Congratulations class of 2017

Another year of outstanding VCE results

In 2017 we achieved an excellent set of outcomes that continue to reflect a consistent positive trend over the past 8 years. Importantly, the percentage of students achieving above 70, 80 and 90 remains a positive feature and provides broad ranging tertiary options.

Some features of the 2017 results:

• Two students shared Dux, each earning an ATAR (Australian Tertiary Admission Rank) of 99.7.  Congratulations Jack Puccini and Viktor Schwantner.
• Anastasia Adams-Picard was Dux Proximus with an ATAR of 99.35.
• 48 students (18.3%) earned an ATAR of 90 or above, with 18 students achieving 95+
• 98 students (37.5%) earned an ATAR over 80
• 144 students (55.2%) earned an ATAR of 70 or above. This puts them in the top 30% of results in the state.

The number of students achieving 80+ has been consistently above 35% which is a very good outcome – a testament to the consistent effort and focus on improvement amongst both staff and students, and to the strong and supportive family partnerships.

This group's results compares well with the average performance over the last decade and represents consistent strength across the wide range of subjects and pathways available to students.

Also of note:

• Our median ATAR score was 72.7
• Our mean ATAR score was 69.3
• There were two (2) perfect Study Scores of 50 for Australian History and Global Politics, plus a 50 in Italian via Distance Education
• 126 Study Scores of 40 and above
• The mean study score (across all students and all subjects) was 30.6 and the median study score was 31.

Stories of success

The numbers only tell a small part of the story. Behind every result sits twelve years of individual and collective effort, curiosity, achievement, and sometimes, struggle: the work of the students who supported each other and were supported by teachers, families and others throughout their school life. This time is also only the start of the story for our Year 12s: ahead lies a wide range of paths and possibilities to explore. We are proud, not just of those who earned high marks, but of the broad range and depth of our students' achievements.  Some examples include:

Danny Truong: earned an ATAR of 96.45 and has already received a Vice-Chancellors' Scholarship to Monash University. He is currently deliberating whether to go in to Biomedicine or Science. Danny says the cornerstones of his results were attendance and using the knowledge of his teachers and peers.

Theo Carbo: has been offered a music scholarship at the Victorian College of the Arts and this year was a finalist for the James Morrison Scholarship, amongst many other outstanding musical achievements. Theo's diverse program of studies over the past three years included a VET Certificate IV, a subject by Distance Education and the challenging VCE subject Extended Investigations.

Mira Tonkin: Mira was the Year 11 Captain and involved in the Music program throughout her time at Northcote. She hopes that her studies of Biology, Health and Human Development, Futher Mathematics and the Humanities will lead her to Nursing or Midwifery - a goal well in sight with her achievements.

Twins Mira and Lucy Tonkin and Ted and Bill Clayton all excelled, earning ATARs of over 95. Look out for them featured in this week's Herald Sun.

We look forward to sharing more stories of graduates with you over the coming months. Congratulations to the class of 2017.