Students honoured at 2023 Laureate Assembly
Congratulations to all the students who were formally recognised at our 2023 Laureate Assembly.
At the assembly, Principal David Ruggiero presented the highest-achieving students with stems of bay leaves, taken from his mother’s bay tree.
“I enjoy cooking .. and Jesus spoke a lot about food, using it as a metaphor. And that’s because we relate to the symbolism of food,” Mr Ruggiero told the assembly.
“The bay leaf is known as laurus nobilis, from where we get the laureate. Bay leaves were fashioned into crowns to be worn by the victor, or the most outstanding in their field. It’s a wonderful symbol of success and that’s why, today, we have the Laureate Assembly.”
He said bay leaves had two main qualities in Italian cooking.
“Their flavour comes out over time, low and slow cooking, subtle, yet distinct,” he said.
“And I want this to be a symbol for you, boys, now that you’ve left Blackfriars, as you move out into world. I want you to be subtle, yet distinct.
“To be young men who subtly change the world. And then through your distinctness – you’re distinctly Blackfriars – you’ll be like the bay leaf; a wonderful flavour that, over time, will change people.”
Congratulations to all the students who were recognised at the assembly.
Daniel Pham – Year 7
Thomas Pile – Year 8
Benjamin Stargatt – Year 8
Minh Nhat Lam – Year 9
Anthony Phuy – Year 9
Hayden Vo – Year 9
Andrew Thong Huu Bui – Year 10
Matthew Jones – Year 11
St Albert the Great Academic Scholarship
- Oscar Fickling – Year 7
- Peter Nguyen – Year 7
Dac Lo Scholarship
- Thomas Vu – Year 7
Music scholarships
- Jack Galkowski – Year 7 (clarinet)
- Benjamin Jacobs – Year 7 (trombone)
- Oliver Kreuger – Year 7 (drums)
- Lincoln Page – Year 7 (trumpet)
- Joshua Schiller – Year 7 (guitar)
- Athanasios Stavliotis – Year 7 (saxophone)
AX scholarships
- Ari Ambikapathy – Year 7
- Lincoln Huynh – Year 7
- Ki Won Lee – Year 7
- Alexander Semcesen – Year 7
- Leonard Godden – Year 8
Maurice Leonard Scholarship
- Christian Turner – Year 8
General Excellence Scholarship
- Nathan Bishop – Year 10
John Lewis Scholarship
- Hashir Sarwary – Year 11
Peter and Ann Starrs Scholarship
- Dante Radetti – Year 11
Fr John Neill Scholarship
- Patrik Orlovic – Year 12
St Albert the Great Shield for Academic Excellence
- Lacordaire House
House Spirit Shield
- Aquinas/Horten houses
2023 SACE Merit Awards
- Harry Boyd-Turner – General Mathematics
- Kevin Dang – Chemistry
- Kevin Dang – Physics
- Jordan Deutrom – Health and Wellbeing
- Abbas Hosseini – Health and Wellbeing
- Matthew Jones – Research Project
- Mohammed Mohsin – Health and Wellbeing
- Nathan Sewart – Spiritualities, Religion & Meaning
- Reuben Calleja – 91.80 (Jordan of Saxony School Spirit Award winner)
- Noah Snigg – 92.05
- Jordan Deutrom – 93.05
- Anthony Truong – 93.90
- Abbas Hosseini – 94.25
- Jackson Puddy – 94.40
- Hemanga Hamal – 95.30
- Hyuk Joon Kwon – 96.05
- Winston Nguyen – 96.65
- Kerry Cao – 97.40
- Han Gyul Lee – 98.85
- Nathan Sewart – 99.70
- Kevin Dang 99.75 (Magnus Medal and Nicholas Altman Book Prize)
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