"You must be cheerful and happy, animating all around you." Catherine McAuley

DEPUTY PRINCIPAL LEARNING AND TEACHING

As a learning and teaching team, we are looking forward to another great year at St Joseph’s College in 2025. As always, there is a lot happening and lots to reflect on.

2024 VCE Results

SCHOLARSHIPS

Congratulations to our Year 12 students who were fortunate to receive the following scholarships for their tertiary studies: 

  • Melbourne Relocation Scholarship – The University of Melbourne
  • NARRN Scholarship – The University of Melbourne (three students were awarded this scholarship.)
  • Elevate Undergraduate Scholarship for diversity in STEM – Australian Academy of Technological Sciences & Engineering

Unfortunately, due to confidentiality we are unable to name the recipients.

COLLEGE AWARDS ASSEMBLY

On Thursday 20 February, all students gathered at the Enright Campus with community members for our 2025 Awards Assembly. This is a rich tradition at St Joseph’s College, where we take the time to celebrate our Year 12 students and their achievements from the previous year. 

 

Congratulations to our 2024 cohort for their resilience, courage, and confidence to complete their VCE, VET and VCE VM studies. As a college community, we are so proud of all the times our students have tested themselves, shown intellectual courage, and displayed strong leadership. 

 

Their results acknowledge the efforts of our community, which has supported these young people in their final two years of schooling. 

 

We pride ourselves on providing a holistic education for students, one that supports them in their journey to become well-rounded young people who are prepared for their future. Although a single score never fully defines success, we are pleased that our students have received results that will open doors to further learning and opportunities. We are fortunate to have such dedicated, caring teachers at St Joseph’s College and would like to acknowledge the hard work of all our teachers who have played a part in the successes of our students.

 

YEAR 12 2024 ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARDS

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE – Study Scores 40+ (VCE Studies are scored out of 50)

Evie Oldham – General Mathematics

Grace Albanese – Psychology; History Revolutions 

Kendal Rona – Sociology 

Lara Hyland – English; Legal Studies

Francesco (Frankie) De Maria – Systems Engineering

Olivia Kambouris – History Revolutions; Global Politics

Natalie Tabacco – Health & Human Development 

ATAR ABOVE 90 

Darcy Noonan 

Grace Albanese

Lara Hyland

Emily Birch

Olivia Kambouris

 

PROXIME ACCESSIT 

The award of Proxime Accessit (runner up to Dux) was presented to Grace Albanese. 

DUX

Congratulations to our 2024 Dux, Darcy Noonan.   

 

ST JOSEPH'S COLLEGE YEAR 12 SPIRIT AWARD 

In 2019, the college introduced the Year 12 Spirit Award. This award is given to a student in Year 12 who:

  • has faced challenges and worked consistently all year.
  • has contributed to the college community through various roles, e.g. music, Seeds of Justice, leadership and volunteering. 
  • has worked through hardships during the year but has persisted with their schooling.

We are very pleased to announce Sosaia Ale as the recipient of the 2024 St Joseph’s College Year 12 Spirit Award. 

VCE VM AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE 

Each year the college awards one Year 12 VCE VM student the VCE VM Award for Excellence Scholarship. To be eligible for this scholarship, each interested student must submit an application to the scholarship committee. The application addresses criteria based on VCE VM achievement, personal conduct, college community participation, and a confidential reference by a college VCE VM teacher. 

 

The winner of the 2024 VCE VM Award for Excellence Scholarship was Milla Tierney. Milla demonstrated comprehensive excellence in both her area of study as well as her involvement in the college community. 

2025 YEAR 11 FOUNDING SISTERS OF MERCY SCHOLARSHIPS 

In 2017, the college introduced a scholarship program to encourage and support the continued education of a deserving group of dedicated, hard-working students who have demonstrated a proven ability to strive for and achieve excellence in their education. Once again, we are pleased to recognise and reward students who were successful in the 2025 application process. 

 

It brings a sense of great pride knowing the high quality of students we have here at St Joseph’s College, and we are very pleased to acknowledge so many worthy recipients. The successful applicants embody all that we ask of our students:

  • They work hard.
  • They strive for excellence.
  • They are committed to their studies at St Joseph’s College. 

The Year 11 Founding Sisters of Mercy Scholarships will assist the recipients as they move into their senior years of study at St Joseph’s College. The scholarships consist of a two-part payment totalling $1,500 during Year 11 at St Joseph’s College. When determining the recipients of these scholarships, the selection panel considered the following criteria: 

  • Academic Excellence         
    • Top 20% of the Year 10 cohort as measured by report grades.
  • Leadership 
    • Any leadership positions the students have held or applied for in the college.
  • Volunteering
    • Any volunteering/charity work that the students have participated in either within the college or outside of the college.
  • Attendance
    • The student has a good attendance record. 
  • Conduct                    
    • The Selection Panel reviewed the applicant’s behaviour and uniform tracking. 
  • Involvement in the college community
    • The applicant can provide multiple examples of contributions they have made to the college community.

Applicants were also required to write and submit a personal statement outlining why they believe they should be the recipient of a scholarship, with reference to the selection criteria. 

 

The 2025 Year 11 Founding Sisters of Mercy Scholarship recipients are:

Anna Maria Doyle Scholarship – Logan King

Catherine McAuley Scholarship – Mayvelyne Martin Masabal

Clare Augustine Moore Scholarship – Ananthu Dinkar

Elizabeth Harley Scholarship – Charlotte Littore

Elizabeth Moore Scholarship – Sofia Tabacco

Frances Ward Scholarship – Romy Wescombe

Juliana Hardman Scholarship – Adham Ali

Mary Vincent Whitty Scholarship – Matilda Bresnehan

Ursula Frayne Scholarship – Ramkil Lotong 

Virtue Conquers Scholarship – Abdalla Maaroof

Virtue Conquers Scholarship – Andrew Giang 

Virtue Conquers Scholarship – Hugh Jones

Virtue Conquers Scholarship – Johan Jeevan

Virtue Conquers Scholarship – Sophie Lloyd

Virtue Conquers Scholarship – Sophie O'Brien

 

ENRICHMENT MERCY ACADEMIC INTERNAL SCHOLARSHIPS 

The college also offers Enrichment Mercy Academic Internal Scholarships. These scholarships were offered based on academic merit to students continuing Years 11 and 12 at the college in 2025 and 2026. The scholarships have a tenure of two years and are for the remission of 50% of the school fee. These scholarships are offered to a limited number of Year 10 students based on internal academic grades from 2024. 

 

We congratulate the following recipients for 2025:

Nathasha Allieu

Cynthia Chan

Rebecca Davis

Bianca DeMaria

Kaveesha Fernando

Ithika Parvez

Yenuli Fernando 

Elsie Jenkins

Hazel Symonds

Julia O'Bryan

Lila Senior

Amelia Petrolo 

Lachlan Prescott

YEAR 7 INDUCTION PROGRAM

I would like to thank Mr Marcus Parker and his team for the Year 7 Induction Program that was held on the first two days of school. This program has become a significant part of our welcome to St Joseph’s College. If caregivers have any feedback on the induction process, please contact Mr Marcus Parker and myself.

 

Mr Emmet Brown

Deputy Principal Learning & Teaching