College School Leaders for 2012
House spirit ran high at the House Athletics Carnival
Phillip House supporters at House Athletics Day
Grant House proved victorious at House Athletics Day.
Murray House choir performs at House Choral Festival on March 14
At the orphanage on World Challenge Tour 2011
Principal's News - 17 May 2012
 
House Athletics
Our House Athletics Sports Day was held last week. We had a record number of students participating, either competing for their house or supporting from the sidelines. Congratulations to Alisia Simmons, Director of Sport, and Lisa Danne, Manager Health & PE, for the smooth organisation of the day’s events. I was pleased to present the winning cup to Grant House, a great effort.

Public/Private School Partnerships
The Sunday Age newspaper recently featured an article on the prospect of public schools forging partnerships with private schools to share resources including facilities and teachers.
At this school we developed a Joint Use Agreement in the late 1990s with Brighton Grammar for the construction of a hockey/tennis facility on an underutilised oval at the College, which could be used by both schools at mutually agreed times and hired out to local sporting clubs. The ground opened in 2000 and 12 years on the arrangement between both schools is still going strong. I believe this illustrates that Public and private school partnerships can work when there are shared values and goals, with the ultimate winners being the students.
Principal's Welcome
 
Welcome to Brighton Secondary College.
 
We are a co-educational open entry government secondary college catering for over 1200 students from Years 7 - 12. . Established in 1955, Brighton Secondary College is well regarded in the local Bayside community as a prestigious, family-oriented school.
 
We offer a diverse range of academic and creative subjects to meet the needs of our students. We have a well-resourced library, drama centre, careers room, media centre, sports stadium and hockey/tennis field.

In 2012 the College is about to embark on a major rebuilding program to update our science and arts facilities. A new VCE & Pathways Centre was completed in 2010 for the use of senior students.
 
The College is an accredited provider of the Select Entry Accelerated Learning (SEAL) Program for high achieving students. Our VCE results and tertiary entrance offers are consistently well above the State average. Our College dux for 2011 scored an ATAR of 99.7.
 
There are many opportunities for students to get involved in our extensive co-curricular program- the annual musical production and House Choral Festival, inter school Debating, extensive sporting competitions, the Duke of Edinburgh program and overseas tours to Japan (sister school) and France.
 
As Principal of this College I have an expectation that students will meet the three challenges I set for them:
  • Do your best in every endeavour.
  • Take advantage of every program and opportunity offered
  • Treat every member of our BSC family with respect.

Julie Podbury
Principal
Calendar
TodayYr 10 Careers Interviews
21/05/2012Yr 12 Bus Man Exc
21/05/2012General Assembly
21/05/2012Yr 11 & 12 Careers Week
21/05/2012Year 9 City Camp
22/05/2012Yr 10 Assembly
23/05/2012Yr 12 Assembly
23/05/2012Intermediate Round Robin
24/05/2012Yr 11 Assembly
25/05/2012Subschool Assemblies
News
SEAL 2013 Entrance Exam
Saturday 19 May - 10am
The entrance exam for the 2013 Select Entry Accelerated Learning (SEAL) Program will be held at the College on Saturday 19 May at 10am.
Careers Week May 21-25
All year 11 and 12 students will be given a further opportunity to gain an insight into various tertiary courses when a number of tertiary presenters come to the College - including University of Melbourne, Swinburne, Deakin, Monash, RMIT, Homesglen. All students are encouraged to attend.
Silent Timetable