Welcome to Dickson College
Welcome to Dickson College. Dickson College is a secondary college for Years 11 and 12 located in the city of Canberra, A.C.T., Australia. The Secondary Introductory English Centre (SIEC) for Years 7 to 12 is also based here.
Students can choose a study program from tertiary and accredited courses or nationally recognized vocational courses. Involvement is encouraged not only in academic pursuits but also in a wide range of activities such as sport, debating, hospitality, art, music, photography, dance and drama. Dickson College is a great place to be!
What's on?
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Dickson College student achievements
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Watch Megan Fraser, Deb Mak, Edward Packard and Edmund Handby discuss changes in language: "Lost words" - Stateline (ABC TV 12/6/09)
Congratulations to our music, dance and drama students who have been selected to perform in Limelight, Canberra schools' performing arts showcase, in term 3.
Congratulations to Bethany Flanagan and Brendan Hill who attended the United Nations Youth Association of Australia (UNYAA) conference in Canberra on 9 May. Both students have been selected to represent the ACT at the national conference in Brisbane in July.
Congratulations to James Batchelor who has been selected to perform in the 2009 DaCi world-wide youth dance festival in Kingston, Jamaica in August. James was one of 3 dancers selected from Canberra's Quantum Leap Youth Dance Ensemble and he is now busy choreographing their dance for the festival.
Well done Bonnie Frankcom and Shane Farrant! Bonnie won the Women's 16-19 years division of the ACT Triathlete of the Year and Shane won the ACT Schoolboys Triathlon.
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Finn McGrath and Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard at the 2009 National Schools Constitutional Convention, where students explored constitutional issues and the processes and practices of our government.
Well done Emilie Adlide and Lauren George who represented Dickson College at a special Youth Parliament, celebrating 20 years of self government, at the ACT Legislative Assembly in May. More pictures here.
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Congratulations Jan Bentley!
Dickson College community was delighted to learn that Jan Bentley, our Executive Teacher for Maths and Technology, has been awarded an AEU Public Education Award.
This award is a well deserved recognition of an illustrious career in public education. Jan has been a teacher in ACT public high schools and colleges since the early 1970s and she has made significant contributions that have enhanced quality public education.
Over the years, thousands of students have been encouraged and supported by Jan. She believes in the power of education to make a real difference to people’s lives and the Dickson College community is very fortunate to have Jan as a teacher, leader, colleague and friend. Congratulations!
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Music students provided 2 excellent nights of music on 17 & 18 June. More photos here.
On 10-13 June, drama students presented several plays by Ray Lawler. These included the iconic Summer of the seventeenth doll. Congratulations to students, and teachers Miriam Rosalky & Mark Clutton, for these entertaining productions! More photos here.
School Based Management Review
The Department of Education and Training is seeking feedback from the public to help evaluate and improve the effectiveness of School Based Management (SBM).
School Based Management is designed to provide public schools with more flexibility in how they use resources to address priorities determined at the school level.
The Allen Consulting Company has been appointed to undertake the review. For further information or to provide feedback please visit www.allenconsult.com.au/sbmreview
If you would like further information about Dickson College, please phone (02) 6205 6455 and our office staff will be pleased to connect you to the appropriate person.
Dickson College
Phillip Ave
DICKSON ACT 2602
Australia
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