3 August 2021

The most successful VCE students have been announced, with students from Catholic schools across the Archdiocese of Melbourne excelling in a wide variety of subject areas.

Jordan Dam from Salesian College, Chadstone, and Madeleine Hooker from Loreto Mandeville Hall, Toorak, were announced as recipients of the Top All-Round VCE High Achiever Award. This is awarded to students who have achieved study scores of 46 or higher in at least five VCE studies in the previous year.

The study score awards have also been announced. Students must have a study score of 46 or above to be eligible for an award, with a total of 297 Study Awards presented. Congratulations to all students for their outstanding efforts in 2020:

• Jazmin Andres, Caroline Chisholm Catholic College, Braybrook (Sociology)
• Isabelle Auld, Sacred Heart College, Newtown (Outdoor and Environmental Studies)
• Daniel Barber, Aquinas College, Ringwood (Media)
• Samuel Barnett, Xavier College, Kew (Business Management)
• Jessica Bennetts, John Paul College, Frankston (Further Mathematics)
• Katerina Bitzios, Loreto Mandeville Hall, Toorak (Geography)
• Ella Black, Padua College, Mornington (Outdoor and Environmental Studies)
• Tamara Bonnici, Catholic Regional College, Sydenham (Community Services VCE VET)
• Gabriella Bratek, Sacred Heart Girls’ College, Oakleigh (Religion and Society)
• William Bunn, St Bede’s College, Mentone (Geography and Global Politics)
• Campbell Burns, St Joseph’s College, Newtown (Business Management)
• Kate Byrne, Loreto Mandeville Hall, Toorak (Art)
• Isabella Caleo, Loreto Mandeville Hall, Toorak (Biology)
• Kaiya Camilleri, Marymede Catholic College, South Morang (Dance VCE VET)
• Laurence Camilleri, Xavier College, Kew (Further Mathematics)
• Emily Condon, Genazzano FCJ College, Kew (Psychology)
• Elena Cruz, Siena College, Camberwell (English)
• Lucas Dyt, St Kevin’s College, Toorak (Ancient History)
• Lucy Fenton, Mater Christi College, Belgrave (Outdoor and Environmental Studies)
• Michelle Grover, Salesian College, Sunbury (Agricultural and Horticultural Studies)
• Jamie Hanrahan, Aquinas College, Ringwood (Environmental Science)
• Thomas Harkin, Xavier College, Kew (Classical Studies and Texts and Traditions)
• Madeline Hendy, Salesian College, Sunbury (Australian Politics and Legal Studies)
• Evangeline Hurrel, Catholic Ladies’ College, Eltham (Biology)
• Carmel Italiano, Our Lady of Mercy College, Heidelberg (Italian)
• Darcy Kelly, Xavier College, Kew (Economics)
• Emily Lalor, Nazareth College, Noble Park North (Applied Computing: Data Analytics)
• Jacob Lavender, St Mary’s College Melbourne, St Kilda East (Further Mathematics)
• Hugo Markovski, Padua College, Mornington (Systems Engineering)
• Angus Matthews, Xavier College, Kew (Studio Arts)
• Ella McEvoy, Genazzano FCJ College, Kew (English)
• Johnny Nguyen, Xavier College, Kew (English)
• Lillie Park Jenkinson, Mater Christi College, Belgrave (History Revolutions)
• Luke Parnis, Xavier College, Kew (Australian Politics)
• Lara Partridge, Genazzano FCJ College, Kew (Italian)
• Nicole-Hazel Parulan, Mount St Joseph Girls’ College, Altona (Music Performance VCE VET)
• Daniel Plowman, Mazenod College, Mulgrave (History Revolutions)
• Indi Ryan, Sacred Heart College, Newtown (Health and Human Development)
• Flynn Snowden, St Kevin’s College, Toorak (Media)
• Prudence Spencer, Genazzano FCJ College, Kew (Product Design and Technology)
• Reuben Steen, Aquinas College, Ringwood (Chemistry)
• Jaicquinn Strafonda, Caroline Chisholm Catholic College, Braybrook (Systems Engineering)
• Grace Taranto, Loreto Mandeville Hall, Toorak (Health and Human Development)
• Huey Truong, St Kevin’s College, Toorak (Chemistry)
• Sofia Tuszynski, Sacré Cœur, Glen Iris (Australian History)
• Tanisha Wu, Aquinas College, Ringwood (Applied Computing: Data Analytics).