McKinnon Secondary College Presentation Night


Wednesday, 15 December 2004, 7.30pm

Our official guests were:
Guest Speaker - Mr Justin Kemp
School Council President Dr Brian Smith
School Council Vice President Mr Russell Thompson
School Council Treasurer Mrs Kay Hurwitz
School Council Member / President of Thistlelonians Mr Ray Hartland
School Council Member Mr Russell Absalom
School Council Member Mr Colin Barry
School Council Member Mrs Pitsa Binnion
School Council Member Mrs Julia Essberger
School Council Member Mrs Karin Gillies
School Council Member Mr Andrew Jewell
School Council Member Ms Leonie Perry
School Council Member Ms Anne Rahilly
School Council Member Mrs Kerry Rowan
School Council Member Mr Malcolm Wilson
Representative of Monash University: Professor Raphael Grzebieta, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering
Presenter of the Perc Brierley Scholarship: Mr Tom Grant, BEM JP
(President of Bentleigh RSL)
Presenter of R M Hunt Award Mrs Elizabeth Hunt and Ms Pamela Keenan
Presenter of Kurt Ulvestad Award Mr Troy Dare and Mr Andrew Chisholm
Presenter of Meredith Mullner Award Mrs Margaret Bourke

Presentation Night Program

National Anthem - Wind Quartet

Jazz Trio (Resolution) -“New Bossa” – Horace Silver,“Moanin’” – Bobby Timmons. Performed by Joshua Fotopoulos, Melanie Matthews and Daniel Craig
Introduction & Welcome - School Captains – Maya Dagan and Jeremy Ashley
A Principal’s Perspective - Mr Alan Lawrence, Principal. Presented by Mrs Pitsa Binnon, Assistant Principal
Vocal Solo -“Deare, If You Change” – John Dowland, performed by Marie Henshaw. Accompanist – Ms Blanka West
Reflections - Guest Speaker – Mr Justin Kemp (Class of 1987)

1. Year 7 Academic Excellence Awards

Presented by Student Managers - Mrs Karen Sargent and Mr James McLaughlan
Alexandria Anthony, Nicholas Barda, Ben Dimas, Sara Gingold, Lucy Groenewegen, Ogi Jovanovic, Monica Klein, Antonija Kurbalija, Zhen Hann Leow, Stephanie Patti, Nicola Sergienko, Amanda Ton, Ann Marie Wong
YLC Commitment Award: Stacey Binnion and Leigh Malioris
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2. Year 8 Academic Excellence Awards

Presented by Student Managers - Ms Marion Foxcroft and Mr Mark McTier
Matthew De Sousa, Michelle Doolan, Alex Garde, Stephanie Goldis, Grace Greenwood, June Jiang, Emily Jones, Monica Koenig, Danae Lekakis, James McFadyen, Yarry Molchanova, Rekha Ravutha Gounder, Emily San Pedro, Anurag Vijay
YLC Commitment Award: Bianca Battams and Tessa Mills
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3. Year 9 Academic Excellence Awards

Presented by Mrs Fusun Ozcagli, Year 9 Student Manager and Mr Colin Barry
Roman Aliev, Damien Anthony, Duncan Blackburn, Bradley Freedman, Josh Hurwitz, Joshua Kamil, Ciaran McDonnell-Worth, Madeleine Martiniello, Emily Middag, Toby Newton, Melissa Nyga, Melody Ong, Deeana Predic, Elisa San Pedro, Andrew Sirianos, Chris Stathis, William Swedosh
YLC Commitment Award: Anne-Marie Manolas and Ciaran McDonnell-Worth
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4. Year 10 Academic Excellence Awards

Presented by Student Managers - Mrs Sue Kadar and Mr Noel Glenister
Lucy Butterfield, Igor Chekhtman, Jaewon Choi, Adrian Dang, Andrew Khassapov, Sinae Lee, Lei Lin, James Norman, Simone Ostrouska, Chloe Rings, Kathryn Van Langenberg, Cara West

5. VCE Excellence in a Subject Awards - Year 11

Presented by Student Managers - Mrs Ramona Holmes and Mr Greg Sargent

Sophie Chen Chemistry 1, English 2, History 3 & 4
Daniel Craig English 1, Music Performance 1 & 2
Ben Dziekan Physical Education 2, Geography 3 & 4
Marie Henshaw Music Performance 1 & 2, Music Styles 1 & 2
Beau Kondos Maths General 1, Maths Methods 3 & 4
Aaron Neighbour Studio Art 3 & 4
Daniel Newfield Business Management 1, Media 1 & 2, Maths Further 2
Adam Pappas Studio Art 1 and 2, Visual Communication 2
James Paterson Economics 1 & 2, Legal Studies 1 & 2
Andrew Radion German 1 & 2, Maths General 1 & 2, Chemistry, 3 & 4, Maths Methods 3 & 4
James Wang Physics 1 & 2, Chemistry 3 & 4
Jennifer Yuan Maths Methods 1 & 2, General Maths 2, Chemistry 2
Naomi Absalom Maths Methods 1
Nicholas Bishop Geography 1
Glenn Cotterell Visual Communication 1
Earl Freeman Further Maths 1
Jessica Green History 2
Michelle Grima English 2
Melissa Hadden Psychology 1 and Maths Further 2
Richard Hardy English 2
Charlotte Harris Health 1 and 2
Thomas Hassett Psychology 2
Gabrielle Hearnden Psychology 2
Elise Hendriksen English 1
Simon Hicks French 2
Felix Kennedy History 1
Stephanie Mair English 1
Anafa Millo Biology 2
Sean McDonnell Maths Methods 2
Steffi Persson Psychology 1
Milli Petronijevic Literature 1 & 2
Asher Preston English 1 & 2
Nicholas Pymm Information Technology 2
Jakub Radzikowski Accounting 2
Maria Riaikkenen Biology 1 & 2
Nicholas Rowan Information Technology 1
Russell Sivewright Korean 1, Maths Further 2
Eric Stern Maths Further 1
Sharni Stevens English 2
Amber Thompson Geography 2
Anna Trigellis-Smith French 1
Adrienne Wright Physical Education 1
Qing Zhang ESL 2
(Students with 3 or more subject awards are presented tonight. All others will be
presented at a school assembly).
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6. VCE Excellence in a Subject Awards - Year 12

Presented by Student Managers – Mr Peter Thompson and Mrs Grace Turner
Tahlia Azaria Health and Human Development
Megan Berriman Physical Education
Luca Cicoli Visual Communication and Design
Maya Dagan Psychology
David T Fisher Further Mathematics
Emily Fitzpatrick Psychology
Joshua Fotopoulos Music Performance (Group)
Indika Indralingam English
Andrew Jewell Biology, English, Specialist Mathematics
Gregory Kahan Information Systems
Jonathan Kamil English, Physics
Christopher Kondys Media
Sheng Lin Mathematic Methods
Marc Listmangof Information Processing and Management
Catherine Miller International Studies, Korean
Tommy Miyashita German
Katja Petrovic French
Titanilla Pokornyi Further Mathematics
Zoe Reddy English, Legal Studies
Ben Symon Biology, English, Literature
Daniel Ting Accounting
Lisa Youn Chemistry, ESL, Mathematics Methods, Specialist Mathematics
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7. Instrumental Music Awards

Presented by Ms Pamela Keenan, Head of Music and Mr Martin West, Head of
Instrumental Music and assisted by Dr Brian Smith, School Council President

Andrew Geschke William Cassell Damien Anthony, Michael Lim Josiane Lengyel Josh Hurwitz, Michael Prpic-Davey Brittany Myers Michael Patti, Nikolas Skoufis Anders Wong Anton Petrov, Stephanie Game Naomi Absalom Astrid Ajzensztat, William Frecheville Daniel Craig Daniel Balog, Georgina Koenig David Heymann Rhys Cole, Victoria Manson Annie Millo Melanie Matthews
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8. Sports Awards

Presented by Mrs Barbara Roney, Sport Co-ordinator and
Mrs Carole Hooper, Sports Carnivals Co-ordinator

Alexandria Anthony Heidi Begala Brendan Creaser, Gail Humphreys Madelaine Begala Hugh Frecheville, Tony Nguyen Dylan Elkman Richelle Holley, Jared Samuels Daniel Willis Genevieve Lorbergs

Daniel Begala Kahlia Chapman Juliet Austin, Patrick Beraun Dalija Jovanovic Megan Berriman, Simone Ostrouska Felix Kennedy Rani Tisseverasinghe, Simon Te Hennepe William Nougher Lachlan Upstill, Mark Weerdenburg Louise Yardley
Perpetual Trophy: Athlete of the Year - Presented to Juliet Austin
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9. The Perc Brierley Scholarship - a music award in memory of Perc Brierley OAM, a past President of the Bentleigh RSL. Presented by Mr Tom Grant, BEM JP (President of Bentleigh RSL) and Ms Pamela Keenan, Head of Music
Presented to Naomi Absalom, Victoria Manson

10. 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 Joshua Fotopoulos

11. 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 Debbie Hurwitz

12. 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 Jedda Wignall
13. Rotary Award - is an encouragement award presented to two Year 10
students. Presented by Mrs Sue Kadar, Year 10 Student Manager
Presented to William Frecheville, Victoria Manson
14. Student Representative Award - is presented to a student for outstanding service as a student representative. Junior Council Representative - Presented by Mr Peter Thompson, Acting Assistant Principal Presented to Felix Lloyd
Senior Council Representative - Presented by Mrs Pitsa Binnion, Assistant Principal. Presented to Andrew Jewell
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15. 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 Damien Anthony, Josh Hurwitz, Emily Ryde
16. Meredith Mullner Memorial Award – presented as an encouragement award to a student who has excelled in History. Presented by Mrs Margaret Bourke, Manager – SOSE. Presented to Sophie Chen
17. Kurt Ulvestad Memorial Award – presented to a student as an encouragement award for contributions to the College. Presented by Mr Troy Dare and Mr Andrew Chisholm. Presented to Joshua Fotopoulos, Sarah Cheong
18. Monash Prize – is presented to a Year 11 student for outstanding academic achievement. Presented by Associate Professor Raphael Grzebieta, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering. Presented to Andrew Radion

19. Year 12 Graduation Ceremony and Top ENTERs

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20. Dux 2004 Presentation - a three-way tie!

 

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