Box Hill High School offers a unique educational approach for students from Years 7 -12 in a co-educational environment which benefits all students who attend the school. Students at Box Hill High School are strongly encouraged to live up to the school’s motto “Ad Altiora Certamus” which means “we strive for higher things.” Students at Box Hill High School respect academic success and embrace the ideal of achieving their potential. We value both tradition and innovation and this is most eloquently reflected in the comments of the children themselves, “Box Hill High School has made me strive harder.” “Always do your best, that is what I have learned.” “I now know it is OK to be smart;” and the learning environment at Box Hill High School “inspires me to do better.” The philosophy that underpins the school is as follows – We believe that, as a community at BHHS, it is our responsibility to value the individuality of every student. We believe we need to help our students to recognise and develop their personal strengths. We believe that we need to support our students as we encourage them to strive for high performance and excellence. We believe we need to provide opportunities for our students to develop the confidence to be the best they can be so that they can, in some way, whether small or large, become strong contributors in our future society. Supporting our philosophy is the wide variety of programs we offer to our students including a SEAL (Select Entry Accelerated Learning) Program that has been operating since 1994.