Werribee Secondary College

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Werribee Secondary College is a single-campus, co-educational, Year 7 to 12 college, with an enrolment of approximately 1400 students. Since 2000, Werribee Secondary College has experienced heavy demand for enrolments at Year 7 and at other levels. To manage this, a ceiling has been placed on the total school enrolment for 2013.The college established an International Students Program in 2000 and attracts overseas international students. The college has relationships with schools in USA, Spain and Japan. The college was accredited with the Council of International Schools in 2006. From 2013 students will be the first in a Victorian Government school to have the choice of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. Students will select the senior programme which best suits their individual interests and learning styles.HistoryIn 1997 the gifted education "Select Entry Accelerated Learning" Program or SEAL was introduced. SEAL is the only Department of Education accredited program in the City of Wyndham. The program is for year 7 to year 10.In 2003, three police cars were dispatched to the school when muck-up day activities went wrong after carloads of youths wielding baseball bats and wearing balaclavas arrived at the school.In May 2004 the college was hit by a massive fire that destroyed the school's technology and textiles wing. It caused up to A$2 million damage, including the destruction of students' VCE assignments. Junior students had up to 12 days off school while portable classrooms were brought to the school site.