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2013-14 Scholarship Students Principal’s Scholarship Momoko Ishii Cameron Smith
Discovery College 2013 ICAS Medal winners, from left to right: Viola Graef, Kevin Xin, Howard Cheng, Emily Weinstein, Isabella DiaTsi-Tay, Cherie Ho, Zoe Franklin (not pictured, Jason Chan and Emily Lo)
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DC students excel in ICAS Nine students at Discovery College earned the highest score in an academic subject in the International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS) academic competition across all of Hong Kong at the end of the 2012-13 academic year. These students received the ICAS Medal in their respective subject in a presentation ceremony over the summer. The student winners are all Secondary students at the College. They earned top honours in subjects ranging from mathematics and science to English and writing. The ICAS Medal winners from Discovery College were: Kevin Xin (Primary 6 science in English, first out of 647 students), Howard Cheng (Form 1 mathematics in English, first out of 2,520 students), Cherie Ho and Emily Weinstein (both Form 1 writing, equal first out of 1,359 students), Emily Lo and Jason Chan (both Form 2 writing, equal first out of 558 students), Zoe Franklin (Form 3 English, first out of 2,161 students), Viola Graef (Form 3 writing, first out of 708 students), and Isabella Dia-Tsi-Tay (Form 4 writing, first out of 167 students). “The ICAS provides an opportunity for students to gain a measure of their own achievement in an external testing situation compared to other students in Hong Kong,” said Mark Beach, Principal. “We are incredibly proud of our students for the outstanding achievement of earning the top score across the whole of Hong Kong.” The ICAS is administered and marked by an external company, and is offered to students across Hong Kong and many other countries around the world. Participation in the assessment is voluntary for students at DC. In addition to the nine ICAS Medal winners, the College also had 82 students earning High Distinction, meaning they scored in the top one percent in Hong Kong. In each of the three previous years, one student at Discovery College has earned an ICAS Medal. In 2011-12, Ezra Kohn, then in Year 9, earned the medal in the writing competition. In 201011, Tra My Hickin also achieved this honour in the writing competition as a Year 9 student. The previous year, Timothy Tan received the medal in mathematics as a Year 6 student. Michelle Mouton Communications and Development Manager
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Academic Scholarship Thomas Au Patrick Campbell YanYau Cheng Emily Choi Carrie Chow Boris Choy Isabella Dia-Tsi-Tay Cosima Graef Viola Graef Tra My Hickin Claire Holubowskyj Ewan Jones Nicole Lau Jorie Lefler Jerry Lin Barak Michaelis Zachary Sang Grace Sercombe Linda Shin Erez Uzan Samantha van den Esschert Aashman Vyas Nicole Woo Chantel Woo Athletic Scholarship Ashley Brooks Chloe Chan Chloe Choy Christopher Dann Mimi Ho Grace Kai Fong Taichi Kho Zachary Kilbourne Ryan Lee Nicky Li Alfred Lo Jenghis Lui Shinya Mizuno Jessica Sang Isabelle Thoreau Natalie Tse Eleanor Udall Che van Raad Drama Scholarship Eloisa Damulo Ruhi Kumar Clara Steel-Miguelez Music Scholarship Kurt Cheang Katie Chen Leo Davin Jonathan Healy Gigi Ho Ryan Lam David Lunn Aeden Reyes Jocelyn Tang Phoebe Whalley Emma Yong Visual Arts Scholarship Filippo Frassinetti Haein Kim