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C.A.S. HAWKER SCHOLARS
Hawker
Scholar :1999 - 2001 Alison received awards for Academic Achievement in Art, English and Maths Studies as well as receiving the Caltex Best All Rounder Award in 1997 and 1998. Alison is an independent learner, exceptionally well organised, highly motivated and very creative and thrives on challenges. Alison has excellent communication skills in both written and oral forms and enjoys a good conversation. In 1997 and 1999 she represented both her school and her home state of South Australia in debating.Alison has served as a vice president of Key Club, a student subsidiary of Kiwanis International, contributed to school swimming and sports days and participated in netball and basketball coaching. With an eye to her future as a political analyst, Alison holds similar beliefs to those expressed by James Freeman Clarke (1810 - 1888) - "A politician thinks of the next election - a statesman of the next generation".
Hawker
Scholar :1999 - 2001 Phillip grew up in country South Australia and was educated at Bordertown High School. Phillip spent twelve months in Finland as a Rotary Youth Exchange Student in 1997. On returning from his exchange, Phillip continued to study Swedish independently, including it as one of his Year 12 subjects in 1998. He is now proficient in both French and Swedish. Phillip was and continues to be a diligent and conscientious student as well as an accomplished athlete, swimmer and public speaker. In 1998 he was placed third in the national finals of the Apex High School Public Speaking Competition. During his time at secondary school he was awarded distinctions and credits in the Australian Mathematics Competitions. While at Bordertown High School, Phillip was elected both House Captain and President of the Student Representative Council. He acted as SRC representative on both the School Council and the Chaplain Committee and spent a week in Canberra as a delegate to the National Youth Leadership Forum. In 1999, the first year of his C.A.S. Hawker Scholarship, Phillip is in residence at St Mark's College in Adelaide and was elected to the position of St Mark's College Club treasurer.
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