Accelerated Program for Years 7-10
At Flagstone State Community College our Academic Excellence classes are designed to support and foster the development of high achieving students.
The program provides students with a differentiated pedagogy to extend, develop and maximise their capabilities as learners. The program is driven by four key values; collaboration, critical and creative thinking, communication and resilience. To inspire success every day, these values are taught to encourage students to strive for academic excellence in an innovative and supportive learning environment to meet their full potential as lifelong learners.
Academic excellence classes run across core subjects. In Years 7, 8 and 9 students can apply to enter or maintain their position in excellence streams. These excellence streams include: English/Humanities and Maths/Science. Students in the program will be provided with opportunities to extend themselves academically by participating in challenges and State and/or National competitions.
Standards & expectations
Program students are expected to actively and positively engage in all aspects of school life, both in and outside of the classroom. Very high standards of effort are expected at all times, in all learning areas and through enrichment opportunities. Students must meet and maintain set standards to obtain a position and remain in the program. Specifically, expectations include:
- achieve a minimum B academic standard in all academic excellence classes.
- achieving a minimum C academic standard in all other subjects.
- achieve a minimum VERY GOOD for both effort and
behaviour for ALL curriculum areas.
- display the program core values of collaboration, critical and creative thinking,
communication and resilience.
- maintain an excellent level of attendance and inform
the College of the reasons for any absences.
- participate in all competitions, incursions and
excursions including standardised testing.
- follow all school expectations as signed in the
Flagstone State Community College Enrolment Agreement and Student Code of
Conduct.
Applying for a place in the Year 7-10 ACE Program
If you are interested in submitting an application for the Years 7-10 ACE program, please complete the application form (PDF, 148 KB) and return it to our college administration no later than Friday 10/11/2023. Applications will be assessed and offers made to successful applicants by the end of Term 4, 2023.
Review process
Academic excellence students are reviewed in a cyclic manner throughout the year. If student's results do not maintain the above criteria, they are at risk of being removed from the program. This will be based on individual circumstances. Parents/carers will be contacted to discuss relevant concerns. A probationary period may be granted in which a student will set goals / strategies that will allow students to continue to extend their learning and maintain their place within the excellence program by the end of the review timeline. If by the end of the review timeline the results have not improved, the student will be withdrawn from the program.
ACE class checkpoints
- Movement of students will occur at the end of each reporting period or if there is a significant breach of Student Code of Conduct.
- Each calendar year there will be a new application process for the ACE program.
ACE student support
Support staff are available to help any student feeling anxious, overwhelmed or stressed. These staff include their Year Coordinator, Subject Teachers, Curriculum Head of Department, Guidance Officer, and the Teaching and Learning Head of Department.
- Contact the Year Coordinator or classroom teacher.
- Contact the Curriculum Head of Department of the subject of concern.
- Contact the Teaching and Learning HOD and/or Year level Deputy Principal.