Collie local and Newton Moore Senior High School year 10 student Jecinta Jaarola has been awarded one of four gold scholarships to study at Manea Senior College next year.
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The gold scholarship includes a laptop computer, materials and text books and associated College charges covered up to a set limit.
The scholarship was awarded based on previous merit, of which among other awards Jecinta has received two scholarships while attending Newton Moore Senior High School, one in year nine and one in year ten, both for science.
Jecinta said she was excited and honoured to receive the gold scholarship.
“I was really excited, I honestly didn’t really think that I would be able to get a gold scholarship and I was looking for the email for the notification and when I saw it I gasped because I was so surprised that I actually got it,” she said.
“I feel really grateful to the people who organised the scholarship and I am really happy that I got the scholarship.”
The year 10 student is currently studying at Newton Moore Senior High School as part of the Science Horizons program which is a science extension program.
She was one of only four students to receive the top scholarship to attend Manea Senior College.
Outside of study, Jecinta enjoys reading, writing, flying with her dad, camping, swimming, off road driving, fishing and spending time with her family and friends.
The former Fairview Primary School student said she has hopes of going into astronautics engineering in the future.
“In year eight I was able to go on a camp to Canberra which was associated with science and I did a presentation there on why Australia needs a space agency,” she said.
Following the recent announcement that Australia will get its own space agency, Jecinta said this is somewhere she aspires to work when she is older.
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