Following the wonderful VCE results of our Class of 2018, first-round tertiary offers were released yesterday. St Michael’s students have a long history of continuing to tertiary study and into various post school pathways, and today many of our students have received an offer that will enable them to take that next step into a tertiary course in their chosen area of study.

This year, Clare Olding was awarded the Prize For An Outstanding Achievement By A Girl In The Area Of Science at Speech Night, was Captain of Outdoor Education, pursued her passion for sailing, shaved her head during the Merry Month of May to raise money and awareness for the Leukaemia Foundation and took on the challenging VCE subject mix of Physics, Chemistry, English, Product Design & Technology and Mathematical Methods to achieve a remarkable ATAR of 98.1.

This year, Hugo Taylor completed 15 years of schooling at St Michael’s, having commenced at the School in 3 Year Old Kindergarten. In Year 12, Hugo embraced the leadership role of Co-Captain of Kilburn House and took on the challenging subject mix of Specialist Mathematics, Chemistry, Product Design & Technology, English Language and Accounting, to achieve a remarkable ATAR that placed him in the top 2% of the state.

In Year 12, Olivia Walker threw herself into just about everything. Olivia captained the Senior Touch Rugby team, received Gold Awards for Drama (Technical) and Cross Country, was House Swimming, House Chess and House Athletics Co-Captain, achieved a perfect score of 50 in Food Studies and an ATAR of 98.95, and was deservedly awarded the Prize for Work, Conduct and Involvement in School Life at Speech Night this month. Oh, and she did all this whilst working a part-time job.

This year, Bronte Smeaton led the students of St Michael’s as Co-Captain of the School, performed in the Senior Musical, played sport, worked tirelessly to help the School community break the Merry Month of May charity donation record, and applied herself to all her subjects to achieve a remarkable ATAR of 99.10.

In Year 12 Jemma was selected for the U19 Australian Lacrosse squad, captained the St Michael’s Senior Girls Football team to the inaugural ACS Girls Football premiership, received a Gold Award for Cross Country (Jemma's year again won the Girls Year Level Pennant at the ACS Cross Country Carnival), and excelled in the classroom. But how did she manage to stay focused and perform in such a diverse range of activities?

It is with great pleasure that we are able to share the wonderful VCE results of the Class of 2018, which were released this morning.

Last week, we held the highly anticipated Year 6 Billy Cart Derby in front of a large crowd of spectators.

We are delighted to share the exciting news that Year 3 student, Seb, has been cast in the upcoming Melbourne ensemble for Evita the Musical.

St Michael’s has made an application to VCAT for an exemption from the Equal Opportunity Act 2010.

We are delighted to announce that applications for the St Michael’s Scholarship Program are now open to new and current students entering Years 5 to 10 in 2020.

This term, our Year 6 students have been investigating how plants adapt to their environments as part of their Transdisciplinary Learning.