Beaconhills
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Beaconhills College is a Coeducation ecumenical independent school. The school provides education from Preparatory to Year 12 on two campuses. These are the Valley Campus in Pakenham and the Village Campus in Berwick. The School was established by the Anglican and Uniting Churches in 1982 to serve the needs of the Christian community in Pakenham. The College motto is Lux Luceat (Let Your Light So Shine)
Beaconhills is situated in the Monash Freeway growth corridor and because of this has a large enrolment with 26 or less students in each class from Prep to year 12. The House System caters for pastoral care and the Junior Curriculum is based on the Early Years Program used in Victorian Government Schools. The VCE is offered in Years 11 and 12 with students who choose to study VET enrolling in other institutions. VCAL is not offered. The College has recently celebrated 25 years of teaching.
Beaconhills College is a school that bases a lot of importance on students well-being and tries, to the best of its ability, to solve everyones problems. There is 4 classes per primary school level and 6 classes per high school level.
Beaconhills also provides age appropriate learning by dividing the school into smaller groups. They are are:
JUNIOR SCHOOL- Preparatory to Grade 4
MIDDLE SCHOOL- Grade 5 to Year 8
YEAR 9 PROGRAM- A program specifically designed for students of this age
SENIOR SCHOOL- Year 10 - Year 12
