Emmanuel College is a co-educational Catholic secondary college founded in 1872. The three-campus college features a range of modern facilities and is in the first stages of a $40 million building extension plan.
Curriculum: Emmanuel College offers a full range of options for senior students, including VCE, VCAL, VET and Australian School-based Apprenticeships. A streamlined timetable allows Year 10 students the maximum opportunity to study VCE units. Year 7 students undertake the Five Star Program where essential skills are consolidated and a full range of subjects is sampled in order to discern each student’s areas of interest. Years 8 and 9 students complete the FLY (Flexible Learning Years) program where there is a strong focus on literacy, numeracy and study skills. The FLY program provides a solid foundation and is carried out in conjunction with a “vertical curriculum”, meaning that students are not categorised by age but by their level of ability.
Sport: A wide range of traditional and modern sporting programs are on offer, including inter-school sports opportunities, sporting carnivals, lunchtime competitions and access to sporting academy programs.
Student welfare programs: Emmanuel College places great focus on its personal development and pastoral care program. Features of the program include a home liaison officer, who visits each Year 7 family, as well as a “wellbeing team” made up of a counsellor, wellbeing co-ordinator, wellbeing triage officer and the deputy principal, who work with students to promote comfort and happiness.