2017 HSC Achievements

We are proud of the results from the Class of 2017. Once again Hills Grammar was placed in the top 100 Sydney Morning Herald rankings.  Even though this is only one measure of success, it is worth noting that the State median for 90+ as a percentage is 5.47%, which accounts for the School’s success on this measure when compared to more than 800 schools across the State.

A special congratulations to our top achievers:

• Tristan Dearden (Dux of the School and listed All-Rounder) attained more than 90% in 11 units of his academic program, including Ancient History, English Advanced, Mathematics 2 Unit, History Extension, Physics and Latin Continuers. ATAR 98.75. (pictured above, right).
• Bhawna Khosla- – Distinguished Achiever (Band 6s) in English Advanced, Maths Ext 1, Chemistry and Biology. ATAR 98.90.
• Xavier Carmo– Distinguished Achiever (Band 6s) in Mathematics Extension 1, Biology and Physics. ATAR 98.65.

• HSC All Rounder - we congratulate Tristan Dearden (Dux of the School). Tristan attained more than 90% in 11 units of his academic program, including Ancient History, English Advanced, Mathematics 2 Unit, History Extension, Physics and Latin Continuers. A sizeable number of Tristan’s peers will also have attained ATARs above 90, but this data is not available to schools at the point of writing; a summary will be made available in our February newsletter.

• 79 Band 6 results. These high results were achieved by more than a third of the year group, many of whom achieved a Band 6 result in more than one area of study. Each of these students is listed below as one of the NESA Distinguished achievers.

•  35% of the year group were listed as Distinguished Achievers, many of whom achieved a Band 6 result in more than one area of study. 

• 207 Band 5 results. Although not reported in the ‘Top 100’ measure, Band 5 results represent above average performance in most subjects and help to lift the ATARs of our hard-working cohort. Well done!

HSC Top Achievers List

Distinguished Achievers for achieving 90% or above in at least one subject:

Zaynab Aly - English (Advanced), English Extension 1, Mathematics

Charlotte Ambler - Business Studies Legal Studies

Rania Bhasin - Ancient History, Visual Arts

James Boyaji - Mathematics, Mathematics Extension 1, Physics, Latin Extension

Xavier Carmo - Biology, Information Processes and Technology, Mathematics Extension 1, Physics

Lachlan Clark - Biology, Mathematics, Mathematics Extension 1, Physics

Zoe de Castro - English (Advanced), English Extension 1, English Extension 2, Legal Studies

Tristan Dearden - Ancient History, English (Advanced), Mathematics, History Extension, Physics, Latin Continuers

Emily Eom - Mathematics, Mathematics Extension 1

Melissa Ertler - English (Advanced), English Extension 1, Music 1

Sarah Gaffney - Business Studies

Justin Hauswirth - Mathematics, Physics

Brianna Huynh - English (Advanced), English Extension 2, Personal Development, Health and Physical Education

Sebastian Johnson - Business Studies

Rheanna Kander - Biology, English (Advanced)

Bhawna Khosla - Biology, Chemistry, English (Advanced), Mathematics Extension 1

Peter Lautre - Chemistry, Mathematics Extension 1, Latin Continuers

Amy Locke - Biology, English (Advanced), Information Processes and Technology, Mathematics Extension 1

Angad Malhotra - Business Studies

Jack Ransome - Software Design and Development

Laura Romeo - Legal Studies, Personal Development, Health and Physical Education

David Romic - Mathematics General 2

Kathryn Solomou - Music 1

Claudia Stalgis-Bilinski - Ancient History, Legal Studies, History Extension

Chase Stewart - Mathematics General 2, Personal Development, Health and Physical Education

Jiahui Tang - Mathematics Extension 1

Daphne Wang - Mathematics, Japanese Continuers

Tian Xiang - Mathematics Extension 1, Mathematics Extension 2, Japanese Continuers, Japanese Extension

Kevin Xu - Mathematics Extension 1

Yuting Xu - Mathematics Extension 1, Mathematics Extension 2, Japanese Beginners

Joshua Zhu - Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics