Citizenship and service
Citizenship and service
Meaning and purpose
Community Action Learning
Community Action Learning (CAL) means that service activities are integrated into the classroom. For example, Year 8 students might complete a literacy unit about bees. They might learn how Australia’s native bee population is at risk, with a lack of places for bees to live, so they will make ‘bee hotels’ for the College gardens to help pollinate plants. This is service to the environment.
Beacon of Hope student committee involved students from Year 8 to 12 who meet regularly to work together on community service initiatives, in collaboration with the College’s Citizenship and Service Committee.
How we help
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Locally
Our families donate to the Feed Gippsland Appeal, give back pack beds and winter coats for the homeless or make baby boxes and knitted items for the Monash Foundation. Staff volunteer on the Vinnies and Bless Collective Foods vans and students help prepare meals from our vegie garden produce to donate to the Salvos. Environmental action includes possum boxes, tree planting and Clean Up Australia Day.
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Nationally
The annual Relay for Life walk raises tens of thousands of dollars each year towards cancer research. Indigenous fundraising initiatives include a footy and sporting gear drive for Milingimbi in Northern Territory’s Arnhem Land.
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Internationally
Our long-standing relationship with Fred Hyde School in Bangladesh has seen us provide financial support to help build schools in remote Bhola Island. In East Timor, fundraising has helped provide vital running water, classrooms and more to school communities. Our Family Fun Evening in November is major fundraising for these charity initiatives.
