IN THE LIMELIGHT

Celebrating

🎉Student Achievements 🎉

At Lilydale High School, we’re proud to celebrate the amazing accomplishments of our students — both inside and outside the classroom!

Parents and Carers:

If your child has achieved something special outside of school — whether in sport, music, the arts, community service, or any other area - please let your Sub School Office know. We’d love to share and recognise their success with our school community.

Let’s keep celebrating the incredible talents and efforts of our Lilydale High School students!

🩰 Ballet Brilliance: Tahney’s Senior Success

On Sunday, Tahney Mitchell (Year 9) participated in the annual A.A.T.B.D Inc. Ballerina Test and Own Chorey Day. This marked her fourth year taking part in the ballerina test, but this time with a significant milestone—her first year competing in the Senior category after previously dancing in the Junior section.

Each dancer learns and performs the same set routine onstage in front of an adjudicator, who then critiques each performance and selects one standout to be named Ballerina of the Year. In the Senior category, competitors perform en pointe, and despite it being only Tahney’s second year dancing en pointe—and being the youngest in the group—she delivered a beautiful performance alongside her close friend.

After all routines were performed and the adjudication process was complete, Tahney was awarded the prestigious title of Senior Ballerina of the Year! She was presented with the perpetual shield and a sash in recognition of her achievement.

We’re incredibly proud of Tahney’s hard work, dedication, and talent. Congratulations, Tahney, what an inspiring achievement!

🏉 Year 9 Girls Shine

Huge congratulations to Lizzy Marshall, Chelsea Cook, and Aliya Brandes from Year 9 ADP and EIS Football for proudly representing the EFNL in the U15 Girls Division 2 team!

A special shoutout to Chelsea, who was named MVP for Game 2 against the Frankston and District Junior Football League — an outstanding achievement! 👏

Well done, girls!⭐️

🏉 Football Success for Mitch Upton!

A big congratulations to Mitch Upton (Year 10), who was recently selected to play in the U16 Metro Team as part of the U16 Boys National Development Championships. 💪

An outstanding achievement, Mitch — well done!

🎯 Clay Target Champions!

Contratulations to our amazing clay shooting students from Lilydale High School! Our team recently competed in the Sale Field & Game School Shoot — and what a fantastic effort it was, with some truly impressive results!

🏆Dylan Naylor took out the Overall Aggregate (OA)

🥉 Chloe Hughes Gage placed 3rd in Junior Girls

👏Dylan, Riley, Taj, Nathan, and Lachlan teamed up to win the Teams Event for Lilydale High School.

Incredible work, everyone — your skill, focus, and teamwork were outstanding.

👏 Congratulations to Nathan Naylor (Year 9)

Nathan recently competed in the 2025 Golden Rivers Field and Game Shoot — his first major Field and Game event.

On Day 1 at Barrook, Nathan impressed by securing 3rd place in the Sub-Junior category with a score of 42/75. Over the following two days, he maintained a consistent performance, culminating in a total score of 126/225 across all three days.

This outstanding effort earned him 3rd place in the Sub-Junior High Gun for the event.

Well done, Nathan — a fantastic achievement!

⭐️ TV Week Logie Awards

Congratulations to former Lilydale High School student, Kylah Day (Class of 2016), who has been nominated for the prestigious Graham Kennedy Award for Most Popular New Talent for her outstanding role in the Netflix drama series "Territory". 🎬🌟

📣 You can VOTE for Kylah here:👉 vote.tvweeklogies.com.au

📺 Then, don’t forget to tune in to Channel 7 on Sunday, August 3, to see Kylah at the Logie Awards!

🌭 Sausage Sizzle Fundraiser

Year 10 students — Isla Canning, Hue Martin-Webb, Georgia Gow (Year 10 Captains), along with Kaia Wynd and Aaron Ford — recently hosted a fantastic Sausage Sizzle to raise funds for a very special cause.

🎉 Aaron Ford (Year 10), has been selected to represent Australia in Roller Hockey at the upcoming Asian Skate Games in South Korea — an incredible achievement! 👏

Thanks to the amazing support from students and staff, a total of $353.10 was raised! Every dollar brings Aaron one step closer to proudly representing our country on the international stage. 💚💛

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