Wellbeing and Engagement 

Years 7 to 11 College Awards

Shane Cormick Award

The 2021 recipient of the Shane Cormick Award is Indira Alappatt.  

Indira is described by her peers as someone who always shows strength and kindliness to others.  She is welcoming and extends hospitality to all.  Indira is a positive person who demonstrates initiative and a willingness to offer support when challenges present.  This was evident during the remote learning periods when she consistently offered support to staff and students who experienced technical issues.  Indira is a team player who is always fair and just in her actions.

Dr Bridie Kean Award

The 2021 recipient of the Dr Bridie Kean Award is Bridget Koczek.

Bridget is described by her friends as a bright and bubbly person who always celebrates everyone’s achievements and encourages them to chase their dreams.  One example of the support she extends to others was during the soccer tryouts this year.  Some students were doubting themselves and didn’t know if they could do it.  To help support them, she decided to accompany them to the tryouts.  This has happened multiple times with different tryouts.  In our homeroom, she creates such a bright and fun environment. Her outgoing personality brings different members of the class together by identifying their interests and creating hilarious inside jokes.  When it comes to her school work, she always gives 100% and she always look for the positive in all situations no matter how difficult the challenge ahead.  Bridget always stands up for what is right, and she shows kindness and compassion to all with their friendly generous spirit.

Emma Kelly Award

The 2021 recipient of the Emma Kelly Award is Chloe Davis.

Chloe embodies the Kilbreda spirit and is an active, passionate and committed member of the Kilbreda College community.  She has been a fantastic sustainability leader this year, driving environmental initiatives within the College.  As a team player, she offers words of praise and Chloe encourages everyone to try to be their best version of themselves.  Her peers describe her as a strong and courageous person who is always willing to go that extra mile to help another.  She is kind to every, goes out of her way to make people feel welcomed and is very caring.  When presented with challenges, Chloe always remains optimistic, is open-minded and courageous.  She consistently demonstrates resilience.

Sister Denise Allen csb Award

The 2021 recipient of the Sister Denise Award is Vali D’Souza. 

Vali is a friendly and outgoing member of her Year Level who constantly shows initiative and a willingness to support others.  Vali has been heavily involved in all aspects of school life since Year 7 – whether it was participating in College musicals, leading open morning tours, supporting our Year 7 students make a successful transition to the College or representing the College in sport.  Vali is passionate about our community and her positivity and enthusiasm are infectious. She is humble, respectful of others, inclusive and always acts in a spirit of Strength and Kindliness. 

ADF Innovators Award

The 2021 recipient of the ADF Innovators Award is Emily Cox. 

In her accelerated studies in Applied Community, Emily completed an innovative solutions project that involved her working out independently how to incorporate Virtual Reality with HTML/CSS and design an interactive web-based VR game to teach Japanese.  It was described as incredible and something that Mrs Donoghue had not seen any student do.  Emily has also achieved outstanding results in Programming Gaming and Web Design, Applied Computing, Maths Advanced and Science. 

ADF Long Tan Youth Leadership and Teamwork Award

The 2021 Long Tan Youth Leadership and Teamwork Award recipient is Michaela Meyer.

Michaela has embraced all aspects of College life and has worked with her peers to develop initiatives to promote school spirit.  Passionate, genuine and committed to ensuring that her peers school days are joyous, Michaela always goes out of her way to support the needs of others.  As an SRC leader in 2021, she was instrumental in leading whole school initiatives. She organised activities to strengthen connections amongst her Year Level and has been extensively involved in the College production and sporting program. She was our highest student fundraiser in the Strava Challenge and covered in excess of 500km.  Her teachers describe her as a leader within the classroom, who has high expectations of herself and strives for excellence in all she does. 

Susan Claire Duke Award

The 2021 recipient of the Susan Claire Duke Award is Sian Napier.

Sian is compassionate and lives out our core values with strength and kindliness.  She is enthusiastic, outgoing, passionate and a respectful member of our school community. Sian always strives to make her peers feel known and valued.  As the Year 11 SRC leader in 2021, she designed and led Year Level events to foster connections, create belonging and to provide her peers with moments of joy and laughter.  Her peers describe her as an extremely hardworking and dedicated student who goes out of her way to make school upbeat and enjoyable for all. She is incredibly kind and outgoing, never too busy to chat to students and teachers alike and have a laugh.  Sian is someone who will no doubt be able to put a smile on anyone’s face. She is kind-hearted toward all people and brings a fun, energetic spirit toward everything that she does. 

Christmas Celebrations

At Christmas, we have the opportunity to celebrate the humble birth into poverty of an infant child who would go on to be the Saviour of humanity.  We have a chance to do good deeds, to give thanks, to bestow presents and share the gift of love with our family and friends.  This year each Homeroom has prepared gift baskets for our local St Vincent De Paul society or the Brigidine Asylum Seekers Project to assist marginalised members of our community share in the joy of Christmas and give the gift of hope for a brighter 2022.

From the wider Kilbreda family to each of your families I wish you all every grace and blessing for this coming Christmas period and pray that the spirit of joy and promise seen, heard and felt in the newborn Jesus lives in your hearts at this special time. Have a safe and restful holiday break. 

Stephanie Smyth

Assistant Principal:

Wellbeing and Engagement