College News

SACE Merit Ceremony

Last year was yet another very successful year of academic performance for our senior year students, with 50% of students achieving an ATAR of 90 or above and many achieving personal excellence.

On Wednesday 8 February, the 2023 SACE Merit Ceremony took place at Government House. Saint Ignatius’ College was proud to witness a high number of Merit recipients from the Class of 2022. An impressive 55 Merits were awarded to 37 students in 21 subjects.

The names of students who received subject Merits in 2022 or in previous years are listed below:

Max Alfred - Business Innovation

Zachary Anderson - Chemistry, Physics, Specialist Mathematics

Lucie Bailey* - Modern History

Isabella Capobianco - Spiritualities, Religion and Meaning

Zara Carney* - Mathematical Methods

Andreas Chignola-Torres^Mathematical Methods

Eve Corso* - Italian

Jordan Cowles - Research Project B

Mia Eliseo* - Religious Education (IL)

Poppy Fagan - General Mathematics, Visual Arts - Design

Isaac Fallo - English, Research Project B, Philosophy, Psychology

Lucy Fidock - Biology

Sze Yu Jasmine FungResearch Project B

Isabelle Gawkowski* - Ignatian Service & Hospitality (IL)

Emmanuel Goh* - Modern History, Religious Education (IL), Workplace Practices#

Sophie Healy - English, Psychology

Madeline Hinton - General Mathematics, Psychology

Olivia Innes - English, Religious Education (IL)

Abby Keats - Business Innovation

Maisie Keenihan - Research Project B

Binh Le - Research Project B

Jessica LeMire - Spiritualities, Religion and Meaning

Beth Leydon - Chemistry, Research

Project B, Specialist Mathematics

Thomas McGuire - Religious Education (IL)

Annabelle McKean - Activating Identities and Futures

William Mencel - Legal Studies, Spiritualities, Religion and Meaning

Eric Nguyen* - Research Project B#

Georgina O’Dea - Activating Identities and Futures, English

Austen Owade - Chemistry

Maria Pennino - Activating Identities and Futures

Immogen Pertini - Ancient Studies, Religious Education (IL)

Hayden Sparrow^Mathematical Methods

Ilona Timko - Drama

Ella Walsh - Activating Identities and Futures

Archie Walters - Research Project B, Workplace Practices#

Jasmin (Yaxin) Wu - Chemistry, Research Project B

Joyce Yap* - Research Project B#

* = Yr 11 student ^ = Yr 10 student # = studied externally

Ryan and John for Teen Parliament

On 16 February, Year 11 Students, Ryan Tanti and John Dwyer, participated in The Advertiser's Teen Parliament in the House of Assembly.

Guided by Speaker Dan Cregan they discussed ideas such as encouraging volunteering, helping troubled youth, improving transport links and future-proofing the water supply.

Both students showcased their leadership potential and represented our College with pride and professionalism.

Jemima heads for National Championships

Year 12 student Jemima Davies has been selected for the South Australian U21 Women’s Hockey Team that will be competing in the National Championships being held in Sydney later this year. This is a remarkable achievement for Jemima, being one of the youngest players selected for the team and playing at such a senior level.

Gabrielle wins National Public Speaking Competition

The Junior Legacy Public Speaking Competition is a national public speaking competition that encourages young speakers to develop their confidence and speech performance capabilities by delivering prepared and short notice speeches.

On 14 November, Year 10 student Gabrielle Elias won the National Final held in Launceston. This is quite a significant achievement, given that Gabrielle also spoke in the National Final for Rostrum Voice of Youth, in Sydney on 30 July.