By Victoria Stone-Meadows
YEAR 12 students from high schools in the Cranbourne area have survived their last year of schooling and achieved great results following their end-of-year exams.
The anxious wait for students came to an end on 12 December when ATAR scores were officially released across the state.
Students from the 10 public and private schools in Cranbourne and surrounds celebrated achieving high scores with praise from the teachers and principals.
Newly established Cranbourne East Secondary College farewelled its inaugural Year 12 class who achieved a median study scored of 27.
“We are delighted and extremely proud of our students,” senior school assistant principal Carys Freeman said.
“This is an excellent result for our first year of Year 12.”
Cranbourne East Secondary College congratulated Anqi (Annie) Fu, Alex Howard and Sukhmandeep Kau Gill on achieving the top three ATAR scores for the college.
Principal at Hampton Park Secondary College David Finnerty said all his Year 12 students had made the school community very proud.
“We are incredibly proud of our student achievements this year,” he said.
“We were thrilled to see that 14 of our students achieved a 40 + study score in at least one unit of study and in English, we have improved the mean study score by 7.4 per cent.”
The Hampton Park Secondary College 2016 dux is Alevine Magila with an ATAR score of 99.1 while four other students at the school scored an ATAR in the 90s and a further 10 students in the 80s.
While Cranbourne Secondary College couldn’t supply their top three performers, the school is pleased to announce their dux for 2016 is Linda Le with an ATAR score of 99.6.
Hillcrest Christian College also had high achieving students with the highest score going to Joseph Suttcliffe who attained an ATAR score of 95.65.
VCE co-ordinator at Hillcrest Paul Schnabel phoned Joseph on Monday morning to inform him that he was the dux of the college and Mr Schnabel said Joseph was humble in his response.
“Joseph was surprised to be awarded dux, however, he couldn’t thank the college and his teachers enough for all of the effort and help they had given him as well as the love and care they showed towards him,” he said.
Other top achievers from Hillcrest were Nkiruka Onyeka with 94.75, Zoe Agnew with 93.9 and Danielle McAleese with 93.4.
St Peter’s College in Cranbourne had 161 students in Year 12 in 2016 with 137 finishing their VCE and 24 completing Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL).
The top performer of the VCE students at St Peter’s is Will Veenman from the East Campus with an ATAR score of 96.05.
Will is looking forward to commencing a science course at Melbourne University and principal Tim Hogan congratulated him on his wonderful achievement and the superb role model he has been for other students.
Other high achievers included Perry Zorotheos and Max Collins from the West Campus of St Peter’s College who are interested in pursuing careers in medicine and creative writing.
Minister for Education James Merlino passed on his congratulations to all Year 12 students in a message to all students.
“Completing VCE is a significant achievement, and I congratulate all of our Year 12 students – you should be very proud of what you have achieved,” he said.
“If you didn’t get the results you wanted, seek advice from your school and remember there are many pathways to success in life.”
