In the VET in Schools Student Awards (part of the [WA Training Awards][1]), Leryan was the Independent Schools category winner of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Student of the Year Award.
While he was not the overall state winner, this is a great recognition of Leryan’s hard work at Wongutha. He has already achieved a Certificate I in Front End Loader / Backhoe operations and is now working on Certificate I in Construction.
Leryan was also a semi-finalist in the [Nescafe Big Break][2] awards for Australia. He was one of 400 semi-finalists chosen from over 4,000 entries with very diverse ideas and ambitions for their future. Leryan and a group of classmates plan to have written letters to their Indigenous role models, searching out their keys to success. They plan to have a book published of the letters they have received in response.
[1]: http://www.trainingawards.det.wa.edu.au/index.html
[2]: http://www.nescafebigbreak.com.au/
