Despite a turbulent year for students across the Highlands and the state, Bowral High School year 12 students have a lot to be proud of.
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Dux for 2020 at Bowral High School was awarded to Sunday Rapsey who achieved an ATAR 96.35.
Connor Theyers came ninth in the state for the Maths Standard 1 Examination.
The school also had six distinguished achievers who had received a band six in one or more of their subjects.
Bowral High School Distinguished Achievers:
- Madison Ibrahim
- Melissa Legg
- Chloe Moore
- Sunday Rapsey
- Conner Theyers
- Bailey Whitton
Bowral High School principal Jason Conroy said the school did well this year.
"To the Bowral High School class of 2020. On behalf of our school community, I would like to congratulate you on your HSC results and wish you well with your future endeavours," he said.
"You have displayed significant resilience, grit and determination throughout the year and epitomised all that at our school motto has to offer Excelsior - ever upward. We are extremely proud of the young men and women you have become, you have been outstanding ambassadors during your time at BHS."
More than 40 per cent of students at Bowral High School have received early entry offers into a university course. A remaining nine per cent of students who said they were university bound planned to do courses that didn't offer early entry such as nursing and medical courses.
An additional 22 per cent of students will continue their education through TAFE NSW, with seven per cent of students set to attend other colleges and registered training organisations.
A further 9 per cent of students will go on to have apprenticeships or traineeships and more than 20 per cent of students plan on working full time next year, with some students intending to take a gap year.
Department of Education Executive Director, Mark Barraket said every student who secured their goals by completing the HSC deserved the heartiest congratulations.
"We are very proud of how schools have educated and supported students who have ranked among the best in the state, and nurtured every student so they could work towards achieving their own personal goals," he said.
"Our public schools have played an important role in helping students understand that any individual can have diverse goals so success will take many different forms.
"2020 has been a very challenging year for everyone, but we are very pleased to hear so many great stories of achievement from our public schools across the Southern Highlands."
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Vera Demertzis
Journalist at the Southern Highland News covering council yarns and community news. Got a tip or a story to tell? Email vera.demertzis@southernhighlandnews.com.au or call on 0427 250 908.
Journalist at the Southern Highland News covering council yarns and community news. Got a tip or a story to tell? Email vera.demertzis@southernhighlandnews.com.au or call on 0427 250 908.
