Samual Cody from Chisholm Catholic Primary Bligh Park
Imogen Sheslow from St Clare's Catholic High School Hassall Grove
Congratulations to our winners and all who entered the 2021/22 Executive Director's Summer Reading Challenge (EDSRC), it has been an incredible competition this year with a large number of entries.
Every Summer, students at Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta's 80 schools are encouraged to hit the books through the Executive Directors Summer Reading Challenge. Right across Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains, these children and young people have the chance to win great prizes every time they read something new.
The 2021/22 EDSRC prize winners are:
1. Major prize 2 x $500 JB HiFi vouchers
| Samuel Cody | Chisholm Catholic Primary Bligh Park |
| Imogen Sheslow | St Clare's Catholic High School Hassall Grove |
2. Runner up prize 30 x $30 Ultimate Teen Gift Card
| Peter Joun | Christ the King Primary North Rocks |
| Mischa Dissanayaka | Holy Cross Primary Glenwood |
| Theodore (Theo) Hunt | Holy Cross Primary Glenwood |
| Isabella Bazevski | Holy Family Primary Granville East |
| Christina Fernandis | St John XXIII Catholic College Stanhope Gardens |
| Grace Saliba | Mother Teresa Primary Westmead |
| Ricky Patel | Our Lady of Lourdes Primary Baulkham Hills South |
| Saanvi Agarwal | Our Lady of Mt Carmel Primary Wentworthville |
| Ethan Zachariah | Our Lady of the Angels Primary Rouse Hill |
| Zoe Powney | Our Lady Queen of Peace Primary Greystanes |
| Katarina Yousif | Sacred Heart Primary Mount Druitt South |
| Zoya Lamichhane | Santa Sophia Catholic College Gables |
| Nico Hofma | Santa Sophia Catholic College Gables |
| Aaliyah Prasad | St Aidan's Primary Rooty Hill |
| Xavier Gordon | St Angela's Primary Castle Hill |
| Cohen Coleman | St Anthony's Primary Girraween |
| Zoe Evans | Bede Polding College Windsor South |
| Dilpreet Kaur | Caroline Chisholm College Glenmore Park |
| Charlotte Nash | Emmaus Catholic College Kemps Creek |
| Declan Cook | Gilroy Catholic College Castle Hill |
| Anne-Marie Saba | Nagle College Blacktown South |
| Chris Khoreich | Parramatta Marist High Westmead |
| Jeremy Espinas | Patrician Brothers' College Blacktown |
| William Martin | Patrician Brothers' College Blacktown |
| Samuel Thoms | St Andrews College Marayong |
| Bradley Meadows | St Pauls Catholic College Greystanes |
| Hannah Stone | Xavier College Llandilo |
| Hayden Willingham | St Columba's Catholic College Springwood |
| Shravya Badarinath | St John Paul II College Quakers Hill/Schofields |
| Ashleigh Galletes | St Agnes Catholic High Rooty Hill |
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