Lisa Singh, MP

Minister for Workplace Relations

Thursday, 5 February 2009

The State’s most outstanding Tasmanian Certificate of Education achievers were honoured at a special prize ceremony today.

Minister for Workplace Relations, Lisa Singh, congratulated the 50 students on their fine achievements at the Tasmanian Qualifications Authority presentation at the University of Tasmania in Hobart.

Certificates were presented to 34 students with a high tertiary entrance rank and 16 students who demonstrated outstanding excellence in a Vocational Education and Training program taken as part of their senior secondary studies.

“Sincere congratulations must go to these extremely talented and hard-working students on achieving academic excellence in their chosen field,” Ms Singh said.

“This is testament to the outstanding, inspiring work being carried out by teachers throughout Tasmania, who have supported and contributed to these students’ excellent results.”

Ms Singh said that the students had exciting, challenging and varied careers ahead of them.

“I’m delighted to help celebrate the performance of these bright young Tasmanians – the highest achievers in the State in 2008,” Ms Singh said.

“Recognising both outstanding vocational education and training and outstanding academic achievements really demonstrates the breadth of skills being developed in senior secondary studies across the State.

“This will only be further enhanced with the new education bodies, the Tasmanian Academy, the Tasmanian Polytechnic and the Tasmanian Skills Institute, which will deliver quality education and training students from 2009.

“Today’s ceremony is a fantastic opportunity to highlight how our schools and students are committed to Tasmania’s future, and the role young people can play in developing opportunities for economic and social growth in Australia.”

AWARD RECIPIENTS

Category: Outstanding Academic Achievement

Bradley Christopher Arnold (Launceston College)

Tom Arnold (Hobart College)

Jessie Atherton (Guilford Young College)

Charlotte Blake (Elizabeth College)

Jabulani Thulani Bulle (Marist Regional College)

Nicholas Michael Dazeley (Marist Regional College)

Ross Milton Deans (Hobart College)

Julia Robyn Dixon Douglas (Scotch Oakburn College)

William Gary Fettke (Scotch Oakburn College)

Trent Cameron Fewkes (Rosny College)

Timothy Fielder (The Friends School)

Madeleine Figg (Elizabeth College)

Laura Kate Forsyth (Elizabeth College)

Lucy Amelia Galloway (Guilford Young College)

Timothy Samuel Graver (The Hutchins School)

David Graeme Louis Hennessy (Rosny College)

Ji Sun Hong (Launceston Church Grammar School)

Edward Kay (The Friends School)

Oliver Kirkland (The Friends School)

Caroline Lade (Launceston Church Grammar School)

Oliver Lovell (The Friends School)

Alice Lynch (St Michael’s Collegiate)

Jack Marquis (The Friends School)

Jyoti Maulder (Launceston College)

Joshua Petrass (The Friends School)

Caitlin Isobel Richardson (Elizabeth College)

Claire Roberts-Thomson (St Michael’s Collegiate)

Carrie Alyssa Service (Rosny College)

Megan Tighe (St Michael’s Collegiate)

Catherine Ann Vreugdenhil (Scotch Oakburn College)

Ibrahim Talat Wahbi Izzettin (Elizabeth College)

Catherine Wood (The Friends School)

Category: Outstanding Achievement in a Vocational Education & Training Program

Alice Cooksley (Rosny College)

Hayley Dawkins (The Don College)

Bianca Dillon (Hobart College)

Taylor Downes (Rosny College)

Cindy Hall (Rosny College)

Dale Hayers (Hobart College)

Samantha Hodge (Claremont College)

Stephanie Ivanics (Newstead College)

William Lelong (The Hutchins School)

Melanie McCoy (St Brendan Shaw College)

Emmet McGleenan (The Don College)

Amy O’Loughlin (St Patrick’s College)

Freya Rastall (Elizabeth College)

Lachlan Smith (The Friends School)

Casey Wells (Australian Technical College Northern Tasmania)

***Please note some students’ names have not been published upon request***