As part of their ongoing fundraising efforts, the Year 12 class has been organising bake sales every Friday lunchtime. Filling the foyer with eager consumers, the bake sales so far have been very successful, with such items as vegan shepherd’s pie, vegan brownie bites, vegan caramel slice, vanilla cupcakes, and almond macarons. The funds raised […]
Alia College was delighted to host a group of 10 students visiting from across China from 7-9 February. While their time at Alia was brief, by the end of it, they left a joyful impression and some new friends. Indeed, for Simone, who’d so expertly looked after the students between classes, and on the Melbourne-based […]
Alia College is running its 16th trivia night on Friday, 23 February 2018. The annual Alia College Trivia Night is a night of quizzical fun for Alia College students, friends and families, and a decent number of alumni, all keen to take each other on for the grand prize – a hamper full of Ikea-purchased […]
by Thomas Foody and Tomer Berkowitz At Alia, each school year begins with a whole-school orientation camp. In 2018, that took place at Torquay, as students and teachers headed to the surf coast to begin the school year, from Tuesday, 30 January to Friday, 2 February. After the bus trip down, a strong sense of […]
Our congratulations to Oscar, pictured above, who, along with fellow 2017 Year 12 student Nathan, was nominated for and awarded the Kooyong Student Prize, presented by the Hon. Josh Frydenberg MP. The Kooyong Student Prize is awarded for students who exemplify excellence in academic and extra-curricular pursuits, leadership amongst peers, and a strong commitment to upholding the school’s values […]
by Hagan Mathews Another year has come and gone, and with it, many camps. As always we spent our last week of school relaxing at some far off campsite, eating well-prepared but poorly planned meals, playing cricket, going on long walks, lazing in our tents, and, always, chatting chatting chatting to each other. We visited […]
by Hagan Mathews This year 19 students completed their VCE at Alia. We celebrated with post-exam giddiness at the Augustine Centre in Hawthorn on Friday, 24th of November. Graduation is always such a fun night. For the first time in at least a year students, parents and teachers can all relax and talk about something […]