Year 6 students from Blackburn Lake Primary School, Orchard Grove Primary School, Burwood Heights Primary School, Whitehorse Primary School, Livingstone Primary School, Mount Pleasant Road Primary School and Nunawading Christian College were presented with Youth Achievement Awards.
Youth Achievement Award has been going for over 40 years, and first started by RC Forest Hill and is now unique to this club. This award is affectionately called the ‘Unsung Hero Award’ as the idea is to recognise a student from your school who may not normally be widely recognised in the community for their efforts.
The citations presented at the evening are what we received from the schools when we asked the school principal to tell us about a person who is :
a wonderful role model who upholds the school’s values
can be called upon to help the school or colleagues at any time
has achieved success through application and determination throughout the year
has made a worthwhile contribution to the school community and/or the environment - also
possibly has not received many academic or sporting awards but has excelled in other ways,
ie is an ‘unsung hero’ who strives hard to succeed and to help others.
All awardees recieved a Citation detailing each child's achivements, and a framed Certificate and $50.00 voucher presented by District Goveror, Emma Clark. Additionally, Chelse Deacon (Community Engagement Manager - Bendigo Bank, Blackburn South), one of our sponsors, presented them with a ‘goody bag’.
Guest speaker on the night was our very own Rotarian, Judith Eadon, who is also Rotary District 9815 Interact Chair.