Forest Hill College
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Forest Hill College is a co-educational state secondary college in Burwood East, Victoria, Australia
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New developmental plans for the school were implemented in 2010 which has since changed the way in which the college is divided. No longer are there separate courtyards based on year level, instead students are free to roam the entire college and interact with peers of all ages. This is part of the college's focus on community, in an attempt to build friendships throughout the college, making students feel welcome. This change is only one aspect of the ongoing development within the College.
Year levels are assisted in their welfare roles by Junior and Senior Student Wellbeing Coordinators, a part-time Adolescent Health Nurse, a College Chaplin and Home Group Teachers. As of 2006, the college has approximately 800 enrolments with up to 50 full-fee paying International Students. The college's enrolment has been in decline from an approximate figure of 800-1000 due to the reduction in the number of enrolments from feeder schools, however, enrolment figures have been steadily increasing again over the past few years.
in the provision of Information Technology, Multimedia and Cisco
, where the school is able to host a Cisco Certified Networking Academy Program (CCNA
) to its Year 10-12 Students.
(Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning), with students spending a few days at Forest Hill College, other days at TAFEs in the area and for some, a few days at work.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
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The College
Up until 2010, Forest Hill College was divided into 2 sub-schools, Junior (Year 7-9), and Senior (Year 10-12), with a courtyard for Year 7-9, a courtyard for Year 10, and another courtyard for VCE Year 11-12.New developmental plans for the school were implemented in 2010 which has since changed the way in which the college is divided. No longer are there separate courtyards based on year level, instead students are free to roam the entire college and interact with peers of all ages. This is part of the college's focus on community, in an attempt to build friendships throughout the college, making students feel welcome. This change is only one aspect of the ongoing development within the College.
Year levels are assisted in their welfare roles by Junior and Senior Student Wellbeing Coordinators, a part-time Adolescent Health Nurse, a College Chaplin and Home Group Teachers. As of 2006, the college has approximately 800 enrolments with up to 50 full-fee paying International Students. The college's enrolment has been in decline from an approximate figure of 800-1000 due to the reduction in the number of enrolments from feeder schools, however, enrolment figures have been steadily increasing again over the past few years.
Technology
Forest Hill College is a nationally Registered Training OrganisationRegistered training organisation
A registered training organisation in Australia, is a vocational education organisation that provides students with training that results in qualifications and statements of attainment that are recognised and accepted by industry and other educational institutions throughout Australia.Registered...
in the provision of Information Technology, Multimedia and Cisco
Cisco
Cisco may refer to:Companies:*Cisco Systems, a computer networking company* Certis CISCO, corporatised entity of the former Commercial and Industrial Security Corporation in Singapore...
, where the school is able to host a Cisco Certified Networking Academy Program (CCNA
CCNA
CCNA is the certification from Cisco.CCNA certification is a second-level Cisco Career certification...
) to its Year 10-12 Students.
Subjects on Offer in VCE
In addition to a standard list of subjects on offer, the school also offers the VCALVCal
vCal is an open source calendar standard for Vision PIM. VCal can export itself to an RSS/RDF/WDP feed or publish itself to the internet using WebDAV and PHP. It can be exported to the iCalendar or vCalendar formats as well...
(Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning), with students spending a few days at Forest Hill College, other days at TAFEs in the area and for some, a few days at work.