Mary MacKillop College is named in honour of a dedicated educator and Australia’s first saint.
Since its inception, the school has become well known to locals for its high standards of education as well as the values it imparts upon its students.
In recent year’s the College has established a reputation for the results they have achieved during the Stage 2 Research Project.
The subject was first established by the SACE board to allow students to conduct detailed research on an area of interest.
“At Mary MacKillop College, an experienced and highly skilled group of teachers has taught the Research Project over a number of years,” Principal Kath McGuigan said.
“These teachers are passionate about the subject and believe that it has value as a learning experience and as a platform for other subject disciplines.
“Research has shown that those students who do well in the Stage 2 Research Project also do well in their university studies.”
The Research Project differs from ‘standard’ subjects such as English, Maths and History in that it is entirely student driven.
Students select their area of interest and the topic that they wish to research.
“The girls researched a range of different topics from the effect of chemotherapy on younger children to sleep deprivation in adolescents,” Kath said.
“The results from the 2021 Year 12 cohort were excellent with 57 per cent of students receiving a grade in the A band for the Stage 2 Research Project.
“We are very proud of all of our Year 12 students who have obtained excellent results in the Stage 2 Research Project this year.”
Kath said the Research Project embodies a favourite quote of hers from American futurist and
author Alvin Toffler. “The illiterate of the 21st Century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot, learn, unlearn and relearn,” Alvin wrote.
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