Congratulations to
the Class of 2023

Our Dux, Mingdong (David) Yang, received a perfect ATAR of 99.95 and a perfect study score of 50 in English as an Additional Language to match the perfect study score of 50 he achieved last year.

David joined BGS in Year 5 and immediately made his mark academically. Following on from strong scholastic achievement in the Junior School, David was presented with an Academic Endeavour Award in Years 8, 9 and 11.

David particpated in the F1 in Schools National Finals in Year 10, was awarded Half Colours –Academic and The Japanese Prize, The Mathematics Prize and The Unit 1/2 Chinese as a Second Language (Advanced) Prize.

He was named Dux of Year 11, receiving Full Colours – Academic and the following prizes: The Unit 1/2 Chemistry Prize, The Unit 1/2 English as an Additional Language Prize, The Unit 1/2 Japanese Prize and The Unit 3/4 Chinese as a Second Language (Advanced) Prize.

In Year 12 David received The Japanese Prize and The English as an Additional Language Prize and Full Colours – Academic. David was committed to the Music program as a member of the Years 7-8 Intermediate String Orchestra, Year 8 Carols Combined Orchestra/Band, Year 8-12 Symphony Orchestra and Year 9-12 Corelli String Orchestra.

He was a member of the St Andrew’s Library Committee and played Basketball and Badminton.

Kento began his BGS schooling journey in Year 7 and quickly made his mark. In his first year at the school, he was awarded Half Colours – Academic.

The following year, in Year 8, he was again awarded Half Colours – Academic, as well as a Highly Commended prize for his iDesign project, and placed second in his year level.

In Year 9 Kento received Half Colours – Academic, The Japanese Prize and The Mathematics Prize and was placed fourth in that year. He received Full Colours – Academic in Year 10 and placed second in the year level. Kento was awarded The R W Tovell Memorial Prize for Mathematical Methods and the Unit 1/2 English Prize and The Unit 1/2 Specailist Mathematics Prize in Year 11.

In his final year, Kento was named Prefect (Academics). He received Full Colours – Academic, Full Colours – Outdoor Education Leadership Program, Full House Colours, Half Colours – Football as a member of the Firsts XVIII Football team, The Economics Prize and the prestigious Noel Thomas Memorial Prize which is awarded for academic achievement, co-curricular contributions, leadership and community service. 

Matthew did not waste a moment of his BGS journey from Year 4. In Year 6 he was awarded the Meliora Prize for Academic Excellence for his scholastic achievements.

In Year 7 he won The Design Prize, a High Distinction in the Australian Mathematics Competition and an Outstanding Award in The University of Melbourne Mathematics Competition.

In Year 8 he was awarded The Mathematics Prize and an iDesign Supreme Award. Numerous prizes followed including The Robert Asche Prize of Algorithmics and Emerging Technologies, Academic Endeavour Award, The Commerce Prize, The Visual Communication and Design Prize (Year 10) Half Colours – Academic and a Distinction in the Australian Mathematics Competition (Year 11), Full Colours – Academic and The Norman F. Perrier Memorial Prize for Physics (Year 12).

Matthew was a stage crew member for many productions during his schooling for which he received Full Colours – Production, played Badminton and Basketball and represented Armstrong House in Swimming, Choral, Debating and Chess.

Tom embraced his academic studies when he joined BGS in Year 7.

He was presented with Half Colours – Academic in Year 8 along with an Academic Endeavour Award, a Highly Commended award for iDesign, and The Latin Prize. The following year he was awarded Half Colours – Academic, and The Geography Prize, and The History Prize.

Tom received Full Colours – Academic in Year 10 and The Latin Prize and was accepted into the Monash Scholars Program. He again received Full Colours – Academic in Year 11 and The Unit 3/4 Geography Prize and placed fifth in the year level.

In Year 12 Tom was rewarded with Full Colours – Academic, Full Colours – Outdoor Education Leadership Program and The Bob Hamilton Memorial Prize for Legal Studies.

Tom represented the School in Soccer and Cricket all through his secondary schooling and in Year 12 won the Coach’s Award for the Soccer Third XI and was a member of the First XI Cricket side, touring UK and France.

Walking through the BGS gates in Year 5, Eason was dedicated to his academic and extracurricular pursuits. He was rewarded numerous Distinction and Merit Certificates and in Year 8 received the Academic Endeavour Award, Half Colours – Academic, The Linacre Private Hospital Community Service Award for Citizenship, The Music Prize and The Progress Prize.

Eason won the Latin Prize and The Edward McKay Memorial Prize for Dux of Year 9. The following year he was awarded The 9/10 B2M Prize, The A J Simpson Prize for Ethics and Belief and The Unit 1/2 Biology Prize. He won the Unit 1/2 Latin Prize and was placed second in the Year 11 level and, in his final year, Eason was the recipient of The H A Glover Prize for English, The Class of 2012 Robert Connor Dawes Prize for Latin and The H V Mitchell Essay Prize.

Eason was awarded Full Colours – Academic from Years 9-12, Full House Colours for his dedication to Hancock House and Half Colours – Music for his involvement in the Music program.

He competed in Badminton (Firsts) and Hockey.

Joining BGS in Year 7, Kristian balanced his academic studies with his co-curricular pursuits and sporting interests receiving numerous Distinction and Merit Certificates.

In Year 8 he received a Supreme Award for his iDesign project and The Art Prize followed by an Academic Endeavour Award and Half Colours –Academic in Year 9. Kristian was awarded Full Colours – Academic and The Alan MacGlashan Memorial Prize for Dux of Year 10, and Full Colours – Academic, The Marie and Ivan Epstein Prize for Biology Unit 3/4, and placed Third in Year 11.

He was also awarded Full Colours – Academic in Year 12. In the sporting arena, Kristian competed in Swimming and Soccer from Years 7-12. He won an APS Swimming and Diving Medallion for 3rd Place in the U12 200m Freestyle Relay in Year 7 and received Best Swimmer awards in U13, U14 and U15 and the Coach’s Award for U16 Swimming.

He represented Crowther House in Choral, Swimming, Debating and Athletics for which he received Full House Colours.

Kristian also participated in Debating and Public Speaking, Years 7-8 Meliora Voices, Years 9-10 Senior Choir, and was a production crew member for Shrek JR.

From joining BGS in Year 6, Leon chose to participate in all aspects of school life.

His dedication to his academics was evident with the numerous Distinction and Merit Certificates he received.

Leon was awarded The English as an Additional Language Prize in both Year 7 and Year 8, a Distinction in the Australian Mathematics Competition (Year 7), an Academic Endeavour Award (Year 10) and Full Colours – Academic (Year 12).

He began his VCE studies in Year 10, with Chinese as a Second Language Advanced 1/2 and Mathematical Methods 1/2.

Leon committed to a number of sports including  Water Polo, Tennis, Soccer, Badminton (Years 8-12) and Basketball (Years 10-12). He also took on Intermediate Guitar Ensemble, the Clean Up Australia program and Chess.

Leon was a strong supporter of Hancock House and represented his House in Athletics, Chess, Swimming and Choral.