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Hard work and dedication shine through

Our Ceremony of Excellence was a wonderful moment of celebration for our 2022 cohort. Within the students who were presented, there were many different stories of achievement and success, both of which can be measured in many different ways. There was one theme that was consistent throughout all the stories; the theme of hard work and dedication to their individual pursuits was heard across all students. 

We know that one way to succeed with learning is to work towards having good processes for learning. Attending all classes on time, and sitting and working attentively through the classes provides the opportunity to take more information in. While all students should be studying at home to review their notes of the day, at a senior level it is really important to have that as part of the learning process. When a key concept of content is challenging, the teachers are there to guide you through that challenge. While often difficult to do, phones and other distractions should be away from the study area.

We are so proud of all our students and their achievements and pray that we continue to witness our students flourishing.

Mr Joshua Di Pietro
Deputy Principal Learning and Teaching

Celebrating the excellence of our 2022 VCE students

We celebrated the achievements of our 2022 VCE students last month at our annual VCE Ceremony of Excellence. We recognised all students who achieved a subject score 40 and over, eleven students who received an ATAR over 90, two students who received a perfect subject score of 50 and, with an ATAR of 97.50, our College Dux Emily Collins. 

Emily and fellow Class of 2022 student Georgia Vaughan shared reflections of their time at OLSH College and their inspiring wisdom for our current students to take through their secondary schooling. 

We’re grateful to the Class of 2022 students who returned to the College and congratulate all award winners.

College Dux: Emily Collins, with an ATAR of 97.50

Class of 2022 VCE Students with ATAR scores above 90

Emily Collins 97.50
Liliana Okoumousis 97.35
Catherine Galati 97.05
Georgia Vaughan 96.70
Lauren Rossi 95.65
Siena Ciotta 95.45
Emilia Brown 94.70
Charlotte Bree 94.65
Isabella Di Conza 92.80
Felicity Gill 90.70
Joanne Bradshaw 90.05

Principal's Merit Award - recognising students in the Class of 2022 who performed beyond what was predicated through their secondary education journey. 

  • Samantha Stenos
  • Georgia Vaughan
  • Catelin Willey

Perfect subject scores of 50

  • Amelie Afxentis - Food Studies
  • Holly Watters (Year 10) - Further Mathematics

High Achievement Subject Award

This award is presented to a student who receives a Subject Study Score of 40 or above. Students who receive this award have achieved study scores that are in the top 9% of students in Victoria who studied this subject. Also recognised are students that have received the highest score in the subject.

Year 11
Isabel Chew Alexis Kappa Monique Pereira
Sophie Fensling Angelique Kristianto Sophie Rochford
Chelsea Glass Amelia Mundy Halle Schroor
Aisling Haydon Demi Lambiris Sienna Sullivan
Year 12
Kiara Ancora Emily Collins (3 subjects) Natasha Kauffman
Grace Barry Isabella Di Conza Liliana Okoumousis (2 subjects)
Amelia Bradley Catherine Galati (4 subjects) Emma Pandaleon (2 subjects)
Joanne Bradshaw (2 subjects) Felicity Gill Lauren Rossi (2 subjects)
Charlotte Bree (3 subjects) Stephanie Hendricks Samantha Stenos
Emilia Brown (2 subjects) Makenzie Hutchinson Georgia Vaughan (4 subjects)
Siena Ciotta (5 subjects) Nikita Kaitler


Mr Joshua Di Pietro
Deputy Principal Learning and Teaching

Learning about mental fitness

We’re fortunate to have the new Danny Frawley Centre for Mental Wellness on our doorstep. Recently our Year 10 Health and Physical Education students visited the Centre at the St Kilda Football club and heard Chelsea Frawley speak on being proactive about mental health.

They participated in a mental fitness workshop, character strengths session and got out onto the ground for a footy clinic.

OZCLO puts language skills to the test

A group of our Italian and Chinese language students participated in the first round of the 2023 Australian Computational and Linguistic Olympiad recently. This round required the girls to work in teams of four on a range of language analysis problems, using their reasoning and analytical skills.

The data they analysed included language from Permyak, spoken in the north-eastern part of European Russia, the Marmbiloid language of Nizaa and the Australian language, Lardil, spoken on Mornington Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria.

The competition is renowned for its level of difficulty in working through complex problems in the two hour period allocated. The teams engaged enthusiastically, strategising their approach and making predictions and close approximations in working through the problems.

Here are some of their reflections.

‘OZCLO was such an amazing experience. I met so many girls from different year levels and we all connected so well. The questions require a lot of teamwork and collaboration but with all of us working together we were able to come up with a shared answer. We all had such a unique perspective on the problems. The competition was really difficult but I had such a fun time working with other girls and thinking outside the box.’ - Holly, Issoudun

‘I enjoyed participating in OZCLO because it was a great opportunity to meet new girls and to challenge ourselves with complex language problems’ - Ava, Year 10

‘I really enjoyed it despite having my brain challenged. I liked meeting new people from different year levels, working together and seeing people’s different strategies’ - Sophie, Year 8

Congratulations to Holly, Zara, Anoushka and Mia who were awarded a Silver Certificate and Mika, Belinda, Madeleine, Philomena, Amelia, Jessica, Sophie, Ellie, Valeria, Ava and Annie Minh Anh who were awarded a Bronze Certificate.

This is the second year OLSH has participated and with more practice and experience the girls are setting their sights on the national round for 2024!

Ms Anna Riviello and Ms Carolyn Graffeo
Academic Staff