The Castlemaine Secondary College’s (CSC) 2020 Awards Evening was another casualty of Covid-19 as the school community weren’t able to have a public gathering to celebrate the achievements of their students.
However, CSC will be recognising the achievements of their students during a series of assemblies over the coming weeks.
This kicked off with a special assembly prior to the five day snap lockdown where a number of students were recognised for excellence despite the challenges of studying in 2020 – including Year 12 Dux Alex Marney who received the Machen Hill Prize and the Bob & Isobel Robertson Scholarship.
During last week’s official opening visit Bendigo West MP Maree Edwards also made a special presentation to the winner of her ‘Putting Community First Award’ – Maisie Mellick Cooper. The award recognises a senior student who has shown outstanding commitment and involvement in their community.
This year’s awards also included a new award sponsored by Robertson Hyetts for a student who has demonstrated application and interest in Legal Studies.
This award was initiated in 2020 for VCE Legal Studies students to encourage them to consider a career in the legal field and was won by Ronan Neilson-Bridgfoot.
Ronan had the chance to visit Robertson Hyetts legal office in Barker Street recently and enjoyed a tour of the facilities and a chance to chat to staff about potential career paths.
Some of the other award winners included:
La Trobe University Infinity Award – Elwyn Carlile
A.C. Sinclair Award – Silas van Tiggelen
W.G. Thompson Scholarship – Brianna Smith
Chaplain’s Award – Amelia Britt
Anthony Newman Scholarship – Emily Laird
Castlemaine Field Naturalists Prizes – Rilke de Podolinsky & Beatrix Dimsey
David Thompson Scholarship – Jim Reid
John James Leadership Award – Greta Kennedy
Simone Mitchell Memorial Prize – Ben Stubbings
Coulthard Family Award – Cooper Lanson (Year 7), Xavier Abicare (Year 8), Gus Dernelley (Year 9)
CWA Phoenix Chewton Community Award – Kasey Button
C.T.C. Past Students’ Prize – James Glasgow
S. Ellis / E.Duncan Scholarship – Jeremy Duff
R.J. Adams Scholarship – Ben Moran
Gilbert Foster Memorial Scholarship – Mari Carrington
Albert A Heather, BEM Prize – Chloe Wrzesinski
Bunnings Achievement Award – India Davenport
Lions Club Awards – Violet Kennedy (Year 9), Lulu Carolan (Year 11)
Rotary Scholarships – Zoe Samakovski (Year 9), Alex Marney (Year 12)
Carl Steiner Scholarship – Niamh O’Connor-Smith
Ivor & Jessie Gazzard Scholarship – Morgan Prew
Les Currie Memorial Scholarships – Rita Fortune and Jack Neilson-Bridgfoot (Year 10), Chloe Cue & Nellie Wilsher (Year 11)
Stephen Brown Memorial Scholarship – Joint winners – Thomas & Mitchell Langley.
For more details about CSC award winners for 2020 visit https://csc.vic.edu.au/?s=awards
