An independent school that operates a van serving meals to nearby residents, and a government school that uses raffle tickets to boost student engagement have been selected as The Age’s 2024 Schools that Excel in Melbourne’s south.
Ask the students at St Leonard’s College their favourite thing about school and they will probably tell you it’s Lennie’s Van.
Seats in the van, which makes five outings a week, are booked out within an hour of being released each term. St Leonard’s College principal Peter Clague with student volunteers who rode in Lennie’s Van to prepare breakfast for residents at a local council estate.For proud 10-time Lennie’s veteran and IB student Richie Huong, the value is two-fold.
The school’s students recorded a decade-high median VCE study score of 35 last year, compared with 33 in 2013. In addition, more than 20 per cent of its VCE study scores were 40 or above, its best performance in 20 years on this metric and up from 2014 when 12.4 per cent of its study scores were 40 or above.
Students who arrive before roll-call go in the running to win anything from books to sports equipment.
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