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'''Bialik College''' is a secular, [[Zionist]] [[Jewish]] day school in the [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]] suburb of Hawthorn. It has grown substantially in student numbers in recent years, and has offered the [[VCE]] since 1990.
'''Bialik College''' established in 1942, [[Jewish]] day school in the [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]] suburb of Hawthorn.


Bialik College aims to maximize the potential of its students so that they are able to achieve personal excellence in all that they attempt – now and in the future.
. This also saw the school's facilities in Shakespeare Grove, catering for Kinder, Prep and Year One students closed down in 1998, following the construction of an Early Learning Centre at the Hawthorn Campus. The school currently has a capacity to cater for over 1000 students, from 3-year old Kinder to Year 12 (a total of 15 year levels).

Endeavouring to ensure that each of its students is a committed, tolerant and informed Jew, Bialik College also encourages proud, responsible and active participation in Australian life.

Bialik College knows it takes courage to be an individual. It means standing out; it means being different.

At Bialik we understand that we are all at our most creative, our most able and our most motivated when we recognize that we are each different; yet we all contribute to create a vibrant, active and tolerant community.


Bialik College focuses on the worth of each child, recognising individual differences and interests and aims to develop the full potential of each student. By creating an environment of mutual respect and support among staff and students, Bialik maintains the flexibility and open-mindedness required to deal with a constantly changing educational environment.
Bialik College focuses on the worth of each child, recognising individual differences and interests and aims to develop the full potential of each student. By creating an environment of mutual respect and support among staff and students, Bialik maintains the flexibility and open-mindedness required to deal with a constantly changing educational environment.
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*Theatre Studies
*Theatre Studies


==Prominent Members of Staff==

Coordinator of History and International Studies, author of several prominent pieces of Holocaust literature, and a member of the [[International Association of Genocide Scholars]]. Pioneered the school's Year 10 course in [[Comparative Genocide Studies]], which a number of Victorian schools have expressed interest in offering.
Coordinator of Business, Economics and Politics. Author of the Indigo Handbook for National Politics (formerly Political Studies). This publication is updated on a yearly basis and used in many schools offering VCE Politics.


==Prominent Graduates==
==Prominent Graduates==

Revision as of 07:04, 5 August 2006

Bialik College established in 1942, Jewish day school in the Melbourne, Australia suburb of Hawthorn.

Bialik College aims to maximize the potential of its students so that they are able to achieve personal excellence in all that they attempt – now and in the future.

Endeavouring to ensure that each of its students is a committed, tolerant and informed Jew, Bialik College also encourages proud, responsible and active participation in Australian life.

Bialik College knows it takes courage to be an individual. It means standing out; it means being different.

At Bialik we understand that we are all at our most creative, our most able and our most motivated when we recognize that we are each different; yet we all contribute to create a vibrant, active and tolerant community.

Bialik College focuses on the worth of each child, recognising individual differences and interests and aims to develop the full potential of each student. By creating an environment of mutual respect and support among staff and students, Bialik maintains the flexibility and open-mindedness required to deal with a constantly changing educational environment.

The school aims to develop an awareness within students of their Jewish identity and an appreciation and respect for the wisdom, spiritual depth and ethical foundations of Judaism in its students. Endeavouring to ensure that its graduates are committed, tolerant and informed Jews, Bialik also encourages proud, responsible and committed participation in Australian life. It does not favour any one stream of Judaism, but does however encourage a love of Zionism and the State of Israel.

The college describes its 7 key values as being:

  1. Our Jewishness, rich sense of history and purpose
  2. Our positive beliefs and assumptions about children and staff to learn and to grow
  3. Our informal atmosphere that fosters a connected community that uses experience to enhance learning
  4. Our Jewish and civic rituals, celebrations and commemorations that reinforce our core values
  5. Our environment which symbolizes joy and pride, and values those who live/operate within it
  6. Our experiences, many of which are sheer fun
  7. Our taking the time and care to know and value each member

Courses Offered at VCE Level

  • Accounting
  • Art
  • Biology
  • Business Management
  • Chemistry
  • Drama
  • Economics
  • English and ESL
  • French
  • Health and Human Development
  • Hebrew
  • Hebrew (University of Melbourne Extension Program)
  • History
    • Revolutions
    • Renaissance Italy
  • Information Technology
    • Information Systems
    • Information Processing and Management
  • International Politics
    • International Studies
    • National Politics
  • Jewish Civilisation (Monash University Enhancement Course)
  • Legal Studies
  • Literature
  • Mathematics
    • Further Mathematics
    • Mathematical Methods
    • Specialist Mathematics
    • University of Melbourne Extension Program (MUPHAS)
  • Media Studies
  • Music
  • Physical Education (PE)
  • Physics
  • Psychology
  • Religion and Society (R&S)
  • Theatre Studies


Prominent Graduates

Bialik College