Where are you studying your HSC?
This is the time to open the World of Opportunities & join SCAS in Year 11.
Are you dreaming of new challenges & opportunities?
Picture yourself in a school with ……
• A wide subject range with a face to face teacher
• Small specialist classes with teachers onsite & available when you need them
• All Year 11 2010 students will be issued with a personal laptop for use at school and home
• A challenging curriculum content
• Excellent academic results in the HSC
• A commitment to social justice
• A friendly, supportive community
• A 14 hectare campus just 5kms from the centre of Port Macquarie
• The guidance of a Careers’ Advisor, a Year Patron, a Tutor and your own Academic Mentor
Year 11 vist Sydney University
Secondary School at St Columba
Having graduated 18 HSC candidates in September 2007, St Columba Anglican School made a small but significant mark on the education landscape both locally and across the state. The school placed a creditable 176th in the Sydney media’s top 200 schools in NSW. This achievement signaled the arrival of a viable alternative for Secondary Education on the Mid North Coast. It demonstrated that despite being a young and relatively unproven provider of education, St Columba was more than capable of preparing the young adults in their charge for the rigours of the NSW Board of Studies Higher School Certificate.
In 2009 the Secondary School at St Columba continues to offer quality educational experiences to their students. A broad choice of subject options across all Key Learning Areas is offered. Indeed the number of electives on offer at St Columba rivals that of much larger well established schools and measures up superbly against schools in the region. Subjects on offer for 2010 include:
2 Unit Subjects:
Ancient History
Biology
Business Studies
Chemistry
Child and Family Studies
Dance
Design & Technology
Drama
Economics
Entertainment Industries (VET) Earth & Environmental Science
French
Geography
Information Processes & Technology
Japanese Continuers
Legal Studies
Marine Studies (Cat. B)
2 Unit Mathematics
Mathematics General Modern History
Music 1
Music 2
PD, Health & PE
Physics
Software Design and Development
Sport, Lifestyle & Recreation Studies
Studies of Religion 2 unit
Textiles & Design
Visual Arts
1 Unit Subjects:
English Preliminary Extension (1 Unit) Mathematics Preliminary Extension (1 Unit)
Sport Lifestyle & Recreation Studies (1 unit)
Year 11 PE,PD and Health & Year 11 Sport Lifestyle & Recreation visit to the snow.
Two new subjects are on offer in 2010: Child and Family Studies and Textiles and Design. Entertainment Industries is the first Vocational Course offered in the school at HSC level. The School continues to support the introduction of electives by employing highly qualified and multi-talented teaching staff whose initiative, foresight and flexibility provide authentic educational experiences for their students. The staff at St Columba come from a range of school sector backgrounds and bring with them experience in marking, judging and setting Higher School Certificate examinations.
A purpose built Senior Studies Centre is planned for the School in 2010, however, Secondary School at St Columba is not about the buildings - it is about the students and staff who identify themselves with those years beyond Middle School. Secondary School resources are rightly and properly dedicated to guiding students safely through their adolescence. The welfare of our students is catered for in a plethora of ways, and each makes a student’s journey through St Columba personal. Students in Year 12 enjoy the guidance of a Careers’ Advisor, a Year Patron, a Tutor and their own Academic Mentor. They enjoy a modern air-conditioned Common Room. Students choose from a smorgasbord of activities, classes, cultural and sporting groups and in doing so they make their passage through the Secondary School a most enjoyable and fulfilling personal experience.
