Outstanding Year 12!
Amy Porter - College Principal
Congratulations Year 12 - Median Study Score of 30 (despite COVID)
Firstly, a huge thank you to the entire community: parents, students, siblings, grandparents, friends, education support, teaching and leadership. It takes a village and Sandy College has again seen some strong academic results in 2022. We can all take away our part in our student successes in the same way as we always try to own the areas where we can find improvement in the year that will follow.
Brief summary:
We saw an increase in our top ATAR score and maintained a median study score of 30 for the 4th year in a row.
Our median ATAR continues to rise: 75.8. This means that half of our cohort of scored VCE students achieved 75.8 or better. To have this in the top quartile of all ATAR results is simply brilliant.
To give context - Median ATAR trends at Sandy (2016 to 2022)
2016: 55.6
2017: 58.7
2018: 60.6
2019: 68.0
2020: 71.0
2021: 74.0
2022: 75.8
Dux and top students
Congratulations to Mia Wallbrink (Dux) and the following students who are our top of the class of 2022 (in alphabetical order)
DUX: Mia Wallbrink (ATAR 98.35)
Koshi Sato (Dux Proximus)
MacKenzie Bliss
Dan Castle
Flynn Dakis
Inez Gyftopoulos
Eve Mawdesley
Tom McLean
Julia McNally
Ryan O'Shanesy
Charlie Rutherford
Bryn Sandars
Lily Ward
Staff Changes
I would like to thank and acknowledge the following staff who are retiring after significant service to the Department of Education and Sandringham College. Barb and Marianna are both exceptional teachers. They have gone above and beyond in providing support for our students. Specific areas include: educational leadership, student management, domain leadership, and co-curricular programs.
Thank you:
Barb Tulloch - Mathematics
Marianna Hoult - Mathematics
Staff leaving at the conclusion of 2022
We wish the following staff all the best as they leave the College for new horizons. I thank each of them for their contribution to the College.
Belinda Clements - Food Tech
Nicholas Beecher - Voice/Piano
Fiona Bechtold - Theatre/Drama
Josefina Bernal Rosa- Lab Tech
Tim Clifton - Music
Ben Ditterich - Business Management/Head of Senior Sub-School
Quinn Daly - Art/Viscom
Ashleigh Ferguson - Science
Simone Garraway - PSD/Inclusion/English
Joanna Hill - English/Learning Specialist
Roland Khayat - Design Tech (wood)
Leanne Laverty - Admin
Rhys Morgan - Art
Sean Mundy - Maths
Jason Moore - Digitech
Aleks Vidanovic - Humanities
Duncan Wallace - Legal Studies
New staff joining the College in 2023 - teachers
Azra Andric - English/Advance
Palka Arora - Mathematics
Tim Clarke - Digitech/STEAM
Elise Dowling - HPE/Mathematics
Mark Fernandez - Accounting/Business Management/Learning Specialist
Penny Fernandez - Art/Viscom
Ellie Fisher - Food Tech/English
Layla Hayes - English/Humanities
Amy Hirth - Humanities/English
Jean Lee - Mathematics/Digitech
Tom McInerney - HPE/ Outdoor Ed
Joanna Pham - Art
Amy Porter (2) - Drama/Humanities/English
Florence Pyke - French
Theo Pyke - Piano
Jan Robinson - HPE
Alisa Romboy - Humanities
Roxanne Toivanen - Biology/Science
Kate Wallis - Food Tech/Year Level Leadership
Catherine Weekes - Music
Matthew Weekes -Music
Felicia Williams - Mathematics
Jessica Ye - Business Management/Legal Studies
New staff joining the College in 2023 - Education Support
Lauren Farkas - Classroom aid
Matthew Gilchrist - VCAL/VM classroom aid/work placement
Jared Lipschnitz - Classroom aid
Ellyse Noy - Lab Tech
Anna Theroff - Classroom aid
Mikaela Wood - Classroom aid
Courtney Zuidema - Classroom aid
Moira Philp- VET/Homestay/Attendance Officer
Key Contacts 2023
Please see below a link to the key contacts for 2023. In this document you will find information about the key staff at the College including your child's Year Level Leader for 2023.
Child Safe Standards at Sandringham College
Child safety and wellbeing at Sandringham College: information for families and the school community
The Victorian Government has announced new Child Safe Standards to further strengthen child safety across organisations, including schools. The new standards recognise the critical importance of families and the broader school community in maintaining and promoting child safety and wellbeing.
Sandringham College has reviewed and updated our child safety policies and procedures to ensure they meet the requirements of the new standards. These are available to view [insert where your policies and procedures are published i.e. on your school’s website, via an online parent/carer/student communication platform, at the school’s front office].
We are committed to continuous improvement in our approach to child safety and wellbeing and welcome feedback from families and members of our school community on ways we can further strengthen our child safety policies, procedures and practices.
If you have any suggestions, comments or questions, please contact Amy Porter.
Updated Policies can be found on our website:
https://sandringhamsc.vic.edu.au/publications-policies/
- Child Safety and Wellbeing Policy
- Child Safety Code of Conduct
- Child safety Responding and Reporting Obligations Policy and Procedure
- Complaints Policy
- Student Wellbeing and Engagement Policy
- Bullying Prevention Policy
- Volunteers Policy
- Visitors Policy
- Digital Learning Policy
- Insert others
As valuable partners in promoting and maintaining child safety and wellbeing at Sandringham College we welcome and encourage your feedback.