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Scholars' Assembly

There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.

Nelson Mandela

On Tuesday 2nd February, 168¿ª½±¹ÙÍø’s celebrated the success of our top ATAR performing students from the Class of 2020 at the annual Scholars’ Assembly held in the Philip Harris Gym. The 2020 Year 12 students achieved outstanding academic results with 55 (62.5%) of the cohort achieving an ATAR of 90 or above.

In her keynote address, Principal Ros Curtis spoke to current students about “failing forward” and risk taking. Sharing an excerpt from an address Denzel Washington gave at the University of Pennyslvania, Ms Curtis highlighted to students Denzel’s powerful messages: “’If you don’t fail, you’re not even trying’ and ‘To get something you never had you have to do something you never did’.” Ms Curtis encouraged students to purposefully use failure to fuel success.

Ms Curtis concluded by congratulating the Scholars on achieving their goal and for being inspirational role models to the current student body, encouraging them to continue to be inspired by the school motto – Per Volar Sunata, Born to Fly Upwards.

During the assembly, each Scholar was honoured with an award and the QCE Subject Prizes were presented to those students who achieved the highest overall subject result. The subject prize award recipients are listed below:

Drama                                                                               English and Literature

Isobel Barry                                                                       Zali Fisher

Economics                                                                       English

Isobel Barry                                                                       Zali Fisher

Music Extension                                                              French

Mercedes Breslin                                                               Zali Fisher

Music                                                                                Geography

Mercedes Breslin                                                               Georgia Hurtwood

Chemistry                                                                         Chinese

Eva Campbell                                                                     Lee Chee Leung

English                                                                              EAL

Eva Campbell                                                                     Harvey Ngyuen

Specialist Mathematics                                                    Accounting

Eva Campbell                                                                     Sophie North

Legal Studies                                                                    Biology

Lucia Capelli                                                                       Alice O’Driscoll

Design                                                                               Chemistry

Meg Chester                                                                       Alice O’Driscoll

Visual Art                                                                           Mathematical Methods

Leilani Chia                                                                         Alice O’Driscoll

Modern History                                                                 English

Sophia Colledge                                                                 Emily Pitt

Music Extension                                                               Physical Education

Sophia Colledge                                                                 Tahlia Thornton

Music                                                                                 Digital Solutions

Sophia Colledge                                                                 Sopheena Toovey

Digital Solutions                                                               Literature

Rose Couper                                                                      Tamika Tran

Physics                                                                              General Mathematics

Rose Couper                                                                      Charlotte Willersdorf

Literature

Brenna Cox

Chemistry

Cyrah Finlayson

French

Cyrah Finlayson                                                               

Zali Fisher was announced as the QCE Proxime Accessit Dux of the School while Eva Campbell received the QCE Dux of the School Award.

ATAR Dux Awards were presented to Eva Campbell, Rose Couper and Emily Pitt.

Eva Campbell, Zali Fisher and Emily Pitt each shared their wisdom and advice on what helped them to achieve great academic success with current students. Eva encouraged students to embrace the people around them and not tackle academic goals alone while Zali shared the advice “allow yourself to recognise and celebrate how far you’ve already come”. Emily promoted having confidence and backing yourself.

Our Scholars are planning to attend university in 2021 pursing a range of fields from law through to science. More than 20 of our Scholars are studying STEM related fields including science, biomedical science, maths and data science, engineering, nursing or Vet science.

Congratulations to our inspirational 2020 Scholars and may you have continued success as you move into this next chapter of your academic goals.