“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 celebrate the accomplishments of our students via the Honours Board. At our whole school assembly we acknowledge 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 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 2023 for their outstanding achievements.
Year 10 Semester 1, 2023
Harima Ali
| Irene Fan
| Arisa Furutani
| Samara Gribble
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Hazel Hardman
| Imelda Hardman
| Sophie Hirabe
| Ashlee Hirose
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Athena Hua
| Sophie Luxton
| Everett Mellare
| Aryan Patel
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Rihanna Patel
| Lakshmi Purushothaman
| Vanessa Snook
| Sasha Tetsuo
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Sorina Turcas
| Dhivyaa Vittal
| Claudia Wang
| Jacqueline Xu
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Ryan Yang
| Aimee Zhang
| Yanyan Zhang
| Jason Zhu
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Year 11 Semester 1, 2023
Enoch Adewumi
| Olivia Ashley
| Joey Assaad
| Tamsin Bailes
| Viona Bejleri
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Rebecca Bennett
| Kobe Bi
| Zoe Cannen
| Jett Caruana
| Genevieve Chakuthip
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Chloe Chen
| Mia Cheng
| Louis Choi
| Amy Clinton
| Lily Cronly
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Georgina Crowther
| Jake Dinsey-McDonald
| Michaela D'Silva
| Emma Eakin
| Kai Forte
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Alexander Francis
| Cecilia Gao
| Sarah Gerber
| Shantina Guo
| Josie Hamilton
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Imogen Hanley
| Simon Hanna
| Ruby Hill
| Elijah Hoon
| Aaron Huang
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Yarlini Indrajit
| Connor Jones
| Alan Jose
| Aleena Kashif
| Isla Kelly
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Grace Kim
| Angela Kim
| Lily Kim
| Damien Lee
| Elizabeth Lee
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Leon Li
| Kieran Lim
| Nikki Lin
| Brianna Lindsay
| Daffaras Mahardika
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Tiffany Mo
| Emma Napoli
| Katie Neumannova
| Allegra Nutley
| Krishna Patil
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Dante Pellegrino
| Lily Peters
| Arnav Prabhu Xavier
| Aimee Shang
| Clara Shridan
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Grace Shin
| Roy Shin
| Stacey Sinclair
| Martand Singh
| Camilla Smatova
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Beshara Tadros
| Laurel Tai
| Trixie Tang
| Ardale Teng
| Megan Teng
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Joshua Thomas
| Connor Tydd
| Yumi Yeoh
| Gita Wattanakaasikram
| Lily Xu
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Year 12 Semester 1, 2023
Jessica Ashe
| Edward Barrett
| Mia Bergh
| Mathilda Bester
| Nitika Bethi
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Gauri Bhandari
| Devansh Bhatt
| Anmol Bhushan
| Vikram Bisen
| Alexander Brown
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Samuel Brown
| Hugo Chan
| Joshua Choi
| Shanya Chotmanee
| Ariel Ding
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Flynn Edwards
| Yuli Fujiki
| Ananya Garg
| Jayvir Gill
| Ankit Gowda
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Katya Gratchev
| Andrey Greyze
| Eleanor Hardman
| Ayan Herrid
| Cailin Hill
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Regina Hoare
| Vianne Ibrahim
| Coco Iritani
| Saya Iritani
| Kiko Kagiyama
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Anenya Kale
| Seongju Kang
| Sameer Khawaja
| Jordan Klos
| Ashley Kuzmanov
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Issac Kwak
| Soonju Kwon
| Song Qi Loh
| Fifi Lovell
| Andrew McMath
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Joshua Milmoe
| Aria Moon
| Kartik Nayak
| Nitara Nirthanan
| Sahrish Nouryan
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Samir Palekar
| Alexander Perju
| Hannah Provenzano
| Victoria Qin
| Fergus Rebgetz
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Emi Reed
| Luca Rovera
| Leyla Suljic
| Mihan Suraweera
| Yonah Tal-Meyer
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Michael Teng
| Masashi Tetsuo
| Saskia Uccellini
| Amelie Van Twest
| Sean Xu
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Alita Lee
Deputy Principal