Young Citizen of the Year Awarded to Mariam Moeladawilah

4 February 2016
Young Citizen of the Year Awarded to Mariam Moeladawilah

A proud moment for Al Siraat College

Al Siraat is delighted to announce that one of our Primary students and two staff members were nominated for the prestigious "Australia Day Awards 2016 by the City of Whittlesea. Congratulations and Mabrook to Year 4 Junior School student Mariam Moeladawilah for winning the "City of Whittlesea Young Citizen of the Year 2016" award.

Mariam was presented with the award by Mayor Cr Stevan Kozmevski inside the council hall before being escorted to the main festival stage outside where she received the official award from tv and radio icon John Blackman.

College Principal Mr Andrew Houghton and Year 3-4 Coordinator Ms Noori Ahmad were both nominated for the "Australian Citizen of the Year" award. We would like to congratulate them on their nominations.

They were formally announced and presented at the City of Whittlesea Australia Day celebrations on 26 January 2016.

Click HERE to view photos.

(Source: https://www.whittlesea.vic.gov.au/your-council/news-and-publications/news/mayor-congratulates-2016-australia-day-award-recipients)
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