The Lakes South Morang College
AWARDS NIGHT
14 th December 2023
Uni Hill Conference Centre, Bundoora
PRINCIPAL ’ S MESSAGE
A very warm welcome to our award - winning students, their families, teachers, school councilors, distinguished guests, and our wonderful community partners to this auspicious ceremony. Tonight is a celebration of student excellence in a range of key learning areas and disciplines. The strength of our College is our ability to integrate, challenge and implement contemporary curriculum programs effectively across both the primary and secondary levels, to create a culture of excellence in learning and an environment of high expectation. Our award winners lead by example and are a credit to themselves and to their families who provide encouragement, support and guidance each and every day. The Lakes South Morang College ’ s ability to operate as a high performing school is underpinned by the successful and positive partnerships it fosters between students, teachers, families and the community. To acknowledge the importance of this commitment, the College has engaged with our renowned learning partners and providers to present awards in the multi disciplines of their expertise. The knowledge and experience that our extended community instils to our programs is invaluable and pivotal to our success. Finally, to our wonderful and committed teachers, support staff and School Council, thank you for believing in our young people and leading the journey. I hope everyone has a memorable evening in a venue that befits this occasion and is as proud as I am of our student achievements.
Bill Panas
College Principal
WHAT IS MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES THEORY?
Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences proposes eight different types of intelligences; Linguistic, Logical Mathematical, Visual Spatial, Bodily Kinaesthetic, Musical Rhythmic, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal and Naturalist. The Lakes South Morang College proudly celebrates excellence in all of the multiple intelligences.
PRESENTATIONS
Acknowledgement of Country Neha Paul
Welcome Bill Panas
Verbal Linguistic Awards Phillip Whelan
Logical Mathematical Awards Scott McLean
Bodily Kinaesthetic Awards Guy Rogers
School Council President Address Amanda Farrelly
Visual Spatial Awards Catherine McMahon
Musical Rhythmic Awards Chantel Zander
Interpersonal Awards Karen Drought
Primary School Captains Report Kiara Thilakasiri, Harry Stewart, Neha Paul & Ashwin Bhutani Secondary School Captains Report Laura Lazaric, Chloe Thompson, Adrian Serra & Bridie Anderson
Intrapersonal Awards Jarome Brookes - Metcalf
Naturalist Awards Liam Gallagher
VCE & VCAL Subject Excellence Bonnie Lee
College Awards Marcus Abney - Hastings & Bonnie Lee
Year 6 & Year 12 Valedictorian Angela Rolevska
2024 Primary and Secondary School Captains
Staff Awards
VERBAL LINGUISTIC
The ability to use words effectively, whether orally or in writing.
Presenter: Phillip Whelan
Phillip has extensive experience in the Education sector in a variety of practical and senior leadership roles including, Principal and Learning Specialist. He has performed these roles over a 30 - year span within the 3 Victorian school sectors. Philip is now an education consultant to Victorian schools and is the founder and director of Educate Well. “ Through multiple decades of experience working within schools, I have become increasingly aware of the practices and understandings that help to create and maintain high - performing schools. I recognise and advocate the importance of empowering school staff through meaningful professional learning to build their capacity, support each other and engage students in their learning and wholistic development ”.
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YEAR FIVE Sienna Trajkovski
PREP Mia Crane
YEAR SIX Neha Paul
YEAR ONE Rylee Greaves
YEAR SEVEN Tilly Collins
YEAR TWO Olivia Soria
YEAR EIGHT Virat Khokhar
YEAR THREE Amani Belal
YEAR NINE Ben Maughan
YEAR FOUR Kathy Nguyen
YEAR TEN Aaliyah Farah
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LOGICAL MATHEMATICAL The ability to use number effectively and show strong logical reasoning skills
Presenter: Scott McLean
Scott started his teaching career at St Helena Secondary College where he taught Mathematics and Science across Year 7 - 12. Scott brought his wealth of teaching experience to his role as a Learning Specialist at Quantum Victoria where he has taught STEM to students from
Foundation through to Year 12 from across the state. Scott has a PhD in Chemistry and has worked as a post - doctoral researcher. He is also passionate about developing students' literacy and numeracy abilities and promoting scientific literacy.
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YEAR FIVE Lucas Lieschke
PREP Lucas McGlashan
YEAR SIX Mia Cleary
YEAR ONE Cooper Zabiegala
YEAR SEVEN Bonnie Nackovska
YEAR TWO Charlotte Smith
YEAR EIGHT Lidia Arsic
YEAR THREE Ryan Longhurst
YEAR NINE Adele Sprague
YEAR FOUR Thomas Broadley
YEAR TEN Angela Tran
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BODILY KINAESTHETIC The ability to use body and mind to display the performance of physical tasks and functions.
Presenter: Guy Rogers
Senior Constable Guy Rogers has been with Victoria Police for approximately 8 years. In this time, he has worked at numerous stations and at the Family Violence Unit in Broadmeadows, then the Public Order Response Team before moving to the Proactive Police Unit.
In this role, Guy presents at schools across the region, discussing topics such as Cyber Safety, Assaults and Consent. He also runs a young men ’ s program, where he utilises years of martial arts practice to teach control, discipline, good decision making and safe and appropriate conflict resolution.
Guy is passionate about building relationships between young people and the police and is extremely passionate about humanising police through education to help support young people and the community to stay safe.
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YEAR FIVE Selena Gatto
PREP Noah Lowden
YEAR SIX Millie Dean
YEAR ONE Rocco Narduzzo
YEAR SEVEN Kris Terpou
YEAR TWO Rantej Singh
YEAR EIGHT EQ Wongping
YEAR THREE Aleks Petrovski
YEAR NINE Jasper Tucker
YEAR FOUR Kyle Wood
YEAR TEN Ajang Dut
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VISUAL SPATIAL
The ability to perceive the world visually.
Presenter: Catherine McMahon
Catherine grew up in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea where she gained an insight into how education improves life chances. Her first teaching position was teaching indigenous students in Katherine, Northern Territory.
Catherine then taught at a number of inner - city disadvantaged schools in Melbourne. She has worked in public education as a school leader and with refugee and migrant communities for many years. She has seen the different waves of migration from Somalia, to former Yugoslavia to Afghanistan, Syria and the Ukraine. Inclusion and diversity is very important to her.
Catherine was a foundation member of the leadership team at Coburg Senior High School and taught VCE English. She then led the expansion of Coburg Senior High to become Coburg High School catering for Years 7 - 12.
Catherine became Principal of Collingwood English Language School in 2018 and has overseen the creation of a new campus co - located with The Lakes South Morang College opened by the Education Minister Natlie Hutchins in July 2023.
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YEAR FIVE Miriam Morris
PREP Hunter Bobadilla
YEAR SIX Yvonne Young
YEAR ONE Ray Terolli
YEAR SEVEN Hazel McMillan - Curic
YEAR TWO Olivia Soria
YEAR EIGHT Ella Ross
YEAR THREE Thaemela Soobrayen
YEAR NINE Christina Tran
YEAR FOUR Morgan Clutterbuck
YEAR TEN Justin Le
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MUSICAL RHYTHMIC The ability to perceive, discriminate, transform and express musical forms.
Presenter: Chantel Zander
Chantel Zander is a passionate Educator at Little Learners Early Education and has recently taken on a management role within the service. Chantel supports the management team and encourages ways to enhance children ’ s everyday
learning and provides support to families beginning their journey at Little Learners.
A true asset to the service, Chantel has not only built relationships with children and families but also the wider community. One of her biggest achievements in 2023 is embarking on a leadership role where she has been able to train, mentor and support staff to achieve positive outcomes. A mother herself, Chantel understands the importance of quality education and building positive relationships with children, families, and the community.
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YEAR FIVE Phoenix Tenson
PREP William Petrevski
YEAR SIX Jahmin Salele
YEAR ONE Eleftheria Giglas
YEAR SEVEN Riania Key
YEAR EIGHT Madaline Kith
YEAR TWO Xander Mason
YEAR THREE Siena Crane
YEAR NINE Rylee Dinglasan
YEAR FOUR Charlotte Mcleod
YEAR TEN Aiden Jolly
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INTERPERSONAL The ability to notice and make distinctions in the intention, motivations, moods, feelings and thoughts of others.
Presenter: Karen Drought
Karen Drought is the new Head of Programs at the Whittlesea Tech School in Epping. She started her career as an Engineer, carrying out roles in both telecommunications and rail industries in Australia and overseas. Karen transitioned into secondary education as a teacher of Mathematics and Science in the inner west of
Melbourne but found herself drawn towards multi - disciplinary, project - based subjects. Before joining the team at the Whittlesea Tech School, Karen was leading community - based problem - solving experiences in schools, designed to get students working with community on local problems. Karen has a particular interest in understanding how secondary education can foster the skills, mindsets and other capabilities that set young people up to thrive in an uncertain future.
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YEAR FIVE Taylah Gianinotti
PREP Dakota Cauchi
YEAR SIX Lachlan Head
YEAR ONE Martin Ristevski
YEAR SEVEN Hayley Benfari
YEAR TWO Isla Jones
YEAR EIGHT Carmel Serra
YEAR THREE Aubrey Wickham
YEAR NINE Takura Mubayiwa
YEAR FOUR Bella Moran
YEAR TEN Bailey Martone - Peterson
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INTRAPERSONAL
The ability to access personal feelings, reflect and act upon them.
Presenter: Jarome Brookes - Metcalf
Jerome Brookes - Metcalf is a Senior Recruitment Officer at La Trobe University. For the past two years Jerome has nurtured a flourishing relationship between The Lakes South Morang College and La Trobe University. In his role Jerome has facilitated multiple school excursions to
the Bundoora campus providing the opportunity for students to experience what it's like to be a Uni student for a day. He has also been the main point of contact for the Careers team at The Lakes. “ I have really enjoyed strengthening the relationship of our two organisations and my intention is to help as many students as possible with their future careers and aspirations. The Aspire Early Entry Program has been a raging success with students at The Lakes and as the years go on we hope to help a lot more students. ” Jerome Brookes - Metcalf
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YEAR FIVE Skye Lapthorne
PREP Pranav Nambiar
YEAR SIX Imogen Jones
YEAR ONE Nathan Nguyen
YEAR SEVEN Pauli Myron
YEAR TWO Layal Belal
YEAR EIGHT Anita Dajti
YEAR THREE Pranadh Ranjith
YEAR NINE Zaf Petalotis
YEAR FOUR Addison Mercuri
YEAR TEN Matilda Nocen
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NATURALIST
The ability to recognise, identify and classify species of the natural world.
Presenter: Liam Gallagher
Liam, an Alumni member of The Lakes South Morang College, graduated as a Year 9 in 2012. Liam paved the way forward for young change makers within our College. Liam completed a Bachelor of Arts in Politics and International Relations - University of Melbourne, and, Masters of Disaster and Emergency Management - Charles Darwin University.
Liam is a recipient of the 2019 City of Whittlesea Young Citizen of the Year, the NSW Premier ’ s Bushfire Emergency Citation, was the top ranked student in the postgraduate subject of Environmental Policy from the prestigious Environmental Institute of Australia and New Zealand, and most recently was awarded a National Emergency Medal. He has volunteered with the City of Whittlesea Australian Day Awards, as a Reconciliation Group Member, and with the Country Fire Authority and as an Australian Army Cadet.
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YEAR FIVE Jasper O ’ Connor
PREP Matzu Chin - Holt
YEAR SIX Cade Sprague
YEAR ONE Beatrice Chapman
YEAR SEVEN Kris Terpou
YEAR TWO Ella Archibald
YEAR EIGHT Jeremy Sprague
YEAR THREE Noah Mistica - Knapik
YEAR NINE Adele Sprague
YEAR FOUR Isaac Hyrapiet
YEAR TEN Joshua Quilty
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VCE & VCAL SUBJECT EXCELLENCE
The recipient has achieved the highest study score in the selected subject
BIOLOGY Year 11 - Eliza Reeves Year 12 - Stefan Trajanoski
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT Year 12 - Stefan Trajanoski
CHEMISTRY Year 11 - Eliza Reeves
ENGLISH Year 11 - Ali Al - Salem Year 12 - Adrian Serra
FOOD STUDIES Year 11 - Izak Fyffe
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GENERAL MATHEMATICS Year 11 - Anhad Singh Year 12 - Charlotte Adrichem & Eliza Reeves HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Year 11 - Eliza Reeves Year 12 - Alexsandra Kuzmanoski
PHYSICAL EDUCATION Year 11 - Charlotte Adrichem
PRODUCT DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY Year 11 - Nash Cox
PSYCHOLOGY Year 11 - Eliza Reeves
VM/VCAL NUMERACY Year 11 - Ethan Ruzicka Year 12 - Connor Kiriakopoulos
HISTORY REVOLUTIONS Year 12 - Adrian Serra
LEGAL STUDIES Year 11 - Cassie Martyn Year 12 - Stefan Trajanoski
VM/VCAL LITERACY Year 11 - Talia Anderson Year 12 - Bree Maunder
MATHEMATICAL METHODS Year 11 - Aaron Butler
PDS Year 11 - Nick Terpou Year 12 - Bree Maunder
PERSIAN Year 12 - Anita Fathizadeh
WRS Year 11 - Daphne Adams Year 12 - Maddalyn Giampaolo
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COLLEGE AWARDS
School Sports Victoria Award
Lachlan Head
AMPOL - All Rounder Award
Jakson Reid
Kwong Lee Dow - Young Scholars Program
Jaxson Stakic
MAS National - Vibrant Futures Award
Anita Fathizadeh
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Valedictorian is the academic title conferred upon the highest ranked student among those graduating from an educational institution, typically based upon the highest grade point average.
YEAR 6 VALEDICTORIAN
Kiara Thilakisiri
YEAR 12 VALEDICTORIAN
Alexsandra Kuzmanoski
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SCHOOL CAPTAINS
Primary Captains
Grace Tsimiklis Tri Than Luong Saanvi Chauhan Vishal Sudhir
Secondary Captains
Charlotte Adrichem Izak Fyffe Nash Cox Sarah Buzzini
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STAFF AWARDS
5 Year Service Awards
Janine Hanson Nella Napolitano Karen Thompson
10 Year Service Awards
Meagan Mansfield Cam Taylor
15 Year Service Awards
Bill Panas Rob Zull
Design & Technology Teachers Association - Teacher of the Year Letitia Crispin
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Lakes South Morang College thanks each and every business and service invested in supporting our staff and students in their ongoing success.
Primary Campus
Secondary Campus
275 Gordons Road, South Morang 3752
80 Jardier Terrace, South Morang 3752
03 9404 9000
03 9401 3919
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