Senior Dux Kobie Watts received the P&C Auxiliary Shield while Junior Dux Kanako Otori was presented with the Vietnam Veterans’ trophy

October 24, 2017

Parents and friends packed into the Kingaroy Town Hall recently to salute the best and brightest students at Kingaroy State High School.

The special guest speaker was former KSHS pupil – now RAAF Flight Lieutenant – Oliver Kersnovski, who had flown in a day earlier on a C-27J Spartan military plane.

Oliver’s love affair with flying goes back a long way.

By the age of 17 – while he was still at school and enrolled in Aerospace Studies – he was already an accredited pilot.

He was also a part of the KSHS team that took part in the 2009 UAV Challenge at Kingaroy Airport.

Oliver was one of the main guests who handed out awards, joining Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington and Kingaroy Mayor Keith Campbell on the stage.

Before the main section of the awards began, Principal Ashley Roediger reflected on a year of achievement at the school.

The year began with the good news that 83 per cent of 2016 Year 12 students had achieved an OP1 to OP15, and 99 per cent had achieved their Queensland Certificate of Education.

2016 student Dylan Nichol achieved an OP1.

Another highlight for the school was the creation of a STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) elective in Year 10, with the support of the University of Queensland and the Queensland University of Technology.

The sister school relationship with Fudooka High School was another success, with a  group of Japanese students hosted in Kingaroy, and 19 Kingaroy State High School students going to Japan.

Clontarf Academy students also took part in a 19-day tour of central Australia, visiting Uluru, Kings Canyon and the Simpson Desert.

The KSHS Vocal Group, Symphonic Band and Stage Band provided musical interludes throughout the evening.

Always much anticipated at the Awards Night is the announcement of the new School Captains:

  • Senior School Captains for 2018 will be Katelyn Beresford and Oscar Schmidt with Vice-Captains Sarah Tarlinton and Benn Reid.
  • Junior School Captains for 2018 are Emily Mackay and Bailey Beresford, with Vice-Captains Kayley Collins, Flynn Woodall, Isabella McBride, Joey Reeve.

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2017 Special Awards

  • Dux Of The Senior School (P&C Auxiliary Shield) – Kobie Watts
  • Dux Of The Junior School (Vietnam Veterans’ Trophy) – Kanako Otori
  • Rotary Shield for Service and Leadership (Kingaroy-Taabinga Rotary Club) – Jenna Christensen
  • The Arch Blue Memorial Prize for Character and Leadership – Millicent Knudsen
  • Bean Growers Australia Award for Citizenship – Madelyn Stewart
  • Dental Essentials Award for Study, Leadership and Sport – Chloe Lane
  • South Burnett Regional Council Cultural Bursary – Georgia Cronin
  • South Burnett Regional Council Leadership Bursary – Renae Buttsworth
  • South Burnett Regional Council Leadership Bursary – Joshua Seng
  • Timothy Hughes Memorial Encouragement Award for Music – Samantha Kassulke
  • Rotary Shield For Junior Citizenship (Kingaroy Rotary Club) – Taylah Favier, Jordan Buckley
  • Jack and Dulcie Collett Memorial Bursary – Brittany Tones
  • Keith Middleton Memorial Bursary – D’Arcy Hay
  • Schuh Group (Kingaroy) Bursary for Volunteering – Breanna Taylor
  • Andersson’s Active Citizen Of The Year – Brooke Lavaring
  • Alan Whitmee Memorial Student Council Award – Joseph Roth
  • Burnett Business Centre Award for Business – Brittany Tones
  • USQ Excellence Award Year 12 – Daniel Bond
  • USQ Excellence Award Year 11 – Kathleen Gogerly
  • USQ Excellence Award Year 10 – Laura Tessmann
  • Lions Shield for Hospitality – Brooke Lavaring
  • Youth Award for Volunteering – La Tesha Herbohn
  • PCA School Community Award – Dayna Pukallus
  • ADF Leadership and Teamwork Award Year 12 – Chantelle Law
  • ADF Leadership and Teamwork Award Year 10 – Emma Stewart
  • Deb Frecklington Leadership Award – Brayden Canniford, Abbie Lewandowski
  • Kingaroy RSL Hospitality Award Year 12 – Brooke Lavaring, La Tesha Herbohn
  • Kingaroy RSL Hospitality Award Year 11 – Miranda Miller, Samara Porter
  • Kingaroy Memerambi RSL Bursary Year 11 – Benjamin Chimes
  • Kingaroy Memerambi RSL Bursary Year 10 – Xanthe Walker
  • TAFE Queensland Outstanding Vocational Student Award – Renae Buttsworth
  • Quota Award For Citizenship – Lydia Want
  • UQ Create Change Achievement Award – Kate Cutler
  • Lowes Business Scholarship – Tayla Wall
  • Kingaroy Chamber Of Commerce Bursary – Kobie Watts
  • Stefan Planinc Memorial Bursary – Rhiannon Kranz
  • Jim Burns Memorial Bursary – Abigail Blanch
  • Kingaroy-Taabinga Rotary Club Cid Burke Memorial Bursary Year 11 – Josephine Stewart
  • Kingaroy-Taabinga Rotary Club Cid Burke Memorial Bursary Year 9 – Kaitlyn Hannessen
  • STAR Award – Braden Harvey, Byron Scrivens

Services To The School

Gold Certificate:

  • Mikayla Douglass, Tynan Dugdell, Darcy Gilmore, Caleb Hicks, Samantha Kassulke, Shandel Kirk, Brianne McIntyre, Eleanor Nicholson, Riley Slatter, Isabella Strauss, Yoko Ueno, Connor Sullivan, Graham Towells

Silver Certificate:

  • Hannah Allcock, Andrew Champney, Caitlyn Clancy, Reagan Hutfield, Natasha Lange, Brittany Manns, Lauren Sims, Tayla Wall, Monique Wilton

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Daniel Bond (USQ Excellence Award), Joseph Roth (Alan Whitmee Memorial Student Council Award), D’Arcy Hay (Keith Middleton Memorial Bursary) and Renae Buttsworth (South Burnett Regional Council  Leadership Bursary and TAFE Queensland Outstanding Vocational Student Award)
Braden Harvey and Byron Scrivens (not pictured) received the STAR Award
Shandel Kirk (Gold Certificate) & Brittany Tones (Jack & Dulcie Collett Memorial Bursary)
Chloe Lane (Dental Essentials Award for Study, Leadership and Sport), La Tesha Herbohn (Youth Award for Volunteering, Kingaroy RSL Hospitality Award), Kate Cutler (UQ Create Change Achievement Award), Dayna Pukallus (PCA School Community Award) and Kathleen Gogerly (USQ Excellence Award)
D’Arcy Hay (Keith Middleton Memorial Bursary) and Georgia Cronin (SBRC Cultural Bursary)
Kaitlyn Hannessen (Cid Burke Memorial Bursary Yr 9), Josephine Stewart (Cid Burke Memorial Bursary Yr 11)
Abigail Blanch (Jim Burns Memorial Bursary), Madelyn Stewart (Bean Growers Australia Award for Citizenship), Breanna Taylor (Schuh Group, Kingaroy Bursary for Volunteering)
KSHS Principal Ashley Roediger with 2018 School Captains Katelyn Beresford and Oscar Schmidt, Vice-Captains Sarah Tarlinton and Benn Reid, and guest speaker Flight Lieutenant Oliver Kersnovski
Kobie Watts received the Kingaroy Chamber of Commerce and Industry Bursary
Flt Lt Kersnovski with 2017 Captain Jenna Christensen and the Rotary Shield For Service
Principal Ashley Roediger with Junior Secondary Leaders Emily Mackay (Captain), Isabella McBride (Vice-Captain), Kayley Collins (Vice-Captain), Bailey Beresford (Captain), Joey Reeve (Vice-Captain), Flynn Woodall (Vice-Captain) and Flt Lt Oliver Kersnovski
Flt Lt Oliver Kersnovski with Deb Frecklington Leadership Award winners Abbie Lewandowski and Brayden Canniford
Flt Lt Oliver Kersnovski with Australian Defence Force Leadership and Teamwork Award winners Chantelle Law (Year 12) and Emma Stewart (Year 10)
Flt Lt Oliver Kersnovski with Kingaroy Rotary Shield for Junior Citizenship winners Taylah Favier and Jordan Buckley
Flt Lt Oliver Kersnovski with Lydia Want (Quota Award For Citizenship), Brooke Lavaring (Andersson’s Active Citizen of the Year) and Millicent Knudsen (Arch Blue Award for Character and Leadership)

 

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