Reservoir High School is one of a select group of secondary schools in Victoria to be accredited to offer the SEAL program. Each year, a limited number of places are offered to committed and academically capable prospective Year 7 students. The SEAL program focuses on providing skills and content that encourages these students to develop their potential to achieve academic, personal and social success.

Research has shown that gifted and talented students are best grouped together (Rogers, Karen B. ‘Re-Forming Gifted Education’; Gross, Macleod and Pretorius ‘Gifted Students in Secondary Schools’). They require exciting and challenging learning experiences with open ended tasks that involve multidisciplinary learning and high order thinking skills. As such, members of the SEAL program will work at a fast pace with minimal repetition of course material. They will engage in regular self-evaluation in all areas of their schooling, from their academic progress, to their work ethic and attitude in their learning environment.

The SEAL learning environment focuses on the following:

• Exploration of issues, themes and questions;
• Complexity, abstractedness and variety;
• Development of organizational, research and communication abilities;
• Emphasis on creativity, critical and higher order thinking skills.