EXCELLENCE RECOGNISED: Darcey Borellini, Grace McDonald, Jessica Muller and Logan Donadelli all recieved special awards last week.
EXCELLENCE RECOGNISED: Darcey Borellini, Grace McDonald, Jessica Muller and Logan Donadelli all recieved special awards last week. Peter Carruthers

Efforts officially recognised at PSHS

THE Proserpine State High School 2016 Awards Night reflected an excellent year.

The awards night recognised many individual Year 12 students winning multiple subject awards.

Matthew Drennan won the Mathematics B and C Award, Eric Camm won Geography and Mathematics A and Liam Mason received an English and Film, Television and New Media awards.

Dux Logan Donadelli achieved the English, Legal Studies, Drama and Economics awards and co-dux student Lloyd Clode-Roberts took out Chemistry, Physical Education and Physics.

Students who obtained awards in the cultural category include Kenzii Docherty, Sean O'Neil, Student of the Year Jessica Muller, co-dux Logan Donadelli and Connor Hawkins.

Leadership Acknowledgement was awarded to Jonathan Naranjo, Darcy Larkin, Brendan Hoffman, Logan Donadelli and Natalie Cowan.

PSHS principal Don McDermid said the school always found ways to encourage academic achievement.

"We are building a culture of excellence in our school and to build that we have tiers of recognition,” he said.

This culture caught the attention of Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk at the Whitsunday community cabinet, noting the school's QCS success rate of 99%.

Mr McDermid said many deserving students missed out on recognition at the Awards Night.

"For every student that stands up to receive an award, there are countless others behind them also achieving at very high standards,” he said.

Year 12 student Gaelyn Casali was singled out for winning a 12 month exchange program to study in Sweden, due to an essay on International Affairs.

Others include Taylor Trewartha, receiving a Gold Medal in Young Australian Art Awards, Bree Jolley who will attend National Youth Science Forum in Canberra in January and Emma Dinnie for completing a CQU nursing subject with Distinction.

2016 award recipients

Accounting - Aliaksandra Makouskaya

Aquatic Practices - Ellyn Casali

Biological Science - Sharie Borellini

Building and Construction Studies - Sean Wynne

Business Communication and Technology - Lauren Teys

Cert II in Business, Cert II in Workplace Practices - Brittney DeBoni

Cert II in Engineering - Cooper Peck

Cert II in Information, Digital Media and Technology - Heidi Matthews

Cert II in Rural Operations - Blair Stuart

Cert II and III in Hospitality, Cert III in Early Childhood Education and Care - Krissy Little

Cert III in Fitness, Health Education - Adam Farrell

Chemistry, Physical Education, Physics - Lloyd Clode-Roberts

Chemistry, Information Technology Systems - Brannon Oliver

Drama, Economics, English, Legal Studies - Logan Donadelli

Early Childhood Studies - Sarah Milne

Engineering Studies - Byron Ward

English, Film Television and New Media - Liam Mason

English Communication - Jordan Brown

Geography, Mathematics A - Erin Camm

Graphics - Amy-Lee Walsh

Home Economics - Natalie Cowan

Marine Science - Gaelyn Casali

Mathematics B and C - Matthew Drennan

Modern History - Matthew Cowan

Music - Harry Wall

Prevocational Mathematics - Macy Sinnott

Recreation - Jake Turner

Social and Community Studies - Summer Little

Visual Art - Claudia Terry

Visual Art Studies - Zoey Cooke

Junior Secondary All Rounder Award - Piper O'Grady

Hamilton Island Extraordinary Achievement - Benjamin Cornish

Peter MayWald Quiet Achiever - Darcey Borellini

Dawson Medal - Logan Donadelli

Caltex Best All Rounder - Grace McDonald

Senior Dux - Lloyd Clode-Roberts and Logan Donadelli

Student of the Year - Jessica Muller


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