This academic excellence program challenges students academically, builds self-esteem and leadership skills, whilst preparing students for further education.

This program aims to foster the academic and personal development of students within a caring environment, assisting them to explore their potential and achieve outcomes at the highest possible level.

• Provide students with choices around what they would like to learn.
• Adopt a more globalised perspective with a cross-curricular approach, mapping learning objectives, assessment that integrates project development.
• Support students to demonstrate improved attitudes towards learning, exhibit deeper engagement, develop more self-reliance, coupled with collaborative teamwork skills in the pursuit of learning excellence.
• Students engage with digital resources, spaces, with a focus on innovation.
• Develop critical and creative think skills to foster curiosity and innovation.
• Foster community engagement and connections.

Students will be engaged in a variety of learning experiences, including Problem Based Learning. Students work on a project over an extended period - from a week, up to a semester - that engages them in inquiry, solving a real-world problem, or answering a complex question. They demonstrate their knowledge and skills by developing a public product or presentation for a real audience. As a result, students develop deep content knowledge as well as critical thinking, creativity, and communication skills in the context of doing an authentic, meaningful project.