By Dora Houpis
Students at Hume Anglican Grammar scored a hat-trick recently winning awards for examining ways to reduce waste.
Six students at the school’s Mt Ridley campus, in Mickleham Road, beat teams from 14 other schools in the Hume region to win the two awards.
English teacher Shirley Kutin said the school was proud of the students’ achievement.
“They are really good role models for the other kids,” she said.
The year 8, 9 and 10 students put together a lengthy business proposal that looked at reducing waste and engaging community action on waste-related matters.
For a third year in a row, the school won both the Best Business Case and Financials and the Best Overall Solution awards.
Announced on August12, the awards are part of Illuminate Education Australia which delivers entrepreneurial education programs where students solve problems in the community.
The students are now in discussion with Hume council, local industry specialists and the private research university Worcester Polytechnic Institute, in Massachusetts, in the US, to explore ways to put their proposal into action.
Business teacher and the school’s careers counsellor Rochelle Rosendale said the students’ business choice was in line with the school’s environmental programs which included recycling.
