2025 is the 40th year that Melton Christian College has been teaching children and serving the families of greater Melton, and the school community has been celebrating.
Celebrations kicked off at the start of this year when school staff organised a massive family fun fair.
The Brookfield campus soccer pitch was turned into a fairground, with rides and games and food-vans. The students loved it of course, and along with the children and teenagers, parents and even staff had a wild time on the fairground rides while a DJ thumped out the ‘choones’.
Just last week the school celebrated 40 years in a gala night. It was a beautiful evening at Lakeside Receptions, where fantastic food, perfect performances, crazy comedy were all led by the acting master of ceremonies, the school’s head of online campus, Derek Bendall.
Student performances included the senior student duo; Scarlet and Beny . This duo is admired by their peers and teachers for their lovely singing. At the gala night, Scarlet and Beny performed ‘Thank You’, a song written by the Katinas. The duo said they selected this song because they felt that singing their gratitude was the perfect way to show thankfulness for 40 fabulous years.
Other students also sang, and hearing the school’s senior vocal group was very moving. This choir includes year 8, 9and 10 students Ella, Eva, Olivia, Audrey, Caitlyn, Sophia, Yvonne, Autumn, Sophie and Jazmine. These students crooned clarion-clear harmonies in their selected song, J’ireh’, by Elevation Worship. The vocal group said they selected this song because they loved the lyrics that demonstrated Creator’s care and compassion for them and their families.
Melton Christian College principal David Gleeson said that not only have the celebrations of the 40th year been excellent, but the 40years themselves have offered families a safe, supportive and values-driven school-community where every student is strengthened in preparation for life beyond school.
Respect, discipline and care have shaped the way this school supports students, so they have been able to focus on becoming capable, kind and resilient young people.
