2015 Academic Assembly

At the 2015 Academic Assembly on Friday, February 20, the College welcomed back each student from the Class of 2014 who had scored an ATAR of above 90 or who had been named as a subject dux.

It soon became evident that 2014 College dux Hamish Clydesdale had many academically gifted classmates in 2014 and the following boys were presented a VCE Achievement of Excellence Award in recognition of their efforts in attaining an ATAR of 90 and above:

Hamish Clydesdale – – – – – – – ATAR of 98.75

2015 offer: Biomedicine. The University Of Melbourne, Parkville

Liam Hanrahan – – – – – – – – – – – ATAR of 95.50

2015 offer: Pharmacy. La Trobe University, Bendigo

Michael Kan – – – – – – – – – – – – – ATAR of 92.45

2015 offer: Arts/Laws. Australian Catholic University, Melbourne

Thomas Keogh – – – – – – – – – – ATAR of 96.75 – – – – – –

2015 offer: Science. – The University Of Melbourne, Parkville

Thomas McMaster – – – – – – – – – – – ATAR of 95.95 – – – – – –

– 2015 offer: Biomedicine. The University Of Melbourne, Parkville

Thomas Mooney – – – – – – – – – ATAR of 91.80 – – – – – –

2015 offer: Exercise Science. La Trobe University, Melbourne

Louis Powlett – – – – – – – – – – – – ATAR of 91.95 – – – – – –

2015 offer: Professional Communication. RMIT University

Harrison Robertson – – – – – – – ATAR of 96.15 – – – – – –

2015 offer: Biomedicine. – The University Of Melbourne, Parkville

Martin Ryan – – – – – – – – – – – – – ATAR of 95.90 – – – – – –

2015 offer: Medical Radiations-Medical Imaging (Radiography). RMIT University

Aidan Willowhite – – – – – – – – – ATAR of 94.05

2015 offer: Commerce. Federation University Australia, Mount Helen

A VCE Academic Prize, or subject Dux, was presented to the boy with highest study score of 40 and above for each VCE and VETiS Units 3/4 offered in 2014. The following students were recognised:

Christopher Callil

Dux of Visual Communication Design – (Study Score of 43)

Hamish Clydesdale

Dux of Biology – (Study Score of 44, scaled to 45)

Dux of Literature – Study Score of 42, scaled to 43)

Stephen Callahan Dux of Mathematical Methods (CAS) – (Study Score of 40, scaled to 45)

Dux of Chemistry – (Study Score of 39, scaled to 43)

Patrick Collier

Dux of Further Mathematics – (Study Score of 50)

Liam Edwards

Dux of Systems Engineering – (Study Score of 42)

Kelsey Gannon

Dux of Business Management – (Study Score of 42)

Timothy Gilbert

Dux of Outdoor and Environmental Studies – (Study Score of 43)

Liam Hanrahan

Dux of Physical Education – (Study Score of 45)

Michael Kan

Dux of English Language (Study Score of 48, scaled to 49)

Justin Quill Dux of Legal Studies (Study Score of 40)

Thomas Keogh

Dux of Japanese (Second Language) (Study Score of 33, scaled to 41)

Thomas McMaster

Dux of English – (Study Score of 47)-

Dux of Physical Education – (Study Score of 45)

Harrison Robertson

Dux of Physics – (Study Score of 40, scaled to 42)

Leigh Spiteri

Dux of Sport and Recreation (VCE VET) (Study Score of 48)

Jordan Thomas

John Cosgriff Dux of Specialist Mathematics (Study Score of 31, scaled to 43)

Angus Thompson

Dux of Product Design and Technology – (Study Score of 42)-

Linus Tolliday

Dux of Media (Study Score of 43)

Aidan Willowhite

Dux of Accounting (Study Score of 42, scaled to 43)

To conclude the acknowledgement of the academic successes of the class of 2014, the assembly recognised those boys who received the inaugural Victorian Certificate of Education (Baccalaureate).

The Victorian Certificate of Education (Baccalaureate) was introduced to support the State Government’s objectives to encourage more students to include languages and higher level mathematics in their senior secondary program of study.

To be eligible for the Victorian Certificate of Education (Baccalaureate) a student had to achieve a study score of 30 and above in the their chosen study of English, satisfactorily complete a Units 3/4 sequence in either Mathematical Methods or Specialist Mathematics and satisfactorily complete a Units 3/4 sequence in a VCE Language (Japanese here at St Patrick’s).

The inaugural Victorian Certificate of Education (Baccalaureate) was awarded to St Patrick’s students Hamish Clydesdale, Ashley Duffy, Matthew Hall, Thomas Keogh and Peter Leighton.