Accelerated Program (SEAL)
Box Hill High School runs an extensive Select Entry Accelerated Learning Program (SEAL) for gifted students, which teaches the curriculum to these students at an accelerated rate. Box Hill was only the second public school in Victoria to introduce such a program. Entrance to the program is selective, and determined by examinations during Grade Six. Within the program, syllabus from Years 7-10 are compacted into three years along with curriculum enrichment and extension. Year 9 students in the Accelerated Program have the option of various pathways. These pathways include a fourth year of an accelerated/extended nature, a partial Year 10 and partial VCE, and full VCE. Students who proceed to a full VCE in the fourth year may also choose to study extra units at VCE level and to complete an extended VCE taken over three years rather than the usual two. Students are strongly encouraged to take the extended VCE rather than the two year VCE, regardless of their plans for the future.
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