Speech Day 2020
ACADEMIC AWARDS
Academic Excellence Award
The Academic Excellence Award is presented to a student who has achieved placement in the top 10% of the cohort following the application of weightings and the student has been nominated in at least two Core subjects (English, Humanities, Mathematics and Science).
YEAR 7Amelie Arnold |
YEAR 8Jiarun (Karen) Ai |
YEAR 9Freya Cantwell |
YEAR 10Paula Chen |
YEAR 11Francesca Demetriou |
General Academic Achievement Award
The General Academic Achievement Award is presented to a student who has achieved placement in the top 15% or above of the cohort, when all subject areas are combined.
YEAR 7Chloe Barber |
YEAR 8Zenan (Amy) Chen |
YEAR 9Ava Colosimo |
YEAR 10Madeleine Farrer |
YEAR 11Alexandra Demetriou |
The Kwong Lee Dow Young Scholars Program
Awarded by the University of Melbourne. The International Kwong Lee Dow Young Scholars are involved in an academic enrichment program designed to support high-achieving students.
- Madeleine Hooker YEAR 10
- Angela Yu YEAR 10
- Tingquan (Gloria) Meng YEAR 11
Melbourne Schools Partnership International Year 11 Award
This award recognises academic achievements and contribution to the School community and the dedication shown in working towards the goal of studying at the University of Melbourne.
Tingquan (Gloria) Meng YEAR 11
Monash University Scholars Program
Awarded to Year 10 students by Monash University for academic excellence.
- Penelope Glenning YEAR 10
- Madeline Powell YEAR 10
Subject Awards, VCE Units 1&2
ACCOUNTING Ziyi (Selina) Zhang |
ECONOMICS Ziyi (Selina) Zhang |
JAPANESE Tingquan (Gloria) Meng |
PSYCHOLOGY Ella Johns |
BIOLOGY Madeleine Hooker |
ENGLISH Allegra Dennison |
LEGAL STUDIES Allegra Dennison |
STUDIO ARTS Allison Duong |
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT Natalia Oberoi-Kearney |
FRENCH Georgina Vote |
MUSIC PERFORMANCE Isabelle Musson |
TWENTIETH CENTURY HISTORY Yanqi (Vivian) Chen |
CHEMISTRY Tingquan (Gloria) Meng |
GENERAL MATHEMATICS Francesca Demetriou |
MATHEMATICAL METHODS Kaiwen (Karen) Cao |
THEATRE STUDIES Sophie Williams |
CHINESE (SL) Tsz Yan (Ida) Liu |
SPECIALIST MATHEMATICS Jessica Yang |
MEDIA Eloise Kewley |
VISUAL COMMUNICATION Gabrielle Fellows |
ENGLISH AS AN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE Tingquan (Gloria) Meng |
HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Eloise Kewley |
PHYSICS Jessica Yang |
CHINESE Victoria Patsakos |
PHYSICAL EDUCATION Annabel Sweetnam |
Harvard Book Prize
Awarded to a student in Year 11 displaying excellence in academic and high character, combined with involvement in extracurricular activities, shows initiative, enterprising ideas, and leadership and is of good character.
Allegra Dennison
Sports Award
Awarded to students in Years 7 to 11 who have displayed commitment and significant contributions towards the sporting life of the School.
Annabel Taylor YEAR 7 GOLD
Jixuan (Jennifer) Gao YEAR 8 GOLD
Jemima Wilcox YEAR 9 GOLD
Christina Wu YEAR 9 SILVER
Ava Colosimo YEAR 9 BRONZE
Olivia Howitt YEAR 9 BRONZE
Sarah Marriott YEAR 10 GOLD
Anouk Heidenreich YEAR 11 GOLD
The Thora Jex Memorial Award for Sporting Enthusiasm
Awarded to a Year 11 student who has shown sporting enthusiasm and has made a consistent contribution to sport in the School. A gift of the Old Girls’ Association in memory of a benefactor and teacher of Physical Education. Thora Jex was a long serving member of staff at St Catherine’s in the 1950s and 1960s. Many Old Girls remember her as their Sports Mistress. When Thora Jex died, St Catherine’s Old Girls’ Association decided to remember her by presenting an annual award for sporting enthusiam.
Francesca Demetriou
The Margaret Woodlock Award for Outstanding Sporting Achievement
An occasional award presented to a Year 12 student who has made an outstanding contribution to the sporting life of the School in honour of Margaret Woodlock-McLean (’56 Woodlock), an Old Girl who competed in the 1956 Olympics in Shot Put whilst a student at St Catherine’s School.
Thalia Barbayannis
The Sports Auxiliary Sports Citizenship Award
A gift of the St Catherine’s Sports Auxiliary for outstanding contribution to the sporting life of the School, citizenship and displaying good sportsmanship.
Millie Fraser-Smith
Drama Award
Awarded to students in Years 7 to 10 who have displayed an outstanding involvement in, and a contribution to the Dramatic Arts in the School.
- Ashleigh Jakobovits YEAR 7
- Sophie Powell YEAR 7
- Lilla Barrington YEAR 8
- Scarlet Russell YEAR 8
- Freya Cantwell YEAR 9
- Charlotte Aston YEAR 10
The Drama Auxiliary Prize
Awarded to a Year 11 student who has shown an outstanding involvement in, and contribution to, the Co-curricular Drama programs of the School. A gift of the St Catherine’s School Drama Auxiliary.
- Sophie Williams
The Catherine-Nellijke Verstoep-Hilford Drama Prize
Awarded to a Year 12 student for her outstanding contribution to Drama. Named in recognition of past student Catherine-Nellijke Verstoep-Hilford (’75).
Serena Sitch
Arts Award
Awarded to students in Years 7 to 11 who have displayed an outstanding involvement in, and a contribution to the Visual Arts Co-curricular Program in the School.
- Tahlia Guzzardi YEAR 9
- Claudia Bryant YEAR 10
Slawa Duldig Memorial Award for Art
Mrs Slawa Duldig was a long serving member of staff at St Catherine’s, having been Senior Art and Craft Mistress at the School for 17 years from 1946 to 1963. All her past students remember her with great affection and admiration. After she died in 1975, SCOGA established a Memorial Award in her honour.
Adelaide Mitchell
The Anna Tegner Memorial Art Award
Awarded to a Year 11 Art student whose work is imaginative or boundary breaking. The recipient displays a willingness to take artistic risks and to experiment freely with new ideas, techniques and approaches to art-making. Named in recognition of past student Anna Tegner (’00).
Isabella Bufe
School Spirit Award
Awarded to students who have shown School spirit, adherence to the School values and significant contribution to the Co-curricular life of the School.
YEAR 7Rachel Carton |
YEAR 8Mattea Demetriou |
YEAR 9Tahlia Guzzardi |
YEAR 10Summer Balla-Kellett |
YEAR 11Lucy Campbell |
Music Awards
This Award is presented to students in Years 7 to 11 who have contributed to multiple Music groups/ensembles and have made a significant contribution to the musical life of the School.
YEAR 7Audrey Doan GOLD |
YEAR 8Chloe (Coco) Butterfield GOLD |
YEAR 9Jo-Jo Patterson GOLD |
YEAR 10Megan Chang GOLD |
YEAR 11Anita Yang GOLD |
The Danielle Lloyd Memorial Award for Music
This Award is presented to a Year 11 Music student who has shown an outstanding commitment to the Ensemble program and demonstrated excellence and improvement in musical ability in the area of strings. The recipient displays courage in innovation and original creative expression in Music. The Award is presented in memory of Danielle Lloyd (’83), a past student, Music Captain and an outstanding violin teacher at the School.
Allison Duong
The Bertha Jorgensen Prize for Leader of the Orchestra
Named in honour of Bertha Jorgensen (’19), a distinguished Old Girl (1910–1919), who became leader of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra – the first female orchestra leader in Australia.
Sophie Hogan
Music Citizenship Award
Awarded to a Year 12 student who has made an outstanding contribution to the musical life of St Catherine’s School. A gift of the Music Auxiliary.
Julia Thompson
St Catherine’s School Debating Award
Awarded to a Year 12 student for excellence in Debating and contribution to Debating at St Catherine’s School.
Isobel Tanner
Debating Awards
Presented to students in Years 7 to 11 who have made a significant contribution to Debating within the School.
- Rachel Carton YEAR 7
- Martha Officer YEAR 7
- Charlotte Wood GOLD YEAR 8
- Megan Chang SILVER YEAR 8
- Ella Dunlop SILVER YEAR 8
- Zara Peele GOLD YEAR 9
- Flora Du SILVER YEAR 9
- Jemima Wilcox BRONZE YEAR 9
- Lan-Tian Yen-West GOLD YEAR 10
- Annabelle Green SILVER YEAR 10
- Eloise Rudge SILVER YEAR 10
- Emilia Searby SILVER YEAR 10
- Olivia (Rosie) Bogdan BRONZE YEAR 10
- Ciara Jenkins BRONZE YEAR 10
- Sophie Williams YEAR 11
- Jessica Yang YEAR 11
Public Speaking Awards
Presented to students in Years 7 to 10 who have made a significant contribution to Public Speaking within the School.
- Sophie Farrer YEAR 7
- Nadia Mohamed YEAR 8
- Madeleine Farrer YEAR 10
- Annabelle Green YEAR 10
- Allegra Dennison YEAR 11
- Victoria Patsakos YEAR 11
- Jessica Yang YEAR 11
The Louise Bristow Award for Debating and Public Speaking
This Award is presented to a Year 11 student who has made a significant contribution to Debating and Public Speaking. This Award is presented in memory of Louise Bristow, a great contributor to the School community. Louise was a Barrister and considered Debating and Public Speaking skills integral to her profession.
Fleur Anstee
Sophie Borland Memorial Award for Public Speaking
This Award is provided by the St Catherine’s Old Girls’ Association to a Year 12 student for excellence in, and contribution to, Public Speaking. Miss Sophie Borland was a long serving member of staff at St Catherine’s from 1935 to 1949. She taught English at the School and was Headmistress from 1943 to 1949. Many Old Girls remember her with great affection and respect. Following her death on 14 April 1999, the St Catherine’s Old Girls’ Association established this Memorial Award in her name.
Amelia Sun
Rising Star Award
Presented to students in Years 7 to 11, the Rising Star Award recognises students who are achieving exemplary performances in Co-curricular programs at State and/or National levels.
YEAR 7Lilly Fogarty – Sailing |
YEAR 8Megan Chang – Soccer |
YEAR 9Lucy Dunlop – Hockey |
YEAR 10Penelope Glenning – Ballet |
YEAR 11Isabella Bufe – Rowing |
Light Blue Awards
Light Blue Awards for Performance are presented to Year 12 girls who have reached a very high standard of performance in Drama, Debating and Public Speaking, Music or Sport in their Senior years.
ROWINGThalia Barbayannis |
CRICKETPenelope Drummond
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ATHLETICSCharlotte Gough |
SWIMMINGRomilly Walker |
WATER POLOThalia Barbayannis
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SNOWSPORTSCharlotte Murdoch |
DEBATINGIsabella McDonald |
PUBLIC SPEAKINGSophie Hogan |
MUSICIndiana Wilde |
EQUESTRIANLindsey Ware |
SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP AWARDS
The Year 7 Staff Association Award for School Excellence
Audrey Doan
The Year 8 Dorothy Pizzey Award for School Excellence
Rhea Werner
The Year 9 Jean Willey Award for School Excellence
Presented in honour of past Head of Middle School, Jean Willey, from 1984 to 1991. More than just simply warm and caring, she had a lively mind and was well read; her girls learned much from her.
Freya Cantwell
The Year 10 Doris Winter-Irving Award for School Excellence
A gift of the St Catherine’s Old Girls’ Association, this Award is presented in honour of Mrs Doris Winter-Irving, a loyal and dedicated member of the teaching staff (Senior History). Mrs Winter-Irving joined the staff in 1956 and became Head of the Humanities Department and Chief of Staff. She retired in 1985 after nearly 30 years with the School.
Madeleine Hooker
The Year 11 Noel Warner Award for School Excellence
Mrs Noel Warner (Ferguson ’35) was an Old Girl of the School and served as School Captain in 1936. Mrs Warner was a member of the St Catherine’s Old Girls’ Association for many years. Following her death in June 1973, the Committee established a lasting memorial to Noel by presenting an annual award to a Year 11 St Catherine’s student, who, like Noel, has given outstanding service to the School.
Tingquan (Gloria) Meng
The Higgins Medal
The Higgins Medal is awarded to a student who demonstrates leadership amongst their peers, exhibits in their behaviour a commitment to the ethos of the School, demonstrates excellence in attitude and achievement, is a strong and consistent participant in school and community activity and exhibits an awareness of others and their needs. The Higgins Medal is officially awarded by Kelly O’Dwyer at an official ceremony in December.
Sarah Marriott YEAR 10
Award for Determination
Awarded to students exemplifying the school value of perseverance.
- Jinglin (Kitty) Cao YEAR 8
- Wayahpo Manolis YEAR 8
- Sienna Rigg YEAR 8
- Jieya (Coco) Xu YEAR 8
- Yantong (Christina) Chen YEAR 9
- Leanne Hiew YEAR 9
- Zeyu (Edith) Huang YEAR 10
- Xiaoshan (Anny) Wang YEAR 10
- Yui Hay (Hazel) Wong YEAR 10
- Elodie Ferrali YEAR 11
The Brookes Family Prize for Determination
Awarded to a Year 10, 11 or 12 student who has shown significant determination, who has overcome difficult circumstances.
- Cheuk-Kiu (Nadia) Chan YEAR 12
- Selina Pigram YEAR 12
Duke of Edinburgh Award
The Duke of Edinburgh Award is an internationally recognised achievement in the areas of Service, Physical Recreation, Skill Development, Adventurous Journey and Residential Project.
BRONZE Olivia (Rosie) Bogdan YEAR 10 Penelope Glenning YEAR 10 Annabelle Green YEAR 10 Arabella Llewelyn YEAR 10 Olivia Nigido-Scott YEAR 10 Madeline Powell YEAR 10 Eloise Rudge YEAR 10 Sarah Pratt YEAR 10 Molly Robertson YEAR 11 Ruby Wake YEAR 10 Jemima Wilcox YEAR 9 Angela Yu YEAR 10 |
SILVER Caitlyn Le YEAR 11 Sarah Marriott YEAR 10 |
GOLD Fleur Anstee YEAR 11 Margaret Handolias YEAR 12 |
The Australian Defence Force Future Innovators Award
Awarded to a Year 10 and Year 12 student who has demonstrated Science and Mathematics abilities while highlighting the value the Navy, Army and Air Force place on STEM skills and
STEM career opportunities within Defence.
- Angela Yu YEAR 10
- Indiana Wilde YEAR 12
The Australian Defence Force Long Tan Leadership and Teamwork Award
Awarded to a Year 10 and Year 12 student who have demonstrated leadership and teamwork; sponsored by the Australian Defence Force. The Battle of Long Tan was one of the defining moments in Australian military history and the naming of this Award is intended as a fitting tribute to the Long Tan veterans, reflecting the traits they demonstrated such as determination, mateship, teamwork, tenacity, compassion and leadership.
- Madeline Powell YEAR 10
- Sophie Boyce YEAR 12
The Illawarra Boarder Awards
This Award is named after our Boarding House – Illawarra. Built in 1888-89, it was presented as a gift to the National Trust in 1966. In 1997, St Catherine’s leased the property as the School’s Boarding House. Illawarra was considered a possible site for the School in 1922 by Ruth Langley and Flora Templeton but was rejected in favour of Kilbride (Sherren House) due to the greater grounds.
The Illawarra Junior Boarder Award
Awarded to a Junior boarder who has made a valuable contribution to boarding at St Catherine’s School.
- Yidan (Chloe) Su YEAR 9
The Illawarra Senior Boarder Award
Awarded to a Senior boarder who has made a valuable contribution to boarding at St Catherine’s School.
- Annabelle Green YEAR 10
- Isabelle Musson YEAR 11
The Langley Family Memorial Award for a Boarder
Awarded to a Year 12 Boarder who has made a valuable contribution to boarding at St Catherine’s School. This Award is in memory of all members of the Langley Family who served at St Catherine’s. Miss Ruth Langley was the second Principal of the School and served in that capacity from 1902, first in Castlemaine, then at Williams Road and ultimately at Heyington Place until her death in December 1933. Her sister, Miss Hilda Langley, was also School Principal, from 1933 to 1946, and two other sisters, Aphra and Nona, taught at the School in its early days. This Award is a gift of the St Catherine’s Old Girls’ Association.
- Zoë Meggitt
- Yi Qian (Elena) Tan
The Mary Davis Memorial Award to the Daughter of an Old Girl for Service to the School
Awarded for service to the School to a Year 11 student who is the daughter of an Old Girl. Miss Mary Davis was Headmistress of St Catherine’s for 21 years from 1950 to 1971. Many hundreds of Old Girls remember her with great love and respect. When Mary Davis died in August 1991, The St Catherine’s Old Girls’ Association established a lasting Old Girls’ Memorial to her by presenting an annual Service Award to a Year 11 St Catherine’s student who is the daughter of an Old Girl.
Lucy Campbell
The Margaret Mulder Award for International Citizenship
Awarded to a Year 12 international student who is courteous and considerate to peers and teachers, actively upholds the School policies, demonstrates School spirit through active involvement and is a role model to other students by promoting the value of cultural diversity. Margaret Mulder was a staff member of St Catherine’s School (1981–2003). She taught in the Junior School and then later was School Registrar. This Award is in recognition of her dedication towards, and work with, international students.
Xiaoling (Lyn) Wang
The Warburton Citizenship Award
Awarded to students in Years 7 to 11 who demonstrate courtesy, consideration and loyalty and reflect high values and enthusiasm for academic work and co-curricular involvement. The naming of this Award recognises our School’s history with its evacuation to Warburton during the Second World War. The Toorak site was taken over by the Australian Government to become a training base for the WAAAF. After a final assembly, St Catherine’s students and staff marched down to Heyington Station to travel the three hour train journey to Warburton where they remained for eight months.
- Fiona Gillies YEAR 7
- Charlotte Upton YEAR 8
- Anise Imam YEAR 9
- Eloise Rudge YEAR 10
- Lillian Lu YEAR 11
The Langley Family Memorial Award for a Boarder
Awarded to a Year 12 Boarder who has made a valuable contribution to boarding at St Catherine’s School. This Award is in memory of all members of the Langley Family who served at St Catherine’s. Miss Ruth Langley was the second Principal of the School and served in that capacity from 1902, first in Castlemaine, then at Williams Road and ultimately at Heyington Place until her death in December 1933. Her sister, Miss Hilda Langley, was also School Principal, from 1933 to 1946, and two other sisters, Aphra and Nona, taught at the School in its early days. This Award is a gift of the St Catherine’s Old Girls’ Association.
- Zoë Meggitt
- Yi Qian (Elena) Tan
The Mary Davis Memorial Award to the Daughter of an Old Girl for Service to the School
Awarded for service to the School to a Year 11 student who is the daughter of an Old Girl. Miss Mary Davis was Headmistress of St Catherine’s for 21 years from 1950 to 1971. Many hundreds of Old Girls remember her with great love and respect. When Mary Davis died in August 1991, The St Catherine’s Old Girls’ Association established a lasting Old Girls’ Memorial to her by presenting an annual Service Award to a Year 11 St Catherine’s student who is the daughter of an Old Girl.
Lucy Campbell
The Margaret Mulder Award for International Citizenship
Awarded to a Year 12 international student who is courteous and considerate to peers and teachers, actively upholds the School policies, demonstrates School spirit through active involvement and is a role model to other students by promoting the value of cultural diversity.
Margaret Mulder was a staff member of St Catherine’s School (1981–2003). She taught in the Junior School and then later was School Registrar. This Award is in recognition of her dedication towards, and work with, international students.
Xiaoling (Lyn) Wang
The Sue Bell Humanities Prize
The Sue Bell Humanities Prize is awarded to a Year 12 student who has demonstrated outstanding academic results across two final year Humanities subjects. Subjects can include History: Revolutions, Global Politics or a University History extension program. The recipient displays academic rigour, intellectual curiosity and displays a love and engagement in Humanities. Sue Bell (Staley ’59) attended St Catherine’s as a day student, and for a short time as a boarder, from 1948 to 1959. She was Captain of Langley House and a School Prefect in 1960. After graduating in Arts at Melbourne University, she began her teaching career finally returning to St Catherine’s where she quickly became a much loved teacher of Politics and History, and Head of Humanities. This Award is donated in her memory as a dedicated educationist and supporter of the School.
Sophie Hogan
Co-Curricular Awards
Debating Full ColoursIsabella McDonald |
Debating Contribution Half ColoursElla Carton
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Debating Contribution ColoursThalia Barbayannis |
Drama Performance Full ColoursSerena Sitch |
Drama Performance Half ColoursClaire Hayne |
Drama Performance
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Music Full ColoursJulia Thompson |
Music Half ColoursLucy Croft |
Music Contribution ColoursSophie Hogan |
Public Speaking Full ColoursAmelia Sun |
Public Speaking Contribution ColoursSophie Hogan |
Service ColoursSophie Boyce |
Sports Full ColoursThalia Barbayannis – Rowing |
Sports Half ColoursNatalie Sinicka- Rowing
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Sports Contribution ColoursSophie Boyce
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Visual Arts Contribution ColoursMillie Fraser-Smith |
School ColoursSophie Boyce |
House ColoursThalia Barbayannis
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The Caltex Best All Rounder Award
Awarded to a Year 12 student who has been recognised for their leadership qualities and commitment across a range of activities: academic, co-curricular and in the wider
community; sponsored by Caltex Australia. One of Australia’s most respected secondary education recognition programs, this Award acknowledges the recipient’s all-round
contribution to the School and community.
Serena Sitch
The Jeanie Hood Prize
Awarded to a Year 12 student who has displayed the School Values – Curiosity, Integrity, Perseverance and Empathy. Named in honour of Jeanie Hood, the Founding Principal of St Catherine’s (then called Castlemaine Ladies College) who served in that role from 1886 to 1902. The award is donated by the St Catherine’s Old Girls’ Association.
Isabella McDonald
Melbourne University Principals’ Award
The Melbourne Principals’ Award is awarded to Victorian Year 12 students in recognition of academic achievement and contribution to the school and/or wider community.
Indiana Wilde
The Parents’ and Friends’ Association Citizenship Award
Awarded to a Year 12 student who has displayed community awareness, outstanding School spirit, and actively upholds the School Values. This Award is donated by the St Catherine’s Parents’ and Friends’ Association.
Julia Thompson
Principal’s Award for the Co-Captains of the School
Awarded annually to the Co-Captains of the School in recognition for their service and leadership.
- Sophie Boyce
- Alexandra Shergold
General Award for Service to the School
General Awards are presented to students in Year 12 who have made an outstanding contribution to the School as demonstrated through their attitude, work and participation in School life. To be eligible for this award, students are to have received school colours.
- Harriet Fortey
- Millie Fraser-Smith
- Claire Hayne
- Isabella McDonald
- Natalie Sinicka
Gold Award for Outstanding Service to the School
Gold Awards are presented to students in Year 12 who have made an exceptional contribution to the School as demonstrated through their attitude, work and participation in School life. To be eligible for this award, students are to have received School Colours.
- Sophie Boyce
- Sophie Hoga
- Chloe Rodgers
- Alexandra Shergold
- Serena Sitch
- Julia Thompson