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Twenty years of French exchange program — TWENTY YEARS OF FRENCH EXCHANGE PROGRAM This year we celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Beaconhills French exchange program with our sister school in Laval. Fifteen students from Laval

26 Feb

A super fundraiser — A SUPER FUNDRAISER A SUPER effort today from our Pakenham Junior School students, ahead of the Cardinia Relay for Life event tomorrow evening. Year 3 student Daniel

21 Feb

Highlighting our green achievements — HIGHLIGHTING OUR GREEN ACHIEVEMENTS Our updated ‘Green Report’, just released, shows huge steps towards achieving a greener school. We now have a total of 630kW of solar systems across

20 Feb

Harrison named Young Citizen of the Year — HARRISON NAMED YOUNG CITIZEN OF THE YEAR Harrison Pinney, Berwick Middle School Captain, has been awarded the Upper Beaconsfield Young Citizen of the Year for his services to the local

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Class of 2018 destinations — CLASS OF 2018 DESTINATIONS The Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) offers are out! We are delighted to report that 97 per cent of our graduates from the Class of 2018

11 Feb

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Beaconhills student develops Relay For Life app — BEACONHILLS STUDENT DEVELOPS RELAY FOR LIFE APP A Year 10 Beaconhills College student has developed a unique app to help thousands of participants in the upcoming Cancer Council’s Casey Relay for

06 Feb

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Drama honour for two students — DRAMA HONOUR FOR TWO STUDENTS Huge congratulations to Year 12 students Cael Fisher and Christina Keen whose outstanding drama auditions have earned them a place in Top Class –

01 Feb

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Making the most of music — MAKING THE MOST OF MUSIC Jordan Zdimirovic is a shining example of where a Beaconhills scholarship can take you. The Year 12 musician says his scholarship has given him the

30 Jan

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Australia Day award for Alysha — AUSTRALIA DAY AWARD FOR ALYSHA Congratulations to Beaconhills College student Alysha Hall (pictured in striped top) who has received a La Trobe Australia Day award for her

29 Jan

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Teacher speaks at National Gallery of Australia — TEACHER SPEAKS AT NATIONAL GALLERY OF AUSTRALIA Beaconhills’ Head of Visual Arts (Pakenham Campus), John Irving, has extolled the virtues of the College’s vibrant artist-in-residence program at

28 Jan

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Warming up for Hot Shots — WARMING UP FOR HOT SHOTS Young players from the Beaconhills tennis program were thrilled at the chance play tennis in front of a crowd at Melbourne Arena during the

25 Jan

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RAVE reviews for campus clean up — RAVE REVIEWS FOR CAMPUS CLEAN UP A student campaign to help clean up rubbish at Beaconhills’ Berwick Campus gained momentum last term with more than 25kg collected from the perimeter

21 Jan

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Order of Australia medal for College Board Chairman — ORDER OF AUSTRALIA MEDAL FOR COLLEGE BOARD CHAIRMAN I was delighted to hear that our Beaconhills College Board Chairman Noel Martin has received an Order of Australia Medal (OAM). Noel’s medal

14 Feb

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Welcome to a new school year — WELCOME TO A NEW SCHOOL YEAR It’s wonderful to see all of our students back on deck today. We can’t wait to seize the challenges and opportunities that a new year of learning at

04 Feb

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Getting a HeadStart — GETTING A HEADSTART One of the highly valuable programs we deliver effectively at Beaconhills College each year is HeadStart. HeadStart is an exciting introduction to

03 Dec

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Wellbeing in action — WELLBEING IN ACTION Beyond Blue tells us one in seven young Australians aged between four and 17 years experience a mental health condition. That’s a sobering statistic.

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New centre a celebration of original Year 9 vision — NEW CENTRE A CELEBRATION OF ORIGINAL YEAR 9 VISION Today I was proud to be part of the official opening of our new Year 9 centre at the Beaconhills College Pakenham Campus. As the State Member for

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School funding model announced — SCHOOL FUNDING MODEL ANNOUNCED I welcome the Federal Government decision on non-government school funding announced yesterday, which now gives us a degree of certainty on our

21 Sep

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Artist-in-resident program — ARTIST-IN-RESIDENT PROGRAM Recently I was delighted to be able to help out with our wonderful artist-in-residence program by providing the subject matter – my 1982 Morgan

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Vale Nigel Creese, AM — VALE NIGEL CREESE, AM I am saddened to hear of the passing of one of our House patrons, Nigel Creese, AM. Nigel played a very significant role in the foundation of our

31 Aug

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Roger Lord awarded Life Membership — ROGER LORD AWARDED LIFE MEMBERSHIP The importance of good governance of a school cannot be overstated. Not everyone may realise that the ultimate success or failure of Beaconhills

24 Aug

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New school funding model a cause for concern — NEW SCHOOL FUNDING MODEL A CAUSE FOR CONCERN In the last few days significant publicity has been generated around the new proposed Federal Government funding model and its effect on independent

02 Aug

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Parent input benefits BeaconNet — PARENT INPUT BENEFITS BEACONNET As part of our commitment to best practice in education, last year we sent out a survey seeking feedback from our community on our BeaconNet portal.

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Beaconhills College

10 hours ago

We are currently seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Library Technician to join the team at our Berwick Campus.

This is a part time, paternal leave replacement position, beginning 30 April.

You can find more information on our website here: www.beaconhills.vic.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Library-Technician-PD-February-2019.pdf ... See MoreSee Less

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Beaconhills College

15 hours ago

Berwick students had their chance to school the teachers at the annual T20 Cricket match last Friday.

The students took a convincing win, entertaining crowds at the Twilight Picnic, with Daniel Davies in particular dominating with the bat.

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Beaconhills College

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Beaconhills College joined the Buy a Bale initiative late last year to help buy hay for drought-affected farmers. We are proud to announce that the College community raised $4368.90!

Thank you to everyone who generously donated, including two Middle School students Georgia Rooney and Sienna Vulin who raised $245.50 by busking and selling handmade pom-poms. ... See MoreSee Less