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‘AN ACTIVE AND ENGAGED
YOUNG MAN’ TAKES THE
2019 PERELBERG AWARD
HUDSON LEVINE WITH HIS SILVER REPLICA OF THE PERELBERG
AWARD’S SILVER SCULPTURE. OTHERS IN THE PHOTO ARE
THE PRINCIPAL, TOM BATTY (LEFT), JUSTIN PERELBERG (’90
– REPRESENTING THE PERELBERG FAMILY), AND HUDSON’S
PARENTS, MRS REGINA LEVINE AND MR ADAM LEVINE.
Hudson Levine (Year 12), a boy the
Principal describes as ‘a sincere and mature
young man’, who ‘exhorts others to play
to their strengths for their own success,
and that of the broader team’, is a worthy
winner of the 2019 Perelberg Award.
The award, presented annually since
1993, is granted one year to a current
student or to one who left in the previous
year, and the next to an Old Scotch
Collegian. The key criterion for the award
is that the recipient has shown ‘exemplary
Scotch Spirit’.
The award honours the memory of
Ashley Perelberg from the Class of 1992, a
boy who fully exemplified ‘Scotch Spirit’.
Ashley tragically died of a heart attack at
the age of 18 in his first year of university
study. Ashley’s family presented a silver
sculpture depicting the penguin parade
at Phillip Island, which was inspired by
Ashley’s devotion to the annual Scotch-at-
Cowes summer camps on Phillip Island.
The winner of the Perelberg Award receives
a silver replica of this sculpture.
Announcing Hudson Levine as the
Perelberg Award winner, School Principal
Tom Batty said throughout his Scotch
journey, which began in 2015 in Year
8, Hudson had acted in ways that had
influenced for the greater good, without
thought of reward or recognition, and had
put the needs and interests of others before
his own.
Mr Batty said Hudson had proven
himself to be a conscientious, interested
and hardworking student, winning an
Academic prize for Excellence in Design
Technology in Enterprise in Year 10.
‘Beyond the classroom, Hudson has
been involved in tennis, for which he
was awarded Half Colours in 2018, and
football, receiving Full Colours in both
2018 and 2019,’ Mr Batty said. ‘Hudson
has also involved himself in the Debating
programme, and he was a Peer Support
Leader in Year 10, a role that saw him
working closely with a group of Year 7
boys, helping them settle into their new
environment.
‘This year saw Hudson appointed to the
positions of Prefect and Captain of Forbes
House, giving evidence to the regard
in which he is held by his peers and the
younger boys in his House. Hudson also
spent his first year at Scotch as a member
of the boarding community.
‘Hudson is a sincere and mature
young man with a strong sense of his own
identity. Rather than promote himself, he
exhorts others to play to their strengths for
their own success and that of the broader
team.
‘In his role as House Captain and
Prefect, Hudson has led by example,
shown great integrity in all that he has
done, and been prepared to give of his own
time for the benefit of the individual and
the House. As one teacher commented:
“Hudson carries a generosity of spirit, a
concern for justice, and a willingness to
engage with new ideas, listen to the views
of others, and work hard for the benefit of
the wider community”. As another teacher
put it: “Hudson is a generous, kind and
spirited companion to those around him,
and can be relied upon for his ability to set
a positive tone in all that he does.”
‘Hudson is proud of his Jewish heritage
and is actively engaged in the Chabad
House of Malvern, where he has given of
his time during key festivals throughout
the year. Realising sport is an important
vehicle around which social cohesion and
harmony can be built, Hudson, through
his strong connection with the Ajax
Football Club, was a participant in the
recent Jolson/Houli Unity Cup match,
which saw two teams from the Jewish and
Muslim communities play a game of AFL
at the MCG with the aim of celebrating
peace.
‘As can be seen from this resume, and
as expressed by one of his nominators for
this award, Hudson is an extremely active
and engaged young man, possessing a
strong social conscience, and at all times
demonstrating a willingness to get involved
in community, not for any plaudits or
social kudos, but rather for the benefit of
those around him.
‘Hudson has, over the past five years,
sought to make a difference through
his endeavours and actions, supporting
those things that need supporting and
challenging those things that need
challenging.
‘I am sure you would agree that
Hudson fully exemplifies Scotch Spirit and
is indeed a worthy recipient of this year’s
Perelberg Award.’
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