There were some very happy faces at Mudgee High School on Thursday, when 2014 Year 12 students gathered for a breakfast barbecue to talk about their HSC results and ATAR (Australian Tertiary Admission Rank) marks with their schoolmates, teachers and year advisors.
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The HSC results were released on Wednesday and students happily shared their marks with each other and their teachers.
ATARs, which determine university acceptances, were only released on Thursday morning – and by 9am, not everyone had been game to see how they had fared, despite many receiving Bands 4, 5 and 6 results.
“Most of us are very happy with our results. All the stress and anxiety over the past couple of months has paid off and the marks we got made it all worth it,” former vice captain Johnathon Harris said.
There were 140 Year 12 students at Mudgee High School in 2014, 33 in Gulgong, and 25 in Kandos – pushing the number of students taking exams in 2014 above 200.
The students’ teachers were very happy with their results, congratulating each of the school leavers in turn as they asked about plans for the coming year.
“We’ve had some very strong results this year, in some subjects more than others,” Year Advisor Claire Windeyer said.
“In Society and Culture there were 13 students and six of them received results in the top two bands. There were no ones or twos across the board which is great.”
Ms Windeyer said many of the students were generally happy with their results, and were fairly calm about their futures, whatever their ATAR marks.
“I don’t think they’re very fussed to be honest,” she said. “They’re kind of rolling with the opportunities they’ve been given and they all realise that there is life after the HSC, that it’s not the defining moment of their life and when it comes down to it, the ATAR is just a number.”
Mudgee High School Principal Louise Manwaring said the results put Mudgee High School students at the top in terms of comprehensive schools in western NSW.
More than 60 students have already received early entry to a university courses of their choice.
“We were expecting great results but they have met our expectations. I am proud of all our students’ efforts. I am very excited by the number of students who improved their marks between the trial and the HSC. That means they have really worked hard and achieved their personal bests, which is all we ask of them,” Mrs Manwaring said.
Other schools around the region did well on their HSC as well, with students in Kandos and Gulgong both on the Distinguished Achievers List.
“There were some very strong results from all of our students,” Gulgong High School Principal Bruce Buxton said.
“They put the hard work in over the past 12 months and received the results the deserved because of that,”
