Our Academic Awards Ceremony, celebrating the achievements of students from the 2023 Academic Year, was held on Wednesday 7^th February. Joined by Mrs Jacqui Wilkinson, Assistant Head of Primary Schools, CSO; members of our HSC Class 2023 Tia Pezet, Matilda Brown, Lily Quinn, Lachlan Macnamara, and Ava Knight; and joined by family members and our senior students, we came together in The Josephite Centre to celebrate the successes of our 2023 Year 10 RoSA and HSC students. Please see below for a summary of results:

Diocesan Awards for 2023 RoSA

These awards are for students who completed Year 10 in 2023 and, therefore, became eligible for the Stage 5 RoSA Academic Achievement Award. The RoSA is a Record of School Achievement awarded by NESA, the NSW Education Standards Authority, to students of Year 10 once all Stage 5 Courses have been successfully completed. The Diocesan Award for RoSA is presented to those who students who attained 6 or 7 ‘A’ Grades across their pattern of study in Year 10.  

The recipients of the Diocesan Academic Achievement Awards for St Mary’s Catholic College, Gateshead are:

Oliver	Beath
Tobin	Blackwell
Camila	Corredor-Marchesini
Kai	Dodds
Dylan	Dunkley
Victoria	Owen
Claire	Rayner Howson

Acknowledgement of HSC 2023 High Achievers

The following students gained First in Course across the Diocese in the 2023 Higher School Certificate.

Course Name		Name
Biology		Ben	Dezelak
Studies of Religion 2 Unit	Equal First	Ben	Dezelak
Ancient History	Equal First	Ava	Knight
History Extension	Equal First	Ava	Knight
Community & Family Studies		Lachlan	Macnamara
Society and Culture		Tia	Pezet
Studies of Religion 1 Unit		Tia	Pezet
History Extension	Equal First	Lily	Quinn
Retail Services Examination		Sharlah	Ticehurst

ATAR Awards

Awarded to our 2023 HSC students who gained an ATAR of 90+ or above

Bronte	Carrigan	97.45
Tia	Pezet	94.85
Matilda	Brown	94.85
Ben	Dezelak	93.7
Lily	Quinn	93.35
Lachlan	Macnamara	93.1
Greg	Fabrikanov	91.4
Sharlah	Ticehurst	90.35