Balga Senior High School (SHS), an Independent Public School, is an exceptional school in Perth’s Northern Suburbs that is creating bright futures for our diverse, multicultural student population. This is a ‘School of Opportunity’ that encourages students to ‘Choose your Pathway, Choose your Future’ and to be guided by our motto ‘Strength in Unity’. Our main focus is student engagement and wellbeing so that all our students feel motivated and valued at all times. The continuous building of a “learning culture” through successful relationships between staff, students and their caregivers is central to Balga SHS’s working philosophy. This is underpinned by our core values of Respect, Responsibility, Care and Learning, which are fundamental to our practices. Our student cohort reflects a culturally diverse population with over 50 cultural groups represented in the school. The nature of the student cohort impacts directly on all aspects of the school and requires a flexible approach in responding to variations in student need. The Balga SHS team works hard to accommodate the varied learning styles of students and works proactively with students to minimise the effects of discontinuity and disruption in learning.