Year 10 Graduation Awards
Melrose High School Dux - Australian Catholic University Award - The ACU Year 10 Award, is awarded for outstanding academic achievement. Melrose High School has chosen to make this our Dux award.
ACU offers this award to schools, recognising Year 10 students for:
- empathy, insight, and openness to difference and debate
- challenging stereotypes and making a positive impact in their community
- being a listener and leader in their school journey
- always striving to be the best they can be.
Awarded for outstanding academic achievement, the student achieving the highest number of A grades, in core subjects, is awarded the Melrose High School Dux Australian Catholic University Award.
ADF Long Tan Youth Leadership Award - Awarded for leadership, initiative and teamwork. A student who has demonstrated strengths in some of the following areas:
- leadership
- teamwork
- school values
- problem solving
- resourcefulness
- communicates well
- cooperates and/or has demonstrated community involvement
For more information visit their website Long Tan Award
Melrose Achievement Award - This is a Melrose High School based award for a high achieving student in the areas of sport, school community involvement and for academic achievement.
Melrose Sports Star Award - Awarded to an outstanding student who has demonstrated excellence in sport and they may have represented the school and /or the state.
Health & Physical Education Excellence Award - The top academic achiever in PE (awarded on achievement in core classes only). Where multiple top academic achievers are identified, PE electives are considered.
English Excellence Award - The top academic achiever in English. The highest achieving student in the subject area.
Mathematics Excellence Award - The top academic achiever in Maths. The highest achieving student in the subject area.
Humanities & Social Sciences Excellence Award - The top academic achiever in HaSS, where multiple top academic achievers are identified, HaSS electives are considered.
Malcolm Barlow Performing Arts Excellence Award - The top academic achiever in Performing Arts. This student must excel in two or more Performing Arts subjects throughout Year 9 and 10. They participate in school performances like assemblies and/or Entertainment Night.
Design and Technology Excellence Award - The top academic achiever in Design and Technology classes. This student must excel in two or more Design and Technology subjects throughout Year 9 and 10.
Indonesian Excellence Award - The top academic achiever in Indonesian Language. The highest achieving student in the subject area.
Mandarin Excellence Award - The top academic achiever in Mandarin Language. The highest achieving student in the subject area.
Japanese Excellence Award - The top academic achiever in Japanese Language. The highest achieving student in the subject area.
Big Picture Excellence Award - The top academic achiever in Big Picture. The highest achieving student in the subject area.
Science Excellence Award - The top academic achiever in Science (awarded on achievement in core classes only). Where multiple top academic achievers are identified, Science electives are considered.
English as an Additional Language or Dialect Excellence Award - The top academic achiever in EAL/D classes. (EAL/D is a progression of achievement rather than a grade so this is manually calculated by the classroom teacher).
Kurt Steel High School Legend Award - Awarded to a student who demonstrates perseverance and resilience in and out of school. A dedicated, committed and talented student.
Robert Harvie Memorial Bursary - Each year the recipient will be chosen from the Year 10 students attending Melrose High School who will be continuing their education at Canberra College the following year. Each recipient will be chosen by the Principal (or their delegates) of Melrose High School. The award goes to a deserving student for whom the bursary is likely to make a significant difference to their ability to achieve their potential in College. Academic and other achievements, leadership qualities and career choices should be considered, but they are not priority criteria. The aim is to encourage and enable students to achieve their potential.
Principal’s Art Acquisition Award - For this award, the Principal selects a piece of art to hang in their office. Traditionally, Melrose High School has used this artwork in promotional material the following year (for example the school has made cards with the image of this artwork on it). The artwork should be appropriate for promotional material and ideally created by a student who has excelled in Visual Art or Photography throughout Years 9 and 10.
Education Directorate Year 10 Excellence Awards - Awarded to three students using the categories below. These are presented at an ACT Education Directorate Ceremony. Families of student recipients receive an invitation to attend the event.
1. Confident and Creative Individual
This award is for students who demonstrate their ability to:
- have a sense of self-worth, self-awareness and personal identity that enables them to manage their emotional, mental, cultural, spiritual and physical wellbeing;
- develop personal values and attributes such as honesty, empathy, loyalty, responsibility and respect for others;
- are resilient and develop the skills and strategies they need to tackle current and future challenges;
- are able to recognise, adapt to, and manage change;
- have a sense of optimism about their lives and the future;
- show initiative, use their creative abilities and are enterprising;
- have the imagination, knowledge, skills, understanding and values to establish and maintain healthy, satisfying lives;
- understand their responsibilities as global citizens and know how to affect positive change;
- have the confidence and capability to pursue learning throughout life, leading to enjoyable, fulfilling and productive employment;
- relate well to others and form and maintain healthy relationships;
- are well prepared for their potential life roles as friends, family, community and workforce members;
- embrace opportunities, make informed decisions about their own lives and accept responsibility for their own actions;
- have a sense of belonging, purpose and meaning that enable them to thrive in their learning environment.
2. Successful Lifelong Learner
This award is for students who demonstrate their ability to:
- develop their ability and motivation to learn and play an active role in their own learning;
- have the essential skills in literacy and numeracy as the foundation for learning;
- engage in respectful debate on a diverse range of views;
- are productive and informed users of technology as a vehicle for information gathering and sharing, and are able to adapt to emerging technologies into the future;
- are able to think deeply and logically, and obtain and evaluate evidence as the result of studying fundamental disciplines;
- are creative, innovative and resourceful, and are able to solve problems in ways that draw upon a range of learning areas and disciplines and deep content knowledge;
- are inquisitive and experimental, and have the ability to test different sources and types of knowledge;
- are responsive and adaptive to new ways of thinking and learning;
- are able to plan activities independently, collaborate, work in teams and communicate ideas;
- continue to improve through formal and informal learning in further education, and training or employment, and acquire the skills to make informed decisions throughout their lives;
- are able to make sense of their world and think about how things have become the way they are;
- are confident and motivated to reach their full potential.
3. Active and Informed Member of the Community
This award is for students who demonstrate their ability to:
- act with moral and ethical integrity;
- have empathy for the circumstances of others and work for the common good, in particular sustaining and improving natural and social environments;
- appreciate and respect Australia’s rich social, cultural, religious and linguistic diversity and embrace opportunities to communicate and share knowledge and experiences;
- have an understanding of Australia’s system of government, its histories, religions and culture;
- are committed to national values of democracy, equity and justice, and participate in Australia’s civic life by connecting with their community and contributing to local and national conversations;
- understand, acknowledge and celebrate the diversity and richness of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures;
- possess the knowledge, skills and understanding to contribute to, and benefit from, reconciliation between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous Australians;
- are informed and responsible global and local members of the community who value and celebrate cultural and linguistic differences, and engage in the global community, particularly with our neighbours in the Indo-Pacific regions.
The Australian Olympic Change-Maker Award - Up to two students are nominated each year who demonstrate the Olympic spirit – friendship, sportsmanship and striving for excellence - both on and off the playing field, through leadership and driving positive change in their school and local communities.
Year 7 - 10 Semester Awards
Semester Achievement Awards - Awarded to the student who demonstrates the highest level of academic achievement for each class.
Semester Effort Awards - Awarded to the student who demonstrates the highest level of effort for each class.
Top 3 PBL Achievers - The three students who have achieved the highest number of MVP points over the semester (at the discretion of the Student Engagement team). This is awarded at the End of Semester Awards Assembly in Semester 1 for Year 7, 8 ,9 and 10 and in Semester 2 for Year 7, 8 and 9 students. In Semester 2 Year 10 students receive these awards at the Year 10 Graduation.
Year Coordinator Awards - Awarded to a student demonstrating a positive attitude, the school values, community involvement and or school leadership. Awarded at End of Semester Awards Assembly in Semester 1 for Year 7, 8 ,9 and 10 and in Semester 2 for Year 7, 8 and 9 students. In Semester 2 Year 10 students receive these awards at the Year 10 Graduation.
Highest Academic Achiever - The top academic achiever in each year group. Awarded on the number of A grades in core subjects.