MACKILLOP College
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MACKILLOP College was celebrating yesterday after receiving some of its best HSC results in recent years.
School principal Maureen Moore said she was “really thrilled” with the girls’ results.
Of the 86 students who sat the HSC, 50 Band 6 results and a further four E4 (equivalent of a Band 6 in extensions courses) were awarded.
A further 176 Band 5 results were received by the students.
Mrs Moore said three girls at the school received nine units in Band 6, just narrowly missing out on the Premier’s List.
Forty-one per cent of the students received a Band 6 in two unit mathematics.
Twenty-five per cent of students received a Band 6 in advanced English, and there were identical results in ancient history.
Thirty-one per cent of students received a Band 6 in modern history.
Mrs Moore said 50 per cent of the girls received an E4 in extension English, the top result.
“We’re absolutely thrilled about that,” she said.
Other highlights for the school included the fact the school was 10 marks above the state average in both ancient history and modern history, and in 90 per cent of the courses the students were above the state average.
Two students also got 49 out of 50 for religious studies and another student got 49 out of 50 for extension history.
Mrs Moore said she was also thrilled the school got very few Band 1s and 2s.
“It’s not just about the top end,” she said. “We made sure plenty of the girls got Band 3s and 4s. The school lifted all the students who attended the college. But overall we’re very happy; we’re celebrating today.”
Kelso High School
STUDENTS at Kelso High School have a variety of futures planned following the receipt of their HSC marks yesterday.
Aimee Morris wants to study to be a primary school teacher at CSU because she wants to stay in Bathurst.
She was pleased with her results in maths, English, science and PDHPE (health).
Jasmine Rae was relieved to receive her marks because they were higher than she expected.
“I wasn’t really excited about finding out, I was more nervous than anything,” she said.
Jasmine also wants to become a primary school teacher because she loves working with children.
She is currently working as a tutor and says that has helped her get into what she wants to do.
Michelle Baker was also pretty happy with her marks.
She said she wanted to study design but got early entry into CSU for communications and technical radio.
Michelle said she will gratefully accept the offered position.
Her best marks were in textiles and design, for which she received a band 5, and thought English was the hardest exam.
She also studied ancient history, general maths and extension English.
Demi Williams, who said her marks were about what she expected, has been accepted into both paramedics and policing.
She has been studying nursing at TAFE for two years, but has chosen to study paramedics because she feels it offers more variety.
“I was pretty much guaranteed early entry for nursing, so I’m sure that helped me get into paramedics,” she said.
Laura Thomas intends to take a gap year and travel to the UK, where her grandmother lives. She also wants to tour Europe.
Jordana Kissell studied ancient history in a class that scored above the state average. She also studied advanced English, community and family studies, science and general maths.
She has been offered a position at CSU in policing. She wants to specialise in forensics and has to score an ATAR of 65 for that to be confirmed.
Laura Thomas intends to take a gap year and travel to the UK, where her grandmother lives. She also wants to tour Europe.
She feels that for her it is important to have that gap year because during the exams she placed a lot of pressure on herself.
Laura had to present three major works - art, a drama performance and a society and culture research project.
When she returns from her trip overseas she intends to do early childhood studies.
Bathurst High School
BATHURST High School’s creative students really shone when the HSC marks were released yesterday.
Brendan McLeod and James Sewell both scored Band 6 and Band 5 marks in their subjects, and what’s more they were all subjects they loved.
The great mates took drama extension 2, music, ancient history and extension English.
Although they were delighted with their marks, in reality it made very little difference because they have already been accepted into the prestigious Generations in Jazz Academy in Mount Gambier.
They will study a one-year diploma in jazz performance which will contribute to a second-year university credit.
“It’s about working hard, but knowing how not to break your back doing it,” Brendan said.
Brendan said he was not one of those students who were up early to see how he scored – it was his folks who were on tenterhooks.
James is happy his marks are good enough to get him a good ATAR.
“I’m glad I managed to do something I love – creative arts – and get a good mark,” he said. “You can’t study in the way you do for other subjects.”
Another Bathurst High School student who did well in creative arts is Chad McLachlan, who scored a band 5 in dance, a remarkable feat considering he has only been dancing for two years.
Chad has already been accepted to study dance at the Victorian College of Arts which is part of Melbourne University.
Away from the creative arts sphere, Lauren Inwood received band 6s in maths, maths extension and physics and band 5s in chemistry, Japanese and English.
She plans to study for a double degree in science and education at the University of NSW.