Year 12 Student Graduation

Ms COOK (Hurtle Vale) (15:22): It is graduation time in our high schools, and today I would like to congratulate all year 12 students, not just in Hurtle Vale but statewide, on the milestone of graduating from secondary education, and to celebrate the wonderful achievements of these students. Graduating from school is a significant accomplishment and the very beginning of lifelong learning.

Over the past few weeks, I have had the privilege to attend numerous graduation ceremonies to acknowledge the accomplishments of all year 12s within our electorate, including Woodcroft College, Reynella East College, Wirreanda Secondary School and the Southern Vales Christian College. While it is an awesome achievement in itself to complete year 12, there are a number of awards announced at each of these ceremonies. I would like to take the time today to recognise the triumphs of those students who were allocated special awards.

Congratulations to award recipients at Woodcroft College: for the Bronwyn Lockyer Award, Rhiannon White; the Jae Goodridge Memorial Award, Chantel Hambly; the Jarrad Boorer Memorial Award, Austin Dobbin; the Jarrad Hashim Memorial Award, Justin Maddern; the Jonathon Robinson Memorial Award, Mara Kremmidiotis; the Kate Carvell Memorial Award, Matthew Wallage; the Kath Waddell Memorial Award, Ellen Melville; the Matthew Turner Memorial Shield, Zoe Ogilvie; the Flinders University Psychology Prize, Laura Batten; the Woodcroft College English Language Award, Thomas Clensy; and the Woodcroft College Music Award, Jasmine Siegertsz, Rhiannon White and Sean Wright.

The Diocese of The Murray Community Service Award went to Kuok Long U; the Woodcroft College Cricket Award, Cole Davy; the David Moorhouse Soccer Award, Harry Jones; the Woodcroft College Tennis Award, Jasmine Adams; the Wayne Collings Volleyball Perpetual Trophy, Katelyn Temby; Outstanding Female Contribution to College Sport, Laura Smith; and the male award went to Cameron Lee. The IB Middle Years Program Personal Projects Service as Action Award went to Holly Irvine, and Outstanding Service to Charity Work was awarded to Henry Ashwell, Brianna Hand, Thomas Lu and Joshua Sorial.

For Outstanding Service to the Drama Club, Ethan De Nardi and Jasmine Siegertsz; Outstanding Service to the Performing Arts, Tayla Curtis, Maggie Horton, Mara Kremmidiotis and Sean Wright; Outstanding Service to Student Leadership, Sean Wright; the Australian Defence Force Leadership and Teamwork Award, Jasmine Siegertsz; the Caltex Award, Amelia Birch-Smith; the College Captains' Award, Jenna Chapman and Sean Wright; the College Council Leadership Award, Jenna Chapman; and the Mark Boughey Award for the Dux of the College was awarded to Amber Mausolf.

Congratulations to the following students from Reynella East College: for the Zonta Award for Resilience and Resourcefulness, Renee Anderson; Academic Student of the Year, Rahul Naiker; the Caltex All Rounder, Georgina Tilley-Scholes; the Terry Slaughter Citizenship Award, Emily Pryde; and the Long Tan ADF award, Hannah Gapps.

Congratulations also to the following students from Wirreanda Secondary School who were included in the top students awards: Mohit Khanna, Joshua Spall, Yeudakim Zharkou, Jack Eastwood, Zoe Moulder, Casie Coombe, Chloe O'Reilly, Miriam Gruszka and Brodie Mann. For the Sport Blue award it was Costa Haratsaris; for the Zonta award, Zaira Firman; the Long Tan Defence Force Leadership Award, Casie Coombe; the SAFTS VET Student Award, Zac Meter; the Values Award, Mohit Khanna and Mathew Bruniges; and the Caltex All Rounder, Casie Coombe. The Compassion and Leadership Award—which is my award—was given to Casie Coombe and Chloe O'Reilly.

Congratulations to Southern Vales Christian College students. The Community Service Award was awarded to Ethan Davies and Joshua Goldsworthy; the Caltex award went to Jonathan Errey; the Premier Art Supplies Excellence in Art Award, Michel Davison; the ADF Long Tan Leadership Award, Juandré van den Berg; the Pierre de Coubertin Award, Liam Staude; VET hospitality awards, Olivia Evans and Stellene Romano; the VET Christian Ministries Award, Juandré van den Berg; the External Studies Award, Reya Lara; the Senior Sports Award, Courtney Smith and Caleb Treloar; and the Compassion and Leadership award—again, my award—Carissa Butnell.

I will be seeing the Aberfoyle Park students on Monday night, so I apologise for not having their names already. Congratulations to all the students I have mentioned.

I would like to briefly talk about the RAA Licence to Work program launch that I attended this morning. This will be a $350,000 program that will support 90 young people who would otherwise have difficulty getting their driver's licence because of a lack of funds and a lack of the ability to have supervised driving in a roadworthy car. This will change lives and allow access to jobs, so congratulations to the RAA, Anglicare and Lions on supporting this in Findon, Seaton and Le Fevre high schools.