Principal's Report 

VERMONT SECONDARY COLLEGE YEAR 12, 2022 VCE HIGH PERFORMERS

On Thursday 16th February, at our first Senior and Junior college assembly for the year we had the great pleasure of celebrating and acknowledging the outstanding performance of students from the VCE class of 2022. It was a wonderful opportunity to present these outstanding students to the college community.

Learning Area Awards – These awards are presented to the student who has achieved the highest VCE study score, at 40 or above, at the college in a particular subject for 2022.

The following students received Learning Area Awards for individual excellence:

The Arts 

Studio Arts - Serena Lee

Music Performance – Michelle Zhang

Commerce

Accounting – Nikith Kanduri

Business Management – Liv Hendry & Natalie Vosinthavong

Economics – Steven Louras

Legal Studies – Caely McColl

English

English – Amelia Moore

English Language – Caitlin Punithan

English Literature – Keeley Zappia

Health and Outdoor Education

Health and Human Development – Ashley Neoh

Outdoor and Environment Studies – Cara Ferguson

Humanities

Ancient History: Ancient – Genevieve Chiovitti

Language

German – Eva Lindner

Indonesain Second Language – Freya Sutanto

Maths

Further Maths – Jack Beavis

Specialist Maths – Ryan Choong

Maths Methods – Nikith Kanduri

Science

Biology - Reuben Andrade

Chemistry – Sasha Edwards

Physics – Sasha Edwards

Psychology – Caitlin Punithan

In addition to the subject awards at the assembly, the college also recognised the exceptional academic achievements of students who received ATARs that place them in the top 5.0% of the state, a fantastic achievement by any standards. 

These are:

● Juen Foh attained an ATAR of 99.45

● Sasha Edwards attained an ATAR of 98.95

● Caitlin Punithan attained an ATAR of 98.7

● Ryan Choong attained an ATAR of 98.45

● Nikith Kanduri attained an ATAR of 98.35

● Amelia Moore attained an ATAR of 97.85

● Keeley Zappia attained an ATAR of 97.75

● Felix Li attained an ATAR of 97.7

● Timothy Brown attained an ATAR of 97.35

● Kayleigh Smith attained an ATAR of 97.2

● Isabella Yiin attained an ATAR of 97.25

● Christian Vourgoutzis attained an ATAR of 97

● Ethan Van Zuylen attained an ATAR of 96.8

● Larry Yam attained an ATAR of 96.1

● Alex Ren attained an ATAR of 95.95

● Steven Louras attained an ATAR of 95.65

● Madeleine Davison attained an ATAR of 95.596.6

● Special Congratulations to the VSC Dux for 2022 Juen Foh who achieved an exceptional ATAR of 99.45.

At the Senior Assembly our 2022 School Captains, Mandela Russell and Zac Port were awarded the Deakin Shield for significant contribution to the college in their key leadership role. The Deakin Shield, presented by the Hon Michael Sukkar MP, is an annual award and unfortunately, due to parliamentary commitments, Michael was unable to attend. We thank Michael for his ongoing support of the Deakin Shield and the college.

Well done to all award winners and we wish you and all 2021 VCE students every success in the future.

STUDENT SUCCESS

CONGRATULATIONS TO ISABEL SCANDIZZO

Congratulations to Isabel Scandizzo who has been selected to perform her work from 2022 in Top Class Dance 2023 as part of the VCE Season of Excellence.

Isabel will be performing at the Top Class Dance concerts on Tuesday 7 March at 10am and 2pm at the Melbourne Recital Centre.

Tickets are now available via the Melbourne Recital Centre.

A full list of performers appearing across the Dance programs is available via the Season of Excellence website – www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/seasonofexcellence.

Top Class is part of the VCE Season of Excellence managed by Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA). The Season showcases work produced by outstanding VCE students who completed performing or visual arts, technology, design, or research studies in 2022. Events are presented at Melbourne’s major cultural venues, alongside associated education programs.

Congratulations Isabel on being selected, a great effort, particularly in the context of another uniquely challenging year.

CONGRATULATIONS TO BLAKE MITCHELL

Hi, my name is Blake Mitchell and I'm currently in Year 12 at Vermont. During the summer holidays, I represented Victoria at the Under 18 Australian Youth Championships in Blacktown, Sydney, in baseball. I am very lucky that the school has decided to help contribute to the financial costs of my trip, and I am fortunate enough to be able to share my recent experience in Sydney with everyone!

About me and my previous experiences within Baseball.

I was lucky enough to be born into a family that lives and breathes baseball, therefore I have been playing and watching the sport since I can remember. I play at Forest Hill in winter and Melbourne in summer, and am currently playing in our Division 1, Senior 1's team trying to win the flag, which would be a huge milestone if we were to succeed. 

I've played in my fair share of representative teams growing up, although this was my first time being able to represent my state. 

My aspiration within the sport is to go to college in the USA to play baseball after I finish school, as I believe that will develop me into the person I want to be when I'm older. 

I was so honoured to be selected in the team back in October but knew that we had a lot of work to do if we were to achieve our goals of winning the trophy up in Sydney.

As part of being selected into this team, we had training in Altona 2 or 3 days each week, on top of my club training and games. 

This was combined with schoolwork and my part time job that I was trying to juggle at the same time! As you can tell, life got busy!! 

I was so thankful to have my parents and family there to support me, as I couldn't have done this without them.

How the Championships went,

In the lead up to the tournament I was super nervous, having never played at this level of baseball before, I was going up against some of the sport's most promising athletes for their age. It was scary, but I took the challenge on. Victoria ended up winning bronze, defeating NSW in the Bronze medal match. 

This was a great effort to win a medal, although we all felt we missed out on the glory of gold. I was selected in the team as a pitcher, and statistically had some of the best numbers across the whole competition. 

I had an ERA of 0.83, 11 strikeouts, 4 walks, 6 hits and only gave up 1 run across the 8.1 innings that I pitched. I pitched against Queensland twice, who ended up winning the gold medal.

For myself, this was an incredible achievement, and one that I was very proud of. Most importantly though, I got to represent my state, and enjoyed myself while doing it.

I would like to thank everyone who has supported me throughout my ongoing journey, to my teachers, staff, parents, family, coaches, friends and anyone else who has contributed even just slightly, it means everything, so thank you. I hope this is only the beginning!

- Blake Mitchell

VERMONT SECONDARY COLLEGE ATHLETICS CARNIVAL FRIDAY 17th MARCH

The annual VSC Athletics carnival will be held on Friday 17th March at the East Burwood Athletics Track. All students in Years 7 to 12 are expected to attend this whole school event. There are no classes running at school and there is no ‘sign out’ option for senior students. All students are expected to attend for the entire day.

It would also be great to see all students compete in at least two events and do not forget to wear your house colours. Parents and guardians are invited to attend on the day to support their children. If you have any questions about the day then please contact one of our Sports Leader, Amy Malander or Sport Assistant, Shaun Gillespie.

REMINDER – UPCOMING PUBLIC HOLIDAY & END OF TERM DATE

A) Monday the 13th of March is a public holiday for the Labour Day long weekend.

B) A reminder also that Term One concludes on Thursday 6th of April with a 2:30pm dismissal time. Friday the 7th of April is a public holiday for Good Friday.

C) Students return in Term Two on Wednesday 26th of April. Monday 24th of April is a Staff Professional Practice Day therefore pupil free. Tuesday the 25th of April is a public holiday for ANZAC Day.

2023 VICTORIAN SCHOOL TERM DATES

Start date Finish date

Term 1 Friday 27 January all staff return

(students start Monday 30 January in government schools) Thursday 6 April

Term 2 Monday 24 April (25 April ANZAC Day) Friday 23 June

Term 3 Monday 10 July Friday 15 September

Term 4 Monday 2 October Wednesday 20 December

FOR VICTORIAN SCHOOL TERM DATES 2023 – 2030 GO TO -

https://www.vic.gov.au/school-term-dates-and-holidays-victoria