Encouraging, teaching and motivating our students to go that much further – to elevate.
Over the years we have developed our own program combining many techniques, enabling our students to reach a little more of their potential to reap greater rewards in their future.
The St Spyridon Elevation programme is based on the four cornerstones of 1. Study skills 2. Personal development 3. Community service and 4. Global connections.
You can find out more about our specially developed Elevation program along with all the career possibilities on the following pages.
UPPER SCHOOL (Year 10 to Year 12) Academic Elevation and Leadership Programs
YEAR 10
Preparing for the Preliminary and HSC Courses Program
This program is unique to St Spyridon College and is designed to cater for students moving to their HSC. It is a compulsory 10 to 12 day program that offers access to motivational speakers, community service and global awareness workshops, study skills, information on subject specific demands of the HSC and is sensitive to the mental and psychological demands of schooling in Years 11 and 12.
Parish Trip to Greece
This overseas program develops a deeper understanding in students of the Greek language and Hellenic culture. The three week program takes students from Athens to Thessaloniki, includes the veneration of St Spyridon on Corfu Island, visits to archaeological sites, churches and monasteries. It addresses the development of the whole person in a new, exciting and often captivating environment.
Pastoral and Academic Care Year 10
The Pastoral Care program is especially developed to cater for preparation for subject selection for Year 11 and 12, careers awareness and school leadership. Students are encouraged to become responsible and resilient through a carefully targeted skills program involving peer support, decision-making, critical literacy, evaluation and judgment, finding information, forming and maintaining relationships, independent thinking, developing a sense of identity, and communication.
YEAR 11
HSC Readiness Course
The program focuses on mental and physical readiness for their final year of schooling and the stressful demands of the HSC.
Pastoral and Academic Care Year 11
This program specifically targets the issues related to preparation for Year 11 and 12, careers awareness and school leadership specifically the Prefect Body. The program involves decision-making, critical literacy, evaluation and judgment, finding information, being assertive, forming and maintaining relationships, independent thinking and communication.
YEAR 12
Winter HSC Elevate Program
This program, initiated by the College, offers students a series of subject specific sessions maximising student performance for the HSC Trials and HSC Examination.
Pastoral and Academic Care Year 12
The most challenging aspect of this program is its aim to support our students’ personal transition from youth to adulthood. It focuses on the perceptions of young people towards HSC issues, relationships, stress, goals, and self-esteem. This program specifically targets the issues related to preparation for Year 12, examination and study, careers awareness, the pressures of the HSC and school leadership.
Prefect Body
Students are elected to the prestigious role of leadership and throughout the year perform duties commensurate with the role of Prefect. There are many opportunities for students to develop leadership capabilities appropriate to their age level.