- Winners of the 2023 Beazley Medals announced
- Medals awarded to students from Methodist
Ladies' College and Melville Senior High School
- Awards include 50 General Exhibitions and 40 Subject Exhibitions
Western Australia's two top senior secondary school
students have been named with Elena Latchem from Methodist Ladies' College awarded
the Beazley Medal: WACE and Isaac Panozzo from Melville Senior High School receiving
the Beazley Medal: VET.
The Beazley Medal is the highest honour a senior
secondary student in Western Australia can receive and is named after Kim
Edward Beazley AO, who was a teacher and Federal Minister for Education.
The Beazley Medal: WACE is awarded for excellence to the student who
achieves the top WACE award score, which is used to rank students for General
Exhibitions and determines the top student in the State for ATAR courses.
Elena has also received a General Exhibition and a Subject Exhibition
for Chemistry, Subject Certificates of Excellence for Chemistry and Mathematics
Methods, and a Certificate of Distinction.
The Beazley Medal: VET is awarded to the Year 12 student who has
demonstrated the most outstanding overall performance in a VET Certificate II
or higher and in their other WACE achievements.
In addition to a significant number of hours in the workplace, Isaac
also received a VET Exhibition and a VET Certificate of Excellence in Automotive,
Engineering and Logistics. He has achieved a Certificate II in Integrated
Technologies (Pre-vocational) and a Certificate II in Skills for Work and
Vocational Pathways.
In total, 3,893 awards were awarded in 2023 including 50 General
Exhibitions and 40 Subject Exhibitions.
The schools with the highest number of General Exhibition winners were
Perth Modern School (14) and Willetton Senior High
School (9).
For a complete list of 2023 award winners, visit senior-secondary.scsa.wa.edu.au
Comments
attributed to Education Minister Dr Tony Buti:
"I congratulate Elenaand Isaacfor their
outstanding achievement as Beazley Medal recipients, the highest honour a
senior secondary student in Western Australia can receive, and I look forward
to watching their bright futures unfold.
"Elena and Isaac's
dedication, determination and hard work, with the support of their families,
friends and teachers, over the last two years to complete Year 12 and achieve
the recognition of these awards is an inspiration to us all.
"Their success is the
culmination of at least 13 years of schooling and a significant accomplishment
in achieving their goals as they continue onto further study, training or joining
the workforce.
"I also
congratulate the almost 4,000 senior secondary school students that have
achieved one or more of the School Curriculum and Standards Authority's highly
sought after ATAR and VET Awards for outstanding achievement."
