STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

EISTEDDFOD

There's always so much excitement during the Mildura Eisteddfod. Several of our talented performers have achieved personal bests this year. Congratulations to them all!

Wow! Ember Baylin won FIRST place for embodying different characters in:

• 13 to 17 Years Monologue Solo (Section 520)
• Secondary School Character Duologue Duet (Section 526)

Violet Manfield, Freya McClaer and Mercedes Leal-Kaiser received Honourable Mentions in singing solo categories.

Aidan Silcox celebrated First Place wins for all three of his solo vocal performances in the 13 and 14 age group category!

He also played guitar and sang lead vocals in the Mildura Academy of Music Performance Boys Band. The four fellas performed in the Secondary School Rock Band section and won First Place which scored them the coveted Rhythm Rockets trophy. 

Lastly, Aiden played bass in the Mildura Academy of Music Performance Band 2. The five-piece scored an Honourable Mention in the Secondary Schools Ensemble category

Olivia Prescott won First Place at the Eisteddfod in the 13 to 14 year old Modern Ballad Solo. She also scored Second Place in the 13 to 14 year old Musical Theatre Solo. In the Open Modern Duet category, Olivia and her partner Eleanor Saleta won First Place!

BRILLIANT BMX 

Congratulations to students Eli Morrison (Year 10), Ruby Nemtsas (Year 10), and Holly McCarthy (Year 11) on qualifying to represent Australia at the 2026 BMX World Championships held in Brisbane this July. 

This is outstanding! We look forward to bringing you an update to this exciting story in Term 3.

ON STAGE

Did you catch the production of 'The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical' by the Mildura Theatre Company on 23 and 24 May?

If you did, you would have seen this fantastic group of young performers, who just so happen to be students at St Joseph's College:

From left to right:

⚡️ Eve Stewart Wolff

⚡️ Olivia Prescott

⚡️ Victoria Finnocchario

⚡️ Jack Hawtin– who played the lead role of Percy!

⚡️ Ember Baylin

Congratulations to the cast, crew, and everyone involved with this marvellous production. –What an Olympian effort!

SUNRAYSIA SOCCER CHAMPS

These four should look pretty familiar by now!

Gianluca Dimasi, Angus Breeze, Lee-min Sheehan and Ahmed Hassan competed in the Under 16 Boys division at the Victorian Soccer Country Championships in Geelong over the June long weekend.

As part of the Sunraysia team, the boys played 8 games in total. The team topped the group stage and won both their semifinal and grand final with ease. They scored a whopping 18 goals across the 8 games! (And other teams only scored 1 goal against them in the tournament.)

For the third year in a row they are part of the team who won the Under 16 Boys Championships!!! Bravo, lads!

KOKODA BOUND

Asher Brigante (Year 11) will spend his school holidays in Papua New Guinea on the Kokoda Trail, one of only two students who will join the Nationals MP for Mildura, Jade Benham, on this once in a lifetime journey.

To secure this amazing opportunity, Asher first applied for a National Party of Victoria scholarship. The application included a 1400-word essay about his own family’s connections to Australia’s military history.

Naturally, Asher has been training hard to build the strength and endurance he will need for this experience. We wish him all the best! Look for an update on this inspiring story also in Term 3.

LET US KNOW

We want to celebrate all our students' achievements, both on- and off-campus. You can share their successes with us by sending details and photos via email or direct message on Instagram. 

Ts & Cs: Please note that any photos, videos, and information you send to us may appear on Instagram, in the College's newsletters, and on the Principal's Blog.