Year 8 Academic Awards (Mid-Semester 2)

At a year level assembly in the Gym yesterday morning, Mr. Hayden Bennett announced the names of a host of Year 8 students who had earned Academic Excellence or Meritorious Effort awards based on their outstanding recent mid-semester reports.
Congratulations to the following students and their families on this wonderful recognition.
Academic Excellence:
- Dakota Taferner
- Rebekah Turner
- Isabella Wells
- Jasmine Tiller
- Xanela Cubacub
- Maya Kennedy
- Stirling Carter
- Isabella Go
- Airlie Hartwich
- Kirrally Kotz
- Zoe Van-Overdijk
- Elke Thomas
- Keeley Millard
- Max Stanley
- Madison Gotch
- Ruby Gamlin
- Matilda Packer
- Sky McNamara
Meritorious Effort:
- Kiarna Letton
- Cooper Hale
- Kael Williams
- Callie Liffner
- Claudia Wilks
- Ash Hannan
- Lacie Schafer
- Ebony Rigney
- Jessica Neve
- Brayden Foote
- Sophie Cheriton
- Kaden Abbott
- Jorja Defelice
- Charli Rowland
- Evie Wiseman
- Finn Freeman
- Oliyena Thomas
- Skye Verran
- Jessica Ferrett
- Lewis Bradford-Scott
- Harmony Miller
- Taj Siegert
- Teata-Mai McDonnell
ACADEMIC AWARDS:
A grade point average (GPA) is calculated for each student of the school. A GPA score of 4 indicates an A grade for each subject. There are two categories of Academic Awards:
- Academic Excellence awards recognise students who have achieved a GPA of more than 3.5 (with no D or E grades) across all of their Semester 2 subjects
- Meritorious Effort awards recognise students who have achieved a GPA of at least 3 (with no D or E grades) across all of their Semester 2 subjects
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