General News
15 December, 2022
Students celebrate final marks
ACROSS the district Year 12 students faced the nail-biting moment of waiting for the final results of a culmination of 13 years of schooling on Monday.
ACROSS the district Year 12 students faced the nail-biting moment of waiting for the final results of a culmination of 13 years of schooling on Monday.
Camperdown College’s Phoebe Irish was named as dux for the school.
School acting principal Vicki Angus said she was proud of results obtained by the Year 12 cohort and particularly excited to announce College Dux on Monday morning.
“I am thrilled for Phoebe Irish as she achieves the College Dux in 2022 and I congratulate her on her tireless hard work and dedication throughout the past few years leading to this moment,” she said.
“Phoebe studied History, Studio Art, English, Philosophy and Psychology and her results will enable her to pursue study in Arts (Philosophy) at Melbourne University.
“We wish her all the best as she continues her education.”
Eagerly awaiting the results on Monday morning, Phoebe said she continually refreshed the results page until the long-awaited number appeared.
“The first thing I did when I saw the results was message my Mum to tell her and she came straight in to congratulate me,” said Phoebe, who plans to work over summer and travel until starting her University studies in 2024.
“It’s strange that it’s all over now after spending the whole year studying and waiting for results.
“Now they’re here and it’s a bit surreal. I’m glad to have achieved a score which allows me direct entry into Arts at Melbourne Uni.”
Phoebe said it was a relief to have uninterrupted schooling during the year and was glad to not be in lockdowns or remote learning.
“It was great to be back at school this year and have access to the teaching staff and friends right next to you instead of being at home,” she said.
“I think that helped me stay motivated throughout the year.”
Ms Angus agreed that many students felt the same.
“These graduating students are part of a year level that has spent their whole VCE sporadically affected by COVID-19 and online learning, with things only returning to some normality during year 12,” she said.
“Our VCE cohort achieved strong results with the majority of tertiary applicants receiving ATARs which will enable them to access their preferred courses in 2023.”
Camperdown College’s subject means equalled or exceeded state means in the majority of subjects, with strong results in History and Further Maths.
Derrinallum P-12 College’s dux Audrey Ringe said getting dux was “pretty exciting”.
“It was a bit of a surprise,” she said.
“I’m doing a gap year next year and wanting to work up north on a station.
“After that I will look into uni – a business course hopefully.”
Audrey thanked her teachers, the school and her parents for supporting her.
School principal Caitlyn Fitzgerald congratulated Audrey and her classmate on their results.
“We are very proud of our dux, Audrey Ringe,” she said.
"Like all year 12 students across Victoria, we believe our students did really well given the challenges of schooling the past few years and having faced interruptions since they started their VCE studies in year 10.
“As a college we are very happy to see our average study score has improved by almost five points over the last five years.
“We’d like to congratulate and wish all our graduates the very best for the future.”
Mercy Regional College’s Ruby Conheady was named as dux for 2022.
Ruby is planning on studying medical imaging or radiation science at Monash University in Melbourne, following acceptance at Mannix Residential College.
She also achieved an honour roll score over 40 in VCE Biology this year and VCE Psychology last year.
“I’m honoured to become the Dux of MRC,” Ruby said.
“I would like to thank all teachers and my family that supported me along the way.”
School principal Sharon Gillett congratulated the graduating class on its efforts.
“We congratulate all of our young people, not only on their results but on achieving their pathway destinations,” she said.
“Ruby is our dux for the year. We are very, very proud of her.”
