SENIOR SCHOOL

IMPORTANT DATES

Wednesday 21 December

First round tertiary offers go out

Tuesday 31 January

Year 12 students start

Wednesday 1 February

Year 11 students start

Monday 6 February

School Photos (Day 1)

Tuesday 7 February

Senior Cricket

Tuesday 14 February

School Photos (Day 2)

Monday 20 February

Swimming Carnival

2023 Captains

We are delighted to announce our 2023 School Captains - Ky Harris and Kristy Michael along with our Year 12 Captains - Chloe Cross and Caitlin Atwill.  We look forward to working alongside Ky, Kristy, Chloe and Caitlin.

Year 12 Valedictory Dinner

This year’s Valedictory Dinner was a celebration of another amazing year for our students, and the first opportunity many of them had to dress up and really celebrate a school event in a long time!

On Thursday December 8, the Year 12 graduates, their friends, family, teachers and Principal team gathered at the beautiful Crown Palladium to celebrate the end of the students’ formal education. It was wonderful to see these young adults and their families smiling and celebrating their VCE successes after such challenging senior school years. 

There were many inspiring efforts recognised through the awards and we would like to congratulate each and every one of our Graduates of 2021. In particular we would like to recognise our Valedictorians for 2022: Cooper Rouget and Kelsey Horsnaill. Their contributions to numerous school activities and their exemplary efforts across all subjects both this year and across all of their time at Lilydale High, are a credit to these amazing young people.

Cooper Rouget and Kelsey Horsnaill

Year 12 Awards

• Male Sports Champion: Jye Peacock
• Female Sports Champion: Tayja Maki
• Instrumental Music Award: Heidi Graupner
• Academic Excellence and Endeavour Awards (3 subjects) - 15 students
• Academic Excellence and Endeavour Awards (4 subjects) - 12 students
• Academic Excellence and Endeavour all subjects - 20 students
• Academic Excellence all subjects - 8 students: Valentina Aloysius, Mark Anderson, Angus Baldson, Kelsey Horsnaill, Mercedees King, Cooper Rouget, Anastasia Slattery , Mackenzie Weston
• Systems Engineering: Jesse Dooley 
• Senior VET Award: Caleb Gebert
• Senior VCAL Award: Anastasia Slattery
• Australian Defence Force: The Future Innovators Award: Sabina Nivas
• Genaha Thompson Award: Mackenna Pasinati
• Environmental Award: Georgina Peters
• Year 12 Level Captains Award: Peter Paladino and Kelsey Horsnaill
• School Captains Award: Ava Van Leemupt and Lilly Urquhart

Subject Awards:

• Art: Mason Henshall
• Visual Communication and Design: Mason Henshall
• Studio Arts (photography): Liam Buchan
• Theatre Studies: Darcy Garth
• Drama: Danielle Fletcher
• English: Angus Balsdon
• English Literature: Mackenzie Weston
• English Language: Mason Henshall
• French: Charlotte Greene
• History Revolution: Angus Balsdon
• Economics: Angus Balsdon
• Accounting: Benjamin Westh
• Legal: Mackenzie Weston
• Business Management: Oliver Harvey
• Further Mathematics: Mackenna Pasinati, Valentina Aloysius
• Mathematical Methods: Sabina Nivas
• Specialist Mathematics: Liam Buchan
• PE: Mackenna Pasinati
• Health and Human Development: Mackenzie Weston
• Certificate 2 (Sport and Rec): Darcy Peacock
• Psychology: Cooper Rouget
• Physics: Liam Buchan
• Biology:  Cooper Rouget
• Chemistry: Abby Broadley
• Food: Kelsey Horsnail
• PD&T (Wood): Caleb Thompson
• PD&T (Textiles): Ash McRae

Year 11 Awards Ceremony

On Friday December 2, the Year 11 students celebrated their achievements throughout the year with their Awards Ceremony.

Congratulations to all students for making it through this busy and challenging year and welcome to Year 12!  

Well done to all of our award winners including our 'Students of the Year' Caitlin Atwill and Liam Hourihan.

Year 11 Awards

• Year 11 Captains - Checca Muchmore and Grace Cole
• Male Sports Champion - Ky Harris
• Female Sports Champion - Katie Wilson
• Points Award Bronze Badge - Caitlin Atwill, Alyssa Barille, Alissa Cranwell, Liam Hourihan, Sukey Russell, Erin Alison, Georgia Schlittler, Denae Allen, Kristy Michael, Erin McBride and Chloe Cross
• Instrumental Music Awards
• Subject Awards & Captains
• Grade Point Average (GPA) Excellence Awards
• Academic Excellence and Endeavour Awards
• VCAL Student of the Year - Chloe Cross
• Year 11 Male Student of the Year - Liam Hourihan
• Year 11 Female Student of the Year - Caitlin Attwill

Step-Up Program and preparing for 2023

For the final 2 weeks of the school year, students attended the ‘Step-Up’ program where they began the 2023 school year. They were also given holiday homework.  We urge all students to complete this work so that they come to school prepared and ready for a great start to the year.

Congratulations and Happy Holidays!

The Senior School Coordination team extends our congratulations to all students on what has been another very challenging but ultimately rewarding year in VCE. It has been great to see your smiling faces on site. We are very proud of all our students who have shown great resilience and adaptability throughout this tough year.

To our Year 12 students, congratulations on completing your schooling at Lilydale High School, we wish you the best of luck for your future endeavours. Please drop in and see us sometime; we’d love to hear what you’re all up to post-secondary school. We are still here to support you through the tertiary application process should you need any help. 

To our Year 11 students, well done on your first year in VCE, we look forward to seeing you back next year as you move into Year 12. We hope you find some time to relax and recharge in readiness for your final year in high school.

Finally, we would like to wish all students and families a very Merry Christmas and a happy and safe New Year.

Janine Sayers, Daniel Toma, Mark Beatson, Jodie Street,  Brendon Huby, Kelsey Currie, Kate Hankin, Sarah Redgewell and

 Jenny McLean

VCE Coordination Team