2021 Salesian Awards

mr Rob mercer | Assistant Principal – School Organisation

The Salesian awards acknowledge individual student contribution to College life in the four areas of Academic, Cultural, Sport and Citizenship. They were introduced to encourage boys to get the most out of their time here by making the most of the many opportunities that the school provides. They allow us, as a community, to recognise the boys who are improving the college culture through their participation. Boys accumulate points in the four areas, and when they reach the requisite numbers, they will be awarded either the Bronze, Silver or Gold Salesian Award. Gold awards require special effort over many years at the school – boys need 1200 points in total for the Gold, with a minimum of 750 points in the Area of Academic and 300 in Citizenship. From Year 7 they start to accumulate points and at the end of every term the awards are presented at assembly. Academic points are largely based on a boy’s average overall mark in a given semester. Citizenship points come from doing the “ordinary things extraordinarily well”, for example, a teacher may award a Citizenship merit after noticing a boy helping others in his class. Students are also awarded for participation in school activities such as Don Bosco’s Oratory Week. Cultural points can be gained by participation in things like Debating, the College Production or Chess. Sport points can be gained through involvement in things like House and ACC sports. Every teacher is responsible for giving points towards the Salesian Awards, which means that all accomplishments from small to large are recognised. This list of boys who have achieved their Gold Awards this year includes some names that everyone would recognise due to the public nature of their accomplishments, through musical productions, leadership roles and sport. However, these public accomplishments are not a requirement of the Salesian Awards. Quiet, consistent and positive efforts are equally valuable. These boys are the example of what the Salesian Awards were established to acknowledge and should act as role models for others.

We would like to congratulate these boys on their achievement. We also like to thank them for giving to the community through their consistent hard work and the example they have set. As they leave the school, they will have left the school community a richer place from them having been here.

2021 RECIPIENT OF GOLD SALESIAN AWARDS

YEAR 12 ORATORY

Nicholas Dimetriou-Dickson 12A Ben Abraham 12C Keelan Corcoran 12C Angus Fenton 12A Alexander Forster 12G Will Iverson 12D Nathan McCance 12E Trent Papenfus 12D Owen Plionis 12D Sanish Rajbhandari 12F Mitchell Savic 12B Steven Tran 12G Shanelle Algama 12C Peter De Marco 12C Sal Di Rienzo II 12V Emmanuel Efstathiou 12G Alexander Fassos 12V Sebastian Filipovic 12C Thomas Filipovic 12B Cosi Fornaro 12B Jerine George 12G Kellan Hill 12G

YEAR 12

Daniel Ho Tom Ison Saurav Jaikumar Andrew Keo William Kirkman Christian Kotsinadelis Christian Locantro Robert Kosta McNamara Robbie Miller Theodore Nianiakas James Orlando Jake Parente Travis Pemberton Nicholas Pham Tien Quach Jordan Ratumu Dominic Russo Marcus Santaera Daniel Sirait Johnny Ta Thomas Valle Justin Vu

ORATORY

12G 12D 12F 12D 12E 12E 12E 12E 12E 12V 12E 12E 12E 12V 12D 12D 12F 12V 12B 12B 12A 12A