Year 12 2025 Commencement Day at La Trobe University

All Year 12 students (VCE, VCE VM, and Sports Academy) will launch into their 2025 school year with a fantastic opening day at La Trobe University on Thursday 30 January. Guest presenters, past students, and staff from both La Trobe University and Parade College will run a day that caters to all students in the Class of 2025.

This is a compulsory event for all Year 12 students, with the correct summer school uniform to be worn. Students are asked to arrive at La Trobe University by 8:30am. Students will need to make their own way to La Trobe University (Plenty Rd). Morning tea will be supplied. The day will conclude by 12:45pm, and students will be dismissed from the University.

We see this as a fantastic way to kickstart this very important year of schooling. Additional information was sent to families at the end of 2024, and will be resent just prior to the event.

VCE Parent Information Evening 2025

This year, the VCE Parent Information Evening will be run in conjunction with the Parent Tutor Evening. Parents will have the opportunity to view an information session regarding VCE that will be held during the staff dinner break in the Rivergum Theatre. More information, with the exact timing of the presentation, will be available closer to the event.

This forum will provide an opportunity to be fully informed about the requirements and expectations of VCE. The evening is applicable to all parents with a student in Units 1 to 4 of any VCE subject.

University of Melbourne Kwong Lee Dow Scholarship

Since 2007, the University of Melbourne has offered the Kwong Lee Dow Young Scholars Program, an academic enrichment program designed to support high-achieving secondary students. The program was offered to Year 11 students in 2025, who had to complete a rigorous application process that the University of Melbourne critiqued, and then selected the successful applicants from around the state.

This year the University of Melbourne has accepted Year 11 Orlando Pettinella T07 into the program. We congratulate Orlando on this achievement. There were several fine applications from Parade students and all applicants are to be commended on the standard of their application.