Year 10 adviser Jennie Smith gave the introductions and Merindah Thomas and Nadine McLucas gave the welcome to country.

Relieving principal Linda Thurston said that Bega High School prepared students to become life-long learners.

Ms Smith said Year 10 students had matured beyond what “we would have expected” and it had been “a fantastic year with students driven to do their best.”

Year 8 adviser Mark Hopkins was ill and his place was taken by head teacher student welfare Mark Freedman.

A special presentation, the ADF Long Tan Leadership and Teamwork award, was made by Chaplain Andrew Watters RAN to Julien Comer-Kleine.

Year 8 musical items were Pumped Up Kicks from Dermot Cooper, Kyle Britten, Aden Lord and Aaron Smith on drums/guitar/bass and vocals and Little Talks from Ellie Parker, Libby Gowing and Samantha Barnes.

Year 10 musical items were You and Your Heart by Jack Johnson, performed by Tim Francis and Caelan Dixon, Far From the Home I Love from Fiddler on the Roof sung and played by Alice Cleveley and Rumour Has It by Jazmyn Carter, Annie Fitzer, Natalie Alcock-White, Abbee Hausfeld-Suffern and Cellestine Janiola.

Year 8

Academic awards

Academic Excellence award: Jack Robbins, Meritorious Achievement awards: Rebekah Platts, Renee Cooper and Samantha Barnes.

Special awards

Sports Power award: Renee Cooper and Murray Farrell, IMB Junior Sport award: Daisy Boyle, Student Representative Council leadership awards: Georgia Burgess and Renee Cooper, Positive role model award: Mackenzie Gibbons, Office duty award: Kiara Gaudie and Cylem Power, Responsibility award: Samantha Barnes, Respect award: Lincoln Callaghan, Effort award: Ajani Bilby, Citizenship award: Isaac Davey, Encouragement award: Jason Bataan-Groves, Commitment award: Carrie Evans, Leadership award: Georgia Burgess, Indigenous role model: Merindah Thomas, Andrew Constance School Spirit award: Makayla Spires, Encouragement award: Teya Dalziel.

Year Adviser awards: Ruben Agoston, Ci-Ann Argent, Lily Leckie-Fisher, Jessie Hart, Nadine McLucas, Brendan Smith and Rachel Young.

Year 10

Academic awards

Academic excellence award: Carmen MacGregor. Meritorious achievement awards: Quinn Argent, Benjamin Mead, Shaun Smith and Tabitha Zweck.

Special awards

Sports Power awards: Dale Leahy and Lindsay McLeod. Positive role model: Millie Boyle and Jacinda Clements. Aboriginal role model: Briannah Foster and Tristan Sweet. Citizenship award: Matthew Jennings, Commitment award: Hannah Little, Effort award: Lucy Major, Encouragement award: Duke Boreham, Leadership award: Wade Wilton, Respect award: Cellestine Janiola, Responsibility award: Tessa Witcombe, Silver award: Nicholas Sticotti, Canteen award: Duke Boreham, Nicholas Sticotti, Andrew Constance encouragement award: Emma Rootsey, Andrew Constance school spirit award: Brooke Bragg, Rhys Davies, Louise Rixon Memorial award: Jonathon Stephens, NSW Teachers' Federation Bega Teachers' Association Bob Ware award: Alysha Troy.

Year adviser's award: Breanna Hoey, Bethany Spindler, Nikola Tarlinton, Rose-Indigo Terrey. Certificate of appreciation – Disability Provision Volunteers: Julien Comer-Kleine, Annie Fitzer, Carmen MacGregor, Rose-Indigo Terrey, ADF Long Tan Leadership and Teamwork award: Julien Comer-Kleine, Student Representative Council leadership award.