Year 12 students from across the Clarence Valley were busy logging in with more than 76,000 alumni statewide last Thursday to get their HSC results, signalling the end of their secondary schooling and entry into university or the workforce.
The HSC results are categorised into Bands from 1 to 6, with band six awarded to students who score between 90 and 100 per cent.
The CV Independent contacted all Clarence Valley high schools for information about their HSC results and received information from the following schools.
The Dux of McAuley Catholic College for 2023 was Mayha Mead-Davies who scored an Australian Tertiary Admission Rank ATAR of 97.
After excelling in the humanities subjects, Mayha plans to attend the University of New England to study law.
She will be assisted with her studies after receiving the 2023 Vice-Chancellors High Achievement Prize from the University of New England UNE, which acknowledges her outstanding performance.
After graduating from UNE, Mayha plans to attend the Australian Catholic University to complete a Masters in Human Rights, and she hopes to work for the UN when she finishes studying.
The McAuley Catholic College class of 2023 achieved 17 Band 6 results, 10 students were on the distinguished achievers list, and the school’s results in 7 courses were above state average.
Sienna Townend received the highest ATAR at Maclean High School of 95.05 and is excited about her future.
Next year Sienna plans to study Occupational Therapy at the University of Queensland.
Students from Grafton High School celebrated their excellent HSC results last week which saw the school achieve 16 Band 6 results and 64 Band 5’s (80 to 89 per cent).
The highest ATAR at Grafton High was achieved by Letitia Black, who received an ATAR of 98.1, after achieving Band 6 results in Ancient History, Advanced English, Advanced Mathematics, and Mathematics Extension 1.
Liam Mitchell, who achieved Grafton High’s second highest ATAR of 97.75 will be attending the University of New South Wales to study a combined engineering and science degree, and he hopes to specialise in quantum science and engineering when he graduates university.
St Andrews Christian School Principal Janelle Rowe said in 2023 the school only had a small cohort of four young men studying for their HSC in 2023.
Dux of St Andrews Christian School was Luca Reifler who is looking forward to studying a Bachelor of Computer Science at the University of New England, for which he received early entry.
Mrs Rowe said Luca had been interested in the hardware and software of technology from an early age and was part of the Technology Support team at the school.
Highlights of the results from Clarence Valley Anglican School CVAS include one Band 6 result for Music 1, 12 per cent of all the school’s results were in Bands 5 and 6, and 75 per cent of eligible students were offered early entry to the university course of their preference.
Other HSC achievements from CVAS students included 100 per cent of Construction Examination students awarded Band 5, and 40 per cent of all course results from CVAS students exceeded Band 3 (70 per cent or above).
The Universities Admission Centre said in NSW and ACT 49 students received the highest possible ATAR of 99.95 including 12 females and 37 males.
The median ATAR in the HSC of 71.05 was slightly lower than in 2022, but the median ATAR for females of 71.90 was higher than males at 70.00.
This article appeared in the Clarence Valley Independent, 20 December 2023.
