LYC

At Leibler Yavneh College the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) is offered as an integrated, two year program, firmly grounded in the Zionistic, Modern Orthodox and academic values of the College, incorporating a broad range of general academic and Jewish studies subjects.

Together with the pursuit of academic fulfilment and excellence, our VCE program reaffirms, as its fundamental goals, the guiding principles of the College:
• the promotion of “Torah, Avodah and Gimilut Chasadim” as a way of life
• the promotion of the values of good citizenship and the well being of Australian society
• the affirmation of the centrality of the State of Israel in the life of the Jewish people, as a fundamental religious value

To achieve these goals our VCE academic and Jewish Studies program is augmented with camps, Shabbatonim, seminars and assemblies.

At Leibler Yavneh College the notion of a “good VCE” incorporates a great deal more than a high ENTER score. Our students are encouraged to strive for the best academic result possible, achieved by working in a committed way towards scholastic goals without compromising the responsibilities that they have as family members and as members of the Jewish and wider community.

Our VCE students are expected to set an example for younger students by upholding and exemplifying the Jewish and scholastic values of the College. Attendance at Tefillah and an active sense of responsibility and care for their family, the school, the wider Jewish and Australian community, and for Israel, are characteristics we expect from our VCE students.

VCE students should be confident in the knowledge that their parents and teachers are their constant and greatest support. The College is tremendously proud of its students and graduates and does all it can to help them realise their dreams and fulfil their goals, as scholars and as young Jewish men and women.

A targeted Life Skills Program
All secondary students participate in a Life Skills Program that aims to address typical teen issues in a safe environment and to provide all students with factual information that will assist them on their personal journey through school and beyond. Students will look at themes from a Secular and Orthodox Jewish perspective and will, as a result of participating in the program, become well informed.

In our technologically evolving world our children are faced with new challenges and risks on a daily basis. They are exposed to mobile phones, the internet and cable television. References to drugs and sex are ever bombarding young lives in film, media and music. The media also play a huge role in often sending messages to teens about body image. Peer pressure can also be a cause of unhappiness and negative self-image.

Personal time management and ways to deal with stress are important skills in adulthood. It is therefore vital that teens are able to master competence in these areas early in their education. Yavneh’s Life Skills Program hopes to help our young students achieve these capabilities.