Senior Years Awards ____________________________Page

YEAR 11 EXCELLENCE AWARDS

Callum Schenk Accounting Felicity Rush (SHC) Australian and Global Politics Thomas Senftleben Biology Charlottle Monaghan (SHC) Business Management Hugh McMahon Chemistry Jackson Kos Chinese Matthew Walters (Year 10) Computing - Unit 1/2 Maille Cornelius (CLO) Economics Liam Jelley English Hugh McMahon English Language Madeline Baker (CLO) Environmental Science Kate Hudson (SHC) Food Technology Angus McKinnon General Mathematics Jack Kammermann Geography Sanden Breust Health and Human Development Emma Riley (SHC) History (20th Century) Isaac Travers-Hucker History (Global Empires) Matthew Zulumovski (Year 10) Legal Studies - Unit 1/2 Isaac Travers-Hucker Literature Jack Keating Mathematical Methods (CAS) Jonah Ahearn Media Angus O’Connell (Year 10) Music Performance - Unit 1/2 Denzel Rabino Outdoor and Environmental Studies Austin Perrott Physical Education Hugh McMahon Physics William Rowe Product Design and Technology Connor Morrison Psychology Jack Keating Religious Education (Ethics & Morality) Sebastian Mortarotti Studio Arts Ben Arcoraci Systems Engineering Jordan Jones (Year 10) Visual Communication - Unit 1/2 Hugh McMahon Specialist Mathematics Jordan Jones (Year 10) Diary Years 7 - 10 Cover Design Joshua Forsyth Diary Years 11 - 12 Cover Design Jacob Sesar Athletics – Under 17 Age Champion Jack Keating Swimming - Under 17 Age Champion Joshua Hirt VCAL Numeracy Jordan Imbrogno VCAL Literacy Joshua Cammarere VCAL Personal Development Skills Charlie Johnson VCAL Personal Development Skills Patrick Kelly Community Service Joshua Ferrer Encouragement Award Joshua Hirt Encouragement Award William Devine Leadership Award James Dillon Edmund Rice Hugh McMahon Deakin University - School of Engineering Award, for outstanding application in Year 11 Mathematic Methods/Physics Hugh McMahon Cross Country – Under 17 Age Champion Lucas Pante Year 11 Principal’s Award

YEAR 12 EXCELLENCE AWARDS

Jack Keating (Year 11) Accounting - Unit 3/4 Michael Bongiorno (Year 11) Biology - Unit 3/4 Jordan Caccamo (Year 11) Business Management - Unit 3/4 Ned Harris Chemistry Benjamin Kenworthy Economics Jack Francis English Riley Nicholson Environmental Science Daniel Rabbat Global Politics Joshua Black Health and Human Development Michael Callahan History: Revolutions Emily Birthisel (SHC) Italian Kyle Meyer Legal Studies Ricky Ivelja (Year 10) Maths: Further Mathematics - Unit 3/4 Thomas Lyons Media Jake Milliken (Year 11) Outdoor &Environmental Studies - Unit 3/4 Thomas Foley Physics Liam Jelley (Year 11) Psychology - Unit 3/4 Leyton Andrews Systems Engineering Brandon Stokes (Year 11) Visual Communication Design - Unit 3/4 Ryen Smith Awards & Music Showcase Cover Design Matthew Henkel Awards & Music Showcase Cover Design Jack Henry Athletics – Senior Age Champion Liam Higgins Cross Country – Senior Age Champion William Paatsch Swimming – Senior Age Champion Justin Patterson Computing: Informatics Angus McKinnon (Year 11) Highest Scored VET Angus McKinnon (Year 11) Sport and Recreation (VCE VET) Donald Conway VCAL Personal Development Skills Nathan Gillespie VCAL Numeracy Nicholas Stephanides VCAL Literacy David Motorniak Maths: Mathematical Methods David Motorniak Maths: Specialist Mathematics David Motorniak VCE High Achiever Thomas Howe VCE High Achiever Thomas Fitzgerald VCE High Achiever James Pundij VCE High Achiever Eamon Dooley VCE High Achiever Alexander Fama VCE High Achiever Michael Caldow VCE High Achiever Aidan Patterson VCE High Achiever Matthew Ryan VCE High Achiever Patrick Zulumovski VCE High Achiever Leyton Andrews VCE High Achiever Joshua Black VCE High Achiever Riley Nicholson VCE High Achiever Brayden Thompson VCE High Achiever Samuel Searle VCE High Achiever Isitha Subasinghe VCE High Achiever Jack Bruce VCE High Achiever Michael Callahan VCE High Achiever Antonio Novta VCE High Achiever Kyle Meyer VCE High Achiever Patrick O’Connor VCE High Achiever Rhys Hegyesi VCE High Achiever Thomas Lyons VCE High Achiever Charles Francis VCE High Achiever Thomas Foley VCE High Achiever Jonathan Dulce VCE High Achiever Jordan Partington VCE High Achiever Daniel Rabbat VCE High Achiever Samuel Kidd VCE High Achiever Justin Patterson VCE High Achiever Benjamin Kenworthy VCE High Achiever Kieren Walsh VCE High Achiever Matthew Oyang VCE High Achiever Blake Robinson VCE High Achiever Jack Francis VCE High Achiever Ned Harris VCE High Achiever

Leadership, Service & Excellence Awards

Ryan Draper Memorial Award

For excellence in Debating and Public Speaking Daniel Rabbat

Adam Bryant Memorial House Competition Shield Winner

For the winner of the Inter-house Competition Jack Walters - Foley House

Frank Merlino Memorial Cup

For excellence in Information Technology Justin Patterson

Michael Carmody Memorial Award

For examplary Leadership at School and in the wider Community Jack Blood

Brennan Houghton Joey’s Boy Memorial Award

(Voted by peers) For the student who has ‘strived for the highest’ Angus McMahon

Old Collegian’s Association Citizenship Award

For contribution and service to the College Adam Karpinski

Parents & Friends Association Cultural Award (Performing Arts)

For contribution to the cultural life of the College Eamon Dooley & Oscar Senftleben

Edmund Rice Award

For promoting and supporting the values of Edmund Rice Jack O’Neill

Old Collegian’s Association – Leo Turner Memorial Award

For excellence in sport Jack Henry

Zampatti All Rounder Award

For excellence in a range of activities Liam Higgins

Dux of College

For academic excellence in VCE David Motorniak

McNeill Cup

For overall excellence, leadership and commitment to the College Rhys Hegyesi

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This is my second year as a teacher at SJC and my first year as the Director of Mission. It has been an honour to work with the five wonderful staff who create the Mission team: Ms Zoe Marshall (Service Learning Coordinator) Ms Vicki Mills (Religious Education Coordinator), Ms Louisa Biviano (ATSI coordinator) and new to the team in 2016 was Mrs Mary Malone (Faith Development Coordinator). A strong focus of mine is to push for more advocacy actions within our school community. The various initiatives that shone a spotlight on the treatment of asylum seekers by the Australian government was the highlight for me in 2016. The four Catholic Secondary Schools combined together and stood in a Circle of Silence for 30 minutes to express our support and solidarity for refugees and people seeking asylum. We stood in silence to recognise the injustices faced by people caught up in Australia’s immigration detention system. We also hosted a meeting with Richard Marles, Federal Member of Corio, to discuss the asylum seeker and refugee issue facing Australia. This interaction captured the Geelong Advertisers attention and was written about in the letter section of the Saturday newspaper.

LITURGY

During this Year of Mercy we have many opportunities to gather together in our St Joseph’s community to celebrate our Catholic Identity through liturgy and ritual throughout the year. Edmund Rice Day is certainly a highlight of the school year. Not only is money generously raised for communities in East Africa and for Edmund Rice Camps we are brought together in solidarity to live out our Edmund Rice touch stones of ‘Inclusive Community’ ‘Gospel Spirituality’, ‘Justice and Solidarity’ and ‘Liberating Education’. This year the day began with a joyful celebration of the Eucharist and through the students generous participation in the day they come to see that they are living out the East African term ‘Unbuntu’ (oo-boon-too) which means, ‘Showing kindness and generosity towards others’. For the communion reflection we sat in awe as we listened to Gorgi Coghlan a former student of Paul Tobias sing ‘Age of Reason’. Gorgi used her national profile as a host on ‘The Project’ news program to raise awareness of the #LetThemStay campaign by singing the song with a group of other celebrity mums and musicians concerned about asylum seeker children in detention centres. Fr Dillon then inspired us to live out the sentiments of the liturgy as he blessed and asked God to make us discover “active and practical ways of the tender love and mercy with which you embrace us all. May we go forth with compassion and courage in our hearts.” This is exactly what the 2016 SJC community have embraced this year.

RENEWALS

At each year level we are given the opportunity to take time out of the busy school year where we can re-treat, re-charge, re-fresh and re-new our body, minds and especially our spirit. This year the Year 10 students spent time over two days reflecting on the theme from John’s Gospel, ‘I am the way, the truth and the life.’ Inspired by

Celebrating our Mums our guest speaker, musician Scott Darlow who shared his story with us while raising awareness of indigenous issues and through a variety of Gorgi Coghlan experiences the students were called to explore performing at ways to have more confidence to express who Edmund RIce Day Edmund RIce Day they are and to find ways to be themselves. They spent time experiencing spirituality through mediation and took time to reflect on their life journey so far and created a life motto to inspire them into their future. We can see how energising and successful these Renewal Days can be for all involved when a student, presenter and staff member respond to the question, ‘What is your life motto?’: James James ‘The ultimate measure of a man is not what they do Mangar Mangar leads the procession procession in a time of comfort, it’s what they do in a time of discomfort and adversity.’ - Year 10 Student ‘Once again your students were fantastic and especially on the second day, many of them were moved to come to me and express their appreciation and several gave me a hug which is fantastic because there is no doubt that if they are prepared to hug me they will hug their parents. I want to congratulate you and your school for the fantastic safety awareness program that you bring to your year 10 students and I’m honored to be part of it.’

- John Maher, Carmen Road Safety

‘I think what is really nice is I have become really close with my homeroom after this week- they are great lads.’

- Year 10 Homeroom Teacher

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