Con is discovered to have drugs in his possession when the police raid a party at the warehouse.

Sam and Rivers continue their illicit affair despite warnings from Yola.

Nick refuses to believe that his relationship with Jodie is over. Deloraine's office is trashed and Rivers is quickly picked as the likely suspect.

Nick is training hard for his upcoming fight while Jodie prepares to leave Hartley forever to go to the U.S with Rocco