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FAST
FORWARD
PROGRAM
SCHOOLS
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Message from Manager
Widening Participation
Welcome to Western Sydney             In 2020, more than 6,000
University and welcome to the         high school students in Years
Fast Forward Program for 2020.        9–12 will participate in the
Western Sydney University has         Fast Forward Program, taking
a long-term commitment to             advantage of the on-campus and
running and developing programs       in-school experiential learning
with our local schools to promote     opportunities. Participation
successful participation in higher    in these activities facilitates
education (HE) to anyone who          students’ preparation and            The hard-working Fast Forward
might benefit from it, and in         comfort with the possibility of      team are the driving force behind
particular to those who are           entering higher education. Fast      the success of the program and
typically under-represented in        Forward students gain tools and      their tireless work ensures that all
current HE participation rates.       skills over a four-year period,      scheduled events run smoothly
                                      equipping them with all the          and that strong collaborative
Programs like Fast Forward, the       knowledge they need to make          relationships are fostered with
flagship widening participation       well-informed decisions about        our partner schools. During this
program at Western Sydney             their futures beyond high school.    unprecedented pandemic, the
University, provide us the                                                 team have successfully pivoted
opportunity to engage with            Of the 1,123 Year 12 students who    the delivery of program activities
young people in our region and        participated in Fast Forward in      and initiatives into engaging
their families, and to encourage      2019, 786 were made offers to        online modules. Their keenness
their participation in post-school    study at a university with 303       to ensure students continue to
education. Notably, Fast Forward      of those students enrolling at       receive access to information that
facilitates the personal, academic    Western in 2020. These numbers       will assist them in their future
and professional development          have continued to increase every     decision-making is commendable
of students participating in the      year with the ongoing program        and I’m proud of their efforts
program.                              growth and evolution. Over the       throughout this difficult time.
                                      last decade, more than 1,500
Through raising students’             students who have completed          We highly value the dedication
awareness of the many different       their four years in Fast Forward     and commitment of the Principals
pathways to higher education,         have enrolled at Western Sydney      and teaching staff at all of our
and supporting students with          university with hundreds of other    partner schools. Feedback
activities designed to increase       students also enrolling at other     and input received from our
their aspirations towards             HE institutions.                     stakeholders allows the Fast
continuing their education                                                 Forward Program to continue
after Year 12, the Fast Forward       Fast Forward has developed           to flourish and evolve. Fast
Program improves the                  excellent relationships with         Forward is a partnership where
educational outcomes of students      academic and professional staff      all participants – high school
from many diverse backgrounds         at Western Sydney University         students, schools and teachers,
across our region.                    across University Schools,           parents and carers and the
                                      Centres and Research Institutes.     University community – come
Fast Forward began as a pilot         I would like to acknowledge          together to ensure that we are
study in 2004 to link students        their valuable contribution and      securing success for our future
from schools in Western Sydney        continuing support and thank         generations.
to their local university and to      them all for their assistance in
encourage students and their          delivering our program activities.   Jim Micsko, Manager
families to see university study as                                        Widening Participation
a genuine post-school option.                                              Engagement Marketing
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About
Fast Forward

The Fast Forward Program              This knowledge equips students         Fast Forward University Days
is a Widening Participation           to better plan their pathways          In Years 9 and 10, students attend
program at Western                    in the senior years of schooling       a Fast Forward University Day at
                                      and post-school study. The Fast        a University campus. They see
Sydney University. The
                                      Forward program has been               more of the University and learn
program aims to raise                 proven to have a positive and          about what tertiary education
educational aspirations for           lasting impact on students who         has to offer. They participate in
high school students. The             participate in the program. 84%        workshops, including sessions
program began in 2004                 of the 2019 Year 12 cohort, who        on multiple intelligences,
and has continued to grow,            applied for a place at a University,   career pathways, and matching
offering the opportunity              received an offer to study at          interests to careers. There are
for enhanced academic and             Australian universities this year.     opportunities to meet Western
personal achievement to a                                                    Sydney University students
                                      The following elements of the          who give an insight into life as
large number of Western               program give students the              a university student by sharing
Sydney students.                      chance to be involved in a wide        their knowledge and experience.
                                      range of activities:                   Students also experience
In 2020 there will be over
80 partner schools and                                                       ‘university taster’ sessions.
                                      Fast Forward ‘Welcome to
approximately 6000 participants.      Western’                               In-school Workshops
                                      Students and their parents are         University staff engage students
The program encourages
                                      invited to attend a University         in interactive learning sessions.
students to strive for their
                                      campus early in Year 9 to take         Working with small groups, staff
personal best and to see
                                      part in an evening to welcome the      members encourage educational
tertiary study as a realistic
                                      students into the program.             aspirations and help students
and viable post-school option.
They participate in experiential                                             gain skills and confidence.
                                      This acknowledges the academic
learning which develops their         potential that led to students’        Western Sydney U Day for Year
skills and fosters familiarity with   selection in the program.              11 Students
the university environment.
                                                                             Western Sydney U Day is
                                      The evening is also a chance for       a University-wide initiative
Fast Forward recognises the           students and parents to learn
importance of engaging students                                              designed to help senior high
                                      about the program and hear from        school students, particularly
with the concept of lifelong          inspirational speakers including
learning and the benefits of                                                 those in Year 11, prepare for their
                                      Western Sydney University              course and career journey. Fast
post-school education as early as     student role models.
possible.                                                                    Forward students will be offered
                                                                             a place at these events during
                                                                             their Year 11 studies.

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‘UNTIL I WAS IN FAST FORWARD I
      HADN’T EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT
      UNIVERSITY OR WHAT I WANT TO
      DO WITH MY LIFE. FAST FORWARD
      HAS BEEN A REAL EYE-OPENER.’
     Student from Mount Carmel Catholic College

The day will provide the             Year 12 Conference                   Fast Forward Academic
opportunity for Fast Forward         Students in Year 12 will be          Excellence Scholarship
students to speak to current         eligible to attend the annual        A Fast Forward Academic
University students and academic     Year 12 Conference which aims        Excellence Scholarship is
staff, experience the range of       to provide opportunities for         available to students who
courses available at Western         students to meet with a wide         actively participate in the
Sydney University through            range of education and industry      program and make the most of
interactive workshops and            professionals and explore the        the opportunities it provides, by
presentations, and learn about       options available to them after      rewarding their hard work and
scholarships, pathways programs      they have completed their high       dedication with financial support
and opportunities to pursue their    school learning.                     for tertiary study at Western
aspirations.                                                              Sydney University. A scholarship
                                     HSC Preparation Courses              offer worth $20,000 will be
Senior Student Consultations         Students will be able to attend      available through a competitive
Fast Forward students in years       FREE HSC preparation courses.        application process. There are
11 and 12 receive opportunities      These workshops provide an           currently four scholarships
throughout their senior studies      opportunity to better prepare        available each year.
to participate in formal one-        for the HSC. Courses are led
on-one consultations with Fast       by experts familiar with the         As part of the program, students
Forward Project Officers who         requirements of the HSC.             also receive Fast Forward
will help them make informed                                              workbooks, newsletters and
decisions about future study         Studiosity                           other helpful tools for their use at
pathways. The consultations are      Students will have access to         school.
designed to hone in on individual    a real-time, online homework
objectives and provide practical     centre which includes free           Fast Forward is a key program
guidance about study options.        online tutoring and the use of       under Widening Participation
Project Officers work with           an extensive bank of practice        Engagement Marketing, which
students to explore early entry,     questions and quizzes for revision   focuses on working with schools
alternative pathways, course         and study throughout the year.       to improve the educational
structures, application processes,   Students and tutors can work         opportunities and attainment of
scholarships and other tertiary      through problems together and        students in Western Sydney.
offerings.                           send documents back and forth
                                     for review and comment.              For more information contact
                                                                          us at westernengagement@
                                                                          westernsydney.edu.au

westernsydney.edu.au/fastforward
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WELCOME TO
WESTERN
SYDNEY
UNIVERSITY
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Order of Proceedings
    Welcome and Acknowledgement of Country

    Western Sydney University Guest Speaker

     The Impact of the Fast Forward Program

              Voice of Experience

          Acknowledgement of Schools

              Concluding Remarks

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Welcome
Bankstown Region Schools

Welcome from             Hello and welcome to all our new
Nathan Chong,            Year 9 students joining the Fast
Widening Participation   Forward program this year. My
                         name is Nathan Chong and I am
Project Officer,
                         the Project Officer for 13 high
Fast Forward             schools in the Bankstown region.

                         It is awesome and a privilege to
                         have you in the program! I look
                         forward to meeting you in person
                         at your school or at one of our
                         on-campus events at Bankstown,
                         Parramatta or Campbelltown
                         campuses in the near future.

                         The team and I are here to
                         support your educational journey,
                         so please feel free to connect
                         through our Fast Forward
                         Facebook page - fb.com/
                         westsydufastforward or ask a
                         question about the program by
                         sending me an email – n.chong@
                         westernsydney.edu.au.

                         Looking forward to seeing you
                         soon.

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Fast Forward Program
Schools

Australian              Bankstown Girls    Belmore Boys
International           High School        High School
Academy
                        Principal          Principal
Principal               Suada Bilali       Hala Ramadan
Maffaz Al-Safi
                        Students           Students
Students                Ayda Akkaoui       Ehab Abou Lokmeh
Sofiya Alamudi          Jayda Akkaoui      Rony Adnan
Maryam Ayoubi           Lian Alaslani      Ali Bazzi
Aysha Darwiche          Amani Alawieah     Ali Douer
Aimen Hussain           Fatema Alkhen      Mansoor El Maarbani
Riham Hussein           Shahd Almuzail     Abel Gebremichael
Faiza Hydri             Winnie Bach        Mohammad Hajar
Mariam Khan             Asmaa Bardouh      Khalil Hijazi
Maliha Mahjabin         Aamina Bardouh     Rayan Hijazi
Ayah Mekhici-Benabbad   Nour Brais         Tony Huang
Fatima Naji             Balsam Cheikho     Ethan Mataio
Shada Omar              Rayan Elmasri      Ali Milhem
Amra Qureshi            Razaan Ghazzaoui   Fathi Milhem
Safa Raad               Angelica Griarte   Haris Mohamed Shameem
Sarah Saboune           Hiba Hijazi        Nikhil Prasad
Sahr Tariq              Angela Ho          Patehama Kevley Puri
Aneesa Toryalay         Taghrid Issa       Mohammed Reaz
Roukaya Yehya           Siti Jahera        Jose Tapurau
                        Mariam Naaman
                        Khizra Naveed
                        Kim Nguyen
                        Natalie Pham
                        Leila Rifaie
                        Anna Suryantoko
                        Salima Zeidan

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Bossley Park           Canley Vale              Condell Park
High School            High School              High School

Principal              Principal                Principal
Vera Chevell           Deborah Santucci         Susie Mobayed

Students               Students                 Students
Danella Akka           Melissa Jane Bastasa     Muhamad Awad
George Alkhoury        Eva Chen                 Kabir Begg
Olivia Blaskovic       Tanya Chui               Seedra Bezre
Selena Cao             Jesslyn Khuu             Elissa Boulad
Adriana Chhay          Megan Laisanna-Bramman   Kayla Day
Grace Davidoff         Ethan Le                 Selene Dixon
Zakariya Hayyawi       Mirabelle Lim            Fatema Dunia
Talia Izmirlian        Hannah Limbu             Zein El Arja
Justin Liliang         Jennally Luu             Angel El Haddad
Cimadrah Madlool       Teresa Luu               Issam El Mohtadi
Jacob Noumeh           Bena Moth                Layal Ghamrawi
Kimia-Lee Osten        Cindy Nguyen             Hafiz Kusnadi
Norjana Pundogar       Janice Nguyen            Soubhi Milhem
Sonja Rajkovic         Lauren Nguyen            Harris Nazim
Riyanka Ramamoorthy    Crystal Pham             Yousif Omer Osman
Adrian Sabato          Crystal Ta               Abdulrahman Rifaieh
Quindira Supriyono     Kim Tran                 Omar Salama
Daniela Vartuli        Leo Tran                 Bathsheba Sein
Marcus Viler           Sapphire Truong          Mariam Tarawally
                       Pia Vo                   Adam Wehbe
                       Vivian Vu
                       Angela Wu

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Fast Forward Program
Schools

East Hills Boys      Hoxton Park         Punchbowl Boys
High School          High School         High School

Principal            Principal           Principal
Paul Abboud          Leny Wallace        Robert Patruno

Students             Students            Students
Tyrell Assante       Hanzallah Ahmad     Ahmed Abdulwahed
Adam Conley          Shaarikh Ali        Syed Aalishan Ali
Jayden Considine     Sandy Al-Salihi     Muhammad Baagil
Max Johns            Elias Arena         Taha Banat
Farouk Laalaa        Anthony Calabro     Bahaa Chahine
Damien Maiorana      Yen-Jui Chang       Khaled Dergham
Nicolas Malakos      Eliza Coronakes     Kassem Dib
Taylem Ott           Xanthe Coronakes    Mohommad Eid
Leonardo Schiavini   Tracy Dinh          Mohammed Elsamak
Hussein Serhan       Karim El-Halabi     Omar Hendieh
Jeremiah Shashati    Jo-Hanna Ieremia    Zayd Hussein
Harjapan Singh       Corey Kilmartin     Peteru Ioelu
Khoder Tamra         Giselle Luangrath   Rafi Karim
Ahnaf Tanvir         Elizabeth Luy       Muhammad Shahmi Muhamad
Damon Taufa          Liam Mellish        Zakaria
Antonio Vasilevski   Minh Nguyen         Hassan Nouh
Minh Vu              Alex Onn            Hussain Nouh
                     Kaliopasi Pani      Issa Rachid
                     Mytchell Signal     Ammar Said
                     Narak Sinh          Mahmoud Serdah
                     Andrew Walker       Randy Yusuf

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Sir Joseph Banks       St Johns Park            Strathfield South
High School            High School              High School

Principal              Principal                Principal
Murray Kitteringham    Effie Niarchos           Steven Holz

Students               Students                 Students
Tyra Brown             Danya Al-Jaboree         Sara Abdul-Latif
Evarina Cook           Nicholas Bet Dashto      Jabreel Aboud
Ali Dirani             Stanlee Chang            Hassan Alawie
Marina Doughaim        Nathan Chen              Ahmad Altaq
Amanda Duong           Clement Jong             Yara Ata
Niharika Dutt          Linzi Joseph             Hamid Bahram
Aya El-Maredli         Suryavarman Ii Kuylong   Esra Basaran
Faith Evans            Awan Lazim               Emmalina Brodbeck
Alvie Farooque         Joseph Le                Ahmad Daher
Kadiza Fofana          Amira Lee                Jameela Haddad
Jamal Jbara            Janina Lim               Fahim Kamal
Nancy Khatab           Raymond Ly               Samiq Khan
Selina Kurkomaz        Mike Ngo                 Hassan Khattak
Joanna Le              Jessica Ngo              Montana King
Paul Masaya            Theologos Reissis        Jana Lozi
Cena Morillo           Chloe Sachhoy            Ahmed Musri
Geddy Mukama           Adrian Tang              Eman Mzakzak
Naim Nassif            Martin Tran              Jad Safi
Shaimaa Nassif         Kyle Trusler             Ali Shafaat
Stephen Patuwai        Milan Vukotic            Duc Vu
Jacqueline Perdomo
Tiresa Sua
Jonathan Turner
Kemu Waqa

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Fast Forward Program
Schools

Wiley Park Girls
High School

Principal
Grahame Steigler-Peters

Students
Aya Ali
Mervat Alkhazna
Sara Alshuaibi
Atia Anjum
Isabella Araiji
Batool Arja
Farah Bakir
Tabassum Chowdhury
Natalia De Sa
Aminah El Masri
Jenan Hadid
Fatima Halabi
Rukaya Hanouf
Shaymaa Ibrahim
Serene Kayellou
Jasmine Kheir
Rudayna Kourouche
Randa Mahmoud
Ashlynn Nair
Maya Nasra
Vanessa Nguyen
Meliame Palu
Hala Rawshdeh
Sani-E-Zahra Rizvi
Dana Shaqran
Hafsah Sundus

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Welcome
Blacktown Region Schools

Welcome from             Hello all and welcome to our new
Francesca Paletua,       Year 9 Fast Forward students and
Widening Participation   their families. I’m Francesca, the
                         Project Officer for 13 awesome
Project Officer,
                         high schools in and around the
Fast Forward             Blacktown region. We are so glad
                         you joined the program and so
                         excited to meet you throughout
                         your years in the Fast Forward
                         program. Our team is having an
                         awesome time creating online
                         workshops to support you in your
                         educational journey. Also don’t
                         be shy, if you have any questions
                         about Fast Forward or would like
                         to say hello, I’d love to hear from
                         you at f.paletua@westernsydney.
                         edu.au.

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Colyton                Doonside Technology          Emmaus
High School            High School                  Catholic College

Principal              Principal                    Principal
Daryl Butler           Janet Harding                Robert Nastasi

Students               Students                     Students
Kelisha Blanchard      Rachelle Raine Altamaarino   Jamie Bertumen
Shreya Dhungana        Naomi Anthony                Skye Blake
Selim Doklu            Alyssa Arcilla               Lachlan Cazar-Mungcal
Zenric Gamlanga        Zin Aung                     Olivia Dura
Anthony Gorgis         Andrea Batula                David Eskander
Aiden Haynes           Briana Beaver                Jack Fox Gilsenan
Gabriella Hipolito     Cai Bruyn                    Jayden Gauci
Nimatullah Hussaini    Adrian Camilleri             Jack Histon
Matt Jayona            Phoebe Dumog                 Amelia Lathouras-Beacroft
Tea Joy                Maia Fisher-Hill             Emerson Madden
Amasha Packeer         Kaitlyn Flinders-Furner      Georgia Mcquillan
Yasmeen Qurbani        Analua Fosita                Adam Melville
Isabella Rivera        Charlotte Heath              Charlee Rose Murtough-
Jayden Le Roberts      Charlotte Makatule           Coombes
Sathnidu Silva         Caley Mckinlay               Zachery Rask
Jasmine Smith          Jasmin Mills                 Sandy Shakkal
Jai Trewlynn           Liam Newman                  Isaac Sharp
Kyra Trewlynn          Sardonyx Pakoti              Grace Simpson
Soala Warmate          Kayla Peltier                Annaleise Spagnol
                       Mae-Anne Prado               Charlise Sultana
                       Jodi Sagum                   Jasmine Talanoa
                       Tk Sime
                       Tali Simon
                       Maia Stewart

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Fast Forward Program
Schools

Erskine Park             Evans               Plumpton
High School              High School         High School

Principal                Principal           Principal
Brenda Quayle            Nerina Pretlove     Timothy Lloyd

Students                 Students            Students
Zoe Aphrodite El-Chami   Alec Black          Rabia Ahsan
Chloe Kells              Amelia Cannon       Leilani Appleby
Hamdan Khan              Karl Eyre           Kairaen Atera-Chapman
Ashleigh Macvean         Erica Guevarra      Arianna Constantinou
Javier Martin            Felida Hao          Jhyrie Diaz
Jade Matthews            Reshma Karki        Summah-Rose Dickson
Jessica Mcgarry          Dylan Kay           Anghus Fulmerwoods
Kirk Joshua Murillo      Parasto Mohammadi   Alexander Garces
Sebel Cleo Ozdemir       Kate Moloney        Jemma Hall
Lucas Sanders            Neha Prasad         Jade Holt
Devesh Singh             Ali Rashidi         Saffanah Hussain
Vishant Singh            Het Raval           Sarim Ilyas
Ryan Spark               Melissa Sayno       Raha Imran
Elektra Taylor           Guntas Sodhi        Muhammad Sahil Javed
Tyra-Leigh Tracey        Andrei Stasi        Bles Polinar
John Urdanegui           Nadine Velasco      Aliyah Ponce Castro
Koray Vasfi              Krunkorn Yaso       Vin Ramos
Mitchell White                               Oliver Reid
                                             Nicole Saville
                                             Emanuel Vaoliko Savesi

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Quakers Hill               Richmond                     Riverstone
High School                High School                  High School

Principal                  Principal                    Principal
Andrew Skehan              Clifford Ralph               Karen Downie

Students                   Students                     Students
Mirium Acharya             Charlee Bartlett             Sohrab Afzali
Ramzy Alame                Madison Bergin               Afraa Batool
Edris Azimi                Kyle Branks                  Sophy-Lea Boylan
Sahar Azimi                Viktoriia Butenko            Lilia Jones
Declan Banks               Zoe Chaseling                Chloe Marosevic
Sean Fraser                Charlotte Cooke              Claire Mibus
Eliza Gould                Riley Copeland               Neev Patel
Jack Hassall               Jade Ford                    Ebony Riley
Abby Kitto                 Kimberly Foster              Mikayla Samaan
Adam Madi                  Zephaniah Gibbons            Abthahi Tazrian
Kayden Olds                Penny Graham                 Gwangyoul Yang
Taylah Papworth-Buchanan   Shaylee Hancock Knepperges   Arjun Yellavarjula
Harrison Poulsen           Hayley Innins
Ryan Sambhar               Karla Schindler
Liam Sammons               Norshanti Taisala
Kayla Shore                Randall Thompson
Hayley Stephan             Jacon Worland
May Stonham                Aidan Worland
Charlotte Sunderland
Anthony Trovato
Matt Witenden

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Fast Forward Program
Schools

Seven Hills      St Clair               Windsor
High School      High School            High School

Principal        Principal              Principal
Greg Johnstone   Julie Tegart           Jennifer Hawken

Students         Students               Students
Kaitlyn Brush    Jean-Marcel Bergerot   Aiesha Abdul-Rahman
Ziah Burns       Cameron Blake          Braedon Bayly
Patrick Flores   Nawa Bokany            Skye Burn
Shannon Hill     Yada Bokany            Skye Byrnes
Yasmin Howarth   Tyrese Coban           Charlotte Collier
Adriana Koni     Christine De Laza      Bethany Dear
Megan Mcdevitt   Luke Kaldas            Lauren Drady
Jorja Mcmanus    Rinoa Laranang         Layla George
Joanne Mghames   James Leo              Aiden Hardy
Tyleen Saipele   Bronwyn Ma’Auli Sue    Maeve Hughes
Amy Telfer       Concetta Mayol         Oliver Macdonald
                 Paige Morrison         Keely Martin
                 Hannah Rutledge        Ella Paraha
                 Amelia Sherwood        Taylah Reeves
                 Lynda Sua-Oto          Sofia Sabas
                 Darya Talabani         Jana Saker
                 Samantha Tumangday     Jordan Tolmie
                                        Sol Yuletian
                                        Dane Zilian

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Welcome
Campbelltown Region Schools

Welcome from             Hello and welcome to all our new
Rebecca Waterstone,      Year 9 students joining the Fast
Widening Participation   Forward program this year. My
                         name is Rebecca and I am the
Project Officer,
                         Project Officer for 15 high schools
Fast Forward             in the Campbelltown region.

                         We are so thrilled to have you in
                         the Fast Forward program! I look
                         forward to meeting you in person
                         one day soon – either at your
                         school or at one of our amazing
                         events at Western Sydney
                         University’s Campbelltown
                         campus.

                         Myself, and the rest of the team
                         are excited to be accompanying
                         you throughout this enriching
                         experience. You can follow us
                         and connect via our Fast Forward
                         Facebook page - fb.com/
                         westsydufastforward.

                         I look forward to seeing you soon,
                         Rebecca Waterstone

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Airds                     Ambarvale                Camden
High School               High School              High School

Principal                 Principal                Principal
Stephen McGuire           Louise Barnott-Clement   Melinda Brady

Students                  Students                 Students
Ali Al-Katify             Jack Bexterman           Melissa Bonello
Isaiah Ao                 Isabell Cooke            Oscar Dyson
Isabel-May Chesterfield   Nishalia Deo             Naomi Eldib
Corey Corbett             Katelyn Foreman          Grace Feutrill
Sienna Dalmazio           Hana Hussain             Amy-Lea Fisher
Cooper Duffy              Maahirah Hussain         Isabella Fitzgerald
Jayden Ellis              Khushal Kumar            Annabelle Franklin
Dakota Gillett            Christine Leauanae       Makayla Funnell
Reice Kain                Ebony-Rose Morgan-Dodd   Blake Garbutt
Allegra Lozano            Easa Sawyer              Jessica Gillies
Moana Moli                Harrison Sperling        Jaime House
Keandre Moore             Jemma Still              Ayva Jenkins
Jaime Morales             Robert Stringer          Caitlyn Jones
Kalasini Papalii          Samantha Tai             Samuel Lawrence
Cameron Petrie            Nadi Zaki                Jaycob McVeay
Kimi Puia                                          Harrison Mellare
Mauri Puia                                         Breanna Rae
Jade Rencewicz                                     Adam Xuereb
Jessica Roberts                                    Karla Zoric
Jess Rosa
Declyn Styman
Unitty Ta’Uo

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Fast Forward Program
Schools

Campbelltown          Eagle Vale               Elizabeth Macarthur
Performing Arts       High School              High School
High School
                      Principal                Principal
                      Adam Batchelor           Kylie Hedger
Relieving Principal
Kirstine Gonano                                Students
                      Students
                      Zayne Abrahams           Jessica Bishop
Students
                      Laura Baydoun            Dylan Breuer
Maliyah Arnold
                      Jessica De Oliveira      Emily Canal
Makayla Brown
                      Jay Fisher               Zachary Dearing
Bianca Evans
                      Aiden Freeman            Shaley Fleming
Astrid Graham
                      Cooper Freeman           Rory Griffin
Bilal Haddara
                      Ashlee Gallagher         Alanah Khalifeh
Ruby Hoad
                      Lorelai Hodges           Yasmin Masood
Xeyruz Lazarou
                      Lucas Matthews           Benjamin McClafferty
Jade Lovell
                      Sodara Nan               Abygail Mills
Ava Mafulu
                      Laurence Phengsamay      Adrian Padernilla
Skye Roberts
                      Jackson Price            Arjun Reddy
Matthew Scott
                      Maddison Rambaldini      Isabelle Robertson
Divya Sharma
                      Luke Rodman              Simran Sandhu
Sarah Spicer
                      Benjamin Shamoail        Connor Tram
Leo Stojanovic
                      Smirithi Sivashanmugam   Mia Worrall
Angelina Thompson
Abby Toynton          Mark Towns
Emily Van Hest        Danny Vongphachanh

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John Therry             Leumeah              Mount Annan
Catholic College        High School          High School

Principal               Principal            Principal
Wayne Marshall          Paul Zielinski       Ken Bates

Students                Students             Students
Angar Ajak              Amira Ajineh         Brooke Alexander
Monet Cole              Hena Asghari         Maryam Alzehairi
Giabella Da Silva       Cooper Blundell      Olivia Darby
Angelica Estrada        Tiahni Bussell       Nicolas Davies
Margot Ellise Ganaden   Andrew Coppins       Charlize Draper
Prudence Gardner        Tylar Cox            Jack Gwynne
Kaylee Holley           Gabriel Dabbousi     Matthew Hando
Olivia Kennedy          Nayte Daye-Waller    Emily Hayward
Gabriela Miziniak       Hayley Farrell       Alexis Johnson
Amelia Pitman           Jordan Groenendaal   Lara Kuzet
Kiarah Rodgers-Seiver   Jade Hughes          Joshua Lewis
Milica Rudic            Lemalu I-Umaga       Connor Matthews
Liana Scrimshaw         Justin Jarrett       Kaidyn McCormick
Meyghan Simmons         Cooper Jensen        Samuel Newton
Rachael Talanoa         Brayden Laws         Zayne Riley
Alicia Titon            Ayia Mrayhej         Aaron Setu
                        Paige Murray         Sienna Smith
                        Christian Patten     Lily Watson
                        Ella Pocknall        Sophia Zammit
                        Shanay Pocknall
                        Emma-lee Raciti
                        Matilda Risa
                        Tamara Robbins
                        Roneet Sen
                        Jacqueline Wilson

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Fast Forward Program
Schools

Mount Carmel           Picton                  Robert Townson
Catholic College       High School             High School

Principal              Principal               Relieving Principal
Stephen Lo Cascio      Warren Parkes           Luke Farthing

Students               Students                Students
Abigail Amurao         Demi Anthes-Saarinen    Jackson Abbott
Cynthia Basco          Skye Callaghan          Jasmin Basalamah
Alexis Brunt           Joirdyn Cassell         Tyler Bradley-Smith
Aezriel Chandra        Inah’Maria Dabrowski    Alyssa Caffyn
Merryn Clarke          James Dean              Lexy Chaccour
Tahlia Connolly        Madeline Gordon         Katrina Daher
Mescha Di Franco       Ivy Haselhuhn           Aisha Darwiche
Summer Duggan          Madison Hay             Makai Fensom-Reid
Maricel Fennesy        Ryan Henry              Lila Gamis
Monique Jakovljevic    Charlotte Heudebourck   Oktavia Hanna
Liah Kilcar            Eliza Hockey            Mackenzie Jones
Naina Kumar            Reid Lasek              Rianne Kanj
Jessica Le             Rheya Mason             Isaac Khannara
Leilani Masilungan     Celeste Moscrop         Morgan Lai
Hailee Meurant         Kade Wilson             Soroush (Alex) Mahfoozi
Loujille Mistula       Maddison Woods          Tania Novakovic
Mikaela Molina                                 Bethany Pham
Fiona Nguyen                                   Hayley Scott
Jenny Nguyen                                   Angelina Thanaxay
Jessica Nikolov
Justyce Smith
Krupa Thalody
Kaya Tolley
Alicia Underwood
Miriam Warwick-Smith

26                                                        Western Sydney University
Sarah Redfern           St Benedict’s              Thomas Reddall
High School             Catholic College           High School

Principal               Principal                  Principal
Lyndel Clowry           Kerrie Piatek              Julie Fuller

Students                Students                   Students
Samuel Acosta Perez     Benjamin Alexander Acuna   Jasmin Ahmed
Hussain Alfahad         Isaac Aquilina             Edward Allison
Charlemagne Arsenal     Azariah Baker              Kaiden Bantin
Erika Barua             Madeline Birkbeck          Jemila Basafacan
Dominic Haines          Malcolm Breen              Jack Goonan
Tasneem Hossain         Hayley Campbell            Bronson Greening
Shereta Islam           Leandro Caporale           Brayden Gubat
Sheenala Kumar          Andrea Lorain Cruz         Ella Hill
Zafirah Kusnadi         Hannah Dowling             Elyse Lloyd
Victoria Loi Galualii   Kathryn Giouzelis          Tat Makene
Gilia Lopez             Jessica Graydon            Jackson Maseafa
Jeremy Marlowe          George Halim               Monica Mel
Pania Paul              Ashton Judge               Yash Singh
Shaheel Prasad          Lyndon Magick              Maisi Singh Dhaliwal
Renie Ranjit            Simon McCarthy             Cheryl Tagiloa
Kevin Rayward           Emily McGlynn              Ava-Ann Thompson-Boyd
Harrison Saint          Kiara Noble                Gwenyth Wrenn-Nelson
Tulouna Saufoi          Rose North
Hussam Syed             Olivia Prior
Niutua Taua             Keeley Rogers
Fatima Zaheedi          Kiara Romeo
                        Natasha Saab
                        Michael Stark
                        Katelynne Tripodi

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Welcome
Liverpool Region Schools

Welcome from             Hello and welcome to all our
Losana Ravulo,           new Year 9 students joining the
Widening Participation   Fast Forward program this year.
                         My name is Losana and I am the
Project Officer,
                         Project Officer for 16 high schools
Fast Forward             in the Liverpool region.

                         It is awesome to have you in
                         the program! I look forward to
                         meeting you in person at your
                         school or at one of our on-
                         campus events at Bankstown or
                         Campbelltown campuses in the
                         near future.

                         The team and I are here to
                         support your educational journey,
                         so please feel free to connect
                         through our Fast Forward
                         Facebook page - fb.com/
                         westsydufastforward or ask a
                         question about the program by
                         sending me an email – l.ravulo@
                         westernsydney.edu.au.

                         Looking forward to seeing you
                         soon.

28                                                             Western Sydney University
All Saints                  Ashcroft                Birrong Boys
Catholic College            High School             High School

Principal                   Principal               Principal
Michael Hollis              Edward Noon             Darren Stevens

Students                    Students                Students
Hanna (John) Daher          Bilal Addib             Abdul Abbas
Abriella Arteaga-Figueroa   Ryan Canfarini          Abdallah Alsalemi
Daniel Catena               Mahmoud Farah           Ayham Darjazini
Teagan Clarke               Robert Fepale           Jalal Eldick
Urmia Faamausili Ailua      Pearl Fretton           Abdulaziz Jasim
Helen Hayward               Tony Iosefa             Anwar Jbili
Alexandria Jaajaa           Anniya Meas             Matthew Nguyen
Mahaba Kamal                Vinisha Vanshika Nair   George Potter
Konstantinos Kardoulias     Jesse Sergi             Ibrahim Shahin
Nancy Karout                Adam Smith              Dean Stewart
Ryan McSpadden              Jeremiah Talaoloa
Sosefina Moala              Faith Taulu
Daniel Moosman              Justin Tran
Vibha Mulky                 Peter Tran
Saras Naidu                 Vaneza Tran
Angel Ogston                Aasiya Vetter
Darsian Patolo
Michelle Posiano
Nabil (Billy) Rahme
Brando Storum
Vaihola Tahaafe

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Fast Forward Program
Schools

Birrong Girls          Casula                Fairvale
High School            High School           High School

Principal              Principal             Principal
Zena Dabaja            Gareth Smith          Kathleen Seto

Students               Students              Students
Jana Abdul Fattah      Mohamad Alsodany      Imeelya Al Hadaya
Leanne Aguleh          Rawan Azeez           Marya Atallah
Fatima Al Fadheli      Charlotte Buan        Lina Bedari
Zainab Al Hamdani      Anthony Chea          Alison Huynh
Hawraa Al Shami        Alex Collins          Kelly Huynh
Lamya Alameddine       Ma’Amoon Jawdat       Leanne Huynh
Sarah Algarawi         Adeline Johanna       Samantha Jap
Arwa Ali               Kirsty Lartey         Noah Krebs
Salam Bassal           Jeffrey Lu            Dinny Le
Yasmin Bekdache        Faye Malalla          Kathy Le
Jamilia Elali          Rasha Naim            Michelle Ma
Rasha Elhallak         Shila Neeure          Fa’Amu Nafoi
Zara Jalloul           Shahd Nejem           Kristen Nguyen
Eman Khoudir           Emma Nguyen           Tracey Nguyen
Carmen Lau             Genave Pham           Luka Tomasevic
Kimberly Lin           Ashly Reddy           Mitar Tomasevic
Krislhen Faith Mateo   Ismail Sattar         Crystal Tran
Hajara Musthafa        Allison Singsouriya   Crystal Vo
Bariya Nazha           Ella-Rose Sykes       Aras Youssef
Janet Niyubuntu        Joshua Treffiletti
Maya Rifahi
Khadija Rustom
Alae Sankari
Ayah Sankari
Natania Sim
Naomi Sleiman
Ansam Zrieka

30                                                     Western Sydney University
Ingleburn              James Busby            John Edmondson
High School            High School            High School

Principal              Principal              Principal
Robert Cheadle         Olimpia Bartolillo     Leon Weatherstone

Students               Students               Students
Laylah Alali           Fatima Ali             Sophia Akpala
Jasmine Al-Fadly       Maysa Bazih            Dunia Azimi
Sebastian Buhrmann     Jack Brown             Michellie Bevis
Luke De Silva          Flavia Carvalho        Ryan Carmona
Zariya Essop           Angelika Druc          Natalie Ebel
Jaycee Galap           Rima Elarnaout         Sabreen Hassan
Dylan Herisson         Malia-Sophia Fifita    Ahlam Jillani
Jade Jackson           Nicole Ioane           Payal Khanna
Jasleen Kang           Jacob Jacob            Calvin Krishna Kishore
Raivik Kumar           Karen Keomongkhoun     Anna Lakin
Lavai Madar            Serok Khoshnow         Elisha Maglanque
Lida Nazary            Vi-Anna Luu            Marko Milutinovic
Tina Nusco             Vivian Luu             Shelby Poll
Lj Peihopa             Kurtis Mala            Shweta Prasad
Abdullah Rizvi         Tyra Miller            Sienna Robinson
Georgia Shanahan       April Nguyen           Manveer Singh
Adeeba Styer           Philip Nguyen          Kiara Stassen
Yuanne Viado           Andrew Norin           Olivia Wells
Tiffany Wang           Kritisha Rao           Ashley Wong
                       Alan Saisanavong       Rosely Youhanna
                       Raghida Samra          Lily Zhong
                       Jordan Senethavysouk
                       Daniel Tran
                       Kyle Truong
                       Alicia Van Der Meer

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Fast Forward Program
Schools

Lurnea                  Macquarie Fields                 Miller Technology
High School             High School                      High School

Principal               Acting Principal                 Principal
Kylie Landrigan         Justin Perrett                   Kenneth Edge

Students                Students                         Students
Darryl Adam             Mir Hamdan Ahmed                 Ardwan Abed
Adam Al - Zehairi       Edna Appiah                      Nour Alajia
Roselyn Antwi Agyei     Mikaela Copat                    Cedra Ali
D’Nahla Barnard         Destiny Demirjian                Louisa Ali
Ogar Denkha             Lotufaamanatu Rachael Kapeteni   Zioa Alkhamees
Malak Jaber             Zaeem Khan                       Rami Alzahri
Rianna Kataieh          Urvi Khanna                      Alyssia Dower
Amanda Mellish          Ashton Mcdonagh                  Crisjan Haimona
Jade Mellish            Shanon Menezes                   Mashoodah Hanif
Israa Rizk              Elina Methushi Mariya Perera     Ghazal Ibrahim
Christie-Lee Robinson   Ether Mokib                      Marten Khamo
Lina Samhat             Sujay Mysore                     Vy Nguyen
Taif Shareef            Akshara Pattarath                Chanel Nguyen
Bowie Su                Jessica Ritchie                  Rodin Sale
Roukaya Taha            Prasun Shah                      Rachel Walter
Maia Wrathall           Charchit Shrestha
Cindus Yatim            Salamasina Tavui
Sondous Zayied          Linh Trinh

32                                                                 Western Sydney University
Prairiewood            St Narsai Assyrian
High School            Christian College

Principal              Principal
Belinda Giudice        Edwar Dinkha

Students               Students
Migherbek Aghazarian   Martin Anwar
Elijah Dsouza          Jevara Ayoub
Auvangeline Falealii   Julian Baty
Francesco Feuda        Jonathan Daoud
Ryan Hong              Marel David
Kevin Kou              Phillip Elia
Mark Lam               Meriam Franso
Saeseese Lova          Mario Hasdo
Damien Mcconnochie     Hayden Hawel
Rachel Ohalloran       Beyonce Hirmiz
Jessica Pao            Kandz Ismail
Jarret Phong           Daniel Perchem
Alesha Tahir           Linnet Ranie
Jason Tang             Marcel Shamon
Nathan Tran            Benjamin Youkhana
Leo Tu                 Onita Zeia
William Weng
Isabella Wilson
Raymond Zahrooni
Parmida Zohoori

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Welcome
Parramatta Region Schools

Welcome from             A huge hello to our new Year
Barbara Stephens,        9 Fast Forward students. I’m
Widening Participation   Barbara, the Project Officer for
                         our amazing 13 Parramatta region
Project Officer,
                         high schools.
Fast Forward
                         Our team is having fun
                         developing online workshops on
                         topics like Study Skills and Time
                         Management for you, but I can’t
                         wait to meet you guys in person
                         in your schools and on your local
                         WSU campus in Parramatta, just
                         as soon as we are able.

                         In the meantime, if you have any
                         questions about Fast Forward or
                         would like to say hello, I’d love to
                         hear from you at B.stephens@
                         westernsydney.edu.au

34                                                              Western Sydney University
Arthur Phillip              Auburn Girls           Chester Hill
High School                 High School            High School

Principal                   Principal              Principal
Lauretta Claus              Anna Tsoutsa           Maria O’Harae

Students                    Students               Students
Nayab Ali                   Emaan Afzal            Madina Adra
Haja Bah                    Jana Ajaj              Zain Alameddine
Mubashir Ebrahimi           Roukayah Al Fararjeh   Zahraa Alkaraawi
Ece Karsli                  Sharvanna Ali          Mortaza Askary
Rashi Karwa                 Meerab Arslan          Fouad Ayoub
Jai Mcderment               Mariam Awik            Sima Barzinji
Breanna Mendola             Annisa Elcheikh        Rehamh Chehade
Yousef Nabizadeh            Mina Ibraheem          Maryam Faraj
Hannia Razavi               Isra Ismail            Charmaine Gavin
Sophia Ruggieri             Shafiqa Karimi         Hasan Keles
Abhishek Saha               Siti Balqis Khan       Ahmet Kula
Santhosh Saththiyaventhan   Hawraa Mohammad        Jerome Leelo
Lily Wardan                 Yalda Mohammadi        Aaliyah Osman
                            Esma Sevincek          Rosalynda Saadat
                            Bushra Shakil          Leila Safrglani
                            Yasemen Uzdilli        Kayla Stephens
                            Wasila Zeidan          Hiba Taha
                                                   Douaa Taleb
                                                   Lisa Trinh
                                                   Nicholas Tuitama

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Fast Forward Program
Schools

Delany College           Fairfield                 Granville Boys
Granville                High School               High School

Principal                Principal                 Principal
Paul Easton              Charles Borg              Noel Dixon

Students                 Students                  Students
Achan Akot               Haitham Abdulrazzaq       Murat Aksamaz
Jezail Al Qass           Asraa Almajidi            Adam Chaker
Samim Azizi              Ahmad Alsaimery           Zakariya Chebli
Daniel Kouaider          Aleeyah (Kris) Aperocho   Veysel Ali Genc
Naulu Leo                Stephanie Berkhout        Ahmad Khanji
William Lua              Tammy Doan                Luis Sabino da Silva
Sandra Marqus            Rose Dwikat               Isaiah Tanginoa
Mathiang Mathiang        Mariam Fanoush            Abdulrahman Trad
Armin Mostofian          Mohammed Ilyaas Israil
Kaleah Pedgrift-Wood     Klodya Jabbar
Tayyabah Hayaat Rehman   James Ly
Mariah Sleiman           Ali Moshtaq
Jeremiah Taliauli        Amir Music
Suzanne Tannous          Anthony Nazari Sobbi
Eftalia Temel            Rose Nazari Sobbi
Eyli Yaacoub             Francis Oruga
                         Jasmine Sar
                         Georgia Sebial
                         Sophia Supierz
                         Georgina Tevaga
                         Dominic Vilavong

36                                                              Western Sydney University
Granville South        Greystanes           Holroyd
Creative and           High School          High School
Performing Arts
High School            Principal            Principal
                       Grant Sparke         Kylie Adams
Principal
                       Students             Students
Melissa Johnston
                       Farhad Ahmadi        Fozia Abdullah
                       Zainab Akbari        Kareem Agha
Students
                       Dila Akdag           Mahdi Alizadeh
Hanna Aakataa
                       Mikayla Bates        Mya Bailey
Ruqia Alassadi
                       Edin Budimlic        Pania Bailey
Makayla Allen-Smith
                       Liam Dascalos        Tj Chiriseri
Ali Alrashid
                       Theresa Doueihy      Ihan De Mel
Mohammad Alshokaan
                       Jessica Edgar        Saliha Ghulami
Mary-Anne Bui
                       Ryan Hewitt          Bodhi Hunter
Zania Dela Cruz
                       Jackson Hogan        Ali Sina Karimi
Manelle El-Ahmad
                       Nmesoma Iwuoha       Morteza Mahmoudi
Aisha El-Marouk
                       Charlize Johnson     Philip Mamo
Fatma Fadel
                       Gesma Kafi           Stephanie Mathews
Fatima Kepezkaya
                       Chelsea Keast        Abulfazal Mirzaei
Fayeeza Kumar
                       Aneri Mehta          Atefah Mohammadi
Laila Lily Lakmas
                       Matt Mendoza         Ahsan Safari
Elma Smajic
                       Aaron Pich           Yunus Saymar
Talha Talha
                       Kade Rollins         Nisar Shafaq
Alarnyx Tautuhi
                       Charlotte Stoddart   Shahab Shakib
Atelina Toga
                       Jadhu Suresh
Ali Zeineddine

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Fast Forward Program
Schools

Nagle College        Parramatta               Pendle Hill
                     High School              High School
Principal
Delma Horan          Principal                Principal
                     Domonique Splatt         Judith Sims
Students
Atong Acuoth         Students                 Students
Sophie Albion        Prian Anandan            Noah Abbas
Stephanie Attard     Zhanghan (Hanson) Chen   Ashilta Chandraia
Ella Daniel          Lavanya Chopra           Olivia Eggleton
Mandera Elias        Agreem Ghimire           Nader El Droubi
Maya Faiek           Artin Gholami            Scott Elkin
Jessica Haddad       Prashita Gupta           Teagrah Farrugia
Marina Ibrahim       Muhammad Hadid           Caleb Hand
Tracey Kide          Arathei Kadir            Jessica Holst
Hana Koko            Vai Karelia              Gursamarbir Singh Kang
Bea Samantha Leong   Furqan Kashif            Alan Karunakaran
Zaylee Luna          Banny Kuang              Bridie Kessler
Ava Michalski        Ajay Kumar               Sammarth Madhu
Emmanuela Nwosu      Lucas Lord               Ben Nguyen
Emina Omerbasic      Fathia Onifade           Ajay Ramola
Prisha Sharma        Noah Osborne             Alicia Roberts
Amreeta Singh        Divy Patel               Elyass Safdari
Brooklyn Stack       Kavya Patel              Alaina Vincent Singh
Serena Touto         Nikola Samardzic         Sowriya Vishnuvarman
Kiana Tuilata        Dev Shah                 Almaz Yaghi
Ellie Watts          Muqsit Shahid
Sophie Williams      Sanskriti Suhani
                     Kelly Zhong

38                                                          Western Sydney University
St Andrews
College

Principal
Stephen Kennaugh

Students
Ava Alley
Dorothy Anzoa
Magdoline Batay
Lucas Battikha
Armaan Singh Bhinder
Jordan Billedo
Xander Casipit
Sienna Dades
Norbert Drichi
Andrei Garcia
Alyssa Hallatt
Deng Joseph
Jade Kember
Charlise Kenny
Shaniya Lal
Kayla Marafioti
Mia Rovira
Dishav Rohaen Singh
Georges Bou Mansour Narvaez

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Welcome
Penrith Region Schools

Welcome from             A big hello and welcome to the
Ciaran Smyth,            Year 9 students and their families
Widening Participation   starting on a four-year journey
                         with the Fast Forward program.
Project Officer,
Fast Forward             My name is Ciaran, and I have the
                         privilege of working with a range
                         of amazing schools in the best
                         region - Penrith.

                         Along with my fellow Project
                         Officers, I am excited to work
                         with you to uncover and explore
                         a range of concepts and skills
                         to assist with your educational
                         pathway through high school and
                         beyond. We will see you online,
                         in-school, and on-campus, and I
                         look forward to getting to know
                         more about you, your goals,
                         and your dreams - and more
                         importantly, how we can support
                         you as you strive for them.

                         You can always reach out to me
                         via c.smyth@westernsydney.edu.
                         au if you have any questions or
                         feedback.

                         Welcome to Western!

40                                                            Western Sydney University
Blaxland               Caroline Chisholm   Chifley College
High School            College             Bidwill

Principal              Principal           Principal
Emma Le Marquand       Dr Greg Elliot      Mark Burnard

Students               Students            Students
Charlotte Bailey       Kaitlin Antao       Kihana Douglass
Jeevi Bola             Achala Athum        Gaige Evans
Ebony Byrne            Brianna Azas        Sione Faulao
Jennifer Cauchi        Paige Brown         Anushka Kumar
Tyler Handley          Emilia Di Prinzio   Alfonso Laban
Cayden Henderson       Alawyn Drewry       Hayly Matejus
Arkie Hughes           Kiana Hale          Anitilose Moala
Samantha Hunt          Ruby Hams           Aaliyah Noah
Mitchell Kildea        Jessica Jensen      Demetro Oleni
Liam Kirk              Molly Petterson     Ciara Palu
Benjamin Lambeth       Kate Rennie         Maddie Phillips
Mathew Lambeth         Elizabeth Sommers   Hayley Ryan
Jacob Ling             Elina Suaalii       Boyd Slade
Mitchell Mackay        Isabellla Tinker    Talaylah Taivairanga
Owen Mahoney           Erica Worley        Kaitlyn Taylor
Annika Mcleod                              Byron Thompson
Nathaniel Minas                            Mariana Tuuga
Isobel O’Toole
C. Faith Palomino
Lucas Parkinson
Ella Rozyn
Annika Simpson
Zoe Spyrakis
Hannah Thorpe

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Fast Forward Program
Schools

Chifley College      Chifley College            Chifley College
Dunheved             Mt Druitt                  Shalvey

Principal            Principal                  Principal
Jennifer Ribeiro     Cathy Anderson             Jenny Linklater

Students             Students                   Students
Jacob Anwaryar       Walid Asil                 Kiama Forty
Jessica Atkins       Zainab Beydoun             Sienna Gardiner
Samantha Braid       Linitakeisi Fifita         Luca Houseman
Tillyuna Brown       Hayley Fry
Lauren Erskine       Nicholas Hert-Upoko
Ivana Herman         Romeo Hussain
Ehsanulla Mahshar    Ethan Kofler
Taylor Moulds        Chelsie Loraine Perfecto
Peter Nafoi          Harley Readman
Thomas Roos          Zephorah Stewart-Pelasio
Aimee Tighe Mccrea   Tu-Tanekai Tipene
Khaileb Watson
Ozzy Wilkes

42                                                         Western Sydney University
Cranebrook             Glenmore Park       Jamison
High School            High School         High School

Principal              Principal           Principal
Craig Dunne            Lisette Gorick      Glyn Trethewy

Students               Students            Students
Nawid Akbary           Analysa Gautray     Sahel Baburi
Praague Backstrom      Connor Gilboy       Amelia Birnie
Sowedha Backstrom      Jie Hepworth        Charlotte Buckett
Natalia Beriotto       Caetlyn Kearns      Chloe Campbell
Jessica Cui Denton     Corbyn Kingi        Ashley Craft
Oscar Hall             Rohan Lowden-Menz   Robert Culley
Liam Hudson            Olivia Maher        Chloe Fitzmaurice
Emily Iddles           Zoe Nikolic         Bailey Hagarty
Jay-Carlo Lardizabal   Tristan Nitschke    Matilda Hobba
Jasmine Palangkosh     Cruz Pagnamenta     Cooper Jeal
Misha Fiona Peters     Olivia Rhodes       Ashlee Kolkman
Sean Devin Peters      Arabella Rice       Milli Mannering
Hamza Safeem           Emma Stewart        Bronwyn Marlor
Jayden Taliana         Charlotte Watts     Samuel Moore
Skye Toms/French                           Tom O’Donoghue
Brayden Weaver                             Kareena Singh
Taylor Whana                               Tate Starkey
Jamie Young-Stein                          Sky Stevens
                                           Emily Sultana

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Fast Forward Program
Schools

Kingswood               Nepean Creative       Penola Catholic
High School             and Performing Arts   College
                        High School
Principal                                     Principal
Adam Forbes             Principal             Tania Cairns
                        Maxwell Foord
Students                                      Students
Adam Almero             Students              Mitchell Bailey
Lara Brown              Zoe Aitchison         Ezthrella (Ella) Berthriz
Emma Burrows            Joni-Rose Barker      Melissa Giugovaz
Amelia Butler           Roxi Boland           Joyce Maringehosi
Kaajol Datt             Giuliana Bouyioukos   Cooper Mclean
Viet Anh (Kevin) Dau    Madeleine Falconer    Brooke Morgan
Attila Fidan            Alexandra Fleming     Chloe O’Hara
Nuveena Gajanayake      Lyndsay Ford          Chaya Ott
Ava Greentree           Oscar Klein           Alexis Pepper
Lily Loader             May Marshall          Jai Poulton
Ella Mcmanus            Liam Matthews         Lauchlan Prince
Fatima Naqvi            Danyelle Mcpartland   Luke Randle
Jack Schulz             Henry Muir            Katelyn Roberts
Dayna Seymonsbergen     Hailee Quince         Shreya Singh
Khayla Steain           William Rogers        Julia Trunzo-Elia
Rahkana Tukuafu         Ryan Sanderson        Mia Urquhart
Lachlan Webb            Carisa Sarafian       Josephine Yu
Riley Webb              Florence Tonga        Sebastian Zinghini
Charlotte Webster       Declan Wilde
David Weekley Ramirez   Xander Yeo
Emerson White
Kurt White

44                                                        Western Sydney University
Rooty Hill
High School

Principal
Christine Cawsey AM

Students
Zahra Almoaiel
Adam Almoail
Gizem Biber
Rebecca Chau
Raaveeshram Dandamudi
Anjelica Delos Reyes
Bianca Dodd
Dansia Gomes
Veronica Leremia
Mahek Janif
Makaila Marquez
Amina Mohammadi
Ethan Molnar
Kathleen Moxham
Owen Munday
Britney Saker
Rene Sarraj
Catherine Schofield
Jazmine Susi

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FORWARD
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Continue the Fast Forward journey by joining us online! Hear
from the experiences of previous Fast Forward students and
explore our resources on study techniques, time management
and learning styles. Begin preparing for life beyond high
school by planning your pathway options, and learning how
to apply for university and the many scholarships on offer.
Visit our Fast Forward Online website to find out more.

westernsydney.edu.au/ffonline
Contact information
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     westernengagement@westernsydney.edu.au
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