Principal’s Message

by Principal, Mr Steven O’Connor

Semester 1 Academic Awards – Chris Nolan and Academic Endeavour Awards

During the course of this week I had the great pleasure of presenting certificates to boys who had achieved an Academic Endeavour Award and/or a Chris Nolan Award based on their efforts during the course of Semester 1, 2021. We have much to celebrate as a school community and in this context, it is important to remember that we are first and foremost a school; therefore, a place of learning and growth. It is important that we ensure that the St Patrick’s College community is a place where students are encouraged to think critically, to be curious, to explore and test knowledge and to develop a range of skills which will set them up for success in their adult lives and enable them to make positive and worthwhile contributions to the world.

It is very important to acknowledge those who have been identified as making consistent and positive efforts across their subjects through the Academic Endeavour Awards. The consistent effort of these boys is tremendous and I congratulate them and encourage them to continue to strive to do their best as they continue their learning journey at the College!

The boys who have achieved consistently strong results across their subjects in Semester 1 placing them in the top 15% of their respective year cohort were presented with a Chris Nolan Award. This is a wonderful achievement and reflects a combination of their ability and their commitment to their studies. I congratulate those boys who are received a Chris Nolan award for the first time at the assembly.

Chris Nolan, as a student at St Pat’s was fully involved in the life of the College and was admired for his fantastic commitment to everything he did. I know that he is greatly honoured to have this award named after him and that he continues to encourage all boys at St Patrick’s to work towards achieving their very best in the classroom, in their involvement in the co-curricular life of the College and as members of this wonderful community.

 

It is with great pleasure that I acknowledge the students in the list below for receiving an Academic Endeavour Award and/or a Chris Nolan Award at our recorded assembly this week:

Year Level	Academic Endeavour Award	Chris Nolan Award	Academic Endeavour AND Chris Nolan Awards
7	Cooper Beseler	Beau Callanan	Patrick Buttler
7	Jed Blood	Codie Chapman	Jacob Carthew
7	Taj Bobrowski	Tyler Crane	George Charles
7	Mason Bullen	Eli Cudia	Harrison Clark
7	Gurnoor Singh Dhinni	Lachlan Huebner	Thomas Cosgriff
7	Angus Fraser	Cole Hutchinson	Daniel Crockett
7	Dionisi Goodall	Seth Hynes	Ned Cummins
7	Kayden Lin	Max Learmonth	Finn Curran
7	Patrick McGreevy	Lauchlan Logan	Hudson Eales
7	Jack McMahon	Myles Lovison	Noah Eales
7	Thomas Mulcock	Luis Maldonado	Justin Goodison
7	Ted Murphy	Patrick McKay	Ashton Halsall
7	Songsin Namtho	Joel Molloy	Joshua Hayes
7	Daniel O’Brien	Finn Russell	George Heaton
7	Kobi Richardson	Flynn Sandlant	Noah Kargaran
7	Joseph Seketa	Jacob Sinclair	Tate Koleski
7	Harry Waight	Lachlan Squire	Archer Mohr
7			Blake Scott
7			Jeremy Simanjuntak
8	Victor Debast	Jacob Bridges	Alex Clark
8	Theodore Farrell	Haymish Busscher	Jensen Coelho
8	Jett Florence	Cooper Clifford	Will Flanagan
8	Cooper Glenwright	Taj Coulter	Harry Fraser
8	Riley Mahar	Joe Foley	Leonard Goodison
8	Ollie Martin	Baxter Horsburgh	Patrick Gowans
8	Liam McEldrew	Max Johns	Reuben Hackwill
8	Fraser Molan	Lachy McPhan	Amal Hari
8	Cooper Neil	Christian Morrison	Benjamin Hulse
8	CJ Richardson	Xavier Morrison	Noah Kerr
8	Josh Roberts	Zavier Nunn	Levi Lawlor
8	Alex Ryan	Lenny Ward	Owen Mahony
8	Max Sanders	Kayden Williams	Will McCahon
8	Deacon Towk		Aidan McDougall
8			Henry Reinehr
8			Kade Robinson
8			Nic Ruyg
8			Kristopher Stephens
8			Olin Stevens
8			Cody Torney
8			Paco Wong
9	Mason Black	Nedd Bennett	Mason Armstrong
9	Brodie Bull	Jack Bennetts	Jacob Britt
9	William Charles	Tim Buckland	Zac Dransman
9	Khye Erdody	Hamish Carey	Oskar Folkes
9	Gabriel Freeman	Brodie Graham	Josh Gray
9	Blake Hertog	Charlton Hand	John Hansen
9	Lachlan McColl	Zach Koleski	Sam Hansen
9	Joel Missen	Sam McDonald	Lachlan Hodge
9	Charlie Richardson	Liam Morrison	Thisen Jayasooriya
9	Jesse Saw	Hunter Nairn	Sam Miller
9	Parth Shah	Paddy O’Brien	Tristan Nijhof
9	Locky Thurling	James Parkinson	Ben Nixon
9	Wyatt Torney	Lachie Pritchard	Noah Quick
9	Ted Turnbull-Gent	Jacob Rae	Brodie Reardon
9	Nixon Webber	Charlie Vanderkley	Zane Rutherford
9			Thomas Stute
9			Rex Van Berkel
9			Jack Williamson
9			Eric Yang
10	Xavier Bennett	Mitchell Collins	Mike Bleicher
10	Jude Bristow	Rohan Cosgriff	Tom Bosworth
10	Lachie Brodie	Patrick Kelly	Alec Carthew
10	Eamonn Curran	Jack Kovacevic	Lachlan Cooper
10	Nicholas Eppingstall	Luca Kraljik	Noah Cudia
10	Ziggy Lee	Nathan Ling	Alex Fademi
10	Isaac Martin	Luke Mihaljevic	Campbell Gladman
10	Luke Missen	Ted O’Brien	William Hexter
10	Alfy Sabu	Tom O’Loughlin	Damian Irvin
10	Trenton Sands	Edward Peucker	Matthew Michalik
10	James Shaw	Lochlan Rowe	Matthew O’Brien
10	Lachie Sheridan	Lenard Taylor	Angus O’Keefe
10	Daniel Spiteri		Lachlan O’Keefe
10			Luke Ozols
10			Guy Ripley
10			Dan Stute
10			Oscar Watkins
10			Finn Watson
10			Sean Weigall
11	James Beaston	Jesse Cairns	Tony Begbie
11	Harry Chapman	Sam Farrington	Aaron Bennett
11	Edward Charles	Ben Gibcus	Charlie Bissinella
11	Tom Elliott	Adam Griffith	Will Burzacott
11	Mitch Hutson	Alex Hamilton	Toby Clack
11	Nyjo John	Zac Kennedy	James Clark
11	Lochie Kelly	Thomas McGurk	Zenon Czulij
11	Elliott Missen	Matthew Wood	Mason Gullick
11	Bryn Thompson		Nicholas Hontzogloy
11	Leo Turnbull-Gent		Matthew Jones
11			Benji Laursen
11			Ben Machin
11			James Molloy
11			Andrew Monaghan
11			Ben Mornane
11			Alister Nixon
11			Harley Passalick
11			Patrick Porter
11			Callan Shillington
11			Oliver Tribe
12	Zack Andrews	Sam Butler	Patrick Clarke-Thomas
12	Jack Bambury	Daniel Collier	Ben Collier
12	Christian Bourke	Spence Jenks	Thomas Collins
12	Jacob Cowan	Daniel Lalor	Connor Gaffney
12	Hamish Garner	Jack Lawler	Harry Graham
12	Ben Keen	Jack McKenny	Lewis Grigg
12	James Martindale	Tom McKinnis	James Harrington
12	Ben Nash	Wes Quilliam	Sean McMahon
12	Rorey O’Kelly	Sam Tilley	Hugh Ollerenshaw
12	Daunte Osman	Kade Towk	Alexander Pituch
12	Jordan Peters	Pat Tyler	Adam Severino
12	Henry von Burg		Jack Sheehan
12			Paddy Tuddenham
12			Darcy Williams

 

Well done to all award recipients!

Toby Clack – Premier’s Spirit of Democracy 2020 Essay Award

I was very pleased to meet with Toby Clack (Year 11) earlier this week to talk with him about the essay he wrote last year entitled ‘Evolution of Democracy’. Toby’s essay was judged as a winning entry and therefore was printed and published as part of the ‘Premier’s Spirit of Democracy 2020’ essay competition.

The publication with Toby’s essay includes a foreword from The Hon James Merlino MP, Deputy Premier, Minister for Education and Minister for Health. In his foreword Mr Merlino states that the ‘book contains 25 outstanding student entries. Each reflects the student’s writing and critical thinking skills, as well as their dedication to their studies’.

I congratulate Toby on his essay and his inclusion in the publication. As Principal, I am very proud that Toby has been recognised in this way!

Mr Steven O’Connor

Principal