Fort Street High School

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Telephone02 8585 1600

Emailfortstreet-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au

2016 HSC Results

student accepting his award

Fort Street’s outstanding reputation for academic excellence is reflected in the consistently high results that students achieve in the Higher School Certificate. Ninety-five percent of students proceed from school immediately to university studies with 80% of the year 12 cohort achieving an ATAR in the 90's. Our highest achievers are recognised and celebrated at Speech Day each year.

Our students continue as individuals and in groups to be outstanding academic achievers. In 2016 twenty four Fortians featured on the HSC Top All-rounders List.

2016 Top All Rounders

This list acknowledges students who achieved in the highest performance band in 10 or more units in the HSC.

Dominic Bicego Min Hee Keane Nadine Nguyen
Phaedra Carroll Vivian Le Daniel Park
Denise Chan Ruth Lin Alan Phan
Kate Cousins Ava McConnell Willen Proos
Dominic Dwyer Naomi Murn Ike Schwartz
Kira Horneman Rosemary Mylrea William Thackway
Rebecca Kang Sharanya Napier-Raman Matthew Xu
Helena Ke Christina Nguyen William Yang

First in Course

In 2016 the following students achieved first place in course Higher School Certificate:

Kate Cousins Earth and Environmental Science 1st
Dominic Dwyer French Continuers 1st
Dominic Dwyer Modern History 1st
Sarah Desney Hungarian (Saturday School) 1st
Dawnlicity Charls * Mathematics Extension 1 1st

* Accelerated

Top Achievers in Course

The top achievers in Course list indicates the students who achieved in the top 5, 10 or 20 places (depending on overall size) for each HSC course.

Kate Cousins Biology 19th
Kate Cousins Music 2 5th
Dawnlicity Charls * Mathematics 7th
Helena Ke Visual Arts 6th
Ike Schwartz PDHPE 16th
Ike Schwartz Biology 16th
William Thackway Geography 7th

HSC Showcases

Each year the Board of Studies showcases outstanding student work in a series of exhibitions and showcases. In 2016 the nominated & selected Fortians were:

ArtExpress – Visual Arts

Poppy Duwenbeck Ceramics Hazelhurst Regional Arts Centre
Zachary Edwards Time Based Forms Campbelltown Arts Centre
Lillian He Painting Pre-selection nomination
Helen Ke Drawing Drawing

Encore – Music

Kate Cousins Performance Nominated
Iosefa La’gaia Performance Nominated
Frank Dywer Composition Nominated
Sharanya Napier- Raman Musicology Nominated

WordExpress: Young Writers Showcase – English Extension 2

Dominic Dwyer Critical Writing
Christina Nguyen Critical Writing

Course data

In 2016 171 Year 12 students and 68 accelerants undertook study in 32 NSW Board of Studies Developed Courses (including one school-based Vocational Education Course).

Of the 171 Year 12 students sitting HSC examinations, 106 students received a result in the highest band possible for two or more courses and are recognised on the NSW Education Standards Authority Distinguished Achievers List.

The 2016 results reflect strong performances particularly in:

  • 100% of candidates in History Extension, Music Extension, Earth & Environmental Science, Visual Arts and Hospitality achieved in Bands 5 and 6.
  • Biology – 16 students received Band 6 (41% of cohort)
  • Chinese Heritage – 4 students received Band 6 (66% of the cohort)
  • English Extension 2 – 12 Students received E4 ( 70% of cohort)
  • History Extension – 4 students received E4 (66% of the cohort)
  • Hospitality – 3 students received Band 6 (60% of the cohort)
  • Legal Studies – 20 students received Band 6 (43% of the cohort)
  • Mathematics 2U – 66 students received Band 6 (56% of the cohort)
  • Mathematics Extension 1 – 56 students received E4 (54% of the cohort)
  • Mathematics Extension 2 – 20 students received E4 (41% of the cohort)
  • Modern History – 14 students received Band 6 (47% of the cohort)
  • Music 2 – 8 students received Band 6 (73% of the cohort)
  • Music Extension – 4 students received E4 (66% of the cohort)
  • PDHPE – 10 students received Band 6 (59% of the cohort)
  • Visual Arts – 11 students received Band 6 (55% of cohort)