At least 12 Greek Australian students have been recognised at the annual Premier’s VCE Awards this week.
The students were awarded for their outstanding achievement in the VCE last year in a special ceremony at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre on Thursday.
A total of 331 awards, including 34 Top All-Round VCE High Achiever Awards were handed out.
Of the 294 study awards, at least a dozen Greeks were honoured for scoring at least 46 out of 50 across 88 different subjects.
Biology: Zoe Vlahos of Melbourne Girls Grammar and Jack Voulgaris of Marcellin College.
Business Management: Victoria Paitaridis of Haileybury Girls College.
Mathematical Methods: Tomas Kiprillis of John Monash Science School.
Physics: Gregory Kerdemelidis of Camberwell Grammar School.
Product Design and Technology: Lily Galanis of Santa Maria College and Elisabeth Sagiadellis of Star of the Sea College.
Psychology: Myrtali Koutroumpinas of Kolbe Catholic College.
Religion and Society: Alexander Tsipos of Mazenod College.
Studio Arts: Claire Magris of the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School.
Greek: Sofia Linardou of Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne (GCM) and Victoria and Sofia Vlachou of Victorian School of Languages.
GCM congratulated Linardou on the award win.
“The “Premier’s VCE Award” celebrates students who demonstrate dedication and excellence in their VCE examinations, and Sofia Linardou’s exceptional academic performance and commitment to her studies make her a deserving honoree,” said the GCM in statement.
“The GCM extends warm congratulations to Sofia on this well-deserved recognition and wishes her continued success in her academic journey with many more accolades to come.”
Sophia, from the Bentleigh campus, was one of many who were also awarded last year after scoring over 50 for her VCE Greek in year 11.
She told Neos Kosmos last year, she wants to continue on to university after finishing year 12.
Vlachou, who scored 50 for Greek last year says she loves the “intricacies of the Greek language” and is “fascinated by the flexibility and unique richness” of the language.
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