Congratulations to
the Class of 2024

From Year 7 Chris made his mark academically and was awarded The Latin Prize and Half Colours – Academic. In Year 8, he was again awarded Half Colours – Academic and placed Fourth in his year level. The following year Chris received The Outdoor Education Prize and The Science Prize and Third in Year 9. More awards followed in Year 10 including The Engineering Prize, The Latin Prize, The Science Prize, The Unit 1/2 Mathematical Methods Prize and Second in Year 10. Chris received The Stan & Eva Marks Writing Prize, The Unit 1/2 Chemistry Prize, The Unit 1/2 Latin Prize, The Unit 1/2 Physics Prize, The Unit 1/2 Specialist Mathematics Prize and The Monash Prize for Dux of Year 11. He was awarded Full Colours – Academic from Years 9 -12. In his final year, Chris was awarded Full Colours – Badminton, Full House Colours, The H.A. Glover Prize for English, The R.W. Tovell Memorial Prize for Specialist Mathematics, The Class of 2012 Robert Connor Dawes Prize for Latin, The Norman F. Perrier Memorial Prize for Chemistry, The Norman F. Perrier Memorial Prize for Physics, and The R. M. Millar Prize. Offices held included OELP Leader and Year 12 Co-Captain of Badminton. 

From the outset when he joined BGS in Year 7, Leonard was committed to his studies. He received The Humanities Prize and Half Colours – Academic in his first year, followed by The Humanities Prize, The Latin Prize, The Woodcraft Prize and The A.D. Turnbull Prize for Dux of Year 8. Leonard was awarded The Forensic Science Prize, The Geography Prize, The Latin Prize, The Visual Communication and Design Prize and Second in Year 9. The next year Leonard received The Commerce Prize, The English Prize, The Alan MacGlashan Memorial Prize for Dux of Year 10 and was invited to the Monash Scholars Program. In Year 11 he was awarded Full Colours – Debating and Public Speaking, Half Colours – OELP, The R.W. Tovell Memorial Prize – Mathematical Methods 3/4 and placed Second in Year 11. In his final year, Leonard received Full House Colours and The H V Mitchell Essay Prize. He was also awarded Full Colours – Academic from Years 8-12. Leonard represented the School in Tennis, Futsal and Soccer. 

From Year 3, James quickly embraced all opportunities at BGS. He excelled in academic and cocurricular fields and was named Dux of the Junior School. In Year 7 he was awarded The Extension Studies Prize, The Mathematics Prize, an Academic Endeavour Award, Half Colours – Academic and Second in Year 7. The following year he received Half Colours – Academic, The Design Prize, The Mathematics Prize, U14 Best Swimming award, Third in Year 8, was a Victorian State Chess Representative and the overall winner of iDesign. In Year 9 he was awarded The Mathematics Prize, U15 Best Swimming Award, Best Team Player Hockey 9/10A and Full Colours – F1 in Schools State Champions. In Year 10 James received Full Colours – F1 in Schools, The Baylis Perpetual Trophy Hockey for Best and Fairest, and was invited to the Monash Scholars Program. James attended the F1 in Schools World Finals in Year 11 and in his final year, he was awarded Full House Colours and Full Colours – Hockey as a member of the First XI Hockey team. James was involved in the Music program and was also awarded Full Colours – Academic from Years 9-12.

Joining BGS in Year 7, Will balanced his academic studies with his sporting interests and received numerous Distinction and Merit Certificates, Half Colours – Academic and a Rising Star Swimming U14 award in his first year. In Year 8 he was awarded The English Prize, an Academic Endeavour Award and Half Colours –Academic. In Year 9 he again received Half Colours – Academic and placed Fourth in the Year level. More awards followed in Year 10 including The French Prize, The Unit 1/2 Psychology Prize and Third in the Year level. In Year 11, Will was awarded The Unit 3/4 Psychology Prize. Will received Full Colours – Academic from Years 10 – 12.  In his final year, Will was awarded Full House Colours and The Unit 3/4 Health & Human Development Prize. Will represented the School in Football, Tennis, Swimming and Athletics.

William joined BGS in Year 7 and was a dedicated scholar from the outset, receiving numerous Distinction and Merit Certificates. In Year 8 he received an Academic Endeavour Award followed by The Chinese Advanced Prize in Year 9. William’s interest in Mathematics and STEM became apparent in Year 10 when he was awarded Full Colours – F1 in Schools and Full Premiership Colours – F1 in Schools as part of the winning team. He also received The Unit 1/2 Chinese as a Second Language Advanced Prize that year. In Year 11, William was awarded Half Colours – Academic and The Unit 3/4 Chinese as a Second Language Advanced Prize. In his final year, he received Full Colours – Academic and The English as an Additional Language Prize. William represented the School in Badminton from Years 7-12 and Basketball from Years 10-12. He was also involved in the Music program as a member of the Flute Ensemble and Symphony Orchestra.

Joining BGS in Year 6, Michael participated in all aspects of school life. He received numerous Distinction and Merit Certificates across a range of subjects during his schooling journey. In Year 9 he received an Academic Endeavour Award and Half Colours – Academic in Year 11. He was committed to the sport of Badminton, receiving the Coach’s Award (Year 7), Most Improved Player (Year 8) and Most Valuable Player in Year 9. From Years 10 – 11, Michael was awarded Half Colours – Badminton, followed by Full Colours – Badminton and Most Improved Player Award in Year 12. He was a member of the First Badminton team from Years 9-12 and Co-Captain of Badminton in Year 12. He also played Basketball and Soccer. Michael represented his House in Swimming and Choral.

Lachie joined the Junior School in Year 4. From that time he immersed himself in his studies and was awarded Dux in Year 7, and The Progress Prize. Then in Year 8 Lachie received The French Prize, was an iDesign finalist and placed second in the Year level. In Year 9 Lachie received The Digital Technologies Prize, The English Prize, The French Prize, The History Prize and The Edward McKay Memorial Prize for Dux of Year 9. He followed this with The Psychology Prize and The Robert Asche Prize for Algorithmics and Emerging Technologies in Year 10 and The Unit 1/2 English Prize, The Unit 1/2 Psychology Prize, Full Colours – OELP and Third in Year 11. In his final year, he was awarded The Unit 3/4 Psychology Prize, Full Colours – Rowing, Full House Colours and Full Premiership Colours – Head of River Champions. Lachie received Full Colours – Academic from Years 7-12. Offices held include OELP Leader and Prefect (Academic).

Alex balanced his academic studies and all aspects of school life when he joined BGS in Year 7. In his first year, he was awarded The Chinese Prize and the Rising Star Tennis award for the 7B team. He received numerous Distinction and Merit Certificates in his secondary schooling and in Year 10 was rewarded with an Academic Endeavour Award, Half Colours – Academic, The Unit 1/2 French Prize and The Year 10 Progress Prize. In Year 11, Alex was again awarded Half Colours – Academic, and The Unit 3/4 French Prize. Alex represented the School in Basketball and Tennis throughout his secondary years and in Year 12 received the Most Valuable Player Award for the Basketball Fourths team. He competed in Choral, Streetball, Swimming and Chess for Armstrong House.