“Authentic Grit" is the passionate pursuit of hard goals that awes and inspires others to become better people, flourish emotionally, take positive risks and live their best lives (Miller, C., 2019).
Duckworth (2017) found that some of the strengths that underpin grit, such as optimism and impulse control, are inherited, however many of the traits and behaviours of authentic grit can be learned. For example, goal-setting is a learnable science, as is self-regulation and building positive relationships.
It is suggested to cultivate gritty behaviour, is to build positive relationships with others (Miller, C, 2019). People with authentic grit foster teamwork and camaraderie, they flourish in their relationships and lift other people up. One strategy to build positive relationships and boost our personal sense of accomplishment at QAHS is to celebrate our achievements and those achievements of others (Quaid & Kern, 2019).
This week at QAHS we celebrated the accomplishments of our students via the Honours Board. At our whole school assembly we acknowledged students who have achieved academic excellence across their subject areas.
To qualify for the QAHS Honours Board in each semester, students in Year 10 require a minimum 5 A grades and no less than a C in their six subject areas. Students in Year 11 and 12 require a minimum IB progressive score of 34 in their HL and SL subjects (Year 12 also includes TOK). Additionally, students must achieve nothing less than a 3 in HL subjects, nothing less than a 4 in SL subjects and nothing less than a C in TOK (TOK contributes 1 point for a C grade, 2 points for a B grade and 3 points for a C grade). CAS Green Flag status is also required to qualify for the Honours Board.
We congratulate the many students who appear on the QAHS Honours Board for Semester 1 2022 for their outstanding achievements.
Year 10 Semester 1, 2022
Enoch Adewumi
| Olivia Ashley
| Genevieve Chakuthip
| Timofey Craig
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Sarah Gerber
| Josie Hamilton
| Yarlini Indrajit | Lily Kim
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Elizabeth Lee
| Nikki Lin
| Brianna Lindsay
| Katerina Neumannova
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Clara Sheridan
| Grace Shin
| Stacey Sinclair
| Camilla Smatova
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Gita Wattanakasikram
| Shivani Whala
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Year 11 Semester 1, 2022
Tamilla Akimova
| Jessica Ashe
| Nitika Bethi
| Gauri Bhandari
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Devansh Bhatt
| Vikram Bisen
| Samuel Brown
| Hugo Chan |
Joshua Choi
| Ariel Ding
| Jayvir Gill
| Ankit Gowda |
Ekaterina Gratchev
| Eleanor Hardman
| Ayan Herrid
| Cailin Hill |
Regina Hoare
| Benjamin Huang
| Jade Humphrey
| Vienna Ibrahim |
Anastasia Iliadis
| Kiko Kagiyama
| Anenya Kale
| Seongju Kang |
Sameer Khawaja
| Ashley Kuzmanov
| Issac Kwak
| Soonju Kwon
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Song Qi Loh
| Andrew McMath | Rishita Mehra
| Joshua Milmoe |
Aria Moon
| Kartik Nayak
| Nitara Nirthanan
| Sahrish Nouryan
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Samir Palekar
| Hannah Provenzano
| Victoria Qin
| Devam Raval |
Fergus Rebgetz
| Emi Reed
| Tadhg Stuckey
| Leyla Suljic |
Michael Teng
| Masashi Tetsuo
| Georgia Thomson
| Saskia Uccellini
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Tom Van Loon
| Amelie Van Twest
| Julie Yoon
| Hong Kai Zhang |
Year 12 Semester 1, 2022
Joshua Bocock
| Antoinique Botha
| Tayla Bryer
| Daniel Cao |
Lola Caple
| Sophie Caruana
| Jonathon Chi
| Sheridan de Borzatti |
Lily Durdev
| James Fang
| Andrew Fong
| Philo Guirguis |
Dhruv Gupta
| Sky Holman
| Samantha Hon
| Charli Horchner |
Ellen Im
| Irene Im
| Emily In
| Asuka Irikiin |
Ella Jacobs
| Kai Jang
| Gurmanjot Jassal | Marli Joubert |
Zoha Khan
| Jasmine Khempila
| Harry Kim
| Hajin Kim |
Layla Kishi
| Kaiser Lau
| Lauren Luchs
| Jamie Mitchell |
Tanya Nagrani
| Joshua Narain
| Celeste Nutley
| Sienna O'Connor |
Radhika Patel
| Nya Piamrojanaphat
| Naisha Rahman
| Griffin Reid
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Keigo Seki
| Jason Sinclair | Kiyo Suzuki | Anna Tian |
Thien Tran
| Stanley Wey
| Ava Wright
| Linda Yang
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Ivan Yang
| Hansen Yang
| Caitlin Yeh
| Zhuominna |
Alita Lee
Deputy Principal