Presentation Night 2005

McKinnon Secondary College

Presentation Night

Wednesday, 14 December 2005

7.30pm

School Assembly Hall

Principal: Mr Alan Lawrence

Assistant Principals:  Mrs Pitsa Binnion

Mr Andrew Chisholm

Mr Andrew Newton

McKinnon Secondary College welcomes the school community and official guests to the 2005 Presentation Night.

Our official guests are:

Guest Speaker - Ms Christina Game (Class of 1965), State Secretary - National Tertiary Education Union

School Council President    Mr Russell Thompson

School Council Vice President  Mrs Anne Rahilly

School Council Treasurer Mrs Kay Hurwitz

President of Thistlelonians  Mr Geoff Woolnough

Past President of Thistlelonians - Mr Ray Hartland

School Council Member - Mr Russell Absalom

School Council Member - Mr Ross Attrill

School Council Member - Mr Colin Barry

School Council Member - Mrs Julia Essberger

School Council Member - Mrs Karin Gillies

School Council Member - Mr David Heymann

School Council Member - Ms Leonie Perry

School Council Member - Mrs Kerry Rowan

School Council Member - Mr Greg Sargent

School Council Member - Mrs Heather Steadman

State Member for Bentleigh Mr Rob Hudson

Representative from Monash University  Dr Elizabeth Davis, Senior Lecturer

Presentation Night Program

*   Introduction & Welcome

School Captains – David Barda and Melissa Sirianos

*   National Anthem

*   Musical Item

“Das Heimliche Lied” for Voice, Clarinet and Pianoforte - Louis Spohr

Soprano - Marie Henshaw, Clarinet - Naomi Absalom, Pianoforte - Ms Blanka West

*   A Principal’s Perspective
Mr Alan Lawrence - Principal

*   Musical Item

“Film 87”- Billy Taylor

Vibraphone - Daniel Craig, Pianoforte - Joshua Fotopoulos

*   Reflections

Guest Speaker – Ms Christina Game - Class of 1965

* Presentation of Awards

Introduced by Mrs Pitsa Binnion - Assistant Principal  

* Graduation Ceremony

Introduced by Mr Peter Thompson and Mrs Grace Turner

* Remembering the Years of the Class of 2005

Mrs Robyn Pryor, Simon Hicks, Lauren Saylor and Russell Sivewright

* Conclusion

Mrs Pitsa Binnion - Assistant Principal

  Awards

1. Year 7 Academic Excellence Awards

Presented by Mrs Karen Sargent and Mr Les McLeod - Student Managers and

 Mr Andrew Newton - Assistant Principal

Student Manager Commitment Award: Ashley Mac and Olivia Willis

2. Year 8 Academic Excellence Awards

Presented by Ms Marion Foxcroft - Student Manager, Mrs Jenny De Kretser - Leading Teacher and Mr Andrew Newton - Assistant Principal

Student Manager Commitment Award: Ogi Jovanovic and Stephanie Patti

3. Year 9 Academic Excellence Awards

Presented by Mrs Fusun Ozcagli - Student Manager, Mr Colin Barry - Leading Teacher and Mr Andrew Newton - Assistant Principal

  Student Manager Commitment Award: Emily Jones and Benjamin Maddaford

4. Year 10 Academic Excellence Awards

Presented by Mrs Sue Kadar and Mr Noel Glenister - Student Managers and

 Mrs Pitsa Binnion - Assistant Principal

Assorted Achievement Shots, courtesy of Mrs Pryor

5. VCE Excellence in a Subject Awards - Year 11

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

 Mrs Pitsa Binnion - Assistant Principal

Sebastian Ahn Chemistry 2, General Maths 1 and 2

Jasmin Aldred Biology 1, Chemistry 1, Maths Methods 1 & 2, Psychology 2

Igor Chekhtman   Biology 3 & 4, Chemistry 1 & 2, English 1 & 2, Maths Methods 3 & 4, Physics 1

Rick Crichton Accounting 1 & 2, English 2, Psychology 1 & 2

Alina Dain Psychology 1 & 2, Studio Arts 1, Visual Communication 1 & 2

Adrian Dang Chemistry 1 & 2, English 1 & 2

Andrew Ellis Legal Studies 1 & 2, Maths Methods 1

Jasmine Entwistle Further Maths 2, Geography 2, Visual Communication 1

Larissa Jones History 3 & 4, Legal Studies 1

Jessica Lakatosh Biology 2, English 2, Studio Arts 2

Jane Lau   ESL 1 & 2, Maths Methods 1

Sinae Lee English 1 & 2, French 1, Korean 1 & 2

Bonnie Li Accounting 1 & 2, Maths Methods 3 & 4, Physics 1 & 2

Lei Lin   Maths Methods 3 & 4

Rounak Manoharan   Chemistry 1 & 2, English 1 & 2, General Maths 1 & 2, Maths Methods 1

Joshua Nugent  English 2, History 1 & 2

Celia Vandestadt Further Maths 2, PE 1 & 2

Daniel Begala   Biology 2

Rebecca Bowden   Economics 1 & 2

Alexander Dunn Legal Studies 2

Melissa Gocs Studio Arts 1

Ben Helps   Maths Methods 2

Chloe Hohneck  Health 2

Clair Humphreys Further Maths 1, Literature 1

Andrew Khassapov Physics 2

Christopher Koch Visual Communication 2

Piyush Kumari  Maths Methods 2

David Mackay Further Maths 1

Victoria Manson Music Performance 2

Hannah McDonnell Further Maths 1

Zoe McMahon English 1, French 2

Jessica Meisels Media 1 & 2

James Norman English 1, Information Technology 1

Simone Ostrouska French 1

Shannon Pollock Further Maths 2

Siobhan Rankin  Health 1

Hannah Ring Psychology 1

Chloe Rings  English 1, German 1

Michael Rose Biology 1, Information Technology 2

Jamie Ross Maths Methods 1 & 2

Jasmine Roth Literature 2

Tristan Sinclair Studio Arts 2

Yani Taylor German 2

Samuel Teague  English 1, Geography 1

Michael Thwaites Media 1

Kathryn Van Langenberg English 1

Christopher White Media 2

Louise Yardley  English 2

(Students with 3 or more subject awards are presented tonight.  All others will be presented at a school assembly).

6. VCE Excellence in a Subject Awards - Year 12

Presented by Mr Peter Thompson and Mrs Grace Turner - Student Managers and

Mr Alan Lawrence - Principal

Peter Aumann - English

David Barda - English

Sophie Chen - Chemistry and English

Daniel Craig - International Studies, Music Performance and Music Styles  

Ben Dziekan - Biology and Physical Education

Michelle Grima -   Korean

Rick Hardy - English and Literature

Charlotte Harris - Health and Human Development

Zengfei He - English

Gabrielle Hearnden - Psychology

Marie Henshaw - Psychology

David Heymann - Studio Arts

Marnie Hollingworth - Further Maths

Felix Kennedy - Geography

Beau Kondos - Accounting

Gregori Kossovski -   French

Jonathan Levin -   Further Maths and Information, Processing and   Management

David Li -   Chemistry, English and Physics

Jenny Lu - Biology and Further Maths

Sean McDonnell  Physical Education

Daniel Newfield - Media

Adam Pappas  English and Visual Communication

James Paterson - Business Management, International Studies and Legal Studies

Asher Preston  English

Andrew Radion - German and Specialist Maths

Kathryn Skidmore -   History

Eric Stern - Legal Studies and Psychology

Adrienne Wright  Further Maths

Jenny Yan  Maths Methods

Qing Zhang -   ESL and Specialist Maths

7. Instrumental Music Awards

Presented by Ms Pamela Keenan - Head of Music and Mr Martin West - Head of Instrumental Music and assisted by Mr Rob Hudson - State Member for Bentleigh

Year 7 - Year 8 - Year 9

Emily Badge, Cassandra Casamento, Adriana Costa

Joseph Cunningham, Zhen Hann Leow,   Monica Koenig

Eliza Manson, Michael Lim,  Josiane Lengyel

Ryland Newstead, Nikolas Skoufis,  Brittany Myers

Year 10, Year 11,  Year 12

Damien Anthony, Will Frecheville,  Peter Aumann

Ciaran McDonnell-Worth, Sinae Lee, Sayuri Hamataka

Kyria Morgan,   Bonnie Li, Marie Henshaw

Stuart West, Victoria Manson, David Heymann

Anafa Millo

8. Sports Awards

Presented by Mrs Barbara Roney - Sports Co-ordinator, Mr Andrew Newton - Assistant Principal and Mr Andrew Chisholm - Assistant Principal

Year 7, Year 8,   Year 9

Lucy Badge, Alexandria Anthony, Heidi Begala

Rachel Cole, Bryce Bronstein,   Madelaine Begala

Aki Nakajima,   Jessica Jacobs, Alexandra Garde

Darby Walmsley, Ryan Morris,  Stephanie Ostrouska 

Year 10, Year 11, Year 12

Richelle Holley,  Daniel Begala,   Nicholas Bishop

Emily Ryde, Patrick Beraun, Kahlia Chapman

Michael Ryde,   Corinna Bryant, Felix Kennedy

Colin Trigellis-Smith,  Barak Mizrachi, Katelyn Moloney

Simone Ostrouska, William Nougher

Mark Weerdenburg, Jack O’Donnell

Perpetual Trophy:  Athlete of the Year

Presented to  Felix Kennedy

9. The Laurel Reynolds Memorial Award - is presented to a junior student as an encouragement award for continued success.Presented by Mrs Sue Kadar - Leading Teacher

Presented to  Jessica Jacobs

10.  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 Stuart West

11.  R M Hunt Memorial Award- is presented to a senior music student for excellence and an outstanding contribution to the music program. Presented by Ms Pamela Keenan - Head of Music and Mr Alan Lawrence - Principal

Presented to Naomi Absalom and Daniel Craig

12.  The Lindsay Award- is presented to a senior student for excellence in drama and College productions. Presented by Ms Blanka West - Musical Production Manager

Presented to  Marie Henshaw

13.  H T Launder Award- is presented to a Year 11 student whose contributions to the College have been outstanding. Presented by Mr Russell Thompson - School Council President

Presented to  Will Frecheville

14.  Rotary Award-is an encouragement award presented to two Year 10 students.Presented by Mrs Sue Kadar - Year 10 Student Manager

Presented to  Louise Cunningham and Joshua Hurwitz

15.  Student Representative Award - is presented to students for outstanding service to the student councils. Presented by Mr Andrew Newton - Assistant Principal

Junior Council Recipient

Presented to Caitlin Knee

Senior Council Recipient

Presented to  David Heymann

16.  Thistlelonian Award -is presented to a Year 9 student for general excellence and contributions to the College. Presented by Mr Ray Hartland - Past President of Thistlelonians

Presented to  Laura Barry, Tessa Mills and Magnus O’Mallon

17.  Meredith Mullner Memorial Award – presented as an encouragement award to a student who has excelled in Legal Studies. Presented by Mrs Margaret Bourke - Manager for Studies of Society and Environment

Presented to  James Paterson

18. 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 - Assistant Principal

Presented to James Norman

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

Presented by Dr Elizabeth Davis, Senior Lecturer - Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Presented to  Adrian Dang

20.  Year 12 Graduation Ceremony and Top ENTERs -introduced by Mr Peter Thompson - Year 12 Student Manager

21.  Dux 2005 Presentation - presented by the Principal of McKinnon Secondary College - Mr Alan Lawrence

22.  DVD (Remembering the Years of the Class of 2005)- produced by Mrs Robyn Pryor, Simon Hicks, Lauren Saylor and Russell Sivewright

23.  Conclusion - Mrs Pitsa Binnion - Assistant Principal

MUSIC PERFORMANCE SERVICE AWARDS are given to the following students in recognition of their involvement in performance ensembles which rehearse outside the formal timetable.  These awards are presented at Sub-school Assemblies.

CLASS OF 2005

Naomi ABSALOM, Koji AKAMA, Slavik AKKERMAN, Chase ANTUNOVIC, Rebecca ATTRILL, Peter AUMANN, Mark BAKER, David BARDA, Daniel BASILE, Eric BESPROSVAN, Nicholas BISHOP, Marc BLOOM, Jarryd BOW, Gary BRAUDE, Simon BUCKLEY, Charmaine CATIPON, Stefanie CHALAS, Kahlia CHAPMAN, Hong CHEN, Sophie CHEN, Vivian CHETTY, Timothy COGHLAN, Glenn COTTERELL, Daniel CRAIG, Thomas DIXON, James DOOLAN, Sonia DROPSY, Melanie DUNN, Callum DYER, Ben DZIEKAN, Sophie ESSBERGER, Angie ETHEREDGE, Tenille FARRUGIA, Daniel FARTHING, Ryan FISCHER, Christopher FOSTER, Inna FOURER, Trevor FOY, Dan FRAZIER, Earl FREEMAN, Willow FREY, Megan GALLAGHER, Samira GASSANOVA, Benjamin GAYLARD, Christopher GIBNEY, Alysha GOLD, Eve GOODWIN-GALEA, Jessie GREEN, Michelle GRIMA, Galina GRINBERG, Melissa HADDEN, Sayuri HAMATAKA, Rick HARDY, Charlotte HARRIS, Jarred HARRY, Michael HART, Anna HARTLAND, Glenn HARVEY, Kai HASPEL, Thomas HASSETT, Alan HAWKINS, Zengfei HE, Gabrielle HEARNDEN, Elise HENDRIKSEN, Stefanie HENENBERG, Marie HENSHAW, Alastair HERRMANN, David HEYMANN, Ruth HEYMANN, Simon HICKS, Marnie HOLLINGWORTH, Aaron HOLMAN, Alexander HOLT, Tim HOSKIN, Lan HUANG, Debbie HURWITZ, Deanna IVANOVA, Adam JAFFE, Haobo JIANG, Daniel JOLLY, Janine JORY, Dalija JOVANOVIC, Inna KATS, Richard KEANE, Felix KENNEDY, Sarah KEOGH, Kate KERR, Tony KIM, Sierra KING, Simone KLOOGER, Beau KONDOS, Gregori KOSSOVSKI, Tana KOVAC, Rosie KOY, Aleksandra KRASIC, Dasha KUKALEVA, Jessica LANG, Jessica LAWTON, Jonathan LEVIN, David LI, Linda LIU, Carl LOGAN, Natalie LOH, Jenny LU, Daniel MAEVSKI, Stephanie MAIR, Victor MANUSOV, Lara MATIJEVIC, Alex MATTHEWS, Sean MCDONNELL, Andrew MCKENZIE, Seva MELNIKOV, Anafa MILLO, Ryan MITTEN, Meira MIZRAHI, Katelyn MOLONEY, Jacqui MORRIS, Luke MORRISON, Daniel MULLIGAN, Joel MURCIA, Elisha NATHAN, David NAYLOR, Matthew NAYLOR, Aaron NEIGHBOUR, Daniel NEWFIELD, Andrea NIERHOFF, William NOUGHER, Jack O'DONNELL, Shiyiin OH, Shannon PACE, Christina PANAYI, Adam PAPPAS, Jess PARSONS-JONES, James PATERSON, Tess PATURZO, Steffi PERSSON, Milli PETRONIJEVIC, Sean PIEPER, Steven PORTEOUS, James POTE, Asher PRESTON, Edmund PRPIC-DAVEY, Nicholas PYMM, Andrew RADION, Jakub RADZIKOWSKI, Jesse RAPHAEL, George RAPTIS, Virrosh RAVINDRARAJ, Steven REDMOND, Tristan REITH, Maria RIAIKKENEN, Ben RICHTER, Nicholas ROWAN, Erika SAN PEDRO, Lauren SAYLOR, Milana SCERBAKOVA, Zoe SCHILLER, Liran SHACHAR, Nikki SHERWIN, Romy SIMON, Lachlan SIMPSON, Simon SINGER, Melissa SIRIANOS, Russell SIVEWRIGHT, Kathryn SKIDMORE, Emily SMITH, Natalia STEFANOVIC, Eric STERN, Sharni STEVENS, Michelle SZYLKROT, Amber THOMPSON, Rachel THOMPSON, Con TOLONGS, Anna TRIGELLIS-SMITH, Jaime TSIMIKLIS, Zac VEARING, James WANG, Shirley WANG, Andrea WARD, Jak WARDLEY, Chloe WEATHERSTON, Daniel WESTLEY, Adrienne WRIGHT, Charley XIA, Jenny YAN, Sandy YANG, Jennifer YUAN, Jessica ZHANG, Qing ZHANG, Regina ZOLOTONOS, Emily ZORAJA