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Mount Scopus Memorial College 
200px חזק ואמץ 'Chazak Ve'Amatz'Be Strong and of Good CourageLocation Burwood, Victoria, 3125, Australia Coordinates 37°50′53″S 145°7′2″E / 37.84806°S 145.11722°ECoordinates: 37°50′53″S 145°7′2″E / 37.84806°S 145.11722°E Information Type Private School Denomination Jewish Established 1948 Opened February 1949 Rabbi James Kennard Campus Gandel, GBH, FKI Houses Monash (yellow), Bialik (red), Ashkenazi (green), Hillel (blue) Colour(s) Navy blue & yellow Website scopus.vic.edu.au
Mount Scopus Memorial College is a Jewish private school in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.Contents
History
Mount Scopus Memorial College opened on St Kilda Road in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia in 1949, taking its name from Mount Scopus in Jerusalem, which remained under Israeli control after the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Mount Scopus was the first co-educational Jewish day school in Melbourne, originally serving a student population of 143. It was established to meet the educational needs of the influx of Holocaust survivors to the Melbourne community. The college moved to a larger campus in Burwood in 1953. There are also campuses in East St Kilda and South Caulfield. Until 1996 there was a branch in Kew. Scopus is known for outstanding VCE (matriculation) results throughout Victoria. It is routinely listed as one of the top schools in the state and indeed was the highest performing school in Victoria in 2009. The principal of Mount Scopus Memorial College is Rabbi James Kennard, who replaced Hilton Rubin in 2007. Previous principals have included Abraham Feiglin, Alexsander Ranoschy, Dr. Steven Lorch and Rabbi William Altshul.
Sherut Leumi and ulpan
Mount Scopus was the first of the Melbourne Jewish Day Schools to take part in the Sherut Leumi program. Every year, four Israeli women are sent to Mount Scopus as part of their Israeli National Service. They are a major component of Scopus' informal Jewish Studies team. Mount Scopus offers an Ulpan program in which tenth graders travel to Israel for 6-13 weeks. In 2007 and 2010, more than half of the school's tenth graders took part in this program.
Notable alumni
- Mark Regev - Spokesman for the Israeli Prime Minister
- Lara Sacher - Neighbours actress
- Elliot Perlman- Award-winning novelist, script-writer and barrister
- Solomon Lew - Business mogul
- Michael Klinger - Southern Redbacks Cricketer & former Australian Under 19's cricket captain
- David Zalcberg - Australian table tennis player
- Peter Alexander - Of Peter Alexander clothing brand
- Alan Finkel - Chancellor of Monash University in Victoria, Australia
- Louise Adler - Melbourne University Press publisher
- Michael Danby MHR - Federal politician, Member for Melbourne Ports
- Leon Sterling - Professor of Software Innovation and Engineering, University of Melbourne
- Michael Gudinski - Music Industry and Entertainment Entrepreneur
- Joshua Frydenberg - Banker-lawyer and political aspirant
- Ariel Kaplan - The Saddle Club actress
- Daniella Bedar - Currently playing for the Division 1 Australian Softball team.
- Marc Leiba - International male model.
See also
External links
Members of the Eastern Independent Schools of Melbourne Alphington Grammar | Aquinas | Bialik | Billanook | Donvale | Emmaus | Huntingtower | King David | Kingswood | Knox | Lilydale Adventist | Luther | Mount Lilydale | Mt Scopus | Nunawading Christian | Oakleigh Greek Orthodox | Plenty Valley | Melbourne Rudolf Steiner | St Joseph’s | Tintern Schools
Categories:- Educational institutions established in 1949
- Eastern Independent Schools of Melbourne
- Jewish day schools
- Judaism in Australia
- Jewish schools in Australia
- High schools in Victoria (Australia)
- Private schools in Victoria (Australia)
- Schools in Melbourne
- 1949 establishments in Australia
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