It takes a swag of “A”s to make the “D” list
Year 11 2010 Back Row: Douglas Brown, Hossain Farhan, Brodan Tanner,Thomas Wilson Second Row: Kin Wah (Camus) Ho, Henry Johns, Dean Kenny, Joshua Matulin, Campbell Kennett,Thomas Snow, Xinchao (Troy) Rong Front Row: Greg Wain (Headmaster) Alfred Li, Daniel Henalla, Christopher Rutherford, Alexander MacInnes, Edwin Walker, Ayrton Sheehan, Rhys Davies, Leo (Chun-Yin) Lau, Ryan Christopher, Jo Inglis (Head of Learning and Teaching)
To score a place on the prestigious Dean’s List is something that has been the aim of countless TSS students Head of Learning and for well over a decade without Teaching them necessarily comprehending the full background story of its origins and evolution to become a honoured part of TSS tradition. The Dean’s List was introduced in 1996 by the Dean of Studies at the time, Mr Brian Hallewell. Mr Hallewell came to TSS from the Queensland Education Department where he had held a number of senior positions including Head of Department, Headmaster and Inspector of Queensland Schools. TSS staff and boys will remember Mr Hallewell as an imposing gentleman with a wealth of experience, wisdom and a guardian of high academic and professional standards. As Dean of Studies at TSS, Mr Hallewell sought to find a way to recognise boys who were achieving at the highest level across their entire academic program, as until that time, only the top achiever in each subject area was awarded with subject prizes at the annual Speech Day. In his 1996 Speech Day address, The Headmaster at the time, Dr Bruce Cook, said, “The Introduction of The Dean’s List and its associated Honour Board in the foyer of the Dixon Building has proven to be great incentive to the academic pursuits of our boys. On almost every day you can find one of the many aspirants gazing at the growing list of names on the Dean’s List Board”. The Dean’s List Honour Board resides in the foyer of the Dixon Building and it displays the names of the boys who currently
Jo Inglis
Year 10 2010 Back Row: Daniel Murray, Ashley Knopp, Riki Beazley, Raymond Au Second Row: Alexander Arena, Jack Martin, Matthew McMahon, Benjamin Sartor, James O’Brien, Ryan Simpson Third Row: Jackson Wichlinski, James Lacy, Brenton Poynting, Reece Harms, Kristian Buckland, Harrison Evans, Alexander Flatley,Thaddeus McFarlane Front Row: Greg Wain (Headmaster) R J Silk, Harrison Cush, Curtis McLeod, Bede Thompson, Jordan Gregory, Cato Perrin, Elliott Flowers, Jo Inglis (Head of Learning and Teaching)
Year 9 2010 Back Row: Edward Gibson, Rowan Hickson, Jock Campbell,William Flowers Second Row: Johnathan Chan, Po-Shen (Johnson) Chen,William Robinson, Alexander King, Michiatsu Masuda Front Row: Greg Wain (Headmaster) Oscar Presto, Craig van der Hoven, John-Ryan Davis, Jake Upfield, Mitchell Woods, Samuel Rasmussen, Lachlan Cross, Jo Inglis (Head of Learning and Teaching)
hold a place on the Dean’s List. Mr Hallewell’s vision to create a prize that could be achieved by any number of boys that met the standard means that The Dean’s List does indeed act as an incentive for boys to strive towards, in as many subjects as possible. The Southportonian records for posterity the names of those on that first Dean’s List of 1996 and reveals that aspiring TSS students today can look to joining a distinguished “Band of Brothers”. Inaugural Dean’s List members include: • Commonwealth Games swimmer Leigh McBean, • Biddle House brothers James and Cameron McLaren who are both now practising Medicine, • Olympic Triathlete Courtney Atkinson, • Australian Surf Lifesaver and two times World Ironman Champion Shannon Eckstein, • London-based internationally acclaimed and recorded classical pianist Kristian Bezuidenhout • Olympic yachtsman and 2010 Sailing 470 World Cup winner Mat Belcher. Throughout its 16-year history, the standards for achieving a position on the Dean’s List have remained quite consistent. The only notable change of late has been the recognition of boys who are undertaking University subjects while in Year 12. For these boys, a High Distinction or a Grade Point of 7 (the highest) is recognised as an A for Dean’s List calculations. In order to hold a place on the Dean’s List, boys in Year 8 must achieve seven As, boys in Year 9, six As, boys in Year 10, five As and in Years 11&12, four As. Also, boys must achieve a C or better in all other subjects. Many boys aspire to hold a place on the Dean’s List; it is a motivating force among boys in all year levels at The 29 Southport School.