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OUR ATAR STARS: Students achieve incredible results

STUDY scores were released alongside ATAR scores last week, and many students in the region performed exceptionally.

Three students received perfect scores of 50 placing them at the top of the state – Isabella Gilchrist, Georgia Craig-Neal, and Kate Alday.

St Mary MacKillop year 11 student Isabella Gilchrist completed two year 12 subjects this year receiving a score of 50 for VCE VET sport and recreation, and a 44 for biology.

Her fellow student at St Mary MacKillop, Georgia Craig-Neal also received a perfect score of 50 for sport and recreation, while Tyrrell College student Kate Alday received a perfect 50 for health and human development.

Any score on or above 40 signifies that the student has performed within the top nine per cent or higher in the state, with plenty of local students making the cut.

Of particular note was the performance of St Mary MacKillop College’s Sport and Recreation class, which received four scores over 40, and Boort District P-12 School’s PE class, with four students making the 40+ list.

The region’s top scorers are as follows:

Biology

Isabella Gilchrist, St Mary MacKillop College 44

Business Management

Lance Malone, Boort District P-12 School, 44

Ebony Chamberlain, Boort District P-12 School, 43

Olivia Closter, St Mary MacKillop College, 42

Keely Forster, Boort District P-12 School, 40

English

Alana Hughes, Swan Hill College, 41

Caleb Hall, Kerang Technical High School, 41

Laura Thomas, Kerang Technical High School, 41

Food Studies

Amariah Bangay, Kerang Christian College, 42

Further Mathematics

Jem Sibley, St Mary MacKillop College, 42

Raphael Megail Umali, Cohuna Secondary College, 42

Geography

Fergus Bear, Boort District P-12 School, 44

Health and Human Development

Kate Alday, Tyrrell College, 50

Ebony Chamberlain, Boort District P-12 School, 46

Keely Griffiths, Tyrrell College, 46

Lily Stacey, St Mary MacKillop College, 45

Abbey Pay, Kerang Technical High School, 44

Indy-Lee Mangles, St Mary MacKillop College, 44

Amy Malone, Boort District P-12 School, 43

Sophie Benbow, Swan Hill College, 41

Outdoor and Environmental Studies

Emma Anderson, Boort District P-12 School, 44

Physical Education

Imogen Broad, Boort District P-12 School, 42

Keely Forster, Boort District P-12 School, 41

Lance Malone, Boort District P-12 School, 41

Mitchell Gunther, Boort District P-12 School, 41

Caleb Hall, Kerang Technical High School, 40

Psychology

Nathan Zappia, Robinvale College, 47

Alyssa Bourke, Cohuna Secondary College, 43

Alana Hughes, Swan Hill College, 42

Visual Communication Design

Brahe Lorimer, St Mary MacKillop College, 40

VCE VET Engineering Studies

Toby Poxon, Charlton College, 44

Scott Wallace, Kerang Technical High School, 41

VCE VET Hospitality Kitchen Operations

Lavinia McCann, Swan Hill College, 44

VCE VET Sport and Recreation

Georgia Craig-Neal, St Mary MacKillop College, 50

Isabella Gilchrist, St Mary MacKillop College, 50

Jem Sibley, St Mary MacKillop College, 43

Alivia Andrews, St Mary MacKillop College, 42

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