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	\| name = Beaconhills College		\| name = Beaconhills College
	\| image = Beaconhills_College_Logo.jpeg		\| image = Beaconhills_College_Logo.jpeg
	\| motto = {{~~lang-~~la\|Lux Luceat}}<br/>(Let Your Light So Shine)		\| motto = {{langx\|la\|Lux Luceat}}<br/>(Let Your Light So Shine)
	\| established = 1982		\| established = 1982
	\| type = ], ]al, ]		\| type = ], ]al, ]
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	\| gender = Co-educational		\| gender = Co-educational
	\| enrolment = approx. 3000 (~~P-12~~)<ref name="Schoolwebsitehistory"> (accessed:10-04-2010)</ref>		\| enrolment = approx. 3000 (P–12)<ref name="Schoolwebsitehistory"> (accessed:10-04-2010)</ref>
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	\| colours = Navy blue & gold {{color box\|navy}} {{color box\|gold}}		\| colours = Navy blue & gold {{color box\|navy}} {{color box\|gold}}
	\| affiliation = ]
	\| website = {{URL\|http://www.beaconhills.vic.edu.au/}}		\| website = {{URL\|http://www.beaconhills.vic.edu.au/}}
	}}		}}

	'''Beaconhills College''' is a ]al, ], ] providing education from early learning to prep to year 12. The college has 2 campuses: One located in ] and one located in ], Australia, each campus with a co-located Little Beacons Learning Centre.		'''Beaconhills College''' is a ]al, ], ] providing education from early learning to prep to year 12. The college has 2 campuses: One located in ] and one located in ], Australia, each campus with a co-located Little Beacons Learning Centre.

	Beaconhills was established in 1982 by the ] and ] to serve the education needs of the Christian community in the greater Pakenham area. The college celebrated its ~~30th~~ anniversary in ~~2012~~.		Beaconhills was established in 1982 by the ] and ] to serve the education needs of the Christian community in the greater Pakenham area. The college celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2022.

	==College history==		==College history==

			{{unreferencedsect\|date=January 2024}}
	===Inception===
	The idea to establish a local, independent, Christian school was conceived by a group of parishioners at in ] in 1980. By March 1981 a steering committee had been established with John McConchie appointed as chairperson. The steering committee called a public meeting at the Pakenham Hall on 11 March 1981 where the proposal to establish an ecumenical, co-educational, low-fee secondary school was ratified in the presence of some 250 people.		The idea to establish a local, independent, Christian school was conceived by a group of parishioners at in ] in 1980. By March 1981 a steering committee had been established with John McConchie appointed as chairperson. The steering committee called a public meeting at the Pakenham Hall on 11 March 1981 where the proposal to establish an ecumenical, co-educational, low-fee secondary school was ratified in the presence of some 250 people.

	In 1981, as the steering committee continued to hold public meetings seeking support for the new school, a {{convert\|13\|acre\|m2\|adj=on}} site on Toomuc Valley Road, Pakenham was purchased and portable classrooms obtained from ] in ], and Frank Millett was appointed as founding principal. On 3 February 1982 Beaconhills Christian College opened with 34 students and five staff. A dedication service was held at St. James Church on 28 March 1982. Frank Millet led the college as principal until 1988, by which time the college community had grown to include 388 students and a teaching staff of 30. John McConchie, having led the steering committee, was chairperson of the board until 1986.		In 1981, as the steering committee continued to hold public meetings seeking support for the new school, a {{convert\|13\|acre\|m2\|adj=on}} site on Toomuc Valley Road, Pakenham was purchased and portable classrooms obtained from ] in ], and Frank Millett was appointed as founding principal. On 3 February 1982, Beaconhills Christian College opened with 34 students and five staff. A dedication service was held at St. James Church on 28 March 1982. Frank Millet led the college as principal until 1988, by which time the college community had grown to include 388 students and a teaching staff of 30. John McConchie, having led the steering committee, was chairperson of the board until 1986.

	== ~~Campus Differences~~ ==		== Campuses ==
			Beaconhills College operates two campuses across ].
	Beaconhills College Pakenham campus is a luxurious school, with lavish playgrounds, lots of ovals and grass, and a great overall environment.

			The 18-hectare Pakenham campus opened in 1982. The boarding house is adjacent to the campus.
	Beaconhills College Berwick Campus has a lot of concrete and a very cool performing arts centre called the 'Tony Sheumack Centre'.

			The Berwick campus opened in 2003. The 630-seat community performing arts auditorium, the Tony Sheumack Centre for Performing Arts, is located at the Berwick campus.
	== SEISA ==
	Beaconhills is an associate member of the ] (ACS).
	Beaconhills hosted the Seisa Dance competition in 2023, in which Beaconhills Pakenham’s Novice Dancers got 2/3 shoutouts by professional dancers, due to their incredibly performed 2000’s hits remix dance.
	There’s also soccer, softball, basketball, netball, hockey, and other sports involved in seisa, as well as theatre sports, public speaking, debating.

			Both campuses have a performing arts auditorium, a human movement centre, outdoor multipurpose courts, sporting ovals, visual art studios, woodworking workshops, food technology kitchens, and computer laboratories for students.<ref> (accessed: 18-11-2023)</ref>
	== Notable former students ==

	*] - AFL Footballer
			== SEISA ==
	*] - AFL Footballer
			Beaconhills has hosted multiple SEISA competitions across both campuses in soccer, softball, basketball, netball, hockey, theatre sports, public speaking, and debating. <ref> (accessed:18-11-2023)</ref>
	*] - AFL Footballer
	*] - Actress

	== Co-curricular clubs==		== Co-curricular clubs==
			Beaconhills College offers more than 40 co-curricular clubs and outdoor experiences.<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.beaconhills.vic.edu.au/learning/co-curricular/ \| title=Co-curricular travel and clubs \| }}</ref>
	* Cadets		* Cadets
	* Sparks		* Sparks
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	** Wind Orchestra		** Wind Orchestra
	** Strings Group		** Strings Group
			** Ensembles
	** Guitar Ensemble
	** ~~Choir~~		** Choirs
	** ~~Production~~		** Productions
	** ~~Rock band~~		** Bands
			**Tech Team (Light & Sound)
	** Piano Ensemble
			*SEISAs
	** Concert Band
	*SEISA Sport Clubs
	*Tennis		*Tennis
	*Equestrian		*Equestrian
			*STEAM Club
			*Human Powered Vehicle

	== ~~Past~~ ~~Productions~~ ==		== Performing Arts ==
			<u>Instruments Offered:</u>
	{\| class="wikitable"
	\|+
	!Year
	!Pakenham Campus
	!Berwick Campus
	\|-
	\|2023
	\|
	* '' performed by year 4 students
	\|
	\|-
	\|2022
	\|
	* ']' performed by years 5-12
	* '' performed by year 4 students
	\|
	* ']' performed by years 7-12<blockquote></blockquote>
	\|-
	\|2021
	\|
	* '' performed by year 4 students
	\|
	\|-
	\|2020
	\|
	\|
	\|-
	\|2019
	\|
	* ']' performed by years 5-12
	\|
	\|-
	\|2018
	\|
	* '' Performed by year 4 students
	\|
	\|-
	\|2017
	\|
	* ']' Performed by years 5-12
	\|
	\|}

			* Cello
			* Double Bass
			* Viola
			* Violin
			* Guitar
			* Clarinet
			* Flute
			* Saxophone
			* Voice
			* Bass Guitar
			* Trumpet
			* Trombone
			* Euphonium
			* Tenor Horn
			* Tuba
			* Piano
			* Drum kit

	~~== VCE Subjects~~ Offered ==		<u>Dance Offered:</u>
	{\| class="wikitable"
	\|+
	!Faculty
	!Units 1 & 2
	!Units 3 & 4
	\|-
	\|English
	\|
	* English
	* Literature
	* English Language
	* English A
	* English as an Additional Language (P)
	\|
	* English
	* Literature
	* English Language
	* English A
	* English as an Additional Language (P)
	\|-
	\|Mathematics
	\|
	* Specialist Mathematics
	* Mathematical Methods
	* General Mathematics
	* Foundation Mathematics
	\|
	* Specialist Mathematics
	* Mathematical Methods
	* General Mathematics
	* Foundation Mathematics
	\|-
	\|Science
	\|
	* Biology
	* Chemistry
	* Physics
	* Psychology
	* Environmental Science
	\|
	* Biology
	* Chemistry
	* Physics
	* Psychology
	* Environmental Science
	\|-
	\|Humanities
	\|
	* Geography
	* History (20th Century)
	\|
	* Geography
	* History (Revolutions)
	* Extended Investigation
	\|-
	\|Commerce
	\|
	* Accounting
	* Business Management
	* Economics
	* Legal Studies
	* Industry and Enterprise
	\|

			* Hip Hop
	* Accounting
			* Ballet
	* Business Management
			* Jazz
	* Economics
			* Acrobatics
	* Legal Studies
			* Contemporary – Lyrical
	* Industry and Enterprise
	\|-
	\|Health and Physical Edcuation
	\|
	* Health and Human Development
	* Outdoor and Environmental Studies
	* Physical Education
	\|
	* Health and Human Development
	* Outdoor and Environmental Studies
	* Physical Education
	\|-
	\|Languages
	\|
	* French
	* Japanese
	\|
	* French
	* Japanese
	\|-
	\|Performing Arts
	\|
	* Dance
	* Drama (Unit 1) and Theatre Studies (Unit 2)
	* Music
	\|
	* Dance
	* Drama
	* Theatre Studies
	* Music Contemporary Performance
	\|-
	\|Technology
	\|
	* Food Studies
	* Product Design and Technology (Resistant Materials)
	* Product Design and Technology (Textiles)
	* Systems Engineering
	\|

			<u>Drama:</u>
	* Food Studies
	* Product Design and Technology (Resistant Materials)
	* Product Design and Technology (Textiles)
	* Systems Engineering
	\|-
	\|Visual Arts
	\|
	* Art Making and Exhibiting
	* Media
	* Visual Communication Design
	\|

			Individual or Duo lessons.
	* Art Making and Exhibiting
	* Media
	* Visual Communication Design
	\|-
	\|Other
	\|
	* Religion and Society
	* Applied Computing
	\|
	* Religion and Society
	* Computing: Software Development
	\|}

	== Notable ~~Teacher Quotes~~ ==		== Notable alumni ==
			*] – Actress

			*] – AFL Footballer
	* "There's always room for one more" - Mr Hockey
			*] – AFL Footballer

			*] – AFL Footballer
	== Trivial ==
	* At one point, the toilets flooded in the Year 12 centre, leading to many staff having to evacuate their offices in fear of sewerage water.
	* A new building of a year 8 building had to be stopped since the building company went bankrupt, leaving a half built building for over 6 months.
	* Commonly mistaken for the CW Hit Show ‘Teen Wolf’ setting, Beacon Hills.
	* Not allowed hot drinks from the canteen 98% of the time.

	==See also==		==See also==
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	{{SIS Schools}}
	{{ACS Schools}}
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			{{Secondary schools in Victoria}}
			{{GIS Schools}}


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Australian independent, co-educational, school

Beaconhills College

Location

Berwick & Pakenham, Victoria Australia
Coordinates	38°3′39″S 145°28′9″E / 38.06083°S 145.46917°E / -38.06083; 145.46917
Information
Type	Independent, co-educational, day school
Motto	Latin: Lux Luceat (Let Your Light So Shine)
Denomination	Anglican, Uniting Church
Established	1982
Chairman	Dr David Moseley
Headmaster	Stephen McGinley
Years offered	K–12
Gender	Co-educational
Enrolment	approx. 3000 (P–12)
Colour(s)	Navy blue & gold
Slogan	Learning That Matters
Website	www.beaconhills.vic.edu.au

Beaconhills College is a co-educational, ecumenical, independent school providing education from early learning to prep to year 12. The college has 2 campuses: One located in Pakenham, Victoria and one located in Berwick, Victoria, Australia, each campus with a co-located Little Beacons Learning Centre.

Beaconhills was established in 1982 by the Anglican and Uniting Churches to serve the education needs of the Christian community in the greater Pakenham area. The college celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2022.

College history

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The idea to establish a local, independent, Christian school was conceived by a group of parishioners at St. John's Anglican Church in Upper Beaconsfield in 1980. By March 1981 a steering committee had been established with John McConchie appointed as chairperson. The steering committee called a public meeting at the Pakenham Hall on 11 March 1981 where the proposal to establish an ecumenical, co-educational, low-fee secondary school was ratified in the presence of some 250 people.

In 1981, as the steering committee continued to hold public meetings seeking support for the new school, a 13-acre (53,000 m) site on Toomuc Valley Road, Pakenham was purchased and portable classrooms obtained from St. Catherine's School in Toorak, and Frank Millett was appointed as founding principal. On 3 February 1982, Beaconhills Christian College opened with 34 students and five staff. A dedication service was held at St. James Church on 28 March 1982. Frank Millet led the college as principal until 1988, by which time the college community had grown to include 388 students and a teaching staff of 30. John McConchie, having led the steering committee, was chairperson of the board until 1986.

Campuses

Beaconhills College operates two campuses across Victoria, Australia.

The 18-hectare Pakenham campus opened in 1982. The boarding house is adjacent to the campus.

The Berwick campus opened in 2003. The 630-seat community performing arts auditorium, the Tony Sheumack Centre for Performing Arts, is located at the Berwick campus.

Both campuses have a performing arts auditorium, a human movement centre, outdoor multipurpose courts, sporting ovals, visual art studios, woodworking workshops, food technology kitchens, and computer laboratories for students.

SEISA

Beaconhills has hosted multiple SEISA competitions across both campuses in soccer, softball, basketball, netball, hockey, theatre sports, public speaking, and debating.

Co-curricular clubs

Beaconhills College offers more than 40 co-curricular clubs and outdoor experiences.

Cadets
Sparks
Taiko drumming club
Rainbow Club
Performing Arts
- Wind Orchestra
- Strings Group
- Ensembles
- Choirs
- Productions
- Bands
- Tech Team (Light & Sound)
SEISAs
Tennis
Equestrian
STEAM Club
Human Powered Vehicle

Performing Arts

Instruments Offered:

Cello
Double Bass
Viola
Violin
Guitar
Clarinet
Flute
Saxophone
Voice
Bass Guitar
Trumpet
Trombone
Euphonium
Tenor Horn
Tuba
Piano
Drum kit

Dance Offered:

Hip Hop
Ballet
Jazz
Acrobatics
Contemporary – Lyrical

Drama:

Individual or Duo lessons.

Notable alumni

Pippa Black – Actress
Tom Bugg – AFL Footballer
Matthew Buntine – AFL Footballer
Callum Porter – AFL Footballer

References

Governance (Beaconhills College) (accessed:10-04-2010)
College History (Beaconhills College) (accessed:10-04-2010)
Campuses and Facilities (Beaconhills College) (accessed: 18-11-2023)
Members (SEISA) (accessed:18-11-2023)
"Co-curricular travel and clubs |".

External links

Beaconhills College website

Secondary schools in Victoria

Anglican	Brighton Grammar Camberwell Girls Grammar Camberwell Grammar Caulfield Grammar Firbank Ivanhoe Girls' Grammar Ivanhoe Grammar Korowa Lowther Hall Melbourne Girls' Grammar Melbourne Grammar Mentone Girls' Grammar Mentone Grammar Overnewton Shelford Southwood St Michael's Peninsula Trinity Yarra Valley
Baptist	Carey Grammar Kilvington Grammar Strathcona
Catholic	Antonine Aquinas Ave Maria Avila Caroline Chisholm Catholic Ladies' Christian Brothers De La Salle Emmanuel Melbourne Emmaus Genazzano John Paul Kilbreda Killester Kolbe Loreto Mandeville Hall Loyola MacKillop Werribee Marcellin Marian Sunshine West Mary Immaculate Marymede Mater Christi Mazenod Mercy Coburg Mount Lilydale Mount St Joseph Nazareth Our Lady of Mercy Our Lady of Sion Our Lady of Sacred Heart Padua Parade Penola Presentation Sacré Cœur Sacred Heart Melbourne Salesian Chadstone Salesian Rupertswood Samaritan Santa Maria Siena Simonds St Aloysius' St Bede's St Bernard's St Catherine's St Columba's St James St John's St Joseph's Ferntree Gully St Kevin's St Monica's Star of the Sea Thomas Carr Whitefriars Xavier
Ecumenical	Bayside Beaconhills Chairo Flinders Christian Heathdale Heatherton Heritage Hillcrest Lighthouse Maranatha Melton Christian Mountain District Mount Evelyn Northside Nunawading Christian Oxley Plenty Valley Waverley Christian Westbourne Grammar
Greek Orthodox	Alphington Grammar Oakleigh St John's Greek Orthodox
Islamic	AIA Darul Ulum East Preston Ilim Minaret Mount Hira
Jewish	Beth Rivkah Bialik King David Leibler Yavneh Mount Scopus Yeshivah
Lutheran	Lakeside Luther
Presbyterian	Belgrave Heights Presbyterian Ladies' College Scotch St Andrews
7th Day Adventist	Gilson Lilydale Adventist
Uniting	Aitken Billanook Haileybury Kingswood Methodist Ladies' College Penleigh and Essendon Grammar St Leonard's Wesley
Non-denom.	Alia Berengarra Berwick Grammar Canterbury Girls' Eltham College Fintona Huntingtower Kilmore International Knox Lauriston Little Yarra Mowbray Preshil Steiner Ruyton Sirius Southern Cross St Margaret's Toorak Woodleigh
Government	Albert Park Ashwood Alkira Auburn Balwyn Bayside Bayswater Bentleigh Berwick Blackburn Box Hill High Box Hill Senior Secondary Braybrook Brentwood Brighton Brunswick Buckley Camberwell Carwatha Caulfield Park Chadstone Charles La Trobe Cheltenham Cleeland Collingwood Copperfield Craigieburn Croydon Dandenong Diamond Doncaster Dromana East Doncaster Elisabeth Murdoch Eltham High Elwood Emerald Epping Erinbank Essendon Keilor Fairhills Fawkner Fitzroy Footscray Forest Hill Fountain Gate Frankston Gilmore Gisborne Gladstone Park Glen Eira Glen Waverley Greensborough Hampton Park Healesville Heathmont Highvale Hoppers Crossing Hume Kambrya Keilor Downs Kensington Kew Keysborough Koonung Koo Wee Rup Kyneton Lalor Lalor North Laverton Lilydale Heights Lilydale High Lynall Hall Lyndale Lyndhurst Macleod Mac.Rob Maribyrnong Maroondah McClelland McKinnon Melbourne Girls' Melbourne High Melton Mentone Girls' Mill Park Monash Science Monbulk Monterey Mooroolbark Montmorency Mordialloc Mornington Mount Alexander Mount Eliza Mount Erin Mount Waverley Mullauna Narre Warren South Rosehill Noble Park Northcote Norwood Nossal Pakenham Parkdale Pascoe Vale Patterson River Princes Hill Reservoir Ringwood Rosebud Rowville Roxburgh Sandringham Scoresby South Oakleigh Sherbrooke Springvale St Albans St Helena Staughton Sunbury Downs Swinburne Sydney Road Taylors Lakes The Grange Thornbury University High Vermont Victoria University Secondary Victorian Deaf College Victorian Arts College Viewbank Wantirna Warrandyte Wellington Werribee Wheelers Hill Whittlesea William Ruthven Williamstown Wyndham Yarra Hills

v t e Members of the Gippsland Independent Schools Association, Victoria, Australia
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