McKinnon Secondary College

Presentation Night


Wednesday, 18th December 2002
7.30pm
School Assembly Hall

Principal: Mr Alan Lawrence
Assistant Principals: Mrs Pitsa Binnion
Mr Peter Corkill
Mr Andrew Newton
Guest Speaker - Mr Gideon Obarzanek
Council President - Dr Brian Smith
Council Vice President - Mr Russell Thompson
Council Treasurer - Mrs Kay Hurwitz
Council Member - Mr Colin Barry
Council Member - Marc Cheong
Council Member - Mrs Julia Essberger
Council Member/
President of Thistlelonians - Mr Ray Hartland
Council Member - Mr Noel Glenister
Council Member - Mr Andrew Kolb
Council Member - Mrs Helen Morphet
Council Member - Mrs Helen Naylor
Council Member - Mrs Kerry Rowan
Council Member - Mrs Ann Stanley
Council Member - Mr Malcolm Wilson
Representative of Monash University - Associate Professor, Raphael Grzebieta
Presenter of the Perc Brierley
Scholarship - Mr Chris Leihy
Presenter of R. M. Hunt Award - Mrs Elizabeth Hunt
Presenter of Meredith Mullner Award - Mr Andrew Chisholm

 

National Anthem

Introduction & Welcome -

Mr Andrew Newton, Assistant Principal

Senior Singers
"Shenandoah" - American Folk Song
Arranged by James Erb

"People Get Ready" - by Curtis Mayfield
Arranged by David Lawrence

Solo: Jedda Wignall
Ian Nisbet
Camila Rivera
Lucas Richter

A Principal's Perspective -
Mr Alan Lawrence, Principal
Wind Quintet
"Waltz" from Serenade for Strings by Tchaikovsky
Directed by Mr Martin West
Reflections
Guest Speaker - Mr Gideon Obarzanek, Choreographer: Chunky Move
Presentation of Awards
Introduced by - Mrs Pitsa Binnion, Assistant Principal
Mr Peter Corkill, Assistant Principal

Year 7 Academic Excellence Awards
Presented by Student Managers - Mrs Ramona Holmes and Mr Greg Sargent

Damien Anthony
Anne-Marie Manolas
Andrew Sirianos
Pradeepthi Goluguri
Madeleine Martiniello
Chantalle Stenberg-Toussaint
Jessica Gulko
Melissa Nyga
Simon Ho
Elisa San Pedro
Paul Zotov
Rhiannon Jacobs
Alex Shoykhet

YLC Commitment Award:
Ben Howlett
Lalita Sivayoganathan

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Year 8 Academic Excellence Awards
Presented by Student Managers -
Mrs Laurel Reynolds and Mr James McLaughlan

Daniel Begala
Adrian Dang
Elan Novis
Rebecca Bowden
Jessica Lakatosh
Maja Pejovic
Lucy Butterfield
Jemma Markowski
Chloe Rings
Igor Chekhtman
Chris McCoy
Tristan Sinclair
Alina Dain
James Norman
Louise Yardley


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YLC Commitment Award:
Samantha Mills
Rudi Schleiger

Year 9 Academic Excellence Awards
Presented by Student Managers -
Mr Barry Hewett and Miss Megan Papworth


Nicholas Bishop
Inna Fourer
Adam Pappas
Sophie Chen
Alastair Herrmann
Asher Preston
Glenn Cotterell
Ruth Heymann
Andrew Radion
Daniel Craig
Sarah Keogh
Melissa Sirianos
Natasha Dorofeeva
Natalie Loh
Adrienne Wright
Ben Dziekan
Jessie Morphet


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YLC Commitment Award:
David Heymann
Debbie Hurwitz

Year 10 Academic Excellence Awards
Presented by Student Managers - Mrs Sue Kadar and Miss Gorg Rendell


Tahlia Azaria
Andrew Jewell
Zoe Reddy
Indika Indralingam
Fay Liu
Rani Tisseverasinghe
Jonathan Kamil
Catherine Miller
Lisa Youn
Steffan Karpathiou
Diana Mladenoski

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VCE Excellence in a Subject Awards


Jonathan Kamil Chemistry 1 & 2
Steffan Karpathiou History 2
Rani Tisseverasinghe Geography 1
Lisa Youn History 1 & Geography 2

VCE Excellence in a Subject Awards - Year 11
Presented by Student Managers -
Mr Noel Glenister and Mrs Grace Turner

Amy Anderson -
Further Mathematics 1, Psychology 1

Lisa Bloom -
Biology 2, Literature 2, Psychology 2

Dominic Brown -
English 1, Visual Communication 2

Toby Brown -
Visual Communication 1, English 2

Tameka Buckley -
Further Mathematics 1, Media 1 & 2

Hannah Burnell-Griffin -
Legal Studies 1 & 2

Anna Dorofeeva -
Literature 1, Psychology 2

Aron Katona -
LOTE: German 3 & 4

Saul Lazar -
English 1 & 2

Daria Ledovskikh -
English 1 & 2, LOTE: French 1, Psychology 1, Music Performance 2

Eli Mydlarz -
English 1, Economics 2,
Information Technology 2, Visual
Communication 2

Leanne Olden -
Biology 1, Chemistry 1, English 2

Gavan Pang -
LOTE: Korean 1 & 2

Sam Riordan -
Chemistry 1 & 2, LOTE: German 1 & 2,
Mathematics Methods 1 & 2, Physics 1 & 2

Adam Singer -
English 1, General Mathematics 1, Graphics 1

Russell Smith -
Chemistry 2, English 2, General Mathematics 2

Carmen Tisseverasinghe -
Geography 3 & 4, Biology 2, LOTE: French 2

Hilary Wilson -
Music Styles 3 & 4

Joyce Zhang -
General Mathematics 1 & 2,
Mathematics Methods 1 & 2, Accounting 2

Sky Daly Holt -
Physical Education 2

Alex Edlin -
Geography 2

Lauren Finks -
Studio Arts 2

Robert Galinsky -
Physical Education 1

Torin Gallagher -
Further Mathematics 2

Scott Gyngell -
History 1

Stacie Harrison -
Health 2

Harry Kennedy -
History 2

Carly Lampitt -
Studio Arts 1

Emma Manning -
Business Management 1

Michael Segal -
Information Technology 1

Michael Shanahan -
Further Mathematics 2

Roanna Spain -
Health 1

Jay Stafford -
Geography 1

Steven Tatas -
Economics 1

David Wasserman -
Music Performance 1

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VCE Excellence in a Subject Awards - Year 12
Presented by Student Managers -
Mr Peter Thompson and Ms Georgina Pyliotis

Marc Cheong - Economics
Alicia Denton - Psychology
Alex Dickinson - Information Processing & Management
Hayley Gregory - Physical Education
Advait Gunturu - ESL
Martin Heymann - Chemistry, Specialist Mathematics, Korean, Mathematical Methods
Anya Jamison - Visual Communication & Design
Evan Jewell - Accounting
Peter Kakogiannis - French, English Literature
Tim Kohlman - Information Systems
Sasha Maer - English, Mathematical Methods, Physics
Ashley McMaster - English, Media
Dana Mizrachi - Further Mathematics
Ian Nisbet - Music Performance
Michael Quinn - English, History, International Studies, Politics
Emily Rosenberg - Further Mathematics
Karen Stanley - Further Mathematics
Kimberley Stevenson - Biology
Chris Talbot - Health & Human Development
Nadia Tsirlin - Legal Studies, Mathematical Methods
Benjamin Wojciechowski - Studio Art
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Instrumental Music Awards
Presented by Ms Pamela Keenan, Head of Music
and Mr Martin West, Manager of Instrumental Music

Year 7

Alex Dawson
Hugh Frecheville
Daniel Parsons-Jones
Anton Petrov

Year 8

William Frecheville
Georgina Koenig
Victoria Manson
Jasmine Roth

 

Year 9

Naomi Absalom
David Barda
Daniel Craig
David Heymann
Anna Trigellis-Smith

Year 10

Astrid Ajzensztat
Joshua Fotopoulos
Peter Louizidis
Melanie Matthews
Jedda Wignall
Ian Nisbet

Year 11

Dominic Brown
Gaby Kolb
Leanne Olden
Heather Trigellis-Smith
David Wasserman

 

Year 12

Naomi Callander
Lauren Harrop
Netanela Mizrahi
Davy Morgan
Andrew Nisbet
Melissa Poynton

Sports Awards
Presented by Mrs Barbara Roney and Ms Marg Bourke, Sport Co-ordinators

Year 7
Brendan Creaser Richelle Holley
Hugh Frecheville Genevieve Lorbergs
Participation and Commitment Award: Alexandra Lee Luke Smith
Year 8
Patrick Beraun Simon Te Hennepe
Simone Ostrouska Louise Yardley
Participation and Commitment Award: William Frecheville Chloe Rings
Year 9
Jessie Morphet Luke Morrison Steffi Persson
Participation and Commitment Award: Melissa Hadden
Alastair Herrmann
Year 10
Juliet Austin Megan Berriman Travis Harry
Participation and Commitment Award: Luke Duthie Shona Green
Year 11
Tim Dale Eliza Lee Zach McMahon
Harry Kennedy Ben MacNab Tristan Wardley
Participation and Commitment Award: Patrick Jenes
Olivia Spaulding

Year 12
Matthew Berriman Talia Haberman
Hayley Gregory Paul Morphet

Participation and Commitment Award:
Marc Cheong Lauren Nougher

Perpetual Trophy: Athlete of the Year
Presented to Evan Jewell
Mr Corkill
The Perc Brierley Scholarship

Presented by Mr Chris Leihy (Secretary of Bentleigh RSL) and
Ms Pamela Keenan, Head of Music
Presented to Melanie Matthews
R M Hunt Memorial Award - is presented to a senior music student for excellence and an outstanding contribution to the music program.

Presented by Mrs Elizabeth Hunt and Ms Pamela Keenan, Head of Music
Presented to Lucas Richter

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H T Launder Award - is presented to a Year 11 student whose contributions to the College have been outstanding.

Presented by Dr Brian Smith, President of School Council
Presented to Carmen Tisseverasinghe

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The Lindsay Award - is presented to a senior student for excellence in drama and College productions.

Presented by Mr Andrew Kolb, Production Director
Presented to Ashley McMaster

Rotary Award - is an encouragement award presented to two Year 10 students.

Presented to Shona Green and Travis Hatton

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Student Representative Award - is presented to a student for outstanding service as a student representative.

Junior Council Representative
Presented by Mr Andrew Newton, Assistant Principal
Presented to Debbie Hurwitz and Lauren Saylor
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Senior Council Representative
Presented by Mrs Pitsa Binnion, Assistant Principal
Presented to Marc Cheong and Karen Stanley
Thistlelonian Award - is presented to a Year 9 student for general excellence and contributions to the College.

Presented by Mr Ray Hartland, President of Thistlelonians
Presented to David Barda, Daniel Craig and Lauren Saylor
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Meredith Mullner Memorial Award - presented as an encouragement
award to a student who has excelled in English.

Presented by Mr Andrew Chisholm, Manager - SOSE
Presented to Ashley McMaster
Kurt Ulvestad Memorial Award - presented to a student as an
encouragement award for contributions to the College.

Presented to Robert Patterson

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Monash Prize - is presented to a Year 11 student for outstanding academic achievement.

Presented by Associate Professor Raphael Grzebieta
Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University

Presented to Adam Singer

Graduation Ceremony
Introduced by - Mrs Pitsa Binnion, Assistant Principal

31% of McKinnon SC students were ranked in the top 10% of the state.

55% of our students received an ENTER score above 80.

73% of our students were ranked in the top 30% of all students.

More than 93% of students were in the top 50% of students in the state.

50% of all grades achieved were either A or A+

Year 12 Graduation Ceremony and Top ENTERs
... they filled the hall!
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Dux 2002 Presentation

To Martin Heymann

Martin received Academic Excellence awards each year from 1997 to 2000, then subject excellence awards for:

  • Geography Units 3 & 4
  • General Maths Units 1 & 2 (while in year 10)
  • English
  • Maths Methods
  • Chemistry
  • Economics
  • LOTE - Korean Units 1 & 2
  • LOTE - Korean Units 3 & 4
  • Maths Methods U3 & 4
  • Specialist Maths U3&4

He also received:

  • the Monash Award for being the top year 11 student in 2001.
  • The Enhancement studies prize for the top student in Enhanced Literature at Monash University
  • high distinctions in all the Maths, Science and English competitions he entered from 1997-2000

He also:

  • was top student in English in Victoria in 1999.
  • came third in Australia in the 1998 Geography competition, and he was first in Victoria (4th in Australia) in 1999.
  • received a high distinction in the ADVP Economics competition of 2001.

Martin also represented the college in:

  • the Middle School band, Wind Quartet, Orchestra and Symphonic Wind
  • debating, from 1998-2002
  • The International Student Project in Melbourne in 1999 and Greece in 2000.
  • Fundraising for charity at sports days.

Martin started his Unit 3 & 4 VCE studies when he was in year 10, achieving an A+ in 16 out of 18 assessments.

From a maximum possible score of 50, Martin scored:

Geography - 45
Literature - 43
Chemistry - 47
Math Methods - 50
Specialist Maths - 48
Korean - 35

This gave Martin an ENTER score of 99.85

Congratulations, Martin!

This appeared in the Herald-Sun the next day
Vocal Duet
"Prayer" by Carole Bayer Sager
Lauren Harrop and Jedda Wignall
Ms Blanka West - Piano
Conclusion - Mr Alan Lawrence
The class of 2002

Luke ABBEY
Matthew ANDERSON
Janine AROMATARIS
Chris AUSTIN
Raymonda AWAD
Olga BABAEV
Melanie BANTJES
Mark BAROLLE
Jasmine BARRETT
Amro BAZ
Gill BELL
Matthew BERRIMAN
Jaclyn BETTS
Angela BLOOMFIELD
Jacob BODNA
Nicholas BONNER
Nina BRAUN
Mahalia BROWN
Naomi CALLANDER
Rebecca CASALINO
Philip CHANG
Marc CHEONG
Renata CHERMAN
Igor CHERNYEGA
Clare CHISHOLM
Stanley CHURILOV
Shae CLIFFORD
Joshua COHEN
Ashley COLCOTT
Gary CUKIER
Stephen DAVIS
Nicholas DECKER
Alicia DENTON
Ulrick DEYSSING
Alexander DICKINSON
Bree DICKSON
Kellie DICKSON
Alan ERPI
Ryan FAUCETT
Anthony FISHER
Alexis FLANNERY
Svetlana FOOX
Bre-Ana FORBES
Dean FREEDMAN
Chantelle GARNIER
Irina GASANOVA
Inara GASSANOVA
John GIOVANOGLOU
Dmitry GONCHAROV
Nick GOODWIN
Hayley GREGORY
Yuriy GRINBERG
Advait GUNTURU
Talia HABERMAN
Lada HABUL
Drew HANLEY
Lauren HARROP
Rowan HENSHAW
Martin HEYMANN
Barak HISLOP
Spencer HODGES
Jenny IFLYAND
Katie IZOD
Anya JAMISON
Amy JEFFREYS
Evan JEWELL
Lauren JORY
Peter KAKOGIANNIS
Avital KAMIL
Milena KATIC
Michael KATS
Ylona KATZ
Michael KEANE
Yelena KHAKHAM
Victoria KHROUNDINA
Angelique KOCEVIC
Victoria KOGAN
Tim KOHLMAN
Alexander KONDYS
Ilan KRANZ
Julieanne KUTASI
Nicholas LEKAKIS
Freddy LEVIT
You LI
Dima LISITSA
Beth LOCKHART
Sasha MAER
Roman MAEVSKY
Zahrah MAJID
Irena MATIJEVIC
Michael MCCORMACK
Ashley MCMASTER
Bridie MCNULTY
Andrew MCPHERSON
Katie MEULENBERG
Helen MILLER
Laura MILMEISTER
Adam MITCHELL
Fotoula MITROU
Simon MITSIOS
Dana MIZRACHI
Netanela MIZRAHI
Vicky MORAGIANNIS
Davy MORGAN
Paul MORPHET
Daniel MORTON
Laura NAYLOR
Eugene NEBORAK
Alice NICULESCU
Ian NISBET
Lauren NOUGHER
Karen OFFICER
Kota OGAWA
Derryn PERT
Tamara PETROVSKA
Jane PIERCY
Alexander PONOMARENKO
Melissa POYNTON
Judith PRESTON
Helen PROTASOVA
Michael QUINN
Stephen RAMSAY
James RANKIN
Demetrios RAPTIS
Maya RAUDONIKIS
Lucas RICHTER
Yan ROBINS
Emily ROSENBERG
Luke ROWAN
Radmila SAVIC
David SEGAL
Idan SEGEV
Alex SELIVANOV
Evelyn SHENKER
Kellie SHERWOOD
Miyuki SHIMIZU
Avi SHONBERG
Jana SHPRINTSEN
Alicia SIMPSON
Abigail SINGER
Laura SIVERSEN
Bronwyn SKIDMORE
Danielle SMITH
Philip SOOS
Benjamin SPICCIA
Karen STANLEY
David STEVENS
Kimberley STEVENSON
Annika STUCKEY
Tarik SULEYMAN
Adam SUSSMAN
Oky SZALC
Tanya SZYLKROT
Chris TALBOT
Daniel TE HENNEPE
Ben TEICHER
Kaliroi TOULOUPAS
Nadia TSIRLIN
James TSUN
Lauren TUCKER
Boyd UPSTILL
Jennie VAN DORT
Gaby VAYSMAN
Jarrad WALTERS
Brenton WEIGLER
Michael WINKLER
Benjamin WOJCIECHOWSKI
Reynold XIE
Li YANG
Matthew YOUNG





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