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An Article by                                         Year 9 Top Achievers

                                                                                 Ifolo Lord-Michael  | Year 8 Congo


                                                                             he amazing applause I got from ev-
                                                                             eryone in the hall when my name was
                                                                     T mentioned  to  receive  my  certificate
                                                                      in recognition of my academic performance

                                                                      last term aroused a feeling I can never forget
                                                                      in a hurry.


                                                                      During the first half-term accolades assem-
                                                                      bly, I was in 14th position with an average of
                                                                      90.77% but unfortunately, I couldn’t meet up
                                                                      with the top 12 students despite having an A*                                                                 TEMIDESAYO DAVID
                                                                      average. At first, I was sad and disappointed                    1  ST       AARAV SANDEEP,        2  ND       TAIWO-AYODELE          3  RD       DANIEL DANGA
                                                                                                                                                      DESHMUKH
                                                                      because I knew how much effort I had put in
                                                                                                                                                CONGO HOUSE    93.33%             SENEGAL HOUSE  91.44%              BENUE HOUSE   90.96%
                                                                         to  get an  A* average but  I  knew that all
                                                                         I could do was to work harder and force
                                        As a result of                   my way back onto the accolades list with
                                                                         a more secure spot.
                                        this, I was able


                                        to move up from                  To achieve this, I found other students in
                                                                         my year that I could work with who had a
                                        14th position to                 similar drive to mine. With the support from

                                        5th position on                  this study group, I was able to boost my
                                                                         grades from 90.77 % in the first half term
                                        accolades.                       to 91.76% at the end of the first term. As a                  4  TH       JADEN OBICHUKWU       5  TH      OLUMOREWA ARIYIKE      6  TH    MUNACHIMSO NNAMANI
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         WESLEY-ALOY
                                                                                                                                                                                        AWOBOKUN
                                                                                                                                                      ANANABA
                                                                         result, I moved up from 14th position to 5th
                                                                         position on the year 8 list of awardees.                              SENEGAL HOUSE   90.19%             CONGO HOUSE    89.48%             SENEGAL HOUSE  87.42%

                                                                 The Accolades Assembly was generally interest-

                                                                 ing. It included the award ceremony, write-ups
                                                                 read by a few students and some musical per-
                                                                 formances.


                                                                 Indeed, that day will forever be a memorable day
                                                                 to me as it was a celebration of my accomplish-
                                                                 ments in the first term - the highest I have ever
                                                                 been on the list and a clear reminder that you
                                                                                                                                                         7               KYENGE            8
                                                                 can achieve anything if you put your mind to it.                                           TH       YUADOO MIRABEL           TH    KHADEEJA KERE-AHMED


                                                                                                                                                                  CONGO HOUSE    87.25%             CONGO HOUSE    86.18%





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