Student Achievements

We congratulate Charlotte Cutts (Year 9) who was again selected as a ball-kid in the 2020 Australian Open. Chosen from over 3500 children, Charlotte trained for the Australian Open since last March. Charlotte had the opportunity to be a ball-kid on centre court, and was lucky to meet Scott Morrison, Dylan Alcott and many other wonderful tennis players.

Congratulations to Clare Tuckwell (Year 8) who was the Loreto Toorak recipient of the 2019 Higgins Medal, in recognition of her outstanding school and community involvement. Clare received her award from Dr Katie Allen MP (Member for Higgins) at a ceremony. Congratulations Clare!

We proudly celebrate the achievements of Isabella McGregor (Year 11) who was recently awarded her Black Belt third stripe in Taekwondo; an internationally recognised Kukkiwon certificate from Seoul, Korea. Congratulations Isabella!

Congratulations to Cleo Richardson (Year 8) who won bronze in the Women’s U15 1500m at the Athletics Victoria State Track and Field Championships, held at MSAC in March. Cleo ran a personal best time of 4:52. Great effort Cleo!

Congratulations to Bridie Hill (Year 9) who competed in the 2XU Triathlon Race 4 Elwood, placing second in the Female Youth division.

We are thrilled to applaud Orla Shackcloth (Year 8) who qualified for State Athletics Championships after placing in the top five at the Regional Little Athletics in the 800m, 200m hurdles, triple jump and 1500m.

Congratulations to Lauren McGarry (Year 9) who won gold in the Women’s Hammer Throw (3kg) U16 at the Athletics Victoria State Track and Field Championships, held at MSAC in March. Lauren threw an incredible 45m to clinch the gold medal, over her nearest rival.

Congratulations to Jazmine Lam (Year 9) who was selected to be part of the 2020 Badminton Australia Junior High-Performance Program, as an U15 National Squad member. As part of the JHP program, Jazmine has the opportunity to participate in a number of international badminton events. We wish Jazmine well on her Badminton journey.

Senior Politics students attended a live recording of ABC’s Q&A on the topic of Australia’s national identity and participated in an important discussion around gender based violence, treatment of aboriginal people and what it means to be Australian. Georgie Dole (Year 11) articulated a thought provoking question to the panel around these difficult topics.

Congratulations to Eleanor McFarlane (Year 12) who won gold in the Women’s U20 High Jump at the Athletics Victoria State Track and Field Championships, held at MSAC in March. Eleanor jumped an astounding 163cm.

We are delighted to celebrate the achievements of Flora Kelly (Year 12), who was awarded The National Gallery Victoria Award for Creativity – Secondary category for her wonderful artwork Urban Landscape. Flora won a family pass to the NGV for their Melbourne Winter Masterpieces exhibition.

We applaud Sophie Varis (Year 10) who has been selected by Gymnastics Australia to compete in the Aerobic Gymnastics World Age Group Championships in the Age Group 2 Trio Division. The competition has been postponed until 2021 but will take place at Baku, Azerbaijan.