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HSC Success Continues at Emanuel
DECEMBER 2014/KISLEV 5775
MIND SPIRIT BEING
MAZAL TOV TO THE CLASS OF 2014
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1st,3rdand5thintheStateinModernHebrewContinuers
7thintheStateinEconomics
Schoolranking:18thintheState(top3%ofallschools)
Schoolranking:13thintheStateforEnglish
All Rounders scored a Band 6 result for 10 or more units.
ALL ROUNDERS
Jacob
Silove
Alan
Shenfield
Barton
Shteinman
Naomi
Sirmai
Alexander
Reisin
Elisheva
Madar
Daniel
Smuskowitz
ATAR:99.80
ATAR:99.70
ATAR:99.45
ATAR:99.45
ATAR:98.85
ATAR:98.60
ATAR:96.35
WHERE THE INDIVIDUAL EXCELS
CELEBRATING OUR GRADUATES
JACOBSILOVE–HEADMADRICH
DETERMINEDLEADER
YearenteredEmanuel:2007
ATAR:99.80
ELISHEVAMADAR–HEADMADRICHA
PASSIONATEDEBATERAND
OUTGOINGLEADER
YearenteredEmanuel:2007
ATAR:98.60
‘Emanuel School is the place that believed
in me. It is the place that encouraged me
to achieve my full potential, the place that
truly helped me as an individual to excel.’
‘Emanuel treats its students as individuals,
informs them and entrusts upon them the
opportunities to develop themselves.’
Jacob (Jake) is a natural born leader,
whose determination and tenacity have helped him achieve
his goals. Jake has excelled academically, across the areas
of Science, Mathematics and English. He was selected to
attend the National Youth Science Forum in early 2014 and
then as one of eight representing Australia for the National
Youth Science Week in South Africa. In 2013, he was the
recipient of the School’s Year 12 Mathematics Prize as a
Year 11 accelerant.
Jake is also committed to helping others. He raised over
$8000 for orphans in Vietnam in 2012 with the help of his
fellow students, and travelled there to volunteer at the
orphanages he collected money to support. In 2013 he
attended a UN Youth Pacific Project to East Timor as one of
ten Australian students. Jake also completed his Gold Duke
of Edinburgh Award and is a keen basketball player.
Elisheva (Eli) is a gregarious, positive and
proactive leader who goes about every task with great gusto,
taking others along the journey with energy and enthusiasm.
An exceptional leader, she is also a natural orator and
debater. Eli was chosen to represent NSW at the National
Model United Nations Conference and then represented
Australia at the largest ever Model United Nations Youth
Conference, in Holland, with 4000 other international students.
She and her partner won the Evatt Debating Competition,
the largest High School debating competition of its kind in
Australia, and only a few weeks before her HSC examinations,
she won the prestigious Mikolot Jewish Schools’ Public
Speaking competition.
RYANKLUGMAN–COMMUNICATIONS
MADRICH
DEDICATED,DILIGENTSCHOLAR
YearenteredEmanuel:2007
ATAR:98.70
ALANSHENFIELD:
DEEPTHINKER
YearenteredEmanuelSchool:2002
ATAR:99.70
‘Emanuel is a unique school. I am able
to continuously question why certain
concepts are true, rather than having to
accept them as truth, which helps a great
deal in my learning.’
‘Going to Emanuel means more than
being just a student. It means being a
leader, a teacher, helping others, taking a
proactive approach to learning and actively
participating in the life of the School.’
All who meet Alan are struck by his quiet confidence, academic
intuition and exceptional logical reasoning abilities. He has great
interest in complex scientific and mathematical principles and
unravelling new concepts which demand strategic and precise
thinking.
Alan’s academic prowess has been recognised through his
many awards of distinction and high distinction in Science,
Mathematics and Informatics, both at school and externally. In
2013 he received a gold certificate in the senior division in the
OzCLO linguistics competition, rating in the Top 10 teams in
NSW.
Ryan is an exceptionally hard-working, ingenious student who
believes in perseverance and a systematic approach to his
studies. In Year 9 he was first in the country at the Australian
Informatics Olympiad and second internationally. Ryan is
modest about this significant achievement which speaks
volumes about his personality.
As Communications Madrich, Ryan played a lead role in
developing and organising student and community events, of
which the highly successful Night of Dangerous Debate was a
definite highlight.
BARTONSHTEINMAN:TALENTEDSCHOLAR
YearenteredEmanuelSchool:2007
ATAR:99.45;7thintheStateinEconomics
Barton is a confident and academically talented young man. He has an insatiable thirst for knowledge, as well
as a precocious talent for and profound curiosity about History. He has excelled particularly in Modern History
and Extension History. Barton is a gifted writer and genuine learner. His determination to seek understanding
comprises a significant part of his academic tenor. Barton’s History teacher says of him: ‘I have never known
Barton to take an easy path, refuse, as a scholar, to take a risk, or regard a question as answered with dogmatic
finality; he will always read more, think more and ask more questions of himself and of those who can deepen his
understanding’.
MIND SPIRIT BEING
CELEBRATING OUR GRADUATES
DARRENFINE:
TALENTEDENTREPRENEUR
YearenteredEmanuel:2012
ATAR:90.25
EVEALTMAN:
AGIRLRISINGTOTHETOP
YearenteredEmanuel:2012
ATAR:94.55
‘School to me is where I lay the
foundations for my success in the
future.’
Darren Fine is a highly self-motivated,
confident young man who has enjoyed
playing the piano in school ensembles,
at assemblies and House Music
competitions. His confidence extends
to outside of school where together
with his twin brother, Craig, he set up a small home remote
control business, which now has a turnover of which many
long-established businesses would be proud.
‘Emanuel is a strong community where the
students play a significant role in the life of
the School.’
Although Eve only arrived at Emanuel in
Year 10, she has made a significant impact
on her fellow students, the wider community and beyond.
Together with Social Action Madricha, Jessica Elison, Eve
organised the ‘Girl Rising’ event, which included screening the
documentary by the same name and inviting an Afghani refugee
to discuss the plight of her fellow women. Over 100 people
attended the event with $2000 raised to help build a school for
girls in Afghanistan.
WEIJU(JOANNA)TUAN
–ARTMADRICHA
EXCEPTIONALARTIST
YearenteredEmanuel:2012
NAOMISIRMAI–EDUCATIONMADRICHA
CREATIVETHINKER
YearenteredEmanuelSchool:2007
ATAR:99.45
‘Emanuel is more than just an educational
institution but a place where I learnt about
a new religion and culture.’
‘You’re never alone in your learning at
Emanuel – it’s more like a group project.
There is always support from teachers and
friends alike, and when you come out the
other side a happy, passionate, well-rounded
individual, it’s everyone’s success.’
When Joanna joined Emanuel in Year 10
she was a quiet girl. By Year 12 she had been elected as Art
Madricha and had made her mark on the School. Joanna’s
fondest memory is her regular Mandarin lessons at assembly,
when she taught the students common and helpful words in
her native tongue.
Joanna is a talented visual artist and has been instrumental in
helping to co-ordinate and promote the Emanuel Archies, the
School’s equivalent of the Archibald Prize.
Naomi is well known for her exceptional writing skills and
recently won the coveted Emanuel School Writer of the Year
Award, with stiff competition. It’s not surprising then that she is
most proud of her work produced in English Extension 2 which
earned her a nomination for the Young Writers’ Showcase. She
feels that the most important skills she has developed while at
school are teamwork and a good work ethic – all very useful
attributes for life.
DANIELSMUSKOWITZ–MUSICMADRICH
GUITARHERO
YearenteredEmanuel:2009
ATAR:96.35
JULIASUSSMAN–JEWISHLIFE
MADRICHA
FILLEDWITHSOUL
YearenteredEmanuel:2009
‘At Emanuel I have learnt that there is
more than one way of looking at things –
sometimes smaller is better and success
comes from within.’
‘Emanuel School has opened my eyes
to a world not just focused on formal
education but the gift of being able to
help others in more forms than just
monetary.’
If there is ruach to be had, a prayer to be led or support to
be given, Julia is always the first to volunteer. Julia’s positive
attitude to school and learning is complemented by her deep
understanding of and compassion for others.
As a Jewish Life leader, Julia had a tangible impact on the
students and the ways they celebrated and practised their
Judaism.
Julia has a strong moral compass and believes in her ability
to make a difference to the lives of individuals and the world.
Daniel has an infectious smile that
characterises his attitude towards life.
Together with his younger brother, Dean,
Daniel makes music that has been
described as Everley Brothers-esque! Their
beautiful voices and guitar-playing have entertained us all at
assemblies and other school events.
Daniel completed the Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award,
an achievement of which he is very proud. He was also
instrumental in fundraising to bring Ya, a disadvantaged
Cambodian teenager, to Australia to study at the School for a
few months. This experience changed Ya’s life and Daniel is
grateful that he could play a part in this.
WHERE THE INDIVIDUAL EXCELS
CELEBRATING OUR GRADUATES
TableOne
Subjects
Emanuel
Candidature
Emanuel
%Band6
State
%Band6
Emanuel
%Band5
State
%Band5
Emanuel
Average
%
State
Average
%
Ancient History
5
80.00
8.66
20.00
24.12
92.08
71.68
Biology
5
40.00
5.75
20.00
22.48
83.16
71.65
Business Studies
17
35.29
8.84
58.82
28.11
86.75
74.00
Chemistry
8
37.50
11.67
50.00
34.42
85.55
76.13
Drama
5
40.00
13.23
20.00
28.88
84.08
77.90
Economics
16
31.25
10.88
18.75
33.65
80.48
75.73
English ESL
2
0.00
4.49
50.00
23.79
78.70
72.67
English Standard
4
0.00
0.28
25.00
7.88
75.50
67.46
English Advanced
42
33.33
14.67
28.57
44.63
82.08
80.53
French Continuers
1
100.00
34.79
0.00
30.91
92.80
82.60
Geography
14
7.14
7.47
42.85
36.16
79.73
73.64
Legal Studies
15
46.66
12.49
33.33
27.14
86.04
73.36
Mathematics General 2
18
5.55
5.47
72.22
19.53
82.20
68.89
Mathematics
23
52.17
21.71
39.13
32.03
89.52
78.37
Modern Hebrew Continuers
6
100.00
55.35
0.00
41.07
93.97
89.35
Modern History
4
100.00
8.65
0.00
33.63
92.95
74.95
Music 1
7
42.85
18.23
57.14
41.35
89.00
80.29
Music 2
1
0.00
33.98
100.00
53.33
83.00
86.26
PDHPE
17
11.76
8.42
47.05
22.07
79.29
72.86
Physics
5
40.00
8.54
40.00
22.55
83.68
73.49
Society and Culture
5
20.00
12.51
20.00
32.49
81.16
76.65
Software Design and Development
4
50.00
6.90
25.00
21.12
88.10
73.09
Studies of Religion II
7
14.28
8.24
42.85
35.94
81.43
75.38
Visual Arts
11
0.00
10.63
63.63
37.97
81.89
78.30
Emanuel
Candidature
Emanuel
%E4
State
%E4
Emanuel
%E3
State
%E3
English Extension 1
10
100.00
30.52
0.00
62.47
45.67
41.19
English Extension 2
5
80.00
23.17
20.00
54.27
45.38
38.49
History Extension
5
100.00
22.34
0.00
55.36
45.68
38.71
Mathematics Extension 1
20
55.00
30.35
40.00
54.05
42.86
40.29
Mathematics Extension 2
5
40.00
31.46
40.00
54.93
39.50
40.79
TableTwo
ExtensionSubjects
DefinitionsforTableOne:
Emanuel and State Averages
Band 6
Band 5
DefinitionsforTableTwo:
Emanuel and State Averages
E4
E3
marked out of 100
mark of 90% or above
mark of 80% - 89%
Emanuel
State
Average/Unit Average/Unit
marked out of 50
mark of 45 or above
mark of 35 - 45
EXCEPTIONALACCELERANTS
Libby Feldman
Alia Huberman
Sharon Bar-On
Year 11
Year 11
Year 11
1stintheState:
Modern Hebrew
Continuers
3rdintheState:
Modern Hebrew
Continuers
5thintheState:
Modern Hebrew
Continuers
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