Student Achievements

Our students have wonderful successes…here are some examples of some of the great achievements of the past months

BACHELOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE AT PSC

Congratulations to Sarah Conway. We are very proud of Year 12 VCAL student Sarah Conway who has been offered a place in the 3-year Bachelor of Photography Course at PSC starting in February 2021.

Sarah recently completed an online interview where she was required to show her folio and discuss her passion for photography as a future pathway.

Sarah has been committed to her education in photography since completing the elective in Year 10. She has developed her skills by taking part in a range of short holiday courses and taking photographs at every opportunity. She has converted her garage into a home studio.

We are very proud of Sarah and wish her all the best in her course next year. When asked why she wants to study photography, Sarah answered that it’s her biggest passion and because it’s in her blood. She grew up around photography as her Uncle is also passionate about it and her Dad shared his love of photography with her also.

Once she finishes her Bachelor of Photography, she hopes to secure a mentorship with a photographer, then eventually start her own photography business. She acknowledges that she would not have been able to get this far without persistence and passion but also because of the people around her, such as her teachers, her Mum, family, and friends.

MONASH SCHOLARS’ PROGRAM

Monash Scholars is a prestigious program for high achieving secondary school students. The program is offered by Monash University to provide high achieving students with a unique head-start into university life.

The program provides opportunities for personal and academic development as well as giving students the knowledge, skills and confidence to make the right study choices. It also enables these students to expand their network of like-minded peers.

Congratulations to Year 10 students Alyssa Hanson & Kyarah-Jayne Pumo for being selected into this prestigious program.

Alyssa Hanson Kyarah-Jayne Pumo

THE YOUNG JOURNALIST AWARD (ACU)

The Young Journalist Award, brought to us by Australian Catholic University, is an opportunity for young people to explore the interesting and inspiring stories that are everywhere around them, and share those stories with the wider community.

This year for the first time, the award was open to young writers and those interested in photography and digital journalism. The year’s theme for 2020 was “Living it up – Stories of Celebration.”

Inspiring stories that students explored included sporting, academic or arts achievements, personal milestones, cultural and religious celebration or community events. As part of their Academic 8 program students were asked to creatively deliver a response to this prompt. Academic 8 works to develop students’ recognition of cross curricular connections and helps build their skills to enhance their learning in both English and Religious Education. This project worked to highlight their understanding of audience and purpose in their project and further improved their literacy skills while increasing their ability to transfer and connect knowledge. Congratulations to every student that took part!

Tamara Lourdes

Religious Education Learning Leader

Congratulations to the following students:

Gillian Fox

Runner up in the Intermediate Photo Journalist Section

Eve Zabarauska

Highly Commended in the Intermediate Printed Journalist Section

Tayla Rayner

Highly Commended in the Intermediate Digital Journalist Section (Video)

Amal Hamed

Highly Commended in the Intermediate Digital Journalist Section (Podcast)

Gillian Fox Eve Zabarauska Tayla Rayner Amal Hamed

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