Issue 1 SJC News 2021

Late last year, our Year 12 VCE students received their results. The results across the College were consistent with those of recent years and reflect well on the hard work of students and dedication of teaching staff. I would like to congratulate every student who achieved their VCE regardless of their study scores and ATAR. A ‘2020’ VCE is a powerful statement of a young person’s ability to persevere through adversity and overcome challenge. While academic achievement is important and ATAR a stepping stone to a Tertiary goal, the capacity to overcome adversity is a critical for thriving in one’s career and life.

While these results focus on VCE students, I would also like to acknowledge the successes of our senior VCAL students all of whom successfully completed their VCAL certificate and have begun fulltime apprenticeships and further education, or fulltime employment.

At the higher end of our VCE results 9.5 % of students achieved an ATAR of greater than 90 and 25% achieved an ATAR of greater than 80. These numbers were slightly down from the 2019 cohort and similar to those of the 2018 group.

Congratulations to 2020 College Dux, Clancy Hehir who achieved an ATAR of 99.65, and to our high achievers:

Patrick Day (99.55)

Luke Dowd (99.25)

Liam Bindokas (99.05)

Ethan Owens (98.5)

Congratulations to Will Holdsworth who was the recipient of the VCAL High Achiever Award.

This time can be challenging for those VCE students who did not achieve the marks they had hoped for or expected and who may now be rethinking their plans for further education. Thank you to the College Careers Advisor, Karen Shum who has been working hard over the term break to support students with their further study and career options. We wish all of the 2020 cohort all the best as they take their first steps in their journey beyond St Joseph's College.