Year 12 students lived through an unprecedented year as COVID-19 wreaked havoc with their preparation for VCE exams.
It was challenging for all students who remained cooped up in locked down Melbourne, however it was even tougher for the 50,284 Year 12 students. Exams loomed while remote learning became the norm during a very challenging year.
Neos Kosmos presents the names of students who received more than 45 in different subjects, and over 40 in Modern Greek.
Students who did well but are not included in the list are urged to contact editor@neoskosmos.com.au and we will work to include your name in the relevant category.
Greeks who scored well:
Ancient History: 45 ANASTASOPOULOS Melia Jane Loreto Mandeville Hall.
Art: 48 BABATSIKOS Mia Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School, 48 CHRISTOFIDES Zoe Hannah Strathcona Baptist Girls Grammar School, 47 KARAMOUNTZOS Daena Victoria Shelford Girls’ Grammar.
Biology: 50 BOUBOURAS Zara Odessa Presbyterian Ladies’ College, 50 VOULGARIS Olivia Our Lady of Mercy College, 47 DEMETRIOU Francesca Mia St Catherine’s School, 47 HRYSIKOS Natalia Caulfield Grammar School – Caulfield Campus, 47 KEREKES Hayley Kate Haileybury Girls College, 47 NIKOU Stephanie Tara Methodist Ladies College, 46 CASSIMATIS Jayden The Knox School, 46 KOUFALAS Mia Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School, 46 TRIANTAFYLLOPOULOS Chrisoula Assumption College, 45 BOUSSIOUTAS Isabella Siena College, 45 MAVRELIS Amelia Taylors Lakes Secondary College.
Business Management: 48 KALAITZIS Mary Elizabeth Korowa Anglican Girls’ School, 47 TOMAZOS Paris Eve Our Lady of Sion College, 46 BARBAYANNIS Thalia Panayiota St Catherine’s School, 46 JACKSON Lauren Emily Vermont Secondary Colleg, MOUZIS Katiana Kew High School, 46 SAPARDANIS Thomas Victor Ivanhoe Grammar School – Plenty Campus, 45 CONDOVRAKIS Alexis Sacred Heart Girls’ College Oakleigh, 45 GONOPOULOS Angelique Mentone Girls’ Grammar School, 45 KOURMADIAS Kayla Rose Siena College, 45 STOUPAS Matthew Peter McKinnon Secondary College, 45 TALLIOPOULOS Anthony Haileybury College.
Chemistry: 49 KOURIS Nathan Theodore St Joseph’s College – Ferntree Gully, 47 NIKITAS Jacob Paul De La Salle College, 46 KIOSOGLOUS Luke James Kilvington Grammar School, 46 VLACHOS Domenic Peter Angelo University High School, 45 AKINCI Jaikob Ismail Brighton Grammar School.
Dance: 50 MARINOS Paige Cheryl Kaloger Brown School of Dance.
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Economics: 49 SAMPSONIDIS Ellen Katerina Fintona Girls School, 45 KERAMIDAS Nicholas Kumar Balwyn High School.
English: 50 BETROS Nathan Raymond Haileybury College, 50 CHRISTOFIDES Zoe Hannah Strathcona Baptist Girls Grammar School, 50 MARAGOUDAKIS Krystal Mirsini Peninsula Grammar, 50 SAMPSONIDIS Ellen Katerina Fintona Girls School, 49 LIVISSIANOS George Haileybury College, 49 PANAGIOTOPOULOS Nicky Litsa East Doncaster Secondary College, 49 PETRAKIS Elise Lauriston Girls School, 49 VOSSOS Harry Haileybury College, 47 KOUTOULAS Anthea Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School, 47 TALLIOPOULOS Anthony Haileybury College, 47 VOURVAHAKIS Emmanouil Andrew Balwyn High School, 46 FRANGOS Michael Leon Melbourne Grammar School, 46 HALAMANTARIS Maria Doncaster Secondary College, 46 KOLLIOU Eleni Constance Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School, 46 PINIROU Stella St Leonard’s College, 45 ANASTASOPOULOS Melia Jane Loreto Mandeville Hall, 45 BABATSIKOS Mia Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School, 45 KOURIS Nathan Theodore St Joseph’s College – Ferntree Gully, 45 LAMBOS Grace Rose Loreto Mandeville Hall.
English Language: 48 AKINCI Jaikob Ismail Brighton Grammar School. 45 KATSOULIS Eva Methodist Ladies College.
Food Studies: 50 LAZARIS Victoria Emily Blackburn High School, 49 MAHERAS Amelia Charlotte Saint Ignatius College Geelong, 47 KONSTANTAS Zoe Maria Korowa Anglican Girls’ School.
Further Mathematics: 50 BINDOKAS Liam Bradley St Joseph’s College Newtown, 50 STAVRAKOGLOU Christos Haileybury College, 48 AMANATIDIS Gregory Emilio St Kevin’s College Toorak, 48 LAKKIS Alexandra Susan Angela Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School, 48 PAPAFOTIOU Josephine Pieta Star of the Sea College, 48 VALOS Eugene Michael Balwyn High School, KARATHANASSIS Alexander Nicholas Balwyn High School, 47 KRITSIDIMAS Dimitra Alphington Grammar School, 46 GIKAS Phillip Jack St Kevin’s College Toorak, 46 KARAVENDZAS Nicola McKinnon Secondary College, 46 KLIMAS Zachary Mark Marcellin College, 46 SKAFIDAS Gianna Avila College, 45 ALVANOS Stefan Spiros Strathmore Secondary College, 45 ATHANASIADIS Michael Benjamin St Kevin’s College Toorak, 45 MADALOU Rianan Gladstone Park Secondary College, 45 VLACHOS Jessica Eleni Highvale Secondary College, 45 YIANNOUDES Tia Presbyterian Ladies’ College.
Geography: 50 BITZIOS Katerina Loreto Mandeville Hall, 46 VLAMIS Hanna Eleni Sacre Coeur.
Global Politics: 45 PINIROU Stella St Leonard’s College.
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Health and Human Development: 49 ARGYROS Angelique Tintern Grammar, 47 ANASTASOPOULOS Melia Jane Loreto Mandeville Hall, 47 KADES Holly Lauren Braemar College, 47 KAKAVOULIS Angelika Sacred Heart Girls’ College Oakleigh, 47 KALOGEROPOULOS Giorgia Francine Sacred Heart Girls’ College Oakleigh, 46 BARBAYANNIS Thalia Panayiota St Catherine’s School, 46 GIANAKOPOULOS Billy George Albert Park College, 45 CHRISTOFILEAS Petra Alphington Grammar School, 45 CONDOVRAKIS Alexis Sacred Heart Girls’ College Oakleigh, 45 KARAMOUNTZOS Daena Victoria Shelford Girls’ Grammar, 45 MAVROPOULOS Christie Glen Waverley Secondary College, 45 MOUSTIS Kate Alisha Overnewton Anglican Community College.
History Revolutions: 50 CHRISTOFIDES Zoe Hannah Strathcona Baptist Girls Grammar School, 47 TOPALIDIS Georgia Willow Loreto Mandeville Hall, 47 XAFIS Elaine Kathleen Firbank Grammar School, 45 VASSILIADIS Anthony Joachim Mazenod College.
Hospitality (VCE VET): 46 MOSHOPOULOS Daniel John Trinity Grammar School.
Languages, Latin: 46 AKINCI Jaikob Ismail Brighton Grammar School.
Legal Studies: 50 DEMETRIOU Alexandra Zoe St Catherine’s School, 50 SAKA Isabel Ivanhoe Grammar School – Plenty Campus, 46 PAPA Daniela Mount St Joseph Girls’ College, 45 ELIAS Taleen St Mary’s Coptic Orthodox College, 45 TIKELLIS Mia Rose Toorak College.
Literature: 46 BITZIOS Katerina Loreto Mandeville Hall.
Mathematical Methods: 48 FRANGOS Peter Leon Melbourne Grammar School, 48 VLACHOS Domenic Peter Angelo University High School, 48 VOULGARIS Olivia Our Lady of Mercy College, 45 MELLOS James Mitchell Ivanhoe Grammar School, 45 SDRALIS Luke Theodore Carey Baptist Grammar School, 45 TSOURVAKAS Nikiforos Thomas Scotch College.
Media: 49 ROZAKIS Alexandra Marie Toorak College, TIKELLIS Mia Rose Toorak College, 48 FLOROS Claudia Our Lady of Mercy College, 45 TSIOLKAS Alannah Bridget Elwood College.
Outdoor and Environmental Studies: 48 HARITOS Zoe Catherine Mater Christi College.
Physical Education: 50 LIMBERIS Konstantinos Xavier College, 46 PLEVRITIS Nicholas Mentone Grammar School, 45 ANDREOU Joy Marie Oakleigh Grammar, 45 APOSTOLOPOU LOS Johnny Trinity Grammar School, 45 TRIANTAFYLLOPOULOS Chrisoula Assumption College.
Physics: 50 KARAPALIDIS Peter Panagiotis Trinity Grammar School, 47 KOURIS Nathan Theodore St Joseph’s College – Ferntree Gully, 46 BETROS Nathan Raymond Haileybury College, 46 KARATHANASSIS Alexander Nicholas Balwyn High School, 45 STAVRAKOGLOU Christos Haileybury College.
Psychology: 50 PARASTATIDIS Nicola St Aloysius College, 48 KOUTOULAS Anthea Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School, 48 LYRAS MUSGRAVE Amelia Ella Erin Haileybury Girls College, 47 APIDOPOULOS Caitlin Sara Avila College, 47 GERGES Maria Emmaus College, 47 KIROLLOS Bishoy Suzanne Cory High School, 46 MAHERAS Amelia Charlotte Saint Ignatius College Geelong, 46 PARAMBOUKIS Andrea Siena College, 46 TRIANTAFYLLOPOULOS Chrisoula Assumption College, 45 HATZIEVANGELOU Alexandra Joy St Columba’s College.
Specialist Mathematics: 45 AKINCI Jaikob Ismail Brighton Grammar School, 45 MELLOS James Mitchell Ivanhoe Grammar School.
Sport and Recreation (VCE VET): 49 KANTANIS Grace Mia Methodist Ladies College, 47 PAPADOPOULOS Isabelle Phoebe Gilson College.
Studio Arts: 50 KARAHALIOS Kyparisia Olympia Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School.
Greek Language
Modern Greek 49 LOUPO Marialena Antonella Oakleigh Grammar 49 MITROMARA Natalia – Elsie (Alphington Grammar School) 47 TYPOU Anastasia (Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria) 45 KATSOULIS Eva (Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne) 43 VOKOLOS Nikoletta Parish (St Vasilios Brunswick Greek Language School) 42 HARITOPOULOU-SINANIDOU Zoe (Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria) 42 KAPELERI Anastasia (Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria) 41 PAFYLIA Anastasia (Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria) 40 PAPAPETROU Ourania (VSL Distance Education) 40 VOUGIOUKA Vasiliki Charikleia (Nestoras College) 40 HASSAPIS Eleni (Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria)
Ancient Greek50 KATSOULIS Eva (Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria) who originally had 44 before being scaled up.
ATAR SCORES
Jaikob Akinci from Brighton Grammar School, whose background is from Cyprus, received an ATAR score of 99.95 (one of just 38 students in Victoria) who was the Dux of his school.
Costa Chantzos received 98.5, Liam Konidiaris 97, whereas Fin Livitsanis and Christopher Valcanis also distinguished themselves for their high schores.
Greek Australian Elaine Xafis from Firbank Grammar School received an ATAR of 97.8.
St John’s College at Preston also distinguished itself, ranking the 54th best secondary school of Victoria for 2020. Oakleigh Grammar students also achieved high scores with Amy Ding Xuwei achieving an ATAR of 95.2, becoming the first international student to become dux.