Community & Business
26 February, 2025
Seniors inducted at formal ceremony
A FORMAL induction ceremony for the new Year 12 cohort of Mareeba State High School was recently held in which students received senior badges and school leaders affirmed their commitment to leading the school in 2025.
The opening of the event was led by vice-captains Jillakul McInnes and Keoni Whiteside, who handed the students their badges.
Special guests in attendance included Mayor Angela Toppin and the department of education’s FNQ regional director Shirlee Gallo, who presented badges to all the student leaders.
The student leaders included the school captains, sports and academic captains, indigenous leaders, student council, and inter-year leaders.
Leo Balzarolo was also announced as the Senior Dux of 2024 after achieving an ATAR score of 97.65.
He is now enrolled in a Bachelor of Engineering at the University of Queensland.
The evening ended with school captions Toby Fealy and Velenia Musso-Tatti leading the seniors in the school pledge and the special tradition of the cutting of the senior cake with Mareeba State School’s school captains.
This tradition was extra special this year with Toby and his little brother Kipp both leading their respective schools as school captains.
