PHOTOS: Shining stars of Burnett State College Awards Night

THE brightest stars of Burnett State College were revealed last night in their 58th Annual Awards Evening, involving the presentation of academic sporting and cultural awards for years 7-12.

The 2020 School Captains (left) and the 2021 School Captains (right). (Picture: Kristen Camp)

THE brightest stars of Burnett State College were revealed last night in their 58th Annual Awards Evening, involving the presentation of academic sporting and cultural awards for years 7-12.

The Awards Night was held outside due to COVID restrictions, but Burnett State College Principal Mr Theodore Bellas was loving the “alfresco” feel.

“I said to Mr Kemp, we’ll have a game of football after we finish here this evening,” Mr Bellas said.

Mr Bellas highlighted the achievements of the school from the past year and revealed some statistics of 2019’s graduates.

“72 per cent of last year's graduates responded to the survey and of those 90.5 per cent have gone on to education training or employment,” he said.

“57 per cent are currently in some form of recognised education or training and the most common form of study for them is a university bachelor's degree.

“It is a really important point that our kids can go anywhere from our college.”

Mr Bellas said these 2020 graduates are the first group of students to go through the ATAR system.

“The students will complete their final external exams this week, we wish them all the best in these final assessment and we wish them all the best into the future,” he said.

Winner of the Dux Award Kiana Watt said receiving the award was a great end to the year.

“I’ve been successful in getting offered an interview for UQ’s provisional medicine pathway so I have my interview coming up, I’ve also applied for JCU medicine and I find out about that interview pretty soon,” Miss Watt said.

The Dux Award went to Kiana Watt. (Picture: Kristen Camp)

The All Rounder Award went to Sophie Zipf. (Picture: Kristen Camp)

The Shane Prideaux Good All Rounder Award went to Ryan Gibbs. (Picture: Kristen Camp)

The Indigenous Academic Award went to Sophie Shadford. (Picture: Kristen Camp)

The Mick Lutvey Citizenship Award went to Claire Thompson. (Picture: Kristen Camp)

The Golden Orange Year 8 Award went to Rosie Halt. (Picture: Kristen Camp)

The Colin Burnett Memorial Award went to Bridie Worland. (Picture: Kristen Camp)

The Suzanne McKewin Memorial Award went to Charlotte Madden. (Picture: Kristen Camp)

The M and S Club Inc Leadership Award went to Harrison Kemp. (Picture: Kristen Camp)

QCWA Gayndah Branch Award went to Emma Breitkopf. (Picture: Kristen Camp)

The Agricultural Encouragement Award went to Chelsey Larner. (Picture: Kristen Camp)

The Gayndah Rotary Award went to Trinity Darrow. (Picture: Kristen Camp)

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