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.
- All 2017 Award Winners (1.13Mb PDF)
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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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