LIBERATING EDUCATION 086 ST PATRICK’S COLLEGE STRATHFIELD LUMEN 2024 DIRECTOR OF CURRICULUM Congratulations to our graduating Class of 2023 on their excellent Higher School Certificate results. There were many highlights among the Year 12 St Patrick’s College students that sat the New South Wales Higher School Certificate in thirty-four courses. The graduating class of 2023 can be proud of their achievements. One hundred and sixty-five Year 12 students sat the 2023 HSC examinations in thirty-four courses plus twenty-two Year 11 students accelerated in HSC Mathematics Advanced 2 unit. Two Year 11 students accelerated in Italian sat HSC Italian Continuers, one of whom, Jeremy Simonetto, also sat HSC Mathematics Advanced. Sixty-five students (39.4% of total Year 12 candidates) and fourteen Year 11 accelerated students made the 2023 HSC Distinguished Achievers List (or Merit List) one hundred and fifty-one times, having attained marks of 90% or more in various courses. There were many highlights and outstanding results attained by the Class of 2023. The following points illustrate just a few: College Dux for 2023 is James Bellamy, who attained an ATAR of 99.25 and placed on the State’s All Rounders List with six merit (or Distinguished Achievement) listings. Angus Reen is Proxime Accessit with an ATAR of 98.65 who also placed on the State’s All Rounders List with seven merit listings. Rob Cadisal placed third in the HSC Class of 2023 with an ATAR of 97.70 and four merit listings. Three students were placed on the State’s All Rounders List, each having placed on the Distinguished Achievers List for courses totalling 10 or more units – James Bellamy, Angus Reen and Matthew Younan who attained an ATAR of 97.10 with five merit listings. Two students made the State’s Top Achievers List. James Bellamy placed Thirteenth in the State in Modern History and Lachlan Macher placed Third in the State in Information and Digital Technology. Seventy-nine candidates made the Distinguished Achievers List one hundred and fifty-one times across twenty-eighty courses, i.e., 82.4% of College courses sat. Thirty-four students from one hundred and fifty-five ATAR eligible candidates (22%), attained an ATAR above 90. Many students achieved a high ATAR and made the meritorious 2023 HSC Distinguished Achievers List in a number of courses. For example, not including those already mentioned: Anthony Alafaci, ATAR 96.05 and four merit listings; Christian Bitar, ATAR 97.25 and five merit listings; Luke Goldsmith, ATAR 95.50 and four merit listings; Antonio Laggis, ATAR 95.75 and four merit listings; Vittorio Marando, ATAR 95.90 and three merit listings; Luke Mouawad, ATAR 97.05 and one merit listing; Alessandro Romeo, ATAR 96.05 with four merit listings; Justin Speranza, ATAR 95.80 and five merit listings; William Symons, ATAR 95.65 and four merit listings; and Luke Ters, ATAR 96.95 and six merit listings. [Note that some students who completed HSC Mathematics Advanced in 2022, had these 2022 results included in the determination of their 2023 ATAR.] In 27 out of 34 (79.4%) courses examined, the College examination average was above that of the State examination average. For example, courses with a College candidature greater or equal to ten and a school vs State variation greater than five include: Business Studies with 8.76 marks above the State average; Economics, 9.82 above; Industrial Technology, 11.80 above; Information Processes and Technology, 12.41 above; Legal Studies, 5.71 above; Mathematics Standard 2, 6.38 above; Mathematics Advanced, 7.13 above; Modern History, 6.77 above; and Visual Arts with 6.70 marks above the State average. Excellent results were also achieved in Ancient History (five students) with 8.76 marks above the State average; Mathematics Extension 2 (three students), 7.07 above; and Music 2 (one student) with 11.52 marks above the State average. Twelve courses had no students below Band 4/E3: Ancient History, Economics, English Advanced, English Extension 1, Drama, History Extension, Italian Extension, Mathematics Extension 2, Music 1, Music 2, Music Extension and Visual Arts. Many courses had a percentage representation of students with a mark of 90% or above, i.e., Band 6 or E4, greater than that of the State. For example, Business Studies 20.00% of College candidates attained a Band 6 compared to 11.28% for the State; Economics 43.75% compared to 13.04%; Industrial Technology 33.33% compared to 7.56%; Information Processes & Technology 20.00% compared to 6.72%; Italian Continuers 33.33% compared to 26.34%; Mathematics Advanced 37.87% compared to 22.31%; Modern History 18.42% compared to 10.20%; PDHPE 14.58% compared to 6.37%; and Visual Arts 44.44% of College candidates attained a Band 6 compared to 18.46% for the State. Similarly, there were twenty-eight courses (80%) where the percentage representation of students in the two highest performance bands representing a percentage mark equal or above 80%, i.e., Bands 5/E3 and 6/E4, were greater than that of the State. For example, in courses with a candidature greater or equal to 15, Biology had 36.66% of College candidates who performed in the two top bands compared to 31.82% for the State; Business Studies 74.66% compared to 35.75%; Construction 59.99% compared to 32.42%; Economics 81.25% compared to 48.34%; English Standard 30.00% compared to 13.12%; English Advanced 86.73% compared to 67.12%; Industrial Technology 62.95% compared to 23.57%; Mathematics Standard 2 55.68% compared to 31.42%; Mathematics Advanced 75.74% compared to 49.72%; Modern History 52.63% compared to 34.86%; PD/Health/PE 43.74% compared to 30.70%; Studies of Religion II 70.58% compared to 45.98%; and Visual Arts had 100% of College candidates who performed in the two top bands compared to 65.44% for the State. Bearing in mind that the College is an academically nonselective comprehensive boys’ school, the 2023 HSC results are excellent. St Patrick’s College is a school where ordinary boys achieve extraordinary things. Mr M Cutrupi Director of Curriculum
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