Celebrating Student Achievements
Congratulations Nicholas Minas
Nicholas Minas of Year 10 has been selected to represent Victoria at the 16 years and under football (soccer) championships in Adelaide on the 02 – 09 December 2017. Well done, Nicholas!
Congratulations Hannah Hamit
Hannah Hamit of Year 11 has been offered a place in the 2017/18 Australian National University (ANU) Chancellors Scholars Program. The panel noted that they were most impressed with her application. As part of the program, Hannah will flown to and hosted at ANU for their Open Day and also a Leadership Workshop in 2018. A well-earned achievement, Hannah!
Tani Hooke: young engineer
Tani was recently selected to attend a STEM camp at Melbourne University. Congratulations Tani, on your achievements in this area; your curiosity; and your sense of humanity. Read her story below.
From the 2nd to the 5th of July, I was on a STEM camp at Melbourne University. We stayed in the Queens college and all the staff were really welcoming. I initially applied for the camp because I wanted a chance to see the facilities, but I got more interested in the topics as I progressed through the application process. I was a little disappointed when I heard that it was focused more around the Technology and Engineering sections of STEM, but everything we did was really fun. One thing that stood out was an ethics of autonomy lecture we had, where we talked about how the people responsible for the actions of robots are the ones who programmed them.
We did a Humanitarian Engineering challenge, where we had to filter water using layers of different materials in a water bottle. Each group got a “country” and a certain amount of money to buy materials with. It also cost different amounts for each country to buy certain materials, for example, Australia had to pay fake $5 for a cotton ball, but India only had to pay $1 for a cotton ball. I was in the “Australia” group, and we tied in first for the cleanest water with Ethiopia, but they got the prize (of chocolate) because they had initially started with less money than us.
Tani's engineering projects
Tani's engineering projects
Tani's engineering projects
Tani's engineering projects
Overall the camp was really fun (and the food was really good too) and I got the contact details of some people I hope to stay in contact with over the next year.
Tani Hooke
Year 9