Celebrating Our Students Achievements – 2024 Presentation Night

On Monday 16th December, the Maffra Memorial Hall was at capacity as our students and families, celebrated and acknowledged the achievements of our students whilst being entertained by our talented musicians throughout the evening.

On behalf of Maffra Secondary College, I would like to take this opportunity to thank our valued sponsors and thank them for their continued support of the College and our students.

A copy of all awards winners has been posted on Compass.

On behalf of Maffra Secondary College we would like to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a safe and relaxing holiday.

2024 - MAFFRA SECONDARY COLLEGE – PRESENTATION NIGHT

PROGRAM OF AWARDS

MUSICAL PRESENTATION – JUNIOR CONCERT BAND & STRING ENSEMBLE Donna Stemberger & Gerry Ciavarella

Welcome – Acknowledgement to Country

National Anthem HARMONIX accompanied by Robyn Keane

Principal’s Address Jennifer Roep

College Council President Peter Neaves

Learning Excellence, Honour & Year Level DUX Awards Years 7 & 8

Learning Excellence, Honour & Year Level DUX Awards Years 9 & 10

Learning Excellence, Honour & Year Level DUX Awards Years 11 & 12

MUSICAL PRESENTATION – INTERMEDIATE CONCERT BAND – ‘Dynamite’ Gerry Ciavarella

2024 - VCE & VM YEAR 12 – ROLL CALL

POSI-SLIP AWARDS – see page 5

CHRISTMAS RAFFLE – PARENTS & FRIENDS

SCHOOL VALUES, SWPBS & COMMUNTIY SPIRIT AWARDS – Parents and Friends, Maffra Dental Clinic – page 5 Years 7-12

Year 8 Community Spirit Award - Sponsored by the Coongulla CFA – Alex Ognew

Year 10 & 11 Boyles Buses – Learning & Community Spirit Award – Sponsored by Karen & Lester Boyle -

Wellington Shire Community Senior Student - Engagement Awards – Sponsored by Wellington Shire

VCE Citizenship Award – Sponsored by Darren Chester – Federal Member for Gippsland – Kasey Svenson & Jeremy Smyth

SPORTS AWARDS – see page 5

HOUSE AWARDS – Individual & Overall House Points Champion – HOUSE CUP – THOMSON HOUSE

MUSICAL PRESENTATION – HARMONIX – ‘Happy Together’ Robyne Keane

2024 SCHOOL CAPTAINS & VICE CAPTAINS – FAREWELL & INTRODUCTION TO THE 2025 SCHOOL CAPTAINS

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC AWARDS – Years 7-12 Guitar – Alex Ognew, Woodwind – BJ Duan Smith, Percussion – Isaac McInnes, Piano – Darcy Hanson, Strings – Alison Newman

RISING STARS – Nellie & Ebony Bubb HARMONIX – Allyra Hornby DARREN WALL AWARD – Madison Bartlett

SCHOLARSHIPS

ADF Long Tan Leadership Awards – Year 10 Breanna Handley & Year 12 Kasey Svenson

ADF Future Innovators Awards – Year 10 Xander Raine & Year 12 Jeremy Smyth

Kwong Lee Dow Young Scholars Program – Amy Bawden

Year 8 Citizenship Award – Sponsored by Col & Margo Butcher - Harry Allison

TAFE GIPPSLAND – Award – Harry Redfern

Campion Education Scholarship – Academic Excellence – Lily Evans

The Drew Scholarship – Year 7 & Senior Scholarships - In memory of Mary Drew – Sponsored by the Drew Family

Year 7 Drew Scholarship - Gemma Derix & Senior Drew Scholarship – Charlotte Mansfield

Maffra & Community Sports Club –Sports Scholarships – Chelsie Hanna & Kobe Parsons

Cobain Memorial Scholarship – In Memory of John Cobain – Charlotte Mansfield

CWA – Senior Art Prize – CWA Maffra Branch – Billii Meacham

Ian Goodwin Memorial Scholarship – Sponsored by Bennett Electricals – Emily Johnston

ALL-ROUNDER AWARDS – Years 7-11 – Sponsored by the Sale Turf Club

Year 7 – Lily Appleton – Year 8 - Ruby Baxter, Year 9 Jaxson Marshall, Year 10 Declan Collins, Year 11 – Luke Lanigan

Year 12 ALL-ROUNDER – Sponsored by SES Maffra Unit – Jeremy Smyth

MINING & ENERGY UNION – Sponsored by the Mining & Energy Union Morwell – Kaicee Reid

Maffra RSL - John Sargent Memorial Scholarship – RSL - Maffra Branch – Declan Collins

Maffra Vigilance Society Scholarships – Maffra Vigilance Society – Year 10 Zara Smith & Year 11 Maicy Anlezark

Maffra Lioness - Community Spirit & Academic Encouragement Scholarships Year 10 Amy Bawden & Year 11 Emily Johnston

The Rotary Club of Maffra Scholarship – Rotary Club Maffra – Ruby Anderson

Maffra Community Bank Scholarships – Emily Rafferty & Henry Noble

2024 DUX of the COLLEGE – The Ken Davies Memorial Scholarship - Maffra Lions Club - Lily Reid

JAKOB & JEANNIE MALMO - TERTIARY SCHOLARSHIP – Sponsored by Jeannie & the late Jakob Malmo – Lily Reid

MUSICAL PRESENTATION – INTERMEDIATE CONCERT BAND – ‘Happy’ Gerry Ciavarella

YEAR 7 LEARNING EXCELLENCE & HONOUR AWARDS			YEAR 8 LEARNING EXCELLENCE & HONOUR AWARDS
LILY APPLETON	Honours Physical Education		HARRY ALLISON	Honours
MASON BEATTIE	Information Technology		TAHLIE BAILEY	Honours
OLIVIA CUMMING	Honours		RUBY BAXTER	Food Technology
GEMMA DERIX	Honours Textiles		DARCY CATER	Honours Physical Education Languages – Indonesian Mathematics
DARCY HANSON	Honours English Mathematics
MILLIE MARTIN	Art		ARI CATER	Honours
JADE MISSEN	Honours Art		ORLIA CLEARY	Honours English Mathematics
AIDEN MURPHY	Honours Drama		EBONY CORIDAS	Health
ALISON NEWMAN	Honours English Health Humanities Languages – Indonesian Mathematics Information Technology Drama		ISLA HAWKINS	Honours Humanities Mathematics Food Technology
			ALLYRA HORNBY	Art
BENJAMIN NORTHWAY	Honours Art Humanities Science		IMOGEN JENSON	Health
JANAH THOMAS	Physical Education		RUBY JOHNSTON	Honours
JOEY TUCKER	Encouragement		ISAAC McINNES	Honours Music
ALICE WHITE	Honours Health Languages – Indonesian Science Textiles		ALEXANDER OGNEW	Honours English Humanities Languages – Indonesian Science
			MONTANNA PALMER	Material Studies
			ELISE PAULO	Art
			EVELYN RAINE	Honours English Science
			JAMES SMIT	Encouragement
			CHARLIE STILL	Music
			ZAC SVENSON	Honours Mathematics Physical Education Material Studies
			RUBY WRIGHT	Art
YEAR 7 DUX		DARCY HANSON	YEAR 8 DUX		ORLIA CLEARY

YEAR 9 LEARNING EXCELLENCE & HONOUR AWARDS			YEAR 10 LEARNING EXCELLENCE & HONOUR AWARDS
ADEN AHCHOW		Honours Humanities	THOMAS BARLEY		Trade Skills
HUNTER APPLETON		Honours English Photography	MADISON BARTLETT		Units1&2 Food Technology
PRINCESS BALMOCEN		Food Technology	AMY BAWDEN		Honours Photo Media
BRODIE CHILTON		Physical Education	LISHAI CLEARY		Wood Technology Agriculture & Horticulture Units1&2 Outdoor & ES
ANNABELLA CLOHESY		Honours English	DECLAN COLLINS		Honours History General Science Legal Studies Food Technology Physical Science Units1&2 Business Man
SOPHIE CORMACK		Photography
LILY COX		Honours Humanities Science Psychology Digital Technology	REAGAN GELL		Units1&2 Ag & Hort
			ALEXANDER GILES		Honours Food Technology
IMOGEN FOX		Food Technology	BREANNA HANDLEY		Honours
THOMAS HANSON		Drama	THOMAS HANSON		Honours Business – Economics
BILL HUTS		Honours English Science Mathematics Physical Education	BELLA HUNT		Health Food Technology Units1&2 PD&T – Textiles
CHELSEA LEAR-BARCLAY		Photography	DANIEL LEAR-BARCLAY		Music
MONIQUE LEIGHTON		Health	JORDAN LEIGHTON		Physical Education
ALANNAH McINNES		Honours Science	KAILA McKENZIE		Textiles
			HAMISH MEDDINGS		Honours
JAXSON MARSHALL		Honours	CHARLOTTE NIKOLAJEW		Mathematics
KAITLYN MISSEN		Music Digital Technology	OLIVIA PALMER		Honours Art
CAITLIN MORRIS		Honours Health Forensic Science Drama	ALEXANDER RAINE		Honours English Life Science Pre Maths Methods Units1&2 General Maths
NATHAN NORTHWAY		Encouragement	KAICEE REID		Honours English Health
LINCOLN PHILLIPS		Honours	ZARA SMITH		Art Photo Media Mathematics
JESSICA RUSH		Art
NATHAN SHEERS		Mathematics	EMILY SVENSON		Honours
ISAAC SULLIVAN		Energy Breakthrough	LACHLAN WAIN		Physical Education
EBONI WHITEHEAD		Wood Technology	THOMAS WRIGHT		Digital Technology
YEAR 9 DUX	LILY COX		YEAR 10 DUX	XANDER RAINE

2024 - MAFFRA SECONDARY COLLEGE – PRESENTATION NIGHT

PROGRAM OF AWARDS

YEAR 11 LEARNING EXCELLENCE & HONOUR AWARDS		YEAR 12 LEARNING EXCELLENCE & HONOUR AWARDS
RUBY ANDERSON	Honours Units1&2 Health & Human Dev Units1&2 Legal Studies	AXEL BROADHURST	Encouragement
MAICEY ANLEZARK	Honours	CONNOR GELL	Units 3&4 PD &T Wood
KALEB BLAKE	Vocational Major - Numeracy Vocational Major - Prof Dev	HANNAH GRUMLEY	Encouragement
AVERY CANNON	Honours	MILLIE HARBOUR	Units 3&4 Psychology
LILY EVANS	Honours	LILY REID	Units 3&4 English Units 3&4 Geography Units 3&4 General Mathematics
JAHVIS FITT	Units 1&2 Physics Units 3&4 Outdoor & Environmental Studies
GUS HYDER	Encouragement
EMILY JOHNSTON	Honours Units1&2 English Units1&2 Biology Units1&2 Physical Education Units 3&4 H&HD	KASEY SVENSON	Units 3&4 Biology Units 3&4 General Mathematics
MATILDA KOOLEN	Units1&2 PD&T - Wood	KAITLIN WAITE	Units 3&4 PD&T Textiles Units 3&4 History Revolutions
LUKE LANIGAN	Honours Units1&2 Mathematical Methods	KAITLIN WAITE	Units 3&4 PD&T Textiles Units 3&4 History Revolutions
HENRY NOBLE	Honours Units1&2 Chemistry Units 3&4 Biology	RUBY WOLSTENHOLME	Units 3&4 Art Making & Exhibiting
HARRY REDFERN	Vocational Major - Literacy Vocational Major - Prof Dev
JEMMA RYSWYK	Units1&2 Art Making & Exhibiting Units1&2 Psychology

YEAR 11 DUX – EMILY JOHNSTON		YEAR 12 DUX	LILY REID

MUSICAL PRESENTATION – Intermediate Concert Band - ‘Dynamite’ – Led by Gerry Ciaverella

2024 - YEAR 12 VCE & VCAL FINAL ROLL CALL (Photo opportunity for Parents)

2024 - MAFFRA SECONDARY COLLEGE – PRESENTATION NIGHT

PROGRAM OF AWARDS

SCHOOL WIDE POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR SUPPORT – POSI-SLIP DRAW

YEAR 7

YEAR 8

YEAR 9

YEAR 10

YEAR 11

YEAR 12

Logan Rickard

Alexander

Hooper

Eboni

Whitehead

Kaicee Reid

Mitch Dallow

Briley Dole

Kaitlin Waite

CHRISTMAS RAFFLE

	RESPECT	LEARNING	RESILIENCE	COMMUNITY
YEAR 7	JANAH THOMAS	ALICE WHITE	BEN NORTHWAY	AIDEN MURPHY
YEAR 8	BEN TEWS	ALEXANDER OGNEW	SETH WILTON-HAWTHORN	TYLER SCHOENMAEKERS
YEAR 9	BELLA CLOHESY	LILY COX	ADEN AHCHOW	CAITLIN MORRIS
YEAR 10	KAICEE REID	EMILY SVENSON	ZARA SMITH	THOMAS HANSON
YEAR 11	JOSHUA RICKARD	STEVIE LANGSHAW	HARRY REDFERN	AVERY CANNON
YEAR 12	BILLY JOHNSON	ALEXIS MILLER	CONNOR GELL	ETHAN HOOPER

YEAR 8 COMMUNITY SPIRIT AWARD – Sponsored by the Members of the Coongulla CFA

WELLINGTON SHIRE - YEAR 11 & 12 COMMUNITY SPIRIT AWARDS Sponsored - Wellington Shire

YEAR 12 CITIZENSHIP AWARDS – Sponsored by Darren Chester MP – Federal Member for Gipps

INTERSCHOOL SPORTS AWARDS
YEAR 7	LILY APPLETON	DARCY HANSON		CHELSIE HANNA
YEAR 8	KOBE PARSONS		TAHLIE BAILEY
YEAR 9	MADDISON WINTER		LINCOLN PHILLIPS
YEAR 10	LARA DOWSETT	SUMMER HARBOUR		EMILY SVENSON
YEAR 11	HENRY NOBLE		SOFIA AGANON
YEAR 12	KASEY SVENSON		CONNOR GELL

HOUSE CHAMPIONS, INDIVIDUAL CHAMPION & HOUSE CUP PRESENTATION

MUSICAL PRESENTATION – HARMONIX – accompanied by Robyn Keane – ‘Happy Together’

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FAREWELL SPEECH – 2024 SCHOOL CAPTAINS & VICE CAPTAINS

INTRODUCTION - 2025 SCHOOL CAPTAINS & VICE CAPTAINS

2024 – SCHOOL CAPTAINS – KASEY SVENSON & JEREMY SMYTH

2024 - SCHOOL VICE CAPTAIN – AVERY CANNON & LUKE LANIGAN

2025 – SCHOOL CAPTAINS – LUKE LANIGAN & LILY EVANS

2025 – SCHOOL VICE CAPTAIN – HAMISH MEDDINGS

INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC – HARMONIX & THE DARREN WALL AWARD & PERPETUAL SHIELD

MUSICAL PRESENTATION – HARMONIX – accompanied by Robyn Keane – ‘For Good’

SCHOLARSHIPS

The Maffra Secondary College Community would like to acknowledge and thank our sponsors for their continued generosity and support.

Please continue to support our local businesses and organisations.

Australian Defence Force

Bennett Electrical Contractors

Community Bank – Maffra & District

Boyle’s Bus Service

Tim Bull – MLA East Gippsland

AMPOL-Australia Petroleum Pty Ltd

Campion Education (Aust) Pty Ltd

Col & Margo Butcher

Collins Booksellers – Sale

Coongulla CFA

CWA – Maffra Branch

Darren Chester – MP

Federal Member for Gippsland

Jeannie Malmo

Johnson Street Clinic

Maffra Community Sports Club

Maffra Dental Clinic

Maffra Lions Club

Maffra Lioness Club

Maffra Medical Group

Maffra SC - Parents’ & Friends

Association

Maffra SES

Maffra Vigilance Society Inc.

Maffra Vision Care

Mining & Energy Union

Phillipsons

Rotary Club of Maffra

RSL - Maffra Sub-Branch

Sale Turf Club

SAPUTO

Stobies

TAFE - Gippsland

The Drew Family

Wellington Shire Council

The College Community congratulates each of the award recipients and wishes them continued success in the future.

May you and your families have a safe and Happy Christmas. Here’s to a great Year of learning in 2025. Best wishes from Maffra SC Staff & Students

MERRY CHRISTMAS & GOODNIGHT

At the end of the evening, can we ask students, parents and families to assist with stacking chairs

2025 Leadership