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Melbourne High School Wins the Very Prestigious Most Enterprising School in Australia Award.
This is a fantastic achievement, as we competed against many schools from around Australia.
Mr. Marotta and student Vincent Dang attend the YAA National Awards held at the Regent hotel in Sydney in December to accept the award for the most Enterprising School in Australia.
Read Vincent's Report on the night below:
Report by Vincent Dang
YAA (Young Achievement Australia) is a nation wide business skills program which gives ambitious Australian students the opportunity to experience the nature of running their own corporate business. YAA drew to a close on Tuesday, 4th, at the YAA National Awards Dinner held at the Regent Hotel, Sydney. This was an extremely special occasion, with selected students, teachers, guests, and celebrities from all over Australia witnessing a night in which talents were recognized, and efforts commended.
Mr Marotta and myself were privileged to have received an invitation to this occasion to accept a National Award for Melbourne High School. As a result, we flew to Sydney on Tuesday afternoon, and arrived all prepared for this fabulous evening. The evening commenced at 7.30pm, and with a quick table count, the estimated attendance was about 400 people. Impressive lightings, coupled with great music established a sophisticated and professional occasion that subtly suggested the inspiring nature of the occasion still yet to come.
MC, Geraldine Doogue, kicked off the evening with a warm welcome, and a detailed introduction of the night's agenda. 18 YAA National Awards were issued out on the evening, such as the Secondary Best Business Person of the Year Award, the Teriartry Best Business Person of the Year award, AGL Community Award, and YAA Media Promotion Award. Melbourne High School won the Best Enterprising School in Australia Award, which recognized our continued efforts, and success in the increasingly popular YAA program. In addition, Hyaku, a YAA group containing some MHS representatives, won the AGL Community Value Award for their production of a Drugs Prevention Book. Well done to the members of Hyaku.
It was a great evening, with great food, music, and inspirational speeches. Special key note speaker, Peter Holmes a Court, son of the richest woman in Australia, Janet Holmes a Court and the late Robert Holmes a Court, gave one of the most inspiring speech that we have heard for a long time, speaking of the importance of actions, and that our generation should be considered as the future of the world. He also spoke of the importance of those who are privileged to give something back to the community. His words were well respected and agreed upon by the entire audience. We hope to have him as a guest speaker next year, as he agreed to Mr Marotta's request to come to Melbourne High School.
It has been a great trip, and as a participant of YAA myself, it has been a privilege to experience such a great program, which not only further developed business skills, but also personal skills, such as how to stay motivated, organized, focused, and most importantly, the importance of teamwork.
What a successful year for Melbourne High School in the Young Achievement Australia Program. The YAA 24 week program saw students from various schools brought together to form companies of between 10 and 15 student directors, with a little guidance from mentors and sponsors. The student companies created, marketed and sold products to raise profits for the shareholders.
Melbourne High School's success included:
Travis Grenfell winning the YAA Victorian Business Person of the Year. (7 out of the 12 finalists were from Melbourne High) - A Great Effort.
As part of the prize for winning this Award, Travis received a $2000 Mobile Phone and an all expenses paid trip to Sydney where he competed for the Australian Business Person of the Year.
In what proved to be the best field ever, Travis came 2nd in Australia, with many judges admitting it was very close between Travis and the eventual winner.Congratulations Travis, this was a Phenominal effort.
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View a Video of The National Awards night in Sydney by clicking the Icon below
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Yay Enterprises directed by Melbourne High School students' Steven Banks, Duncan Fitzpatrick, Nick Duke, Travis Grenfell and Nick Ward, as well as students from Carey and MGC, was named Company of the Year. Other companies directed by Melbourne High students collected many awards, ranging from Excellence in E-Commerce, Environmenal Management Award and Enviromental Company of the Year.
Yay also won the National Business Plan of the Year Award against both Secondary and Tertiary competitors. Congratulations, this was a great effort.
Yay also won the Best Annual Report Award.
Melbourne High Students receive the Award for the Best Plan and Best Annual Report.Check out Award Winning Plan by clicking the Icon below:
Check out Award winning Annual Report by clicking the Icon below:
Students demonstrate the drug prevention book they developed as part of the Young Achievers Program which won the AGL Community Value Award at the National Awards in Sydney.
All the YAA National Winners on stage.
All Year 11 Business Management students are given the opportunity to participate in the Young Achievers Program. The Program runs over a 16-24 weeks period, bringing together selected Business Management students with three to five advisers from business and industry.
With guidance from comprehensive program manuals, the students experience all of the stages of a concentrated business cycle, taking responsibility for all essential business processes.
Students must perform the following tasks:
-selling shares to raise capital, establishing the company with an organisational structure modelled on successful long term enterprises.
-electing an executive management team.
-researching, designing and producing goods or services to fill a profitable market niche in the community.
-planning and implementing quality systems in the key management areas of finance, manufacturing, human resources and marketing.
-preparing business plans and an annual report.
-liquidating and paying dividends to shareholders at the end of the program.Throughout the program students tackle typical issues and challenges which confront commercial operations and develop enterprise skills such as decision making, negotiating, risk taking, creativity, communication and teamwork.
During the program students also participate in special events including a Trade Fair, intensive Management Skills Seminars, and an optional four day National Convention. The program culminates in the presentation of the prestigious Young Achievement Australia Student Business Person of the Year, Company of the Year and other regional, state and national Awards. Since our entry into the program in 1995, Business Management students have won each award at least once, including the very prestigious Most Enterprising School in Australia Award. I expect our success to continue in the future.
Melbourne High School student Vincent Dang receives his Lord Somers' Leadership Award for Outstanding Leadership during the Young Achievement Program. This Award is presented to one male and one female from Victoria.
For more information on the Young Achievement Program and to Register for the Program click on to the icon below:
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