This year's Year 12 students across the Northern Rivers had to endure the worst natural disaster in Australia's history at the start of their final school year but these resilient students did not let that dampen their commitment to excel in the HSC. 

On Friday, the Lismore App wrote about the HSC results for Trinity Catholic College Year 12 students following their release this week, today we look at the three campuses of The Rivers Secondary College and Mullumbimby High School.

The Rivers Secondary College had 15 students on the Distinguished Achievers list – two from the Kadina High Campus, four from the Lismore High Campus and nine from the Richmond River High Campus.  

Among those was Richmond River’s Niamh Montgomery, who was also named an All Rounder for 2022. 

Department of Education Secretary Georgina Harrisson congratulated the State’s HSC students, their teachers and families. 

“We are so proud of our students today, whether they’re from a small rural school or one of our large city schools, these great results show the diversity of public education and the quality of our teachers,” she said.  

14 schools from the region also received Commendation for Resilience Awards at the HSC First in Course ceremony.

Department of Education Secretary Georgina Harrisson said the special commendations were a tribute to entire school communities.

“You have not only supported your students through this devastating time, you have also protected your students, and provided everything you could that they needed,” she told principals from The Rivers Secondary College in Lismore.

The Rivers Secondary College Executive Principal Chris Williams said school staff were emotional as they saw their students overcome hurdles to still get to school and finish their HSC, even when some families had been forced to move away after losing their homes.

Mullumbimby High School made it into the top 20 comprehensive high schools, leaping almost 400 places to now rank in the State’s top 150 schools. 

Principal Greg Armstrong said he was exceptionally proud of his HSC students. 

“Our Year 12s have been really determined with their schoolwork; they have worked incredibly hard despite so many challenges,” he said. 

“It’s really good to see the students are actually smiling today; they’re grinning actually. 

“We haven’t seen many smiles from many of them this year.”  

ACHIEVER LISTS

The Rivers Secondary College

All Rounders Merit List

Niamh Montgomery – Richmond River High Campus

Distinguished Achievers

KADINA

Thomas Gregory

Jai McLean

LISMORE

Tigerlily Corkill

Aviva Gray

Isabel Kemp

Brooke Spies

RICHMOND RIVER

Lexi Daly

Tobyn Dwyer

Erin Hatfield

Elsie Irwin

Connor McDougall

Ellie McMahon

Niamh Montgomery*

Lily Shepherd

Ziggy Zaferis

Mullumbimby High School

Distinguished Achievers

Charlotte Archibald

Max Biermann – 3^rd in NSW in Hospitality Examination

Ginger Clarke

Nalani Farrell

Brianna Foster

Nikki Fuller

John Harry

Noah Klugman

Scarlett Michie

Daisy Morgan

Hugh Morgan-Foxon

Adel Pheloung

Hamish Pitman

Frankie Sanderson

Eivissa Sydney

Matilda Thornton

Alstonville High School

All Rounders Merit List

Hannah Gilmour

Distinguished Achievers

Adrian Singh

Lauren Singh

Clara Tolman

Grace Turner