Success Stories

Pierre De Coubertin Awards and Olympic Academy

I was very proud to be nominated for the prestigious Pierre De Coubertin Award. The award is named after Pierre De Coubertin, a French man and the founder of the International Olympic Committee. The award is based around the Olympic and Paralympic values of Friendship, Respect, Excellence, Determination, Inspiration, Courage and Equality. To be nominated as a Pierre De Coubertin award recipient my attitude towards sport and life needed to meet these values, as well as participating in a range of Olympic and non-Olympic listed sports throughout my time at MSJ.

During the day I was joined by my fellow Year 12 students, Olivia and Zoe at the Olympic Academy. The aim of the Olympic Academy was to form new relationships between students from other schools that had also achieved sporting and life excellence, all conducted around the olympic values. During the day we worked in small groups and had the opportunity to tour the MCG, National Sports Museum and listened to some outstanding athletes such as Scotty James speak about their sporting excellence and how they overcome the challenges all young athletes face.

Being nominated and receiving a Pierre De Coubertin Award has definitely changed my view on what is most important to me whilst still moving forward to reach my goals in sport.

I challenge you to also live out the Olympic and Paralympic values in your lives whether that be on or off the field, because remember sportsmanship is key. “The pain you feel today, will be the strength you feel tomorrow”

I would like to thank the Health and PE domain for selecting me as MSJ’s 2018 Pierre De Coubertin Award recipient, and to everyone who has coached or pushed me to be and do my very best. 

By Laura Hegarty - 2018 MSJ recipient of the Pierre De Courbertin.

RACV Safe Mates competition

The Year 11 VCAL Literacy class kicked off Term 2 by entering the RACV Safe Mates competition – which involved designing a social media campaign to promote awareness around a road safety issue that affects young drivers. 

Ellouise Dobinson, from McCormack 3, was lucky enough to be selected as a finalist in this competition, placing in the top 3 out of 146 entries from across the state. Her campaign is called #WhenInDoubtNapItOut, which aims to raise awareness about the importance of not driving while fatigued.

Ellouise was lucky enough to be invited to attend a workshop at CHE Proximity in South Yarra, an advertising agency, where she learnt about marketing strategies and online advertising. She also had a two-hour mentoring session with ‘creatives’ from the CHEP team, who helped flesh out her ideas into potential prize-winning content!

Keep an eye out on the RACV Young Driver Safety page in September, which is when Ellouise’s posts will start to go live.

Congratulations Ellouise for making it this far, and good luck!