The three key broad objectives which summarise our core purpose are:
- Achieving your potential
- Promoting quality relationships
- Catering for individual differences
These are simple and easy to remember, yet very powerful statements of
the core objectives and values of our College.
Term 1: 2/2/2009 - 3/4/2009
Term 2: 20/4/2009 - 26/6/2009
Term 3: 13/7/2009 - 18/9/2009
Term 4: 5/10/2009 - 18/12/2009
Emerald Secondary College is a co-educational school with a current enrolment of approximately 800 students. The College has approximately 80 teaching and non-teaching staff. The College can be found on the Belgrave - Gembrook Road, and is just a few minutes out of the main township.
The College is situated in the picturesque Dandenong Ranges. The College draws on a wide area for its enrolments relying on a mixture of private and public transport to ferry students to and from the school.
The College first came into operation in 1985 as a post-primary school catering initially for Year 7 students and extending beyond this level each subsequent year. The school is now a secondary college catering for students from Years 7 to 12. The College offers academic and vocational programs and it has a Careers Department that offers advice on a variety of pathways that students can take as part of their studies.
Emerald Secondary College has a strong history of academic success with
a high proportion of students being accepted into university or other tertiary
institutions. More...
