Several Deniliquin High School students were recognised with special presentations at the Deniliquin High School’s awards ceremony held at the RSL in December.
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The special presentations included Australian Defence Force sponsored awards, scholarships, awards from extra curricular activities and the education department’s Director’s Award.
One former student also received an outstanding award from last year.
Ben Baker received the 2024 Dux award.
It is based on Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank scores, which are usually announced after presentation night.
The awards ceremony was a showcase for student achievements, with music students performing and the whole school celebrating academic and sporting achievements.
Awards are as follows:
Special Presentations
Australian Defence Force Leadership and Teamwork Awards - Isabel Pearn (Year 10), Chelsea Weir (Year 12).
Australian Defence Force Future Innovators Awards - Nathanael Hancock (Year 10), Erica Hayes (Year 12).
Kwong Lee Dow scholarship to attend the academic enrichment program designed to support high-achieving high school students, supported by the University of Melbourne - Phoebe Crothers and Isabel Pearn.
Director’s Award presented to a student who has demonstrated personal growth as a young leader - Isabel Pearn.
Gillespie Award for Dux - Ben Baker
Special Awards
Des Greaves Encouragement Award for Determination and Overall Effort Year 7 - Ahmed Labib and Lilly Walker; Year 8 - Milla Bode and Hudson Kelly; Year 9 - Claire Hayes and Jya Wade; Year 10 - Amity Clarke and Jake Killip.
Creative Thinking Award (In memory of Isabel Russell) - Frida Gallpen-Brown.
Stephen Hare Memorial/Reuben F. Scarf Award for Consistent Effort in Year 12 - Phoebe Selleck.
Edward River Council Award for Citizenship: Year 7 - Macey Cathcart; Year 8 - Helen Fevaleaki; Year 9 - Sar Worker; Year 10 - Catie Michael; Year 11 - Roche Du Toit.
The Bernie Roebuck Award for Special Education - Mark Busby.
Ampol Best All-Rounder Award - Ava Robinson.
Lions Club Award for Outstanding Contribution to the School as vice captain for 2025 - Jasmin Currie and David Ingram.
Rotary Award for Services to the School and Community Relations as captain for 2025 - Chelsea Weir and Oliver Fagan.
P&C Awards
Bob White Homework Centre Award - Lincoln Walters.
Deniliquin Creative Writing Prize: Year 9 - Enzo Sztejman; Year 12 - Ava Robinson.
Di Gallpen Award for Year 11 Encouragement for Further Study - Curtis Astill and Mya Crampton.
Graeme McKindlay Memorial Prize (sponsored by Fleming Partners) for Business Studies in Year 11 - Eliza Johnstone.
Nick Robinson Memorial Prize for Music in Year 12 - Ben Mildren.
Pauline Huntington Memorial Prize for Citizenship in Year 12 - Chelsea Weir.
First Place Awards:
Year 10: Deniliquin RSL Club Award For Child Studies - Isabel Pearn; Deniliquin RSL Club Award For Music - Luke Moorse; Deniliquin RSL Club Award For Visual Arts - Phoebe Crothers; Deniliquin Newsagency & Bookstore Award For English - Ava Marshall; Deniliquin Rovers Award For Mathematics - Luke Moorse; Fellows Family Award For Geography - Ruby Pisasale; Fitnow Deniliquin Award For Food Technology - Ruby Pisasale; Fleming Partners Award For Commerce - Eliza Hay; Deniliquin Soul Pattinson Pharmacy Award For Science - Luke Moorse; Sunrice Ricegrowers Award For Agriculture - Isabel Pearn; Murray River Council Award For Physical Activity & Sport Studies - Ruby Pisasale; Wired Entertainment Award For PD/H/PE - Luke Moorse.
Year 11: Country Wedding and Event Hire Award For Hospitality - Lincoln Walters; Deniliquin Newsagency & Bookstore Award For Biology - Ava Richards; Deniliquin Newspapers Award For English Studies - Ava Taylor; Deniliquin RSL Club Award For Mathematics Advanced - Liam Ford; Deniliquin RSL Club Award For Mathematics Standard - Ava Richards; Deniliquin Rovers Award For Sport, Lifestyle & Recreation Studies - Curtis Astill; Deniliquin Soul Pattinson Pharmacy Award For Chemistry - Samara Watson; Deniliquin Soul Pattinson Pharmacy Award For Physics - Hamish Baker; Deniliquin Soul Pattinson Pharmacy Award For Mathematics Extension 1 - Liam Ford; Dysons Award For Visual Arts - Grace Allitt; Farley’s Plumbing and Gasfitting Award For Work Studies - Roche Du Toit; Farley’s Plumbing and Gasfitting Award For Ancient History - Ava Richards; Fellows Family Award For Food Technology - Samara Watson; Fitnow Deniliquin Award For Health & Movement Science - Ava Richards; Glowrey’s Riverina Law Firm Award For English Advanced - Ava Richards; J & D Tyndall Electrical Contractors Award For Numeracy - Andrew Smith; Lulu on Napier Award For English Extension 1 - Ava Richards; Mills Hebbard & Moore Award For Investigating Science - Liam Ford; P & DA Caruso Award For English Standard - Olivia Didcock; For Community & Family Studies - Eliza Johnstone; Purtill’s Award For Agriculture - Angus Jefferies; South West Music Award For Music - Hamish Baker; Sunrice Ricegrowers Award For Primary Industries - Lara Strong.
Year 12: 3G Printing & Graphics Award For Work in the Community - Caitlyn Saunders; Australian Council for Health, Physical Education and Recreation Award For PD/H/PE -Ava Robinson; For Community & Family Studies - Phoebe Selleck; Coles Award For Geography - Alyssa Sampson; Dysons Award For Primary Industries - Dakota McKenzie; Dysons Award For Visual Arts Ruby Murray; Dysons Award For Work Studies - Eliza Buckley; Glowrey’s Riverina Law Firm Award For English Advanced - Ava Robinson; Glowrey’s Riverina Law Firm Award For English Standard - Chelsea Weir; J & D Tyndall Electrical Contractors Award For Biology - Erica Hayes; John Wall Memorial Prize For Business Studies - Jasmin Currie; Mills Hebbard & Moore Award For Investigating Science - Erica Hayes; Peppin Planners Award For Mathematics Standard 2 - Dakota McKenzie; Peppin Planners Award For Chemistry - Erica Hayes; Purtills Award For English Studies - Gemma Macdonald; Purtills Award For Ancient History - Ruby Murray; Saltebush Award For Sport, Lifestyle & Recreation Studies - Hazel Glowrey; Saltebush Award For Exploring Early Childhood - Shontai O’Callaghan; Sunrice Ricegrowers Award For Agriculture - Dakota McKenzie; Sussan Ley Award For Numeracy - Eliza Buckley.