Year 12 VCE VM Portfolio Interviews

On Monday, 10 October and Wednesday 12 October, the Year 12 VCE VM students had their formal interviews where they showcased their portfolios, including work completed in the VCE VM program, work placement and VET. The students spoke about the skills, knowledge and experiences they gained through the program and their plans for 2024. The interviews were a wonderful celebration of their personal and academic growth and outstanding contribution to the community.

Last Day of Classes & Year 12 Awards Evening

Year 12 classes finished classes on Friday 13 October at 12:00pm. 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.

Our 2023 Awards Evening was a joyous occasion, with a full house of students, families, friends and teachers, coming together in a celebration of the College’s culture of success and life-long learning. Our Guest Speaker was Lydia Tesema – a Global Thought Leader, Entrepreneur and Community Leader. Lydia, inspired the graduating students to consider non-traditional careers, and to be “true to themselves” with what they hope to achieve in the future.  She delivered a motivation speech with the key themes of perseverance and positive thinking, which resonated with the students. We thank Lydia for taking the time to address our school community.

The school captains Karli Keskin and Kathleen Phan shared memorable moments of their secondary school journey, and best wishes for the class of 2023. Karli and Kathleen, along with vice-captains Kelly Chen, Crystal Nguyen and Jennifer To prepared a presentation which was shared with the audience. The Senior Sub School would like to thank the School Captains for all their work and leadership during the year. It has been a pleasure working with them.

One of our international students, Thuong Tran, spoke from the heart about the strength, kinship and sense of belonging he 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 – Victoria Au
• Long Tan Youth Leadership and Teamwork Award – Karli Keskin
• Ampol All Rounder – Kelly Chen
• VCE VM Excellence Award – Tracy Nguyen
• VCE Excellence Award – Victoria Au

A new award was also introduced this year – the VET Excellence Award, which was awarded to Onesemo Brown for his work in Certificate II in Screen & Media.

The following students received subject awards:

Student Name	Subject Award
One Award
Sebastian (Basti) Almacen	Physical Education
Thanh Do	English
Aiyee Duong	Food Studies
Jordan Giang	Certificate III in Music
Minh (Shayla) Hoang	Health and Human Development
Phuong (Natalie) Hoang	Personal Development Skills
Beryl Irakoze	General Mathematics
Karli Keskin	History (Revolutions)
Victor Le	Biology
Isabella (Bella) Magee	Psychology
Lachlan McCall	General Mathematics
Natalia Neumann Abarca	Certificate III in Applied Fashion Design and Technology
Alana Nguyen	Biology
Kenny Nguyen	General Mathematics
Crystal Nguyen	Numeracy
Vinh Nguyen	Numeracy
Cecilia Nguyen	Visual Communication and Design
Umika (Umi) Purang	Chemistry
Isra Siddique	English
Jennifer To	Mathematical Methods
Nethuli Weerasinghe	Art Making and Exhibiting
Two Awards
Victoria Au	Chemistry Health and Human Development
Ethan Ma	Literacy Work Related Skills
Meera Mansukhani	English Legal Studies
Nathan McCall	Mathematical Methods Specialist Mathematics
Mai (Audre) Nguyen	English as an Additional Language Vietnamese (1st Language)
Van Pham	Business Management English as an Additional Language
Thi Thao Nhi (Sandy) Phan	English General Mathematics
Kathleen Phan	English Physics
Phuong Tran	Accounting General Mathematics
Chanel Trpovski	Accounting Business Management
Stella Xie	Economics English
Three Awards
Taleah Cassar	Literacy Personal Development Skills Work Related Skills
Lily Huang	Data Analytics English Psychology
Ngoc (Christina) Nguyen	Biology General Mathematics Japanese
Four Awards
Tracy Nguyen	Literacy Numeracy Personal Development Skills Work Related Skills

 

Year 12 Celebration Day

The morning started with a whole school assembly, where students paraded their costumes to music. 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 in Nindethana.

The Senior Sub School would like to thank the Year 12 students for their excellent behaviour during the celebrations, and wishes the class of 2023 all the best with their upcoming exams and all their future endeavours. 

Last Day of Year 11 classes & Exams

Year 11 exams will commence on 30 October and conclude on 8 November 2023. We wish the Year 11 students all the best with their exams.

Year 12 Orientation will start on 9 November and will run through to the 23 November 2023. Last day of classes for Year 11 students is Friday 23 of November. The Year 11 students will have their final assembly period 6.

Year 11 CHASE Program

Year 11 VCE VM students presented their projects for the Community Health Advancement and Student Engagement Program ‘CHASE’ to the school community. The purpose of the CHASE program is to empower young people through health education and community engagement. The CHASE partnership has been an integral component of VCE VM (formerly the VCAL program) for many years. It has provided students with project management skills and an understanding of the benefits of giving back to the community. We are excited to be welcoming special guest MP Natalie Suleyman, who will be attending the CHASE Showcase in the Performing Arts Centre on Friday 20 of October 2023.  

 Year 11 VCE VM Work Placement and Orientation Program

Year 11 VCE VM work placement starts Wednesday 30 October to 10 November 2023, where students will have a taste of their future industry. The VCE VM students will complete their orientation program from Monday 13 of November to Wednesday 15 of November 2023.

Crime Stoppers – “Cut the Violence” campaign

Our VCE VM students have recently been in the media for their incredible work on the ‘Cut the Violence’ campaign. Crime Stoppers Victoria invited students from Scoresby Secondary College and St Albans Secondary College to take part in consultations across an eight-week period, exploring topics including laws related to violence, the perception of knife crime in the community, and the messaging that would resonate with them when it comes to reducing knife crime. The students were recognised for their work in a formal awards presentation at the State Library in Melbourne on Wednesday 18 October 2023, which was attended by our Assistant Principal Mr Coulson who accepted a recognition award on the VCE VM’s students’ behalf. Congratulations to all the students involved and a special thank you to Ms Gough for organising and leading the work with the students.

Media Links:

https://x.com/9NewsMelb/status/1709834173635018986?t=qG_l8tQ5cVBX160pD4NIiA&s=08

https://fb.watch/nML9Al64Sn/?mibextid=2JQ9oc

 

Ms Marlene Cassar – Senior Sub School Leader