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At Pakenham Secondary College, ‘We Grow Through Connection’

Thinking about a secondary school for 2026? Our College Principal, Mr. Aaron Smith, invites you to consider Pakenham Secondary College for your child in 2026 and beyond.

Our College Motto, ‘We Grow Through Connection’, will best support our College Community in the years to come. Our SOAR Values of Social and Personal Responsibility, Opportunities for All, Achieving Your Personal Best and developing Respectful Relationships align well to support our College Motto and guide our College Community to achieve its goals.

We are a great school. At Pakenham Secondary College we are committed to positive relationships. We understand that student growth is linked to the positive and meaningful connections that they have with others. At Pakenham Secondary College, we are dedicated to further improving the learning and wellbeing outcomes of all of our students by building respectful, positive and productive connections with our College Community – We Grow Through Connection.

Pakenham Secondary College strives to provide opportunities in areas important to our College Community – Student Learning Growth and Pathways, Sport, Performing Arts, Student Leadership and Our Community. Our new multi-million dollar building program will further add to our outstanding buildings and grounds.

With a rich 50 year plus history in our region, we continue to be well placed to offer a personalised approach to teaching and learning ensuring that we best work with students to tailor individual pathways important to them. We provide outstanding opportunities for our students in the classroom and as part of our co-curricular program.

We are a school that continues to be on the move.  Our standing in the community has always been strong and now it is getting even stronger.  We have a dedicated and hardworking staff who are committed to our students.  Our students want to succeed in a way that is important to them, and we will continue to provide pathways opportunities that they are interested in.   

There is a very strong sense of community at Pakenham Secondary College with students, families and staff connecting strongly to get the best outcomes we can for our students. We are very proud of our College and what we represent including how we best support all of our students.  I am proud to be the Principal of our great school, and I look forward to working with families, students and staff into the future to get the very best outcomes for our students.

I want to welcome families to the Pakenham Secondary College Community. I very much look forward to showing prospective families around our great school as part of a College Tour.

Aaron Smith

College Principal – Pakenham Secondary College

Book a College Tour through our website at pakenhamsc.vic.edu.au or call the office on (03) 5945 1433

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