HSC 2014 commences

For the past two years students from seven high schools across the Wingecarribee Shire have been honing their knowledge on a variety of subjects in preparation for what is considered one of the most important tests in their academic life.

These schools include Bowral (97 students) and Moss Vale (65 students) High Schools, Chevalier (156 students), St Pauls International (seven students) and Oxley College (45 students), Frensham (50 students) and the Southern Highlands Christian School (18 students).

A further 19 students from St Paul's International College will sit for an alternative NSW University Foundation Course exam.

The HSC is the transitional test into adulthood and a working life.

For some, the results will hold the key to tertiary studies, for others it will be the final point before they head into the workforce.

Either way the HSC is the culmination of 13 years of schooling from Kindergarten to Year 12. It is a time where their knowledge, and nerves, are put to the test.

Students will sit for their first exams in English (Standard) and English (Advanced) from 10.20am today.

This will be followed by exams across more than 110 covering a broad range of topics including including languages, cultural subjects, the sciences, religion, visual and performing arts and much more. Entertainment Industry and Information and Digital Technology exams will wrap up the testing time in just over three weeks during the afternoon of November 5.

The team at Southern Highland News extended best wishes to all students sitting for the HSC.