ABOUT US
The Croatian School of Language and Culture Melbourne is situated within the Croatian Catholic Centre Clifton Hill as part of a community initiative to maintain and promote the Croatian language and culture.
The first ever Croatian School at Clifton Hill campus began in the late 1970’s as part of a growing Croatian community and has been operating on and off since.
The current campus is situated at 69 Hodgkinson Street, Clifton Hill VIC 3068 with operating hours between 9am and 12:30pm on Saturdays. The school offers classes in the Croatian language for levels from Prep to Year 10.
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The Croatian School of Language and Culture Melbourne Inc. was incorporated in 2021 for school accreditation for the 2022 school year. Prior to this, the school had been operating successfully between 2008 and 2021 as a campus of the Croatian Ethnic School Bartol Kasic.
NOT FOR PROFIT
The school is an independently run, not for profit charity created for the Melbourne Croatian Community, offering a Croatian language school for Prep to year 10.
MEMBER OF COMMUNITY LANGUAGES VICTORIA
The school is a member of Community Languages Victoria (CLV) who provide support to our school such as child safety policies, training, assistance with DET funding and professional development.
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ACCREDITED BY VICTORIAN DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
The school is accredited under the Victorian Department of Education and Training’s (VDET) Community Language School Funding Program for 2022–2024. This program provides funding to not-for-profit community language schools (CLS) to deliver language programs to Victorian school-aged students outside of school hours.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT STATEMENT
Croatian School of Language & Culture acknowledges the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation, who are the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we play, learn, run, climb, sing, dance and socialise. We pay our respects to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, past, present, future and emerging.
