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Loddon HERALD Vol 2 No 48 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2022 ISSN 2653-1550
STUDENTS FINISH THEIR SCHOOL YEARS ...
CLASS STARS
LODDON schools and families are celebrating achievements of the region’s VCE cohort.
Mitch Gunther topped the VCE scores for local schools when results were released on Monday with an ATAR of 94.55. The aspiring builder from Mologa completed his VCE years as dux at Boort District School after 11 years at Pyramid Hill P10 College. Mitch received study scores of 46 for further mathematics and 47 in outdoor and environmental studies. He said an offer of a building apprenticeship in Bendigo came as he was about to enter the room for his mathematics examination in early November. “I first did work experience with Brendan James in Year 10 and have also done some work during school holidays. It was good to have a job in the pipeline before exams,” Mitch said. But there was uncertainty for the Pyramid Hill footballer and Boort cricketer leading into examinations. “The road to Boort re-opened the day before the first exam after being closed by floods, A day out and I wasn’t sure if I would have to go to East Loddon or Cohuna to sit the exam,” he said. One of Mitch’s former fellow students at Pyramid Hill College, Raphael Umali, received three study scores in the 40s at Cohuna College - English 41, mathematical methods 40 and physics 41 - and was named dux. Boort assistant principal Tom
Duxes of the Loddon: Mitch Gunther (main photo) Ciaran Gale and Olivia Lockhart. LH PHOTOS Bleicher said Mitch was one of two other Boort students to receive ATARs above 94. One was Fergus Bear who received a study score of 44 in further mathematics. He described the results for Boort’s VCE students as awesome.
At East Loddon College, Inglewood’s Ciaran Gale has been named dux with an ATAR of 91.75. Senior sub-school leader Sarah Krahe congratulated students for “their hard work, determination and effort to achieve their best results”. And at Wedderburn College,
2022 school captain Olivia Lockhart has been awarded dux after edging out twin sister Aliza. The Loddon students were among 49,581 VCE students and 15,163 VCAL students to graduate this year. Top five VCE studies areas this year were English, further Math-
ematics, psychology, mathematics methods and biology. First round university offers will be made next month, about the same time the the region’s top VCE performer Mitch Gunther will start his building apprenticeship.
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