THE hard work is over for VCE students across the state with students getting their exam results on Monday this week.
Patterson River Secondary College students in Year 12 managed to top last year’s ATAR results. School dux William Hopkinson achieved an ATAR score of 99.15 and seven more students gained a score above 90.
A record 37 students achieved a 40-plus study score for one of their subjects.
Assistant principal Daniel Dew praised this year’s graduates for rising to the occasion and getting results when it mattered most.
“We had a really good group of kids last year and while we always think we’ll get good results it’s been a cohort whose testing through NAPLAN and such hasn’t been as strong so to get better VCE results is great.”
Education Minister James Merlino said 49,426 students will graduate with a VCE this year and the completion rate is 97.7 per cent.
“Completing VCE is a significant achievement in anyone’s life and I congratulate more than 49,000 students across the state for reaching this milestone. You should be very proud of what you have achieved,” he said.
“If you didn’t get the results you wanted, seek advice from your school and remember that life offers many pathways to success.”
First published in the Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News – 16 December 2015