Meriden’s Class of 2024 has achieved excellent results in this year’s HSC, ranking 11th in the state. Meriden students achieved outstanding results across all subjects, with 419 Distinguished Achievements.
Seven students were named as Top Achievers, placing in the top-10 in the state in a course, including Abisha Thevarajah, who placed first in the Spanish Beginners course.
“I was really pleased and shocked with the news but equally glad that all my hard work and support from my teachers and the school had paid off,” Abisha said.
“My motivation was my enjoyment of the subject and classes, which made studying not feel like a chore,” Abisha said when asked about her HSC preparation.
In addition to Abisha’s outstanding result, four other Meriden students achieved a top-five placing in the state: Michelle Cho, second in Japanese Beginners, Isabella Rajah Tapia, second in Spanish Continuers, Grace Shen, fourth in Chinese Extension and Teresa Yang, fifth in French Continuers.
All students studying French Continuers and Spanish Beginners achieved a Band 6 result, and students studying Chinese in Context, Chinese and Literature, and Chinese Extension all achieved results in the top two bands.
This year, 27 Meriden students were named on the All-Round Achiever list, including Dux of the school, Elaine Huang, who said she was very happy with her result, achieving Meriden’s top ATAR of 99.80. Elaine hopes to study computer science next year and is considering a double degree with engineering.
“I am very proud of how hard the Class of 2024 has worked and how well we all did as a result,” Elaine said.
Meriden’s results in HSC Music were exceptional. All students achieved the top band in Music 1 and Music Extension, with five students achieving a perfect score of 100% in Music Extension, and Claire Chan placing 5th in the state in Music 1.
In Mathematics, a remarkable 100% of Mathematics Extension 2 students attained a notional Band 6. Mathematics Standard students also achieved excellent results with the cohort 15 marks above the state mean.
Strong results in Community and Family Studies saw Roopsha Dutta place 10th in the state and 95% of students achieve a result in the top two bands.
