Scholarship Program

mrs mary menz | Principal’s PA

More than twenty years ago, a very significant decision was made by then College Principal, Fr Greg Chambers. This decision was to introduce a Year 9 Academic Scholarship program to both retain and attract students at that level. Year 9 has always been and continues to be a time when Select Entry Schools and Private schools offer enrolment to those students they believe are capable of achieving excellent academic outcomes.

From 2020, Sporting and Music scholarships have been added to the suite, encouraging excellence in these areas as well as in the academic sphere. Many boys with differing strengths are now benefiting from the Scholarship Program. It is not the prestige of being offered a scholarship that makes this program a success; it is the belief by the boys in their ability that drives them for excellence in these areas. All students have access to our Scholarships and are encouraged to work hard and consistently to achieve their very best over their six years at the College to be recognised with a scholarship. We wish to acknowledge the truly outstanding academic performance of our College Dux for 2021, Travis Pemberton. Travis received an ATAR of 99.05, placing him in the top 0.95 of all Year 12 students in the state. Travis received study scores of 46 in three subjects in a time of great uncertainty and change for our students. Travis worked consistently hard to attain this amazing result. Travis has been rewarded for his consistent academic rigour. He was successful in being awarded a Scholarship at every year level, from Year 7 though to Year 12. His contribution to the College is gratefully acknowledged and appreciated. Travis is truly a fine example of his own commitment to study and unwavering desire to learn consistently, with the assistance of the caring, motivating and innovative staff at the College. Heartfelt congratulations also go to our 2021 College Captain and recipient of multiple scholarships over the years, Steven Tran. Steven has passionately led his cohort though the most difficult and uncertain two years that our Community has endured. He continued to develop selfrelevant and well-balanced study habits, incorporating some rest and utilising the flexibility that remote learning provided. Once again consistent work across the years has resulted in outstanding results for Steven, who shone as our student leader during difficult times. We thank and acknowledge the families of both Travis and Steven for the support they have shown their sons and for entrusting their educational, pastoral and spiritual care to the staff of Salesian College during the past six years. Congratulations to all of our scholarship winners, from the young Grade 6 boys to the Year 12 recipients. We encourage you all to strive to be your best, to continue to develop excellent study habits and utilise the amazing resources you have at the College – your teachers and other staff. To encourage his young pupils, St John Bosco said, ‘Do your ordinary duties extraordinarily well.’ These fine young Salesian men have definitely followed that advice. We too encourage all of our students to continue to strive to be the best they can.

Dux of Year 7 Chrishan Vannitamby

Dux of Year 8 Aidan Rhys Fernandes

Dux of Year 9 Liam Matteo

YEAR 7

Leo Cerreto-Dillon Darcy Humphreys Zacheriah Huynh Michael Karisson Sri Karthikeyan Min Woo Kim Zac Raffa Senan Seneviratne Kishore Vaidya Chrishan Vannitamby

YEAR 8

Aidan Rhys Fernandes Abin Gautam Spencer Guzzo Sachin James Nethil Maddumahewa Wissam Malaeb Heroon Marambage Raveen Wijjarupage Matthew Yap Peter Yip Max Schroder Tate Mole

YEAR 9

Benjamin Brooks Abhav Chenanda Karumbaiah Oliver De Luca Costa Giannikos Samuel Gould Nathaniel Hrambanis Alex Marinis Liam Matteo Patrick Sutherland James Valiontis Zed Hadzic Andrew Tan

YEAR 10

Emmanuel Aquino Marcellino Baselyous Gavriel Hariyanto Peter Liptai Kaiden Serrano Peter Holland

YEAR 11

Sam Cherry Oskar Cislo Michael Legg Emmanuel Louis Adam D'Souza Daniel Amendola

YEAR 12

Ben Abraham Alexander Forster Travis Pemberton Steven Tran xavier Wilson Nathan McNamara

Dux of Year 10 Emmanuel Aquino

Dux of Year 11 Michael Legg