Bentleigh Secondary College

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Bentleigh Secondary College
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Bentleigh Secondary College

Australia
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Type Public school
MottoBe the Best You Can Be
Established1969
PrincipalHelene Hiotis
Grades 7-12
Colour(s)Blue & maroon   
Website bentleighsc.vic.edu.au

Bentleigh Secondary College is a coeducational public high school in Bentleigh East, Victoria, Australia. Established in 1956, it has been renamed several times before becoming Bentleigh Secondary College. [1]

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Bentleigh Secondary College has recently been re-developed. In stage one of the building program, funded by the state government, a new performing arts centre, administration block, and sports stadium were built. The building that was previously the college library has been converted into a VCE centre. A new science block was also completed in late 2008, following the demolition of what was previously D-block and D-block.

Campus

The college is made up of eight main buildings:

The college grounds include a sustainable garden, a football oval and soccer pitches.

LOTE

Students learn Japanese and attend three periods of their elected language per week for Year 7 and 8. After Year 8, LOTE (Japanese) becomes an electives subject.

Gifted and Talented Program

The college has implemented a Gifted and Talented Program whereby students, based on the results of a standardised test undertaken before entering high school, of high potential to achieve are grouped into one class until the end of year nine. In this case, the class is 7.4, 8.4 and 9.4. 10.4 is renamed 10D which also contains the students from previous .4 classes and does Advanced English, Advanced Maths and Advanced Science.

Performing arts

Performing arts at Bentleigh Secondary College consists of music, drama and dance. With the option to study an instrument, there are several well-developed school bands. The Symponic Wind Ensemble is the most senior of the bands made up of brass, woodwind and percussion players. This ensemble competed in the Advanced Concert Band section of the Melbourne School Bands festival for the first time in 2009. There is also a concert band, Intermediate Band and Year 7 Concert Band. There are Senior, Intermediate and Junior Jazz Bands, as well as senior rock band which perform at the annual "Big Band Bogie" and on concert nights. In addition to these bands there are a dozen or so small ensembles such as brass ensemble and clarinet ensemble. Also new this year is the college choir, which is open for all students to join. 'Chicago: A Musical Vaudeville' is the school's production for 2011. For each school production, the Music Department also organises a production band of students and staff to accompany the actors.

Fire incident

At approximately 3:00 am on 10 February 2008, two police officers saw smoke coming from the school and a car leaving this area. The fire has caused more than $100,000 in damage, however the decision of the officers to proceed to the cause of the smoke rather than pursue the culprits prevented further destruction. [2]

Braided hair controversy

In March 2017, two sisters who attend the college were ordered to remove their hair braids or face consequences by school staff. The sisters, of South Sudanese descent, pointed out that the braids were the healthiest and best way to manage their hair and refused to remove them. [3] The sisters accused the school of discrimination. Media coverage and public outcry resulted from the incident due to the school's perceived lack of racial sensitivity and understanding. [4]

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References

  1. "New College Principal - Bentleigh Secondary College". Archived from the original on 28 May 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  2. Fire causes major damage to Vic school – Breaking News – National – Breaking News Archived 22 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Hair's a key to 'identity' but black students are being told to play it straight
  4. "Twins asked to remove hair braids at school claim their culture has been 'attacked'". Archived from the original on 31 March 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2017.