The morning of Monday 12 December was filled with nerves and excitement for thousands of VCE students who obtained their VCE results.
The honour of 2022 Dux for St Francis Xavier College’s Beaconsfield campus has gone to the school’s vice captain Gabriella Stipkovic, who achieved an ATAR score of 98.85.
Gabriella said it was great to be rewarded for the hard work she has put in over the last two years and hopes to go on to study a double degree in law and global studies.
The Year 12 graduate said consistency was the key to success throughout the year, ensuring she prepared in the lead up to classes and maintained a balanced study routine.
Her advice for students approaching VCE was simple.
“Give it everything you have got as it goes quickly. Maintain a balance between academics and social life,” she said.
The school’s VCAL top scorer went to Emma Heinze, who attended some of her VCAL classes at Foundation Learning Centre in Narre Warren.
She too said it was “amazing and satisfying to know the hard work has paid off”.
Emma said VCAL’s focus on personal development and vocational skills were the main factors that led her down the applied learning path.
“I found I wasn’t very engaged with my classes in Year 9 and I was looking for a more applied way to complete my learning, so I chose VCAL in Year 10 for that reason.”
Emma hopes to use her score to attend university and study early childhood and primary teaching, after discovering a passion for education through her VCAL classes.
“We did a Basketball program with Officer Specialist school and I found that working with the kids was so much fun.
“It opened my eyes to that sort of work opportunity and in Term 3 and 4 I did my work placement at a kindergarten and I had the best time there, I still visit sometimes.”
