18 February 2021

2021 Student Leadership Investiture and 2020 Academic Awards Assembly

Article by Ms Bernadette Donnelly

2021 Student Leadership Investiture and 2020 Academic Awards Assembly

It was a pleasure to co host the recent combined 2021 Student Leadership Investiture and 2020 Academic Awards Assembly with Michael Timms, Deputy Principal [Students] last week.

We are in good hands with our 2021 leaders as the School Captains and Deputy Captains launched the 2021 theme, ‘Cura Personalis’, challenging us all to present our best selves throughout this year. We also welcomed back Emily Harwood, Class of 2015 as our guest speaker who provided great words of wisdom as well as practical advice on being open to possibilities.

Congratulations again to all our 2020 Academic Award winners. We know that 2020 was a challenging year for all our students as more than ever they had to draw on their resilience, be open and adaptable to the ongoing changes and be responsible for their learning.

Our 2020 Year 12 students achieved some outstanding results. The Dux, Matthew McInerney achieved an ATAR score of 99.6 and delivered a wonderful speech to the College community inspiring students to look for a ‘spark of inspiration’ to ignite their passion.

We acknowledged our students who achieved an ATAR over 90, placing them in the top 10% of the state and students who achieved a study score of 40 or above, again placing them in the top 8% of students in the state in that subject. 

There were four VCAL Awards and Noah Moon was awarded the top VCAL achiever award. And finally, we acknowledged the top ten 2020 Year 7 to 11 Academic Award recipients who achieved the highest overall results.

Congratulations to the families of the award recipients and thank you to all St Ignatius staff who have supported the students in their journey.

Ms Bernadette Donnelly  Deputy Principal [Learning and Teaching]

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