Academic Focus: Academic Excellence Citations and Engagement Citations for Years 7 – 10 – Semester Two
One of the new rhythms of the academic year is the awarding of semester citations for academic and engagement excellence at the end of Terms 2 and 4. It is a wonderful way to finish the year, and although reports have not yet been released to parents, I am delighted to publish the names of students who have achieved academic and engagement awards for commitment to their own learning growth during Semester 2.
As I review the data, I continue to be impressed by the strong relationship between a student’s deliberate engagement, as represented by the Engagement Point Average, or EPA, and his overall performance as indicated by his GPA. As a school, we have discovered that an EPA of 4.0 supports strong academic achievement. As I look at the students who have achieved academic growth, it is generally accompanied by an improvement in their EPA. I encourage all students to set an EPA of 4.0 as a benchmark. I congratulate all students who are already at this point – with the added incentive to keep going! Where your EPA goes, your GPA will follow.
Academic Excellence
The first category of Academic Excellence Citation is based upon a student’s Grade Point Average. Students with a GPA of 13 or greater on the 15-point grade scale have achieved consistently outstanding academic performance.
The second category of Academic Excellence recognises students who improve their personal GPA, from one Semester to the next, generally by 2.0 or more points. This kind of academic growth is not possible without a renewed commitment to the engagement behaviours and the embracing of academic challenges.
Engagement Citation
Trinity has defined, and reports feedback on, the behaviours that characterise personal academic success: self-management, task management, learning focus and persistence. These scores are collated as an Engagement Point Average. Students who scored an EPA of 4.8 or greater on the 5-point scale, achieve an Engagement Citation.
Students who improve their EPA significantly have demonstrated their ability to receive and act upon feedback and take responsibility for the actions that lead to academic success. These students are acknowledged for their courage to change their behaviours and the way they interact with learning challenges.
The Semester 2 awardees will be acknowledged on Quad Assembly over the coming days. We began with Year 7 this morning!
Deborah Williams | Academic Dean
Year 7
Orlando Ang WJ
Thomas Blackman DU
Tim Buultjens WH
Finn Byrne MU
Cooper Chan FO
Louis Chan TA
David Chang WJ
Anthony Cheng KE
Jacob Chong HI
Aiden Coelho LA
Robbie Coneliano FO
Lucas Davies TA
Nathan Della Torre YO
Fons Dries MU
Charlie Earthrowl YO
Kai Famlonga YO
Alexander Germanos LA
Oscar Hannan FO
Thomas Henry TA
Alex Hu WH
Eddie Huynh KE
Aaryn Jamwal HO
Thomas Joannou DU
Zeke Kho AR
Daniel Kouba WE
David LinFO
Benjamin Loughnan KE
Corey Matthews KE
George Mavromatis WJ
Christopher Montana HE
Sebastian Musumeci KE
Layth Nazha MU
Jonathan Nung LA
Matthew Nurcombe SC
Lucas Preston WH
Marcus Prideaux WH
Ryan Qin YO
Neel Roy HO
William Saunders KE
Daniel Simpson DU
Denny So TA
Frankie Spyropoulos ST
Toby Street LA
Oliver Tucker WH
Matthew Walker FO
Samuel Wang SC
Charlie Ward DU
Jack Wong DU
Jaemin Yoo ST
Year 8
Joey Acland FO
Lachlan Allen WJ
Bailin Ashcroft FO
Dylan Bell HI
Eesa Bokhari ST
Finn Canadas AR
Cyrus Chan DU
David Charas HO
Nicholas Daw TA
Luca Dawson KE
Calvin Doyle HO
Lachlan Ellis YO
Milton Flynn HO
Nathaniel Gibson SC
Zeke Gourlas LA
Alexander Henry LA
Harry Howells FO
Joshua Jeung HE
Daniel Jones MU
Maddox Knapstein DU
Nicholas Lake WH
Ryan Le DU
Axel Lee YO
Steven Lee HO
Joshua Lubke TA
Mason McGroder WH
Sachin Narayanan HI
Isaac Sandroussi WE
Jackson Showyin HO
Jaidan Sivapirabu HI
William Skinner WH
Matthew Tse FO
Hamish Turner TA
Sterling Tuxford WH
Ashton Viggiani ST
Aidan Wong YO
Ashton Yee TA
Ethan Zhang SC
Year 9
James Borg HE
Will Briede DU
Joel Britton HO
Myles Buvac WJ
Ignatius Cesarano ST
Casey Chan WJ
Toby Chan FO
Nathan Chau YO
Jameson Chau-Vuu WE
Reuben Chong HI
Alex Christian HE
Nathan Chun HO
Christian Ciarroni WJ
Enrico Ciarroni WJ
Harry Clegg DU
Matteo Cordaro MU
Lachlan Davis AR
Thomas Deller HO
Samuel Gimenez-McAlpine KE
Banjo Hannaford DU
Marcus Kekatos AR
James Ko WE
Jared Kong LA
Ethan La LA
Isaac Latt WH
Alexander Lieng AR
Andy Lin WJ
Daniel Lok KE
Christopher Lowe HO
Louis Lusty SC
Hannan Manche DU
Matthew McLachlan WJ
Harry McLean YO
Christopher Michael WE
Jacob Michail HI
Ishanth Mukesh SC
Theodore Murphy ST
Aiden Ngo HI
Gerald Ong YO
Callum Padman HI
Maxwell Padmore MU
Noah Pernic HI
Nathan Pham WH
Jacob Pham WH
Lachlan Rathbone KE
Angus Royal AR
Rayden Soo WH
Nicholas Tagkalidis HI
Declan Tan MU
Maxi Tsai FO
Peter Vithoulka WH
Leopold Vo WH
Ethan Wong DU
Andrew Worsfold WJ
Dylan Yee LA
Albert Zhou WJ
Year 10
Max Anderson HI
Nicholas Ayoub FO
James Barnes-Ferguson KE
Dhruv Bharadwaj ST
Lucas Blum AR
Aaron Byeun WE
William Chang AR
Benjamin Chau DU
Chris Chin HE
Daniel Doueihi FO
Jeremy Frecker LA
Jaden Fung KE
Stefano Furlan DU
Luca Gillard ST
Nathan Grech WJ
Alexander Heather FO
Toby Henry LA
Lawrence Hoe YO
Elton Huang AR
Connor Kalis HI
Oliver Kreis ST
Sam Labbozzetta ST
Kevin Ma FO
Beau Moller YO
Ollie Orr HO
Jack O’Shea HE
Imran Parker WE
Junmin Quan HI
Levi Shin HE
Luke Simpson DU
Dihan Soysa WJ
Timothy Squires YO
Andrew Stone HO
Kavi Suri YO
Finn Taylor LA
Matthew Vickery WJ
Ryan Webb HI
Charles Williams LA
