Student Achievements

Minnis Shield

During Week 4, fourteen students participated in our 2021 ASC Minnis Shield Public Speaking competition. The variety and high caliber of speeches made choosing winners a difficult task, before finally arriving at:

• Stage 4: Alma Kanety
• Stage 5: Josie O’Baoill
• Stage 6: Rubi Ainsworth

Josie O’Baoill was selected as the overall winner of the competition.

Named after a former Duval principal, the Minnis Shield Public Speaking competition offers participating students a broad range of speech topics. Students are encouraged to think broadly and to incorporate their interests and passions. The audience heard speeches ranging from the impact of artificial intelligence on humanity, the importance of creativity and individuality in the modern world, the creation of an international anthem, and a call to action for a more selfless society.

Congratulations to all participants for your high quality, inspiring speeches and for making the adjudicators jobs very difficult!

2021 ARTEXPRESS

Noah Standen-Robert's 2020 HSC Visual Art's Project, A series of lessons, is currently on display at the 2021 ARTEXPRESS exhibition which opened at the Art Gallery of NSW on 19 February. The Gallery has also made an online viewing available in response to Covid restrictions:  

 Also keep an eye out for Juliet Knuckey's work, Self Portrait, which will be included in the travelling ARTEXPRESS exhibition showing locally at the New England Regional Art Museum (NERAM) from 9 April to 6 June.