12 Aug 2015
Congratulations to Ella Clarke (year 12) who is one of this year's recipients of the John Lincoln Youth Community Service Award. This prestigious award is presented through the NSW Branch of the Order of Australia Association to students who have made significant contributions to their communities.
Ella's impressive service at school encompasses the SRC, leading the Environment Committee where she has coordinated Enviro Day activities, raising money for the East Timor Sustainable Village project and raising the awareness of environmental issues for students through Enviro Inspiro, Earth Hour and the #1MillionWomen campaigns. She is also a High Resolves and Peer Support leader.
She has also worked on local and state government working parties and has been a member of the NSW Youth Parliament serving as the Environment and Heritage Minister as well as being on the MLC committee investigating homelessness in NSW. She was a delegate to the NSW United Nations Youth forum.
On top of all this, Ella studied as an exchange student in China, volunteering at a local orphanage, a migrant students reading program and was an Australian representative to the ‘Yellow River Conference'.