Local ACG Strathallan student from Manuwera, Eric Jou , has been awarded Best Across Three Cambridge International A Levels, which is considered the premier award. It will be presented with the other Cambridge International Examination awards at a ceremony on February 21.

“Eric is an outstanding student who has made his teachers so proud. To gain this level of success at his age in three subjects (Maths, Physics and Chemistry) that require such academic rigour is truly remarkable,” says Principal Robin Kirkham.

Eric’s 99 percent in A2 maths also earned him another Top in New Zealand placing. What is even more extraordinary is that these three subjects were A Level subjects and he was a Year 12 student taking A levels, so effectively he was sitting a year above his age/level.

Results for the Cambridge International Exams were released last night and it’s been another unbelievable year for the ACG group of schools. Only nine 100 per cent results were awarded to students in New Zealand and five of them were from ACG Strathallan.

Last year only eight students in New Zealand received 100 per cent in a subject and four of those were from ACG Strathallan. So everyone is extremely pleased to have added to this fantastic result over the year.

ACG Strathallan is proud to announce, that one of our robotics teams won the Middle School Design Award for the recent 2012 Asia-Pacific Robotics Championships. Well done team!

Referring to this, we just received a letter from Hon Amy Adams, the Minister for Communication and Information Technology. She sent her congratulations to the Team’s achievements in the previous Asia-Pacific Robotics Championships and at the same time wishing them all the best for the next World Championships in Los Angeles this year.

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The 2012 Strathallan Sports Awards were held this term to honour those who have supported sport in the Strathallan community this year as well as to celebrate the sporting successes of our students. This year we were fortunate to have New Zealand Silver Fern, Temepara George, as our guest speaker and she entertained with stories of her illustrious career – the highs and lows – as well as giving invaluable advice to our students about following your passion and not giving up.

There have been some significant sporting achievements from our students this year and Director of Sport, Hugo Fourie, admitted the difficulty the selection team had in deciding on the award winners. From this strong team of finalists, the stand-out winner on the night was Liana Smith who was named Sportsperson of the Year.

Liana's long list of achievements left the audience gasping. Her highlights include competing successfully in numerous swimming events around the country, including the Auckland Secondary School Championships, the New Zealand Secondary School Championships, the New Zealand Epic open water 500m swim, the New Zealand Age Group champs (long and short course) as well as placing in the top three in various Counties-Manukau events. In July this year she represented New Zealand at the Trans-Tasman Tri-Series in Australia and won the U16 Young Sportsperson of the Year award at the Franklin Junior Sports Awards. An impressive set of results for a Year 11 student.