| 'Yavneh College' | |
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| Location | |
| Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia | |
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| Type | K-12 |
| Motto | Bet Sefer Hadati Hazioni, Lebler Yavneh (The Religious Zionist School, Leibler Yavneh) |
| Established | 1961 |
| Principal | Roy Steinman |
| Number of students | ~700 |
| Colour(s) | Blue and Yellow
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| Website | http://www.yavneh.vic.edu.au/ |
Leibler Yavneh College is a Jewish day school in the Melbourne suburb of Elsternwick. The school currently has a capacity to cater for 760 students from 3-year old kindergarten to year 12. The current principal is Roy Steinman.
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Leibler Yavneh College was founded in 1962 and began in Balaclava Road North Caulfield with 53 students ranging from Kindergarten to Year 1. It was established with the clear objective of attaining high standards in Jewish and General Studies. The College saw its first Year 6 graduates in 1966 and for the next 13 years operated solely as a primary school.
In 1979 a secondary school was opened on a site in Mercer Road, Armadale, and six years later Leibler Yavneh College proudly presented its first VCE graduates. The college has always achieved excellent VCE results, coming in the top three.
By 1989 the College was expanding at such a rate that larger premises were required. This led to the acquisition of the present Slezak Campus in Elsternwick, which today accommodates more than 700 students from Prep to Year 12. The remaining junior and senior kindergarten students (totaling almost 100) are accommodated at the Abeles-Liberman Pre-school in Balaclava Road, Caulfield. Yavneh students excel in both Jewish and general studies and from its beginning it was intended to be a Zionist school, with the establishment of the State of Israel central to its identity.
From the LYC site:
Students at Leibler Yavneh College are constantly encouraged to develop a love of learning, from the study of Torah to the study of maths and science. From art, drama and music to sport, we want all our students to enjoy their learning and thrive on their new experiences; through a wide range of subjects.
It has been announced that the college will undergo a $10 million expansion at both the Early Learning Centre, as well as the main school. This was announced by Principal Roy Steinman at the Leibler Yavneh College Annual Speech Night 2007, and is due for completion by late 2009/early 2010. The expansions includes a new auditorium, cafeteria and library.
The college offers an extensive range of subjects available to all students participating in years 11 and 12. These include:
A core principle to Judaism is Torah, Avodah and Gmilut Chasadim. These principles are intertwined in the core beliefs of the college. Therefore, a compulsory extra curricular activity for students in Years 7-10 is the commitment to community service. All students are expected to give a minimum of 10 hours per semester to a range of organisations or individuals. Some take part in cross-age tutoring(working with younger children to assist teachers in class), others are involved in fundraisers. Some visit the elderly on a regular basis while others help to form a minyan at one of the homes for the care of the elderly. The activities are varied and students have an opportunity to give their own time to causes that are linked to the Jewish community in Australia and Israel, as well as the broader Australian community. As the concept of giving becomes part of their lives most students continue their community service in Years 11 and 12 and beyond, on a voluntary basis.
Yavneh has consistently performed well over the years, as with some other Jewish schools and has been ranked amongst the highest achieving Victorian schools. In 2007, thirty percent of the College's graduating students received ENTER scores of 95 or above. Past alumni Racheli Rosenblum (2000), Gali Kolt (2004) and Nadav Ellinson (2007), have each attained the highest ENTER of 99.95, placing in the top 32 students in the sate.