KERANG and Cohuna high schools were celebrating the success of their students when the ATAR (Australian Tertiary Admission Rank) results were released yesterday morning.
Cohuna Secondary College principal Fiona Miller described her school as “absolutely ecstatic” with its Year 12 marks.
“Our young people have done amazingly well, right across the board,” Ms Miller said.
“We’ve got some really high-end results and good marks across the board, which means the majority of our young people will be able to get to where they want to go.”
Cohuna’s dux, Zac Dingwall, achieved an ATAR of 98.25 per cent while students Emily Gray and Claudia McFarlane received scores of 96.8 and 94.3 respectively.
Zac, who hopes to get a scholarship to study civil engineering, said he had worked hard throughout his senior years of schooling.
“I managed my time pretty well I think,” he said.
“I found a good balance between socialising and study, and also a bit of football and basketball.”
He said his sister’s boyfriend was a civil engineer, and that had sparked his interest in the profession.
“I’m big into my mathematics and physics, and did work experience in civil engineering with the Campaspe Shire Council, and ever since then I’ve been striving to get into that course,” he said.
The high-achieving teenager said he was appreciative of the efforts of his teachers.
“I couldn’t thank them enough for all their attention and the exam papers they’ve gone over with us,” he said.
Zac said he will be heading to Ocean Grove soon with a few mates to relax.
Meanwhile, Kerang Techncial High School was also celebrating its students’ results on Thursday.
Principal Dean Rogers said the students he had talked to yesterday had been very happy with their marks.
“We’re very happy with the results that we got and our dux performed very, very well,” he said.
The KTHS dux was Jessie-Rose McDonald, who scored an impressive 91.
Mr Rogers said Jessie, who lives in Murrabit, wanted to become a physiotherapist.
