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AMONG the 18 male students who received perfect Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) on Monday morning were five Jewish school students
AMONG the 18 male students who received perfect Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) on Monday morning were five Jewish school students.
Mount Scopus Memorial College trio Noey Kolt, Alexander Rosenfeld and Ronnen Leizerovitz all attained a perfect 99.95, as did Bialik College’s Benjamin Needleman and The King David School’s Bryan Ladowsky, a first for the Armadale school.
A total of only 32 Victorian teenagers gained the top score, in a year when more than 50,000 completed their Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE).
The Jewish schools again performed well, led by Mount Scopus where more than 13 per cent of the year received scores above 99, 38 per cent over 95 and more than half over 90.
The largest Jewish school in the country also recorded 13 perfect study scores of 50 across six different subjects, including five in English.
“We are delighted at yet another year of excellent results for Scopus students. With the record number of three students with perfect scores of 99.95,” principal Rabbi James Kennard said.
At Bialik College, more than 11 per cent of year 12 students achieved scores above 99 and more than 57 per cent above 90. There were 10 perfect study scores in three subjects.
“Bialik is characterised by the strong relationship between its students and their teachers, and it is this partnership to which we attribute the wonderful VCE results,” principal Joseph Gerassi said.
This year celebrating its tenth VCE class, King David received its first ever perfect ATAR, with more than nine per cent of the year level achieving scores over 99 and 39 per cent above 90.
Numbers were similar at Leibler Yavneh College where 11 per cent of the class achieved in the top one per cent of the state and 60 per cent in the top 10 per cent.
Four of the girls at Beth Rivkah Ladies College achieved scores over 99 and half the year over 90. Similarly, brother school Yeshivah College saw almost a tenth of the class achieve over 99, with all students in the class completing their VCE.
“It was hard work, lots of study, sweat and tears but it all paid off and we are all really very proud,” Yeshivah principal Rabbi Yehoshua Smukler said.
More than 27,000 females completed their VCE this year compared with almost 23,000 males.
For full VCE coverage, see this week’s Australian Jewish News.
DALIA SABLE
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