Our Lady of Sion College

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Our Lady Of Sion College
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Veritas In Caritate "Truth in Love")
Established	1928
School type	Catholic, Single-sex, Day
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Location	Box Hill, Victoria, Australia
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Enrolment	750(7-12)
School colours	Cherry, Black
Homepage	www.sion.melb.catholic.edu.au

Our Lady of Sion College is a Catholic school for girls located in Box Hill, Melbourne, Australia.

The College educates around 750 girls from year 7 to VCE. The current college Principal is Ms Karen Jebb.

The school is run by the RC Sisters of Sion, a religious order committed to improving Jewish-Christian relations.

1 History
2 Students
3 Houses
4 Curriculum
5 External links

[edit] History

The College was founded in 1928 by the Sisters of Our Lady of Sion with 15 students. MM John was the first Director/Principal who led the new school through the financial difficulties of the Depression.

The Sisters had almost nothing for themselves as they wanted the College to get underway.

Enrollment continued to grow and by 1958 there were 238 girls studying at the College. Now over 750 students are taught and supported by almost 100 staff members.

[edit] Students

[edit] Houses

Our Lady of Sion has four houses, each named after a place where the Virgin Mary appeared. The houses are:

Carmel (Yellow)
Lourdes (Blue)
Fatima (Red)
Loreto (Green)

[edit] Curriculum

All students in Years 7 and 8 take compulsory studies including Religious Education, English, French, Italian and Chinese, Health and Physical Education, Maths, Science, Creative Arts and Technology. Middle school students study a core curriculum, which is supplemented by an inter-disciplinary program, which concentrates on innovative teaching and learning. The Ayin Program allows students to develop skills in problem solving, cooperative learning and independent research while working towards the attainment of learning outcomes.

At VCE level, students are able to choose from a broad range of studies enabling them to construct programs in Humanities, Arts, Mathematics and Science, Technology and Business areas. Students may also enroll in VET programs (linked in particular to the Hospitality, Children's Services, Clothing and Design and Horse Studies industries) as part of their VCE.