I AM THE VINE AND YOU ARE THE BRANCHESWe are very proud of the academic achievements of the Class of 2012. They have demonstrated the essence of the College theme, I am the vine and you are the branches (John 15:5) in all their endeavours throughout 2012. They have drawn much strength and succour from all that Xavier College has to offer and translated this into excellent VCE results. Annually, more than 95% of our Year 12 students move to Higher Education and so we use the Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) rather than individual study scores as our means of ranking. The Dux of Xavier College is awarded to the student who achieves the highest ATAR. Five of our students have attained the highest possible ATAR of 99.95 and have been nominated as equal duces for 2012. We congratulate these young men on their success and we wish them well as they embark on the next stage of their learning journey. They are Xavier Bisits, Samuel Crock, Marc Privitelli, An Jie (Andrew) Wang and Timothy Waugh. Xavier Bisits, received study scores in 2011 of 48 in Mathematical Methods CAS and 45 in Theatre Studies, followed in 2012 with 50 in English, 50 in French, 50 in Australian Politics and 48 in Latin, as well as receiving First Class Honours in Philosophy at the University of Melbourne. Samuel Crock received study scores in 2011 of 42 in Latin and 46 in Mathematical Methods CAS, followed in 2012 with 50 in English, 45 in both Chemistry and Specialist Mathematics, 48 in Classical Greek and 44 in French. Marc Privitelli, received a study score in 2011 of 43 in Mathematical Methods CAS, then in 2012 these were followed by study scores of 50 in English, 40 in Classical Greek, 47 in Italian, 40 in Latin and 35 in Specialist Maths. Marc is also a Melbourne University Kwong Lee Dow Scholar. An Jie (Andrew) Wang studied Chinese as a Second Language in Year 10 (2010), obtaining study scores of 41 and 36 in Latin in 2011. In 2012, An Jie received 50 in English, 47 in both Chemistry and Physics and 45 in Specialist Maths. An Jie is also a Melbourne University Kwong Lee Dow Scholar. Timothy Waugh in 2011 received study scores of 50 in Italian and 48 in Mathematical Methods CAS. In 2012 Timothy also received a study score of 50 in French followed by 43 in English, 46 in Latin and 48 in Specialist Maths. Timothy was the Monash Prize recipient for his academic achievement in 2011. One other student achieved outstanding results – Daniel Archer (99.80). This student will receive Ob Insigne Meritum award in recognition of his fine achievement. In addition to these top achievers, the class of 2012 were well represented at high ranks on the ATAR scale:
The median ATAR for 2012 is 87.05 - this means that 50% of our students scored in the top 13% of the State. The median study score was 34 with 21.4% of study scores above 40. Perfect study scores of 50 were achieved in the studies of Biology, Economics, English (5 students), French (2 students), Further Mathematics, Physical Education, Australian Politics, Physics, Texts & Traditions and Theatre Studies (2 students) giving a total of 16 perfect scores. At the VCE Academic Awards Assembly, which will be held on 8 February 2013, prizes will be awarded to students who achieved the highest study scores in each subject. The recipients will be (2012 Year 11 students are in italics):
In addition to the fine achievements of the students listed above, there are so many other outstanding results for both the 2012 Year 12 students and, encouragingly, the 2012 Year 11 students. We acknowledge the dedication and expertise of the teachers who have walked with the students of 2012 across all levels and across all campuses of the College and we thank the parents and families of these 241 young men for their support, particularly in this, their final year at Xavier College. May our students of 2013 and beyond be motivated and inspired by the achievements and hard work of the Class of 2012.
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