Hills Adventist College

Hills Adventist College is an independent Seventh-day Adventist co-educational early learning, primary and secondary day school, located across two campuses in Sydney's Hills District, New South Wales, Australia. Enrolments at the College during 2016 totalled 566 students.[1] The junior school, comprising an early learning centre and teaching facilities for students in Kindergarten to Year 4 is located in Castle Hill; and the senior school, comprising teaching facilities for students in Kindergarten and Year 5 to Year 12, is located in Kellyville. The College is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist education system, the world's second largest Christian school system.[2][3][4][5]

Hills Adventist College
Location
Castle Hill and Kellyville, Sydney, New South Wales

Australia
Coordinates33°44′08″S 151°00′21″E
33°41′47″S 150°57′23″E
Information
TypeIndependent co-educational early learning, primary and secondary day school
Religious affiliation(s)Australian Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
DenominationSeventh-day Adventist
Established1961 (1961)
PrincipalMalcolm Coulson
Employees56
GradesEarly learning and K–12
Enrolment566 (2016)
SloganNurture for today. Learning for tomorrow. Character for eternity
AffiliationIndependent Schools Association
Websitewww.hills.adventist.edu.au

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 Kindergarten 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". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 23 April 2019. ...the Adventist Church runs a Christian school system second only in size to the Roman Catholic parochial schools.
  3. "Seventh-day Adventists – Christian Denomination | Religion Facts". Archived from the original on 23 March 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  4. "Department of Education, Seventh-day Adventist Church". Archived from the original on 17 October 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
  5. Rogers, Wendi; Kellner, Mark A. (1 April 2003). "World Church: A Closer Look at Higher Education". Adventist News Network. Retrieved 19 June 2010.


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