Student in the Spotlight: Theodore Miliopoulos

After signing up to join The Academy over a year in advance, current year 11 student, Theodore Miliopoulos, shared his experiences on how he has found his first year at The Academy The Academy: Hi Theo. How are things? Theodore: I’m going very well, thanks. I’m really happy to be back on campus and seeing […]

Letter to the Editor (Year 12)

“Helping students develop their voice in today’s world” Year 12 students further practice their persuasive writing skills to voice their opinions in a public setting. Students’ Letter to the Editor assessment sees them to utilise different writing techniques (e.g humour, compassion, evidence-based, etc.) and styles (e.g. formal or informal) to draft an opinion piece on […]

High Performance Program – Intern Reflection

Each year The Academy High Performance Program offers multiple internship programs for aspiring strength and conditioning professionals. Whilst studying a double Bachelor of Exercise Science/Sport Management at Deakin University, Georgia Whiteley completed her internship with the students at the Geelong campus. Here’s what she had to say about her time at The Academy. “The High […]

ReachOut Partnership

The Academy is excited to announce its partnership with ReachOut! ReachOut is the most accessed online mental health service for young people and their parents in Australia. They have been championing wider access to mental health support since they launched their online service more than 20 years ago. They have a trusted self-help information, peer-support […]

Staff in the Spotlight: Aimie Clydesdale

Joining the Geelong campus teaching team in 2021, Aimie Clydesdale has walked a slightly different path along an elite sporting journey but has still used her passion for sports and education to achieve success with her students. Aimie joined us to chat about her story. The Academy: Hi Aimie. How have you found teaching within […]

Work Experience

“You wouldn’t buy a car without taking it for a test-drive, so why shouldn’t we do the same with our future careers?” Across two years at The Academy, students can expect to complete at least 20 days of self-driven structured work experience with companies and organisations from a range of different industries. Facilitating work experience […]

AFL Barwon Partnership

The Academy is excited to announce its partnership with AFL Barwon. The partnership will provide young people and families within the Geelong area who are associated with AFL Barwon to learn more about The Academy’s education component and High Performance Program. As part of the new and exciting partnership, AFL Barwon members will have access […]