Academic Focus: Academic Excellence Citations and Engagement Citations for Years 7 – 10 – Semester One
I am delighted to publish the names of students who have achieved academic and engagement awards for commitment to their studies during Semester One. As I review the data for the semester, I continue to be impressed by the strong relationship between a student’s deliberate engagement, as represented by the Engagement Point Average, or EPA, and his overall performance as indicated by his GPA. After seven semesters reporting this relationship to parents, it is clear that an EPA of 4.0 supports strong academic achievement. As I look at the students who have achieved academic growth, it is generally accompanied by an improvement in their EPA – usually to a 4.0 or beyond. I encourage all students to set an EPA of 4.0 as a benchmark. I congratulate all students who are already at this point – with the added incentive to keep going! You have heard me say, very often, that where your EPA goes, your GPA will follow!
Academic Excellence
The first category of Academic Excellence Citation is based upon a student’s Grade Point Average. Students with a GPA of 13 or greater on the 15-point grade scale have achieved consistently outstanding academic performance.
The second category of Academic Excellence recognises students who improve their personal GPA, from one Semester to the next, by 2.0 or more points. This kind of academic growth is not possible without a renewed commitment to the engagement behaviours and the embracing of academic challenges.
Engagement Citation
Trinity has defined, and reports feedback on, the behaviours that characterise personal academic success: self-management, task management, learning focus and persistence. These scores are collated as an Engagement Point Average. Students who scored an EPA of 4.8 or greater on the 5-point scale, achieve an Engagement Citation.
Students who improve their EPA by 1.0 points or greater have demonstrated their ability to receive and act upon feedback and take responsibility for the actions that lead to academic success. These students are acknowledged for their courage to change their behaviours and the way they interact with learning challenges.
The Semester One awardees are celebrated here. Each boy is congratulated upon their fine achievement.
Deborah Williams | Academic Dean
Year 7 Academic Excellence Citation
Orlando Ang WJ
Thomas Blackman DU
Tim Buultjens WH
Jared Chan MU
Cooper Chan FO
David Chang WJ
Jacob Chong HI
Aiden Coelho LA
Lucas Davies TA
Oscar Hannan FO
Alex Hu WH
Eddie Huynh KE
Aaryn Jamwal HO
Thomas Joannou DU
David Lin FO
Benjamin Loughnan KE
George Mavromatis WJ
Christopher Montana HE
Matthew Nurcombe SC
Ryan Qin YO
William Saunders KE
Oliver Tucker WH
Jack Wong DU
Year 7 Engagement Citation
Orlando Ang WJ
Finn Byrne MU
Jacob Chong HI
Eddie Huynh KE
Jayden Lai SC
Benjamin Loughnan KE
Christopher Montana HE
Matthew Nurcombe SC
Lucas Preston WH
Ryan Qin YO
Neel Roy HO
Oliver Tucker WH
Year 8 Academic Excellence Citation
Joey Acland FO
Bailin Ashcroft FO
Eesa Bokhari ST
Finn Canadas AR
Harshal Chuchra HE
Cyrus Chan DU
Nicholas Daw TA
Luca Dawson KE
George Deiri HO
Zeke Gourlas LA
Divesh Gunaratnam MU
Joshua Jeung HE
Daniel Jones MU
Kendeas Marangou WJ
Steven Lee HO
Joshua Lubke TA
Ashvin Nagaratnam YO
Owyn Nakhle KE
Isaac Sandroussi WE
Jaidan Sivapirabu HI
Ashton Viggiani ST
Aidan Wong YO
Austin Wu WE
Ashton Yee TA
Year 8 Engagement Citation
Eesa Bokhari ST
Finn Canadas AR
Cyrus Chan DU
Luca Dawson KE
Ashvin Nagaratnam YO
Sterling Tuxford WH
Year 9 Academic Excellence Citation
Joel Britton HO
Jackson Burden MU
Myles Buvac WJ
Toby Chan FO
Nathan Chau YO
Alex Christian HE
Nathan Chun HO
Enrico Ciarroni WJ
Christian Ciarroni WJ
Hugo Favelle MU
Lachlan Hovilai YO
Adrian Huot WJ
Marcus Kekatos AR
Ethan La LA
Mateo Larrota Lasso SC
Isaac Latt WH
Alexander Lieng AR
Leon Livingstone WE
Daniel Lok KE
Matthew McLachlan WJ
Harry McLean YO
Aiden Ngo HI
Maxwell Padmore MU
Oliver Peric HI
Noah Pernic HI
Jacob Pham WH
Nathan Pham WH
Akash Shaw AR
Rayden Soo WH
Declan Tan MU
Gavin Tran AR
Maxi Tsai FO
Leopold Vo WH
Ethan Wong DU
Benson Xiong TA
Albert Zhou WJ
Year 9 Engagement Citation
Enrico Ciarroni WJ
Toby Chan FO
Leon Livingstone WE
Matthew McLachlan WJ
Harry McLean YO
Aiden Ngo HI
Aidan Russell WJ
Year 10 Academic Excellence Citation
Dane Barns WH
Lucas Blum AR
Aaron Byeun WE
Benjamin Chau DU
Chris Chin HE
Daniel Doueihi FO
Ashton Frazer MU
Jaden Fung KE
Stefano Furlan DU
Luca Gillard ST
Nathan Grech WJ
Alfred Han ST
Toby Henry LA
Lawrence Hoe YO
Elton Huang AR
Sam Labbozzetta ST
Kevin Ma FO
Beau Moller YO
Aryan Nair YO
Junmin Quan HI
Freddie Richards MU
Elliot Sellers ST
Cooper Shepherd HI
Timothy Squires YO
Finn Taylor LA
Kevin Tran AR
Ryan Webb HI
Year 10 Engagement Citation
Will Carvosso SC
Luca Gillard ST
Toby Henry LA
Kevin Ma FO
Beau Moller YO
Jack O’Shea HE
Ryan Webb HI
