There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
Nelson Mandela
On Tuesday 2nd February, St Margaret’s celebrated the success of our top ATAR performing students from the Class of 2020 at the annual Scholars’ Assembly held in the Philip Harris Gym. The 2020 Year 12 students achieved outstanding academic results with 55 (62.5%) of the cohort achieving an ATAR of 90 or above.
In her keynote address, Principal Ros Curtis spoke to current students about “failing forward” and risk taking. Sharing an excerpt from an address Denzel Washington gave at the University of Pennyslvania, Ms Curtis highlighted to students Denzel’s powerful messages: “’If you don’t fail, you’re not even trying’ and ‘To get something you never had you have to do something you never did’.” Ms Curtis encouraged students to purposefully use failure to fuel success.
Ms Curtis concluded by congratulating the Scholars on achieving their goal and for being inspirational role models to the current student body, encouraging them to continue to be inspired by the school motto – Per Volar Sunata, Born to Fly Upwards.
During the assembly, each Scholar was honoured with an award and the QCE Subject Prizes were presented to those students who achieved the highest overall subject result. The subject prize award recipients are listed below:
Drama English and Literature
Isobel Barry Zali Fisher
Economics English
Isobel Barry Zali Fisher
Music Extension French
Mercedes Breslin Zali Fisher
Music Geography
Mercedes Breslin Georgia Hurtwood
Chemistry Chinese
Eva Campbell Lee Chee Leung
English EAL
Eva Campbell Harvey Ngyuen
Specialist Mathematics Accounting
Eva Campbell Sophie North
Legal Studies Biology
Lucia Capelli Alice O’Driscoll
Design Chemistry
Meg Chester Alice O’Driscoll
Visual Art Mathematical Methods
Leilani Chia Alice O’Driscoll
Modern History English
Sophia Colledge Emily Pitt
Music Extension Physical Education
Sophia Colledge Tahlia Thornton
Music Digital Solutions
Sophia Colledge Sopheena Toovey
Digital Solutions Literature
Rose Couper Tamika Tran
Physics General Mathematics
Rose Couper Charlotte Willersdorf
Literature
Brenna Cox
Chemistry
Cyrah Finlayson
French
Cyrah Finlayson
Zali Fisher was announced as the QCE Proxime Accessit Dux of the School while Eva Campbell received the QCE Dux of the School Award.
ATAR Dux Awards were presented to Eva Campbell, Rose Couper and Emily Pitt.
Eva Campbell, Zali Fisher and Emily Pitt each shared their wisdom and advice on what helped them to achieve great academic success with current students. Eva encouraged students to embrace the people around them and not tackle academic goals alone while Zali shared the advice “allow yourself to recognise and celebrate how far you’ve already come”. Emily promoted having confidence and backing yourself.
Our Scholars are planning to attend university in 2021 pursing a range of fields from law through to science. More than 20 of our Scholars are studying STEM related fields including science, biomedical science, maths and data science, engineering, nursing or Vet science.
Congratulations to our inspirational 2020 Scholars and may you have continued success as you move into this next chapter of your academic goals.