Step Up
Our 2024 Year 11 and 12 students have now completed their Step Up programs. They will have tasks to complete over the holiday period, ranging from reading to note taking and responding to questions. Students have been engaged with the Step Up program, despite it coming straight after their exams, and have showed a genuine enthusiasm for their selected courses for 2024. While we expect students to rest over the holidays and take the opportunity to spend time with family and friends, we also expect students to come back in 2024 ready to start the school year having completed their holiday tasks.
Examinations
We commend the junior students on their preparation and studious attitude during the exam period. This was especially evident in the Year 7 students for whom this was the first set of formal exams at Sacred Heart. The skills that are developed through this process will assist the students as they progress through the upper levels of the school in future years.
VCE results
VCE results will be available on 11 December. It can be a nervous wait for students (and their teachers!) over the next few days and we will, as always, celebrate the good results and work with students who may not have the scores that they had hoped for. Success is evident when students complete their secondary education with whatever they need to begin the next stage in their lives – a particular ATAR score, completion of their VCE or VCAL, or a job or apprenticeship that will start their careers.
Darren was appointed Principal of Sacred Heart College in January 2019. Darren has had almost 30 years experience in teaching and leadership across a number of Victorian Catholic secondary schools. These include eight years as Principal of Mercy Regional College, Camperdown; nine years as Deputy Principal and Director of Mission at Mount Lilydale Mercy College; seven years as a Chemistry, Religious Education and Science teacher as well as REC at Sacred Heart College, Geelong.
Darren has been committed to a lifetime of study and professional development. After completing his initial degree of Bachelor of Science and Graduate Diploma of Education at the University of Melbourne, he continued his study by completing a Graduate Diploma of Religious Education, a Masters of Religious Education and a Doctor of Education, all at Australian Catholic University. In 2018, Darren participated in the Enhancing Catholic School Identity programme in Leuven, Belgium.
Darren has a deep and passionate affiliation with the Mercy tradition and charism and believes that Mercy schools must be “…committed to holistic education; determined to ensure that each student flourishes academically, spiritually, emotionally, socially and physically”.
The purpose of the Catholic school is to provide “… an authentic Christian education, where students are called to embrace the essence of the Gospels, to flourish as whole human persons” and “… to provide exemplary learning experiences for the students who attend”.
Darren was appointed Principal of Sacred Heart College in January 2019. Darren has had almost 30 years experience in teaching and leadership across a number of Victorian Catholic secondary schools. These include eight years as Principal of Mercy Regional College, Camperdown; nine years as Deputy Principal and Director of Mission at Mount Lilydale Mercy College; seven years as a Chemistry, Religious Education and Science teacher as well as REC at Sacred Heart College, Geelong.
Darren has been committed to a lifetime of study and professional development. After completing his initial degree of Bachelor of Science and Graduate Diploma of Education at the University of Melbourne, he continued his study by completing a Graduate Diploma of Religious Education, a Masters of Religious Education and a Doctor of Education, all at Australian Catholic University. In 2018, Darren participated in the Enhancing Catholic School Identity programme in Leuven, Belgium.
Darren has a deep and passionate affiliation with the Mercy tradition and charism and believes that Mercy schools must be “…committed to holistic education; determined to ensure that each student flourishes academically, spiritually, emotionally, socially and physically”.
The purpose of the Catholic school is to provide “… an authentic Christian education, where students are called to embrace the essence of the Gospels, to flourish as whole human persons” and “… to provide exemplary learning experiences for the students who attend”.