The Class of 2002

The Class of ’02

De La Salle College again achieved outstanding VCE results with thirty students gaining an ENTER score above 90, with three students in the top 1% of the State with an ENTER score above 99. Congratulations to all the 196 students who completed Year 12 in 2002 and who were successful in achieving their VCE! As well as excellent overall results, many students achieved their personal best results for their subjects. The three top scoring students were: Michael Nicholls 99.85 Physiotherapy (Melbourne University) Tom Sullivan 99.80 Medicine (Melbourne University) Laughlin Nicholls 99.40 Commerce/Law (Melbourne University)

Ms Sue Taylor Careers Counsellor/VET Coordinator

Back: James Rodda, Anthony Hillier, Tom Sullivan, Michael Stinear, Mark Darmanin Fifth row: Evan Curwood, James Buchanan, Dominic Ellis, Gary Johnstone Fourth row: Paul Healy, Norman Sutanto, Tim Noble, Laughlin Nicholls Third row: Alex Russo, Michael Nicholls, Ben Koh, Sean Cheng Second row: Eugene Hyland, Edric Taing, Brendan Atkin Front row: Brad Walton, Pascal Heeraman (represented here by his brother Jean-Sebastien) Damian Clancy and Br Tim Peter.

A Premier’s Award for Tom Sullivan

The 2002 Premier’s VCE Awards held at the Regent Theatre and Plaza Ballroom this year was an exciting time for one De La student — Tom Sullivan. Along with 262 other VCE students, his academic excellence was acknowledged. Guest speakers included the Governor, the Premier and Minister for Education. Included in the various categories of awards was the “best five students in each of the VCE studies”. Tom was one of 5 students in Victoria who received a VCE Legal Studies Award. His final exam result reflected his perfect scores in schoolassessed coursework. Together with all his teachers, I wish Tom every success for his future endeavours, especially his studies in medicine at Melbourne University.

Sandra Venneri VCE Legal Studies Teacher, 2002

Dux of the College 2002

Michael Nicholls, Dux of the College in 2002, received an ENTER score of 99.85 allowing him to get into his first preference of Physiotherapy, at Melbourne University. Michael attended De La Salle from Year 7 and in his final year he studied Maths Methods, Specialist Maths, Physics, Chemistry and English. While in Year 11 he completed PE 3 & 4. Ever since Year 7, Michael had aspired to pursue a career in physiotherapy. Michael said that his work experience in Year 10 with physiotherapist Barry Richardson only strengthened this dream. He is confident he will enjoy his course and his time at university, despite the heavy workload. With the relatively small number of about 100 students doing physio he hopes to get to know a lot of new people, as well as keeping in touch with the friends he made at De La. Michael hopes that when he has completed his fouryear course, he will work in hospitals and clinics, and his eventual long-term goal is to set up his own private practice. We congratulate Michael on his fine results and wish him every success in his chosen career.

Monash Award

Brendan Woodman was the recipient of the 2003 Monash Prize. This prize is awarded annually to a high achieving student in Year 11. The prize includes a cheque for $450, a presentation certificate, and a $50 gift certificate. Brendan is also eligible for a further $500 award if he continues his studies at Monash University. Brendan won a number of subject awards in Year 11, and represented the College in Athletics and Cross Country during the year.