Singleton High School Principal, Jo Scott, says the release of the HSC results shows how well the school is going with 15 students recognised as Distinguished Achievers.
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The ‘Distinguished Achievers Award’ recognises those who score in the highest band in at least one course.
With the highest band being Band 6 and to achieve this you need to obtain between 90 and 100 marks.
According to the NSW Education Standards Authority website the following students are 2017 HSC Distinguished Achievers:
- Emma Cheetham who is also an All-round Achiever after attaining Band 6 or E4 in 10 or more units of study – Biology (2016), Hospitality (2016), Chemistry, Mathematics, Maths Extension 1, English Extension 1;
- Bridget Brosie who is also a top Achiever ranked 10th in state for textiles and design, distinguished in Senior Science;
- Thomas Isreal – Ancient History, Music 1;
- Pheobe Marcheff – Mathematics, Music 1, Biology (2016);
- Isabella Stibbard-Ribeiro – CAFS and food technology;
- Ella Palmer – Music 1, Primary Industries (2016);
- Claudia Smith – Music 1;
- Kendall Allston – PDHPE;
- Ashleigh McCullough – Visual Arts, Biology (2016);
- Brooke Dicker – CAFS;
- Tanika Goodyear – CAFS;
- Maggie Ruigrok – CAFS;
- Hannah Bates – CAFS;
- Serenah Messenger – Senior Science;
- Taylor Giggins – PDHPE.
And, the areas of excellence were: Mathematics (2), Ancient History, Chemistry, Community and Family Studies (CAFS) (5), Food Technology, Music (4), PDHPE (2), Senior Science (2), Visual Arts.
While the equivalent of a Band 6, an E4 was achieved in Extension English 1 and in Maths Exension 1.
She says it was a really good result to see five students achieve the top mark in the CAFS class.
“The music class also excelled with 4 x Band 6’s and 6 x Band 5’s,” she says.
“Along with the PDHPE class with 2x Band 6’s and 7 x Band 5’s”.
She says they also saw plenty of Band 5’s achieved across the board.
“And we expect to see even better results next year with the new programs we are putting in place.”
According to the NSW Education Standards Authority Website the folllowing students are 2017 HSC Distinguished Achievers:
- Emma Cheetham who is also an All-round Achiever after attaining Band 6 or E4 in 10 or more units of study – Biology (2016), Hospitality (2016) , Chemistry, Mathematics, Maths Extension 1, English Extension 1;
- Bridget Brosie who is also a top Achiever ranked 10th in state for textiles and design, distinguished in Senior Science;
- Thomas Isreal – Ancient History, Music 1;
- Pheobe Marcheff – Mathematics, Music 1, Biology (2016);
- Isabella Stibbard-Ribeiro – CAFS and food technology;
- Ella Palmer – Music 1, Primary Industries (2016);
- Claudia Smith – Music 1;
- Kendall Allston – PDHPE;
- Ashleigh McCullough – Visual Arts, Biology (2016);
- Brooke Dicker – CAFS;
- Tanika Goodyear – CAFS;
- Maggie Ruigrok – CAFS;
- Hannah Bates – CAFS;
- Serenah Messenger – Senior Science;
- Taylor Giggins – PDHPE.
The graduates celebrated the good news with a barbecue breakfast as they wait for their Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) to be released on Friday.
The Universities Admission Centre (UAC) releases the ATAR the day after NESA releases the HSC results. UAC calculates the university admission ranks each year using students’:
- moderated assessment marks (before alignment with the standards), and
- total exam marks (before alignment with the standards).
Performance Bands:
- Band 6 = 90 - 100 marks,
- Band 5 = 80 - 89 marks,
- Band 4 = 70 - 79 marks,
- Band 3 = 60 - 69 marks,
- Band 2 = 50 - 59 marks.