VCE high achievers

By Melissa Grant and Jade Lawton
YEAR 12 students in Cardinia and Casey were given some closure on Monday when they received their VCE results.
Thirteen years of schooling officially came to an end and some students in the region were jumping for joy after achieving top results.
Con Karavias, a student at the Beaconhills College’s Pakenham campus, was ecstatic after receiving an ENTER score of 99.85 – the second highest score in school’s history.
Some 23 other students at Beaconhills College also achie-ved ENTER scores in the 90s.
Adrian Majstorovic was the highest scorer at the college’s Berwick campus with 96.75. It was the first time the campus had a Year 12 group.
St Francis Xavier College also recorded excellent results. Jennifer Campbell topped the class with an ENTER of 97.35, while another nine students achieved scores above 90.
Laura Porter was dux of St Margaret’s School with an ENTER of 99.3.
St Thomas Aquinas College, the region’s smallest college with just a dozen Year 12 students, had two students score in the 90s and another three in the 80s.
Luke Fox got an ENTER of 95.9 and Marcel Ockerse scored 93.55.
Some of the region’s public schools also scored well.
Kooweerup Secondary College acting principal Peter Hanley said some students were changing their university preferences after getting ENTER scores that exceeded their expectations.
Sean Wilson scored the highest ENTER with a score of 91.6, while four other students, including school captains Darcy Manx and Ashleigh Delorenzo, also got scores in the 90s.
Shaun Woodbridge was the dux of Berwick Secondary College with an ENTER of 98.1.
Andrew Harmer and Tate Jacobson were the top scorers at Emerald Secondary College, receiving ENTER scores of 91.6 and 90.5 respectively.
Pakenham Secondary College principal Ray Squires said he was happy with his students’ results. The school’s top ENTER score was in the 80s and the majority of students successfully completed VCE.
“We’re very happy we have had an improvement on previous years’ results,” Mr Squires said. “Students will now move into a variety of areas – into the workplace, TAFE and university.”