Extra Curricular Activities
Essendon Keilor College offers a variety of extra-curricular activities to broaden, extend and enrich the experiences of students:
Cultural and Artistic
- College Musical Production
- Visual Arts Exhibition curated by Year 12 students
- Essendon Campus Soiree
- Media Film Night
- Campus Performaces
- Japanese school visits and cultural exchange
- Italian school visits and cultural exchange
- Greek Day and Medieval Day
Educational Enhancement
- City Based Program at Year 9
- Literacy Program
- Numeracy program
- Maths, Science and Technology competitions
Leadership
- House Captains
- Sports Captains
- Student Representative Council Executive
- Peer Support
Citizenship and Community
- Year 9 Red Cross Community Action Program
- Year 9 Advance Program
- Student Representative Council
- Participation in Youth Forums
- Coaching junior sporting teams
- Valedictory Evening
- Year 12 Formal
- VCE Driver Education Course
- Presentation Evening
Sport and Leisure
- House swimming and athletics carnivals
- Interschool carnivals
- Extensive interschool team sports – summer and winter
- Lunchtime activities program
Camps and Excursions
- Annual Year 7, 8 and 9 camps
- Year 10 and Year 11 ski camp
- Production camp Years 8 - 12
- Japanese Immersion camp Years 10-12
- Years 11 – 12 camp to NT/QLD
- Year 11 Food Discovery camp
- International trips to Italy and Japan. Incursions and excursions to supplement the curriculum
Careers and Work Education
- Year 9 Careers Afternoon
- Work Experience at Year 10
- Work Experience within VCAL
- VCE Expo
- Careers Counsellors
- Pathways Counsellor
- Managed Individual Pathways Counsellor and plans for students in Years 10 - 12