The School for Student Leadership 

The Alpine School, officially known as the School for Student Leadership, is a unique Victorian Government initiative that offers Year 9 students an extraordinary opportunity to develop their leadership skills in an immersive outdoor environment. Located across several campuses in Victoria, the program takes students away from their everyday school setting and challenges them to grow personally and socially through a range of experiential learning activities, collaborative projects, and community-focused tasks. Students live and learn together in a supportive residential setting, building resilience, confidence, and a deeper understanding of themselves and the world around them. It is widely regarded as one of the most enriching and transformative experiences available to Victorian students.

A cornerstone of the Alpine School experience is the Community Initiative project, where students identify a real need within their home community and develop a meaningful, practical response to address it. Working as a team, they plan, design, and implement a project that they bring back to their school or local community upon returning home. This process teaches students invaluable skills in problem-solving, collaboration, communication, and civic responsibility, equipping them not just to be leaders of the real world. The impact of these initiatives is often felt long after the students have returned, leaving a lasting legacy within their communities.

Being selected for the Alpine School is a tremendous honour and a testament to a student's character, potential, and commitment to making a positive difference. Congratulations to the four students from University High School who have been chosen to attend in Term 3: Emil Graljuk 9C3, Braydon Chu 9J2, Abigail Stark 9G3 and Cece Ng 9C2. This is a well-deserved recognition of your outstanding qualities, and we have no doubt you will represent your school with pride, inspire those around you, and return with a community initiative that will make a real and lasting difference to us all.

Maddie Brown

Booeegigat Special Program Coordinator