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2021 HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFICATE
2021 HIGHER SCHOOL CER
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Blue Mountains Grammar School students
in Year 12, 2021 achieved some magnificent
results, very much in keeping with the
excellent standards consistently recorded
by our students over many years.
Despite the many challenges this cohort
faced over the past two (COVID-
affected) years, many students achieved
outstanding results and each of these
results are the product of an outstanding
partnership between our dedicated and
highly professional teachers, our students
and their parents. Together we form a
community that supports every student
to achieve the highest academic outcomes
possible for them whilst pursuing a rich
co-curricular program, both being essential Pictured above: Mr Owen Laffin (Deputy Head - Head of Senior School),
Scarlett Weston-Cole (Dux), Mrs. Alicia Michielsen (Head of Student
elements in nurturing the capacities young Wellbeing) and Mr Ian Maynard (Headmaster).
people need to succeed in life.
In the Sydney Morning Herald Honour Roll of Band 6 students (students who gained a mark of 90 or more in a
2U course, or 45 or more in an Extension or 1U course) 24 students received 42 Distinguished Achievements
(Band 6 or E4) in 22 of the 35 courses undertaken. While we recognise and celebrate the achievements of all
our students, we particularly note that 79% of our 62 HSC candidates achieved one or more Band 5 or 6 results.

The results of our Year 12 students were particularly impressive, given that this cohort had had both their
final, crucial two years of secondary school severly impacted by the strictures of the pandemic, and their HSC
examinations delayed by a further three weeks. All students showed considerable resilience in overcoming
their many disappointments. Their flexibility in returning to remote learning and their willingness to adapt to
inevitable changes and adjustments to their ‘normal’ school programs was admirable. Whilst many of the “rites
of passage” that Year 12 students traditionally enjoy during in their final year were unavoidably denied them,
they retained their focus and determination, and their efforts were rewarded.
Dux of the Year, with an ATAR of 97.3, was Scarlett Weston-Cole who achieved excellent results in English 2
Unit Advanced, English Extension 1, English Extension 2, Drama, Economics, Legal Studies and Mathematics
Advanced. Proxime Accessit of the Year, with an ATAR of 97.0, was Mia Brischetto, who gained excellent results
in English Advanced, Mathematics Extension 1, Mathematics Extension 2, Geography and Modern History.
To maintain the high level of achievement this cohort reached, when both years of their Higher School
Certificate were interrupted and altered by COVID regulations and requirements, speaks volumes for the
character of this group of young men and women.

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