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Beth Rivkah Ladies College or Beth Rivkah Lubavitch is an independent Orthodox Jewish comprehensive single-sex primary and secondary day school for girls , located on Balaclava Road, East St Kilda in Melbourne , Victoria , Australia. Established in 1956 and managed by the Chabad-Lubavitch movement's Yeshivah Centre , the College caters for students from Year K to Year 12 .1By including a comprehensive secular curriculum it is geared in its approach to accommodating children from a non-religious background whose parents would otherwise not agree to enrol their children there. It also serves the purpose of providing an Orthodox Jewish day-school to Orthodox parents who also value a secular education.2 Most of its students come from non-Chabad families. It is known for its academic excellence, and its matriculants regularly score high in the VCE .3
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The opening as it stood in 2010
The school runs from kinder through to Year 12. By including a comprehensive secular curriculum it is geared in its approach to accommodating children from a non-religious background whose parents would otherwise not agree to enrol their children there. It also serves the purpose of providing an Orthodox Jewish day-school to Orthodox parents who also value a secular education. Most of its students come from non-Chabad families. It is known for its academic excellence, and its matriculants regularly score high in the VCE . The main entrance to the high school
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The opening as it stood in 2015
The school runs from kinder through to Year 12. By including a comprehensive secular curriculum it is geared in its approach to accommodating children from a non-religious background whose parents would otherwise not agree to enrol their children there. It also serves the purpose of providing an Orthodox Jewish day-school to Orthodox parents who also value a secular education. Most of its students come from non-Chabad families. It is known for its academic excellence, and its matriculants regularly score high in the VCE . The main entrance to the high school "Rabbi Yehoshua Smukler – Principal, YBR Colleges" .
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Chabad school Beth Rivkah Ladies College or Beth Rivkah Lubavitch is an Orthodox Jewish , comprehensive , primary and secondary day school for girls, located on Balaclava Road, East St Kilda in Melbourne , Australia. Established in 1956 and managed by the Chabad-Lubavitch movement's Yeshivah Centre , it goes from kindergarten to Year 12 . Most of its students come from non-Chabad families. In 2017, the school had the distinction of having the Chief Rabbi of Israel come and address students.Rabbi David Lau was visiting Melbourne on his Australia tour.Shimon Waronker became the principal in 2020.
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single-gender girls' k-12 orthodox jewish day-school on balaclava road
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orthodox jewish
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