2019 Commencement Ceremony

From the Principal:

Today we celebrate a group of students who have shown the grit and determination to achieve their very best in VCE and VET studies.

The significance of today is the recognition of effort and the importance of academic achievement.

I take great pleasure in announcing the following achievements:

2018 Award for Academic Excellence – General Excellence VCE
Michelle Aquilina
Liam Biding
Juulke Castelijn
Katrina Deidun
Joseph Earnshaw
Jessica Ewert
Victoria Ly
Olivia Peterson
Lachlan Rzanovski
Stephanie Trento
Aarnav Venkatesh
Benjamin West
2018 Award for Academic Excellence – Subject Awards
Caitlin BarracloughHospitality
Juulke CastelijnBiology
Olivia CoghlanVisual Communication Design
Katrina DeidunLanguages Maltese
Isobelle DobaiEnglish
Jessica EwertHealth and Human Development
Rachel JacksonOutdoor and Environmental Studies
Dorothy QuinalMusic Performance (VCE VET)
Chloe WoolleyOutdoor and Environmental Studies
2018 Award for Perfect Score
Stuart CampbellAward of Perfect Score:  Systems Engineering
Dux of School 2018
Juulke Castelijn

 

Today we also celebrate those who have agreed to and been offered leadership positions.

Leadership at Bacchus Marsh Grammar is about service. That is it starts from the basic premise that leadership is about asking a simple question, “What can I do for others?”

This can be expanded out to, “How can I use my talents in the service of others?”

In selecting leaders and looking at the roles for those selected we are wanting people who ultimately want to help others and have capacity to organise to assist others.

Leadership is not something that is necessarily initiated, the skills and process can be taught and the programs at this school are designed to do that.

What is important in those programs is the way in which you as students approach them.

It is my hope that everyone in this room has the desire to be of service. I believe that you all have the capacity. The trick is to ensure that you start by putting others first.

In our world it is the character traits that are driven by service that are becoming more and more significant.

Developing character alongside academic results are the two core activities of any good school and they certainly are the two major pillars on which we develop our education.

I congratulate those who through their efforts have been recognised with formal positions.

2019 Leaders
Elexis ChapmanSchool Captain
Ben CampeySchool Captain
Rachel JacksonSchool Vice Captain
Chloe WoolleySchool Vice Captain
Stevan DerisSchool Vice Captain
Carla RubinoSchool Vice Captain
Jamiele CabatoAcademic Prefect
Abbey RichmondAcademic Prefect
Natalie KotoskiSRC Prefect
Kayla ClementeSRC Prefect
Gemma DangerfieldBraeside House Captain
Caleb NoonanHilton House Captain
Charlie ScotsonBacchus House Captain
Jamie PattersonPentland House Captain
Stuart CampbellPrefect
Charlotte CaoPrefect
Tunisha ChawlaPrefect
Campbell ChildPrefect
Sophie DunnPrefect
Jack EelesPrefect
Rebecca FarnellPrefect
Madelyn GayPrefect
Hope HealyPrefect
Lainey JamesPrefect
Dara KingPrefect
Tristan KnightPrefect
Mirko LatinovicPrefect
Nazeeha MoosajeePrefect
Olivia RussellPrefect
Bryce StephensonPrefect
Victoria SuttonPrefect
Aya TaniguchiPrefect
Joel VallettaPrefect
Lauren WalmsleyPrefect
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