Bentleigh Secondary College
| Bentleigh Secondary College | |
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Bentleigh East, Victoria Australia |
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| Type | Public School |
| Motto | Be the Best You Can Be |
| Established | 1956 |
| Principal | Helene Hiotis |
| Grades | 7-12 |
| Colour(s) | Blue & Maroon |
| Website | bentleighsc.vic.edu.au |
Bentleigh Secondary College is a coeducational public high school in Bentleigh East, Victoria, Australia. Established in 1956, it has been renamed several times before becoming Bentleigh Secondary College. The current Principal is Helene Hiotis.
Bentleigh Secondary College has recently been re-developed. In stage one of the building program, funded by the state government, a new performing arts centre, administration block, and sports stadium were built. The building that was previously the college library has been converted into a VCE centre. A new science block was also completed in late 2008, following the demolition of what was previously B-block and C-block.
The college is made up of eight main buildings:
B-Block and C-Block, both chiefly consisting of general purpose classrooms, were demolished under the college's building program. C-Block also had several textiles, food technology and IT rooms.
The college grounds include a sustainable garden, a football oval and soccer pitches.
One of two languages can be learnt. Students choose from learning Japanese or Indonesian and attend three periods of their elected language per week for Year 7 and 8. After Year 8, LOTE becomes an elective subject. Greek was dropped out because no teacher's are left to teach that subject so Indonesian and Japanese remain.
The college has implemented a Gifted & Talented Program whereby students, based on the results of a standardised test undertaken before entering high school, of high potential to achieve are grouped into one class until the end of year nine.
Performing arts at Bentleigh Secondary College consists of music, drama and dance. With the option to study an instrument, there are several well-developed school bands. The Symphonic Wind Ensemble is the most senior of the bands made up of brass, woodwind and percussion players. This ensemble competed in the Advanced Concert Band section of the Melbourne School Bands festival for the first time in 2009. There is also a concert band, Intermediate Band and Year 7 Concert Band. There are Senior, Intermediate and Junior Jazz Bands, as well as senior rock band which perform at the annual "Big Band Boogie" and on concert nights. In addition to these bands there are a dozen or so small ensembles such as brass ensemble and clarinet ensemble. Also new this year is the college choir, which is open for all students to join.
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