It has been a week full of celebrations for our Year 12 students, as their time as students at St Albans Secondary College draws to a close.

Year 12 VCAL Portfolio Interviews

On Monday 10 October and Wednesday 12 October, the Year 12 VCAL students had their interviews where they showcased their portfolios, which included work completed in the VCAL program, work placement and VET. They discussed with the panel members the skills, knowledge and experience they gained through the program and what they plan to do in 2023. The interviews were also a celebration of their outstanding contribution to the community.

Last Day of Year 12 Classes

Year 12 classes finished on Friday 14 October at 12:40pm. Students were dismissed at lunchtime to prepare for their Year 12 Awards Evening, which was held in the Celebration Room, at Moonee Valley Race Course.

Year 12 Awards Evening

Our 2022 Awards Evening proved to be a joyous occasion, with a full house of students, their families, friends and their teachers, coming together in a celebration of the College culture of success and life-long learning. Our Guest Speaker was Christina Yakovlev, a former student of St Albans Secondary College. Christina graduated from St Albans Secondary College in 2017. She has recently reconnected with the school community via the alumni program when she was a panellist at an alumni event talking about her tertiary studies and pathway into her career.  She is keen to engage with and inspire the school community; to provide leadership and guidance to students and to show them that they can succeed regardless of their path of life. She delivered a motivation speech with the key theme of perseverance, which resinated not only with the students, but with staff and guests that were present. It was an honour to have her address our school community.

The school captains Tina Duong and Sarah Liu shared memorable moments of their secondary school journey, and hopes and aspirations for the class of 2022. They prepared a presentation that was shared with the audience.

One of our international students, Vy Ngo, spoke eloquently about her struggles with coming to Australia as an international student and strength, kinship and sense of belonging she found through the St Albans Secondary College community.

Many students were recognised for their academic achievements, and/or contribution to the school and wider community.

The major Award recipients were:

• ADF Future Innovators Award – Anthony Tran
• Long Tan Youth Leadership and Teamwork Award – Charlize Luang-Le
• Ampol All Rounder – Elizabeth Catania
• VCAL Excellence Award – Vishal Gill
• VCE Excellence Award (Dux) – Anthony Tran

The following students received subject awards: 

STUDENT NAME	SUBJECT AWARD 1	SUBJECT AWARD 2	SUBJECT AWARD 3	SUBJECT AWARD 4	SUBJECT AWARD 5
Trieu Phan	Accounting
Ha Pham	Biology
Tai Fan (Martin) Chan	Business Management
Amy Voong	Certificate III in Applied Fashion Design and Technology
Joshua Kwok	Certificate III in Information Technology
Kevin Pinto	Certificate III in Music
Lilian Ha	Chemistry
Michelle Lam	Chemistry
Winney Tran	English
Zainab Muradi	English as an Additional Language
Alison (Eden) Anderson	Further Mathematics
Ha Thanh (Aleysena) Do	Further Mathematics
Maaira Sohail	Further Mathematics
Faiza Abdiraham	Health and Human Development
Sophia Llandelar	Health and Human Development
Kha Nam (Nam) Tran	History (Revolutions)
Deidre (Deedee) Chloe	Italian
Helen Chen	Legal Studies
Eric Vo	Mathematical Methods
Kenny Le	Numeracy
Vishal Gil	Personal Development
Shawanah Sciberras	Personal Development
Andy Nguyen	Physical Education
Minhtam Huynh	Psychology
Trung Nguyen	Psychology
Vy Ngo	Vietnamese (1st Language)
Monique Hua	Business Mathematics	Food Studies
Shangrou (Sarah) Liu	Biology	English as an Additional Language
Khang Chi Nguyen	English	Mathematical Methods
Tina Phan	Economics	Further Mathematics
Tri Nguyen	Further Mathematics	Physics
Huong-Thu Luong	Legal Studies	English
Natalie Tran	Work Related Skills	Literacy
Charmaine Acuram	English	French	Visual Communication Design
Hachi Dinh	English	Further Mathematics	Studio Arts
Charlize Luang-Le	Literacy	Numeracy	Work Related Skills
Sarah Vo	Biology	English	Japanese
Angel Tumusa	Personal Development	Literacy	Numeracy	Work Related Skills
Anthony Tran	Chemistry	English	Mathematical Methods	Specialist Maths	Physics

 

Year 12 Celebration Day

The morning started with a whole school assembly, where students paraded their costumes. The Year 11 SRC and Year 7 representatives wished them all the best during the assembly.  After the assembly the students continued their celebrations in the gymnasium and took photos in the photo booth. Finally, they read their “Year 7 First Day of Secondary School” reflection, while enjoying pizza with their friends on the grassed area in between Nindethana and the Gymnasium.

The Senior Sub School would like to thank the Year 12 students for their excellent behaviour during the celebrations, and wishes the class of 2022 all the best with their upcoming exams and all their future endeavours. 

Last Day of Year 11 classes & Exams

Last day of classes for Year 11 students is Friday 28 of October. The Year 11 students will have their final assembly period 6. Year 11 exams will commence on 31 October and conclude on 9 November 2022. We wish the Year 11 students all the best with their exams.

Year 11 CHASE Program & VCAL Work Placement

Year 11 VCAL students presented their projects for ‘CHASE’ to junior classes this week, and will continue next week. Year 11 VCAL work placement starts Wednesday 2 November to 11 November 2022, where students will have a taste of their future industry.

 

Ms Marlene Cassar – Senior Sub School Leader