Beverly Hills Girls High School

  • Beverly Hills Girls High School
  • Beverly Hills Girls High School is committed to the belief that Women Can Do Anything. A diverse curriculum set within a supportive environment fosters each student's motivation, self-discipline and potential for success. The school has an outstanding reputation and has won a range of prestigious awards for excellence in programs that promote student achievement. The school is currently a Centre for Excellence in the Commonwealth Government's National Partnership program.
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  • Beverly Hills Girls High School has special programs for "Student leadership and development", "Performing arts, choir and music", "Interschool sporting competitions", "Career and transition planning" and "Debating and public speaking". They gave flexible curriculum delivery that allows for progression at a pace to suit individuals.
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  • Their student support services includes "Study skills program", "Mentor program" and "Peer tutoring" in mathematics, reading/literacy, essay writing. Watch Multicultural Day

  • Faculties
  • Beverly Hills Girls High School has special facilities includes "new science and technology laboratories", "Performing arts centre with dance, drama and music studios", "Multimedia, graphics, ceramics, photography and darkroom", and "Basketball, netball, volleyball, badminton and gymnastics. Beverly Hills Girls High School has very good Higher School Certificate (HSC) results. A student's Universities Admission Index (UAI) in 2013 was 99.9%. >  check out Beverly Hills Girls High website.
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  • ♦ creative-and-performing-arts: Students develop higher order thinking through challenging conceptually based activities designed to develop key competencies in a diverse range of abilities > check out their page.
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  • ♦ english: They offer all courses in the senior school including Extension2, Extension1, Advanced, Standard, ESL, English Studies and Fundamentals of English > check out their page.
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  • ♦ history: Students study history and historical narratives in different topics in order to become competent communicators, able to interpret information and express ideas in written and oral forms > check out their page.
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  • ♦ languages: offers 5 languages for study at the school: Arabic, Chinese, French, Modern Greek and Italian > check out their page.

  • ♦ mathematics: Their teachers teach the DEC NSW courses for Stage 4, 5 and 6 and offer all levels within those stages where appropriate > check out their page.
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  • ♦ personal-development-health-and-physical-education (PDHPE): An integrated area of study that for the intellectual, social, emotional, physical and spiritual development of students. It involves students learning about and practicing ways of maintaining active, healthy lifestyles and improving their health status > check out their page.
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  • ♦ social-science: Provide students with the opportunities to become informed global citizens through the exploration of current contemporary issues. Courses offered within the faculty allow students to develop the life-long skills of critical thinking, problem solving and communication empowering them to be socially and culturally literate. > check out their page.
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  • ♦ technology-applied-studies: Students identify needs with integrates both procedural and conceptual knowledge, apply design theory and use design processes that encourage flexibility, resourcefulness and imagination in the development and production of functional solutions > check out their page.

  • ESL (English as a second language) Supports
  • Students for whom English is an additional language or dialect enter schools at different stages of English language learning and have varying educational backgrounds in their first languages. Beverly Hills Girls High's ESL curriculum support is provided through “parallel classes” comprised of only ESL students and taught by an ESL teacher.
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  • For students who have had little or no formal schooling will need additional time and support in order to acquire skills for effective learning in formal settings. Students are also taught subject specific language structures and vocabulary to allow them to develop English language proficiency.

  • International Students
  • Upon arrival, the student is met at the office which welcomes them. The International Student Coordinator meets the student and ensures they are given an individual timetable and an Orientation and Information Handbook.
  • The school provides an International Student Coordinator to assist the international student by:
  • ♦ Helping students to feel happy and welcome.
  • ♦ Ensuring that academic needs are being met.
  • ♦ Assisting students to adapt to school expectations.
  • ♦ Offering up-to-date information and guidance.
  • ♦ A buddy system where a local student (usually of the same cultural/linguistic background) is assigned to help the international student.
  • ♦ A weekly lunch meeting just for international students to ask questions, receive news, share experiences and socialise.
  • ♦ Annual excursions to learn more about Australian society and culture.
  • ♦ Extracurricular activities such as table tennis, school band.
  • ♦ Links to local community youth clubs and recreational centres. check out their page

  • Beverly Hills Intensive English Centre (IEC)
  • Beverly Hills Intensive English Centre is a Special High School which aims at meeting the needs of newly arrived students who speak a language other than English at home. The Centre is both a learning and adjustment centre, facilitating the transition to further education and ensuring the best possible beginning to life in a new system. It is a New South Wales Government Department of Education and Training High School.
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  • Beverly Hills Intensive English Centre gives lessons in all High School subjects - Mathematics, Science, Commerce, Geography, Social Science, Design & Technology, Computers, Music, History, Art, Personal Development and Physical Education. The emphasis of the teaching in these Subjects is on the English the student will need to have a full understanding of the Subjects in high school. The student must be proficient in English to be able to study effectively in all Subject Areas >  check out Beverly Hills IEC website.
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  • Watch Beverly Hills IEC class excursion