ALPHA Program

ALPHA (Advanced Learning Program for High Achievers) caters for high potential learners across all curriculum areas. Typically our ALPHA students show advanced academic development, a capacity for a fast pace of learning and a higher level of achievement. It enables like-minded and highly motivated students to be stimulated in a challenging and supportive learning environment.

Students are invited to undertake a rigorous selection process during Grade 6 with testing in numeracy, literacy, writing, logic and reasoning. This is often complemented by the provision of a student profile, developed with the cooperation of the student’s primary school teacher.

It is our specific intention that ALPHA students should strive for educational excellence and develop high levels of creativity along with an extended capacity for complex problem solving. Importantly we also help them to develop their interpersonal skills of resilience, leadership, empathy and perseverance. We support them to continue as highly engaged and motivated students so that the foundations are there for outstanding performance in VCE. Acceleration in the study of Mathematics enables our ALPHA students to begin their VCE Mathematics plus a further VCE study of their choice in Year 10.

The ALPHA Program is supplemented by opportunities for students to become involved in other programs that enable them to develop their gifts, thereby enriching and balancing their learning. Such opportunities exist in sports teams, drama, the Music Program, debating, student leadership, assisting in the organisation of ALPHA events and the Year 9 Graduation Ceremony.

Please see the attached parent/student information for more details about ALPHA.

ALPHA Parent Information 2013

 The  test for Year 7 2013 ALPHA classes will be conducted on Saturday 2 June. Applications for testing have now opened.

To apply for the ALPHA test please click here and follow the prompts.