Aitken College

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Aitken College

Established	1999
School type	Independent
Key People	Principal: Mr. Doug Mahoney, Deputy Principal: Mrs. Josie Crisara
School Fees	~$1000 per term
Location	Greenvale, Victoria, Australia
Enrollment	1200 Students
Employees	Teachers and Staff
Colours	Blue and Green
Homepage	http://www.aitkencollege.edu.au

Aitken College is an independent school of the Uniting Church located in Greenvale, Victoria, Australia. It offers schooling from Grade Prep through to Year 12.

The college opened in 1999, and is built on an 18 hectare site. The principal of the school is Doug Mahoney.

Aitken has two classes at each year level for Grade Prep to Year 6, and five classes at each year level from Year 7 to Year 12, which allows for three classes of students to enter at Year 7 from other primary schools.

1 Structure of the School
2 House System:
3 Courses of Study
4 Facilities
5 External links

[edit] Structure of the School

The college is divided into five smaller "schools". They are:

Preparatory School: Grade Prep to Year 2: Fairview
Junior School: Year 3 to Year 5: Cumberland
Middle School: Year 6 and Year 7: Dunhelen
Lower Secondary School: Year 8 and Year 9: Glenarthur
Senior School: Year 10 to Year 12: Brookhill

The schools are named after some of the original pastoral leases in the area.

[edit] House System:

The school is divided into four different houses.

Brodie (blue): Head of house: Lynn Treadwell
Cameron (green): Head of house: Glenda Rumble
Clarke (yellow): Head of house: Fiona Ganino-Day
Millar (red, previously white): Head of house: Chris Monos

[edit] Courses of Study

The subjects studied at Aitken College are:

English
Mathematics
Science
Humanities
Creative Arts
Performing Arts
Health & Physical Education
Religious & Values Education
L.O.T.E. (Indonesian)
Commerce
Technology
Information Technology
Library
Sport

At different year levels, there are different "core" subjects, which are the subjects which are compulsory for the student to study. At certain year levels there are also "elective" subjects, which are optional for the student to study.

[edit] Facilities

The college facilities include several art rooms, science laboratories, computer laboratories, technology facilities, music rooms, a library and a gymnasium. So overall, it is a pretty cheap school.