Hills Adventist College

Hills Adventist College
Location
Sydney, New South Wales
AustraliaAustralia
Coordinates 33°44′08″S 151°00′21″E / 33.7355116°S 151.0057021°E / -33.7355116; 151.0057021 (Junior Campus)
33°41′47″S 150°57′23″E / 33.6964875°S 150.9564262°E / -33.6964875; 150.9564262 (Senior Campus)
Information
Type Co-educational
Denomination Seventh-day Adventist
Established 1961
Principal Malcolm Coulson
Employees 56
Enrolment 566 in 2016
Slogan Nurture for today. Learning for tomorrow. Character for eternity
Website Hills Adventist College

Hills Adventist College is a K-12 Christian school with an Early Learning Centre (Preschool). It is split across two campuses in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and educated 566 students for 2016.[1] The junior school (ELC, Years K-4) is in Castle Hill and the senior school (Years 5-12) is in Kellyville. It is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system, the world's second largest Christian school system.[2][3][4][5]

Curriculum

The schools curriculum consists primarily of the standard courses taught at college preparatory schools across the world. All students are required to take classes in the core areas of English, Basic Sciences, Mathematics, a Foreign Language, and Social Sciences.

Spiritual aspects

All students are required to take part in Bible classes from Kindy to Year 10, and then Studies of Religion (SOR) a 2 unit NSW HSC course is mandatory in Year 11 and 12. The Bible classes cover topics in biblical history and Bible characters and themes and other Christian doctrines. Weekly, the entire student body gathers together for a chapel service. Outside the classrooms there is year-round spiritually oriented programming that relies on student involvement.

Sport

The College is part of the Independent Schools Association inter-school sports program - and as such - students have the opportunity to compete at local, regional, state and national levels - depending on their abilities - in sports of their choice and interest.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Hills Adventist College, Kellyville | School profile - 2016". My School. NSW Govt.
  2. ↑ Kido, Elissa (15 November 2010). "For real education reform, take a cue from the Adventists".
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 23 March 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Department of Education, Seventh-day Adventist Church". Archived from the original on 27 June 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
  5. ↑ Rogers, Wendi; Kellner, Mark A. (1 April 2003). "World Church: A Closer Look at Higher Education". Adventist News Network. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2010.


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