	{"id":17125,"date":"2025-12-19T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mtgambiertimes\/?p=17125"},"modified":"2025-12-18T13:35:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T02:35:49","slug":"top-students-all-smiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mtgambiertimes\/news\/top-students-all-smiles\/","title":{"rendered":"Top students all smiles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI\u2019M incredibly happy and honestly, it\u2019s exceeded my expectations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That was the reaction of Tenison Woods College Year 12 student Jolie Vaughan, who didn\u2019t just top her school cohort with an ATAR of 98.75 but topped Mount Gambier across all four schools.<\/p>\n<p>Monday was D-Day for the region\u2019s Class of \u201925 with the release of the 2025 Year 12 SACE results and for many students it was genuine cause for celebration with the Limestone Coast again producing strong results.<\/p>\n<p>St Martins Lutheran College student Owen Wheatley, who was overseas when the results came through, also secured a stunning ATAR \u2013 98.45 \u2013 with a raft of students from across the district topping the 90 mark.<\/p>\n<p>Mount Gambier High School\u2019s Annapurna Anbu secured an ATAR of 96.05, while for Grant High School it was an ATAR of 93.05 from Zoey Norman that topped the class.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI\u2019M incredibly happy and honestly, it\u2019s exceeded my expectations.\u201d That was the reaction of Tenison Woods College Year 12 student Jolie Vaughan, who didn\u2019t just top her school cohort with an ATAR of 98.75 but topped Mount Gambier across all four schools. 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