Newsletter Edition 20 / 2024 Awards
Principal's Message
Dear Emmanuel College Families,
Awards Night Success
Congratulations to this year’s Emmanuel Award winners. Last night award winners and their families joined College staff in the Emmanuel Centre to celebrate the achievements of those who excelled, worked hard, and pushed themselves across all academic fields, as well as in the arts, and sports, or involved themselves in service and leadership opportunities. The success of the Emmanuel community arises from the participation of so many in the life of the school, demonstrating in the words of the 2024 college theme, “Together we Soar in 2024”.
Year 12 Achievements
We also congratulate the year 12 class of 2024 whose results in the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) and the VCE Vocational Major (VCE VM) were published last Thursday. Emmanuel College students led the South West Region and their results are evidence of the ongoing incremental improvements in the academic results of Emmanuel students. The College seeks to achieve continuous improvement and provide the guidance that impacts students’ motivation and desire to succeed. Congratulations to all who contributed to the following outcomes for the 134 students who completed a scored VCE:
- ATAR scores above 90: 13.4% (up from 9.8% in 2023)
- ATAR scores above 80: 24%
- ATAR scores above 70: 42%
- ATAR scores above 60: 63%
- ATAR scores above 50: 84%
The Dux of Emmanuel College in 2024 is Satwika Sivasankar with an ATAR ranking of 99.1 placing her in the top one percent in Victoria. The next two highest scores were received by Claudia Tutt 98.2 and Robert Morden with a score of 98. The VCE VM Dux is Ella Gapes.
Two students gained perfect study scores of 50 in English and Food Studies, while there were 47 individual study scores above 40 (top 10% in the state) with 19 of these in English, a significant increase on the previous year. Most pleasingly the median ATAR score has risen to 30.
The College is proud of Satwika and Ella and their achievements. Their results in VCE and VCE VM respectively, display the excellent outcomes Emmanuel students who work, and study hard can achieve. Both students were actively involved in the life of the College demonstrating that a balanced approach to school, work, and life in general, is not only possible, but an excellent strategy whilst completing Year 12. The College congratulates the year 12 class of 2024 whose results reflect the supportive and encouraging culture of learning at Emmanuel College. While we understand that ATAR scores are but one measure of success, we also recognise that excellent secondary school outcomes open doors and create opportunities. It was most pleasing again in 2024 to see numerous senior students gain access to employment, traineeships, and apprenticeships before the year concluded.
The College thanks the teaching and education support staff who worked hard completing the year 12 journey with each of our graduands and the young people in years seven to twelve, ensuring the College remains a dynamic learning community.
Christmas Wishes
As our final newsletter of the year, I wish you and your families a blessed and joyous Christmas and a prosperous new year. We pray for all those who will be alone this Christmas and we pray for peaceful resolutions to the conflicts that trouble our world and diminish our humanity. The image below in our office window depicts the smallest sample of the joy-filled times Emmanuel students experience each year. Christmas is a time of great joy and waiting while we re-experience the birth of the Christ child. It reminds us to allow Christmas to rekindle in us the peace and joy that is God’s desire for our world. May this be our prayer and our inspiration for the final days of 2024 and the promise of the year ahead.
God of Hope; we pray for peace during this Season of Advent and the year ahead.
May families the world over know the joy that comes from deep and lasting peace.
In this season of celebration and rejoicing, this season of hope and waiting, we pray:
FAITH makes all things possible,
HOPE makes all things work,
LOVE makes all things beautiful.
May the joy of Christmas bring Faith, Hope and Love to you and your family.
St. Joseph: Pray for us. May the spirit of Catherine McAuley and
Edmund Rice guide us in all we do. Amen.
Mr Peter Morgan
Principal
Congratulations 2024 Award Winners - Years 7-11
Academic Excellence Awards
Year 7 Academic Excellence Awards:
Hamish Allsop
Leilani Baulch
Isabella Berry
Lucinda Bishop
Jasmine Cox
Francesca Di Cesare
Brody Dubyna
Zahra Francis
Daisy Greening
Joel Hennig
Mia Jackson
Aila Kamath
Siena Kenneally
Chloe Kermeen
Thisara Kumarapperuma
Simone Lobos Boada
Oliver Marris
Daisy Martin
Charli Martin
Hugh Matthews
Niamh McGoldrick
Ryan McLean
Beau Porter
Amelia Roache
Indianna Stonehouse
Darcy Wicking
Amelie Williams
Isabelle Witcombe
Year 8 Academic Excellence Awards:
Sienna Addinsall
Meg Anderson
Alva Aquino
Frankie-Rose Buscombe
Samantha Coghlan
Jade Davey
Lily Deith
Lexie Dwyer
Sophie Ierodiaconou
Rushleigh Jeffries
Nikolas Keramaris
Gikaela Zyrene Lopez-Dee
Alice Macpherson
Olivia Mahony
Eve McGrath
Ellie McKenzie
Adele McNamara
Max Milich
Rielle Murfett
Savannah Murray
Rosie Parkinson
Kaelan Perera
Eve Ryan
Molly Sheen
Callum Wade
Lena Watty
Archie White
Christian Wyse
Year 9 Academic Excellence Awards:
Zac Allen
Joshua Bishop
Cameron Brian
Annabel Dargan
Leonardo Di Cesare
Diyara Felsianes
Megan Fry
Carys Gebert
Chloe Gleeson
Lachlan Gome
Maxwell Hegarty
Jack Hogan
Torin Kamath
Lila Kenny
Alexei Khaidurov
Emily Leddin
Michael Lougheed
Jorja Lowe
Neve MacDonald
Charlize Materia
Jordan Morrison
Sarita Mueglitz
Dayna Munro
Lucy Neal
Jasmine Phillips
Tessa Phillips
Sienna Plozza
Oliver Rae
Ayden Tempany
Year 10 Academic Excellence Awards:
Samuel Anderson
Claire Benson
Amelia Bussell
Charlotte Carmichael
Leah English
Roxy Gleeson
Zara Glenn
Matilda Graesser
Georgia Ierodiaconou
Peppa Janes
Bridie Mason
Kristen McKenzie
Lucas Milich
Jaylah Moloney
Mataya Murfett
Ruby Nelson
Alannah Oliver-Hay
Belle Plozza
Benjamin Roache
Lucy Shiells
Emma Skilbeck
Gabrielle Tourancheau
Isabella Turner
Liam Wiese
Year 11 Academic Excellence Awards:
Janya
Emily Blain
Jessica Bushell
Maggie Carmichael
Sierrah Chuck
Allegra Croome
Kaitlyn Cust
Jude de Silva-Smith
Charlotte Dumesny
Ela Fraser
Zoe Graham
Mia Hynes
Sophie Jellie
Zara Kelly
Lauren Kelly
Abigail Langley
Grace Lenehan
Ava McKenzie
Madison Parsons
Eva Ryan
Sienna Sanelli
Hannah van de Camp
Kyra Waller
Grace Watt
Gemma Wicking
Ebony Wilson
Matilda Woodward
Consistency & Effort Awards
Year 7
Jackson Ball
Audrey Clements
Stanley Coverdale
Cooper Davies
Finn Davis
Zahli Dean
Atticus Delaney
Ewan Dinwoodie
Nicholas English
Noah Fitzgerald
Cooper Gleeson
Alexandra Gleisner
Emily Hancock
Edith Harris
Abbey Hermans
Lily Hogan
Alena Hoy
Ethan Lawrence
Elli Ludeman
Elise Mahony
Mason Marshall
Violet McKinley
Lucy McLean
Grace McMahon
Hamish O'Kane
Alexis Pickford
Brooklyn Purcell
Anna Robson
Bodhi Rudolph
Layla Van Dijk
Charlotte Versace
Chloe Vu
Harry Wiffrie
Year 8
Meghan Belleville
Zoe Benson
Lucy Clancey
Milly Cooknell
Isaiah Dawson
Elizabeth Dooley
Maya Furphy
Lucy Kavanagh
Madison Keller
Isabelle Kelly
Harry Kermond
Olivia Knoop
Ruby Koch
Ava Lehne
Fergus Lenehan
Blair Lyons
Anna Lyons
Sadie Main
Bellalie Martin
Ella McDonald
Alice Moloney
Ella Monaghan
Zahlia Monnier
Emily Porter
Tayana Rukani
Mirna Saqat
Sophie Thompson
Natalie Turner
Matilda Webster
Year 9
Rosie Bowman
Connor Brisbane
Matthew Callaghan
Tilly Chisholm
Niamh Ginley
Isabella Greening
Laylah Hansford
Linadi Hendahewa
Ethan Hill
Alastair MacDougall
Grace McInerney
Ella McLaren
Xander McLean
Lokesh Narra
Indih Reeve
Luke Robson
Max Titmus
William Verhoef
Year 10
Keela Adams
Caitlyn Belleville
Grear Collins
Olivia Cope
Majella Dobson
Hamish Dobson
Amelia Foard
Lauren Foley
Ava Houlihan
Layla Kermond
Bonnie Leslie
Cora Lowe
Fionn Lucardie
Kiera Marshall
Layla McCarthy
Hannah McCrohan
Cameron McKenzie
Bridget McKenzie
Cooper McLean
Rorie Miller
Hannah O'Keefe
Helena Purcell
Dana Russell
Tess Ryan
Harry Sanderson
Isabella Seniore
Jack van der Starre
Harriett Wake
Year 11
Megan Alger
Mia Amarant
Emily Benson
Eve Covey
Flynn El-Hage
Ella Harvey
Don Navitha Heenpalla
Natalie Keegan
Adam Lee
Nicholas Main
Evie McCosh
Brodie Morrison
Ruby O'Brien
Brydie Steel
Harry van Rooy
Taylah Wiffrie
Platinum Merit Awards
Year 7: Brody Dubyna, Lucinda Bishop, Amelie Williams
Year 8: Nikolas Keramaris, Callum Wade, Samatha Coghlan
Year 9: Sienna Plozza, Max Hegarty, Grace Stephens
Year 10: Belle Plozza, Ruby Nelson, Georgia Ierodiaconou
Year 11: Mia Hynes, Zara Kelly, Hannah van de Camp
Effort & Achievement Awards sponsored by Warrnambool City Council
Year 7: Naomi Kishinaka, Ann Robson
Year 8: Max Milich, Eve Ryan
Year 9: Leo Di Cesare, Luke Robson
Year 10: Georgia Ierodiaconou, Emma Skilbeck
Year 11: Kaitlyn Cust, Kyra Waller
Endeavour Awards sponsored by Warrnambool RSL Sub-Branch
Year 7: Esther Gleeson
Year 8: Rushleigh Jeffries
Year 9: Charlize Materia
Year 10: Amelia Foard
Year 11: Stella Boyle
Encouragement & Resilience Awards sponsored by Rotary Club of East Warrnambool
Year 8: Hunter Knoop
Year 9: Lokesh Narra
Year 10: Peppa Janes
Year 11: Megan Alger
Engagement & Wellbeing Awards sponsored by MacKillop Family Services
Year 10: Jonathon Roma
Year 11: Zara Kelly
Year 7 Margaret Bastow Award sponsored by Emmanuel College Advisory Council
Lexie Gleisner
Crystal Lee Care Award sponsored by Crystal Lee Foundation
Year 9: Zac Allen
Year 7 Scholarships sponsored by Class of 2023
Hamish Allsop, Finn Davis
Year 10 Scholarship sponsored by Warrnambool Freemasons Lodge & Freemasons Foundation
Layla Kermond
Year 11 Scholarships sponsored by The Knights of the Southern Cross (Victoria)
William Baudinette, Kyra Waller
Diocese of Ballarat Scholarship sponsored by the Bishop of Ballarat
Year 10: Ruby Nelson
Faith & Mission Awards sponsored by St Vincent de Paul Society
Year 9: Sienna Plozza
Year 11: Zoe Graham
Sustainability & Environment Awards sponsored by St Vincent de Paul Society
Year 8: Nikolas Keramaris, Zane Lockland
Social Justice & Community Awards sponsored by Lions Club of Koroit sponsored by Lions Club of Warrnambool
Year 7: Brody Dubyna
Year 11: Evie McCosh
Year 11 Ampol Best All Rounder Award
Flynn El-Hage
Year 11 Student Leadership Award sponsored by Roma Britnell MP, State Member for South West Coast
Hanna van de Camp
Year 10 Leadership & Teamwork Award sponsored by Australian Defence Force
Dana Russell
9@RICE Innovation Awards sponsored by 9@RICE program
Tilly Chisholm
Emily Leddin
Carys Gebert
Jasmine Phillips
Innovation Awards sponsored by University of South Australia
Year 8: Jess Kelly
Year 9: Alexei Khaidurov
Year 10: Gabrielle Tourancheau
Year 11: Lucas Phillips
Future Innovators Award sponsored by the Australian Defence Force
Year 10: Belle Plozza
Year 11 VCE Vocational Major Award sponsored by Applied Learning Team
Sienna Sanelli
Year 11 Outstanding Work Placement Awards sponsored by Hammonds Paints
Darcy McInerney
Art & Design Awards sponsored by the Creative Arts Faculty
Junior School: Lily Deith
Year 9: Aurora Duane
Senior School: Ela Fraser
Photography & Media Awards
Junior School: Molly Sheen
Year 9: Charlize Materia
Senior School: Matilda Woodward
Outstanding English Achievement Awards sponsored by the English Faculty
Junior School: Darcy Wicking
Year 9: Sienna Plozza
Senior School: Maggie Carmichael, Zoe Graham
Victorian Premier’s Reading Challenge Award sponsored by Campion Education Warrnambool
Year 9: Nuthara Hendahewa
Humanities Awards sponsored by the Humanities Faculty
Junior School: Hamish O'Kane
Senior School: Gemma Wicking
Religious Education Awards sponsored by the RE Faculty
Year 8: Gikaela Lopez-Dee
Year 11: Gemma Wicking
Public Speaking Awards
Beverley Melican Memorial Awards sponsored by Felicity Melican & Gerard Barker
Year 7: Zahra Francis
Year 8: Nikolas Keramaris
Year 9: Max Hegarty
Year 10: Belle Plozza
Year 11: Zoe Graham
Drama Awards
Beverley Melican Memorial Awards sponsored by Felicity Melican & Gerard Barker
Year 7: Atticus Delaney
Year 8: Maya Furphy
Year 9: Grace McInerney
Year 10: Ruby Nelson
VCE Unit 1-2: Mia Hetherington
Music Awards sponsored by Warrnambool City Band
Junior School: Brody Dubyna
sponsored by Dale Cleves Music
Junior School: Lena Watty
Senior School: Belle Plozza
Year 7 Band Program Award
Francesca Di Cesare
High Performance Training Program Awards sponsored by Warrnambool Running Club
Year 9: Maya Rhodes
Year 10: David Boyd
Academy of Sports Awards sponsored by the Health/PE Faculty
AFL
Year 9: Girls - Hannah McMeel, Boys - Charlie Jellie
Basketball
Year 9: Paddy Sell
Cricket
Year 10: Charlie James
Netball
Year 9: Maya Rhodes
Surf Lifesaving
Year 9: Sarita Mueglitz
Sportsperson of the Year Award
Year 7-9: Lexi Pickford
Year 10-12: Des O'Keefe
Year 8 Information Technology Awards sponsored by Reflex Technology Group
Ben Alger, Ava Lehne
Language Awards sponsored by Julie Kean & Vince Callaghan
French:
Junior School: Bellalie Martin
Senior School: Amelia Bussell
Japanese:
Junior School: Gikaela Lopez-Dee
Year 9: Megan Fry
Senior School: Samuel Anderson
Maths Pathways Awards sponsored by the Maths faculty
Year 7: Audrey Clements, Kitty Dang, Lucy McLean, Darcy McLeod
Year 8: Lily Deith, Nikolas Keramaris,
Food Studies Awards sponsored by McMahon Family Catering
Junior School: Alice Macpherson
Year 9 Food for Hospitality: Tilly Chisholm
Year 9 Food for Fuel: Rylee Foreman
Year 10: Cameron McKenzie
Product Design (Textiles) Awards sponsored by Technology Faculty
Junior School: Hayley Cope
Senior School: Lucy Shiells
VCE Unit 1-2: Shaylea Ralston
Product Design (Resistant Materials) Awards sponsored by South West Tools and Industrial
Junior School: Hugh Hunter
Senior School: Riley Shiell
Science Awards sponsored by the Science faculty
Year 7: Lucinda Bishop
Year 8: Samatha Coghlan
Year 9: Sienna Plozza
Year 11 Biology: Kyra Waller
Year 11 Psychology: Gemma Wicking
Year 11 Physics: Zara Kelly
Sponsored by TSSM
Year 11 Chemistry: Mia Hynes
Year 10 Science Prize sponsored by Tim Rayner Audiology
Year 10: Samuel Anderson, Zara Glenn
Awards Night Photography
Photographs taken on Awards night can be downloaded from Glen Watson Photography on this link:
https://mypics.io/id/NAR333
Christmas Mass Times
Christmas Eve (Vigil) - Dec 24th
St. Joseph's - 5.00pm
Our Lady Help of Christians - 5.30pm (Outdoor Mass, Carols at 5.00pm)
Infant Jesus Koroit - 6.30pm
St. Pius X's - 7.00pm
St. Patrick's Port Fairy - 7.30pm
St. Joseph's - 8.00pm
St. Anne's Purnim - 8.00pm
Christmas Day - Dec 25th
Our Lady Help of Christians - 9.00am
St. Patrick's Port Fairy - 9.00am
Infant Jesus Koroit - 9.30am
St. Joseph's - 9.30am
Anointing Mass
Friday 20th December - Infant Jesus Koroit at 10.00am (Bring a 'plate' to share)
Communal Reconciliation
Thursday 19th December - St Joseph's at 7.00pm
Upcoming Events
Tuesday December 17
Office Closed
2025 - Tuesday January 21
Office Re-opens
Monday January 27
Australia Day Public Holiday
Thursday January 30
New Student Orientation - Year 8 - 12
Friday January 31
Term 1 Begins - all students commence
Monday February 3
Year 7 House Induction
Year 7 Swimming Trials
Tuesday February 4
Year 7 & 8 Parent Welcome Evening - 7pm
Thursday February 6
Whole School Opening & Senior Awards Assembly 9am
Senior School Parent Welcome Evening - 7pm