Class of '23
Valedictory assembly and lunch
PLC Armidale students from Year 6 to Year 11, staff, family and friends of our graduating Class of 2023 gathered in the Astra Arts Centre on Thursday, September 21 to mark the end of Senior School and the beginning of a new chapter for our Year 12 students. Congratulations to all our graduates and to our prize winners:
Chiyo Brown Purkiss Cup and Prize for Dux of School (Gift of PL and Hilton Old Girls’ Union), Strahle Award for Significant Contribution to the School, University of New England Vice-Chancellor’s High Achievement Prize, Morse Cup for Head Prefect, Academic Distinction, Prize for English Extension 2, Prize for Japanese Continuers (Distance), Prize for Music 2 (2022), Prize for Music Extension (2022), Graduation Certificate, Merit for English Extension 1, Effort & Achievement for English Advanced, Outright Gold Pocket for Music - Australian Youth Orchestra, National Music Camp, Gold Pocket for Music, Prefect Leadership Certificate, Student Representative Council Certificate.
Catherine Alcorn ADF Long Tan Leadership Award, Presbyterian Church of Australia for Christian, Leadership in the Senior School, University of New England Vice-Chancellor’s High Achievement Prize, Academic Distinction, Prize for Dance, Prize for Drama, Prize for Music 1, Graduation Certificate Effort & Achievement for Mathematics Standard 2, Gold Pocket for Creative Arts, Silver Pocket for Music, Prefect Leadership Certificate.
Matilda Almond PLC P&F Prize for Boarding, Graduation Certificate, Merit for Ancient History, Effort & Achievement for Visual Arts, Blue Pocket for Sport, Prefect Leadership Certificate.
Charlotte Baker University of Newcastle Vice Chancellor’s Award for Academic Excellence in Year 12, Feros Cup for All-round Ability Academic and Sporting, Academic Distinction, Prize for Biology, Prize for Hospitality, Prize for PDHPE, Graduation Certificate, Merit for Chemistry and Mathematics Advanced, Prefect Leadership Certificate, Student Leadership Certificate.
Charlotte Clissold Prize for Retail Services (TAFE), TAFE NSW Certificate of Recognition, Graduation Certificate Effort & Achievement for Business Studies, English Standard, Mathematics Standard 2.
Gabrielle Cotterell The Director of Music Award for contribution to Music, Academic Distinction, Prize for English Advanced, Prize for English Extension 1, Prize for Music 2, Prize for Music Extension, Graduation Certificate, Merit for Drama and Legal Studies, Outright Gold Pocket for Music - Gondwana National Choirs 2023, Gold Pocket for Music, Blue Pocket for Creative Arts, Student Leadership Certificate.
Ella Coulton Beattie Prize for Critical Thinking Skills in Modern History, Prize for Ancient History, Graduation Certificate, Merit for History Extension and Visual Arts, Effort & Achievement for Mathematics Standard 2.
Sienna Dellow Prize for English Standard, Graduation Certificate, Effort & Achievement for Society and Culture.
Chantelle Farag Graduation Certificate.
Freja Fitzgerald Graduation Certificate, Merit for Business Studies, Hospitality and Mathematics Standard 2.
Isabel Freeman McIntosh Cup for Most Consistent Effort in Sport, Graduation Certificate, Merit for Society and Culture, Effort & Achievement for PDHPE, Prefect Leadership Certificate.
Harriet Gilpin Academic Distinction, Prize for Visual Arts, Graduation Certificate, Merit for Design and Technology, English Advanced and English Extension 2, Student Leadership Certificate.
Ava Hippisley OORALA Indigenous Achievement Award, Graduation Certificate.
Phoebe Imberger Alexandria Ada Lam Prize for Choir - Senior School, Birida Cup for Deputy Head Prefect, Prize for Business Studies, Graduation Certificate, Merit for Music 1, Effort & Achievement for English Advanced, English Extension 1, Gold Pocket for Creative Arts, Gold Pocket for Music, Prefect Leadership Certificate, Student Representative Council Certificate.
Annabel Kaberry Prize for French Continuers, Graduation Certificate, Merit for Dance, Effort & Achievement for Legal Studies, Gold Pocket for Creative Arts, Student Leadership Certificate.
Seraphina Katta Presbyterian Church of Australia for Christian, Leadership in the Senior School, Graduation Certificate, Effort & Achievement for Mathematics Advanced, Prefect Leadership Certificate.
Zoyara Kelly Graduation Certificate.
Jenna Marquardt Ampol All-rounder Year 12 Award, Olympic Game Changer Award, Prize for Spanish Beginners (Distance), Graduation Certificate, Effort & Achievement for Dance and PDHPE, Gold Pocket for Sport, Prefect Leadership Certificate, Student Leadership Certificate.
Zoe Martin Prize for Geography (Distance), Graduation Certificate, Effort & Achievement for Science Extension.
Samantha Mazzei Graduation Certificate, Prefect Leadership Certificate.
Emily McDonald The Hutton Family Award for the girls who demonstrates courage, determination, perseverance and resilience. Graduation Certificate, Merit for Biology and Modern History, Effort & Achievement for Ancient History.
Madison Mitchell Bonnefin Cup for Consistent All-Round Effort, Graduation Certificate, Merit for Agriculture, Effort & Achievement for Visual Arts, Student Leadership Certificate, Student Representative Council Certificate.
Ella Moodie Prize for Human Services (TAFE), TAFE NSW Certificate of Recognition, Graduation Certificate, Effort & Achievement for Investigating Science, Student Leadership Council, Boarders’ Representative Council Certificate.
Kaitlin Mungall Armidale-Dumaresq Lions Club Award for Commitment to the Duke of Edinburgh Scheme, Prize for Design and Technology, Prize for Investigating Science, Graduation Certificate, Effort & Achievement for Biology, Silver Pocket for Sport, Student Leadership Certificate.
Nathea Ping Kee Quota Club of Armidale Inc. Prize for Citizenship, Prize for Legal Studies, Graduation Certificate, Effort & Achievement for Chemistry, Drama, English Advanced and English Extension 2, Prefect Leadership Certificate.
Makenzie Robertson Ampol All-rounder Year 12 Award, Beattie Prize for Critical Thinking Skills in Modern History, Prize for History Extension, Prize for Mathematics Standard 2, Graduation Certificate, Prefect Leadership Certificate, Student Leadership Certificate.
Fatima Shahid Graduation Certificate.
Yiling Shi Graduation Certificate, Merit for Chinese and Literature (Distance) and French Beginners.
Piper Starr Prize for Mathematics Standard 1, Graduation Certificate.
Kaylee Swick ADF Future Innovators Award, The Director of Music Award for contribution to Music, Stanton Science Prize for Special Ability, Academic Distinction, Graduation Certificate, Merit for Music 2, Music Extension and Science Extension, Effort & Achievement for Chemistry, English Advanced, Mathematics Extension 1 and Physics (2022), Outright Gold Pocket for Academic - National Youth Science Forum 2023, Gold Pocket for Music, Blue Pocket for Creative Arts, Student Leadership Certificate, Student Representative Council Certificate.
Audrey Tighe Tregurtha Prize for Leadership, Academic Distinction, Prize for Chinese Continuers (Distance), Prize for Chinese Extension (Distance), Graduation Certificate, Merit for Japanese Continuers (Distance), Effort & Achievement for English Standard, Prefect Leadership Certificate.
Sophia Whibley Graduation Certificate, Merit for English Standard, Effort & Achievement for Design & Technology and Hospitality, Boarders’ Representative Council.
Lauren Williams Zonta Prize for Leadership, Academic Distinction, Prize for Economics (Distance), Prize for Modern History, Prize for Science Extension, Graduation Certificate, Merit for Physics (2022), Effort & Achievement for English Advanced, English, Extension 1, Mathematics Advanced and Mathematics Extension 1, Student Leadership Certificate.
Kate Williamson Reuben F Scarf Award for Commitment - for consistent effort and desire to improve, Prize for Society and Culture, Graduation Certificate, Merit for PDHPE, Effort & Achievement for Biology and Mathematics Standard 2.
Smitha Yarram Graduation Certificate.
Fanjia Ye Prize for Chinese and Literature (Distance), Prize for French Beginners, Graduation Certificate, Effort & Achievement for Business Studies.
Lucy Young UNE Life Spirit of Sport Award, Dorothy Seaton Sports Prefect Award, Graduation Certificate, Merit for French Continuers, Silver Pocket for Sport, Prefect Leadership Certificate.
Ashlee Yu Graduation Certificate, Merit for Investigating Science.