Greetings,

College Awards Afternoon 2025

This year our Bayside P-12 College Awards were once again held at the Paisley Campus Hall. Through the organising committee the college recognised and celebrated our students. The awards celebrated their achievements and their efforts. The afternoon highlighted our young people who understood the importance of success, perseverance, and of hard work at the highest level.

We celebrated this in nine major categories: Outstanding Academic Achievement, The Performing Arts, Sporting Excellence, The Visual Arts, Leadership, Debating and Public Speaking, Best All-Rounder Award, Tennis Excellence and the STEM Awards.

These awards promote positive qualities in young our people including good behaviour and humble pride. Striving and receiving this recognition strengthens the spirit of competition and reward. As a young teacher I was fortunate to be mentored by some remarkable, enthusiastic and dedicated staff. This helped me to also develop into a dedicated and passionate teacher. I can still remember the faces of students that I taught who also inspired and helped shape me into the educational leader I am today.

I would hope these experiences also helps to shape our students in a similar way as they journey through their learning growing as positive role-models in our college and our community. They might not choose education as their pathway and instead have other noble ambitions. The recognition of dedication and hard work is in all of us and the opportunity to receive recognition is always there.

During the award ceremony we were privileged to also hear and see our students perform as musicians, singers and dancers. They showed us how talented they are from the primary to the most senior secondary students in our college. A display from students in the Arts also further highlighted the gifted and prolific talent that is present on all our campuses supported by outstanding, passionate and dedicated staff. The collection of artwork was located in the Paisley Library.

A special thank you to our guest speaker, Albee Damincs, a proud young Australian, for sharing her inspiring message with us. This event would not have been possible without the generous support of our sponsors, whose contributions helped make the evening truly special.

A big thank you to our sponsors this year: Minute Man, Dobsons, MSP Photography, Campion, Paperchase – Office National, Williamstown Athletics Club, and Ampol. Your continued support and partnership are greatly appreciated.

Congratulations to our Award Winners for 2025

General Award Winners

Henry Van Der Weert	Altona North	Prep	Outstanding Academic Achievement
Hola Halalupe	Altona North	Year 1	Outstanding Academic Achievement
Saniya Owais	Altona North	Year 2	Outstanding Academic Achievement
Alexander Putralaksono	Altona North	Year 3	Outstanding Academic Achievement
Keaunttae Santiego	Altona North	Year 4	Outstanding Academic Achievement
Vivian Hua	Altona North	Year 5	Outstanding Academic Achievement
Maximo Dickeson Moyla	Altona North	Year 6	Outstanding Academic Achievement
Cattaleya Hruskar	Altona North	Year 7	Outstanding Academic Achievement
Akisha Cristobal	Altona North	Year 8	Outstanding Academic Achievement
Anna Nguyen	Altona North	Year 9	Outstanding Academic Achievement
Thomas Awadalla	Williamstown	Year 7	Outstanding Academic Achievement
Rose Harrold-Bear	Williamstown	Year 8	Outstanding Academic Achievement
Lorayne Thomson	Williamstown	Year 9	Outstanding Academic Achievement
Angelo Errico	Paisley	Year 10	Outstanding Academic Achievement
Ashish Bista	Paisley	Year 11	Outstanding Academic Achievement
Aryana Vartazarian Haftevani			Tennis Excellence Award
Tilly De Blank	Williamstown		STEM Award
Eman Owais	Altona North		STEM Award
Vivian Hua	Altona North	Primary	Sporting Excellence Award
Yohans Dagneaw	Altona North	Year 7	Sporting Excellence Award
Kham Giang	Altona North	Year 8	Sporting Excellence Award
Zhao Nguyen	Altona North	Year 9	Sporting Excellence Award
Ally Cooper	Williamstown	Year 7	Sporting Excellence Award
Paul Dinh	Williamstown	Year 8	Sporting Excellence Award
Chloe Wright	Williamstown	Year 9	Sporting Excellence Award
Cameron Adams	Paisley	Year 10	Sporting Excellence Award
Anastasia Papadopoulos	Paisley	Year 11	Sporting Excellence Award
Christian Lopez	Paisley	Year 12	Sporting Excellence Award
Ally Copper	Williamstown		Williamstown Athletics Award
Arisara Burke	Altona North	Primary	The Performing Arts Award
Annika Goessens	Altona North	Year 7 - 9	The Performing Arts Award
Louise Silva	Williamstown		The Performing Arts Award
Tom Simpson	Paisley		The Performing Arts Award
Vivian Hua	Altona North	Primary	Visual Arts Award
Marina Nguyen	Altona North	Year 7 - 9	Visual Arts Award
Ronan Scott	Williamstown		Visual Arts Award
Nivedya Prasanth	Paisley	Year 10	Defence Force Long Tan Youth Leadership and Teamwork Award
Kaea Tamarua Faulkner	Paisley	Year 12	Defence Force Long Tan Youth Leadership and Teamwork Award
Isaiah Satele	Altona North	Primary	Leadership Award
Mika Boaretto	Altona North	Year 7	Leadership Award
Izzy Egan	Altona North	Year 8	Leadership Award
Eman Owais	Altona North	Year 9	Leadership Award
Veda Retzlaff	Williamstown	Year 7	Leadership Award
Jamie Bell	Williamstown	Year 8	Leadership Award
Jantira Griffiths	Williamstown	Year 9	Leadership Award
Nahtaan Chaipipath	Paisley	Year 10	Leadership Award
Ned Trease-Gordon	Paisley	Year 11	Leadership Award
Zofia Edwards	Paisley	Year 12	Leadership Award
William Awadalla	Williamstown		Public Speaking & Debating
Maximo Dickeson Moyla	Altona North	Primary	All Rounder Award
Khue Nguyen	Altona North	Year 7-9	All Rounder Award
Olivia Fu	Williamstown	Year 7-9	All Rounder Award
Paula Doherty	Paisley	Year 10-12	All Rounder Award
Ayan Owais	Paisley		2024 College Dux
			House Award - Swimming
			House Award - Athletics

Year 12 Awards

Poppy McConville	Maths Methods
Phil Dang	General Maths
Charlotte Porteous	Australian History
Ashish Bista	Biology
Grace Avramoski	Psychology
Poppy McConville	Chemistry
Poppy McConville	Physics
Tom Simpson	English
Finn Grogan	Japanese
Ryan Le	Visual Communication & Design
Katrin Christke	Drama
Tom Simpson	Music
Amy Polson	Health and Human Development
Millie Leahy	Outdoor Education
Poppy McConville	Legal Studies
Amy Polson	Business Management
Lousha Ivelja	Screen & Media
Finn Cahill	Automotive
Asha Beiermann-Gilbert	Sport & Recreation
Amos Sudiana	Information Technology
Danniella Pimentel Yu	Numeracy
Sienna Diluvio	Literacy
Sienna Diluvio	Personal Development
Danniella Pimentel Yu	Work Related Skills
Amy Polson	2025 Valedictorian

Regards,

Mr Matejin

Bayside P-12 College Newsletter

Be a Learner, Be Respectful, Be Responsible

Issue 13 · 27 Oct 2025

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