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Biology Olympiad
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October 2009
 Millicent Burggraf (Year 11) has been selected
from 3000 elite Science students to attend the 16 day intensive Australian
Science Olympiad Summer School held in January 2010 at Monash University
Melbourne. Only 20 students were invited to participate in the Biology
Summer School and Millicent was one of them.
The international Olympiad teams are then chosen from these
students.
An outstanding achievement.
The University of Melbourne Mentor Program for Highly
Able Senior Secondary Students
16
November 2009
Three Year 10
students were offered a marvellous opportunity to work with a mentor from
the University of Melbourne (a Masters student or PhD candidate) in an area
of passion for six months this year.
They represented
Merton Hall with distinction and we congratulate the girls on their magnificent
efforts.
MAV Mathematics Talent Quest
13
October 2009
A number of Year 7 and
8 students worked on projects for the Maths Talent Quest run by the
Mathematics Association of Victoria. Some excellent work was completed by our
students resulting in MGGS being awarded an Outstanding School award at
the 2009 MAV Maths Talent Quest presentation.
Two Year 8 projects
were awarded a High Distinction - Olivia Wilson’s “ Stop Feeding Our
Footprints” and Sarah Udovenya & Charlotte Hoy’s “Get Into Gear”.
Australian Intermediate Mathematics Olympiad (Aimo)
13
October 2009
The AIMO
Intermediate Contest involves completing a 4 hour examination at school
under test conditions. It is an Australia wide contest by invitation only
and was entered by 684 students from 105 different schools.
Congratulations to Jenny
Fan (Year 9) for being awarded a Distinction, placing her in the top 25%
of students who undertook the examination.
Congratulations to Anna
Gruen (Year 10) for being awarded a Credit, placing her in the top 50% of
students who undertook the examination.
This examination was extremely challenging and is only
appropriate for elite mathematics students and each girl should be proud of
their result.
2009 Mathematics Challenge For Young Australians
13
October 2009
Congratulations to Jenny Fan (Year 9) and Harriet Hall (Year 8) who
received High Distinctions, and to Serena Cheung (Year 7) and Nicole Fraser
(Year 8) for receiving Distinctions in the Problem Solving Competition of
the 2009
Mathematics Challenge For Young Australians
The Australian Mathematics Competition Medal 2009
13
October 2009
We
have great pleasure in congratulating Dana Ma (Year 12) for
her outstanding performance in the AMC. She was awarded the Medal in the
Senior Division of the AMC. The Medals are awarded to students who are
outstanding within their region and year group, with only 1 medal allocated
for every 10,000 students who enter the competition. In addition to the
Medal Dana was awarded the Prudence Award which is given to the student who
achieved the highest number of consecutive correct answers. We are very
proud of Dana’s achievements and wish her ongoing success and happiness as
she steps forth into her future life.
Six
MGGS students - Stephanie
Ang (Year 12), Lu Feng (Year 11), Qiudan Jiang (Year 9), Nishat Siddique
(Year 8), Donna Gil (Year 8) and Jing Ru Qin (Year 8) were awarded a High
Distinction in the Australian Mathematics Competition. This is an
outstanding achievement as it places each student in the top 1%.
Forty-nine MGGS students were awarded a Distinction in the
Australian Mathematics Competition. This is an excellent achievement as it
places each student in the top 15%.
National Mathematics Summer School (NMSS)
13
October 2009
Congratulations to Kikie Miu (Year 11) for receiving an invitation
to participate in the 42nd ANU-AAMT National Mathematics Summer School.
NMSS is the oldest and most prestigious Summer School of its type in
Australia. Successful applicants are chosen partly on the basis of
performance in a specially set selection examination and partly on the
student’s own submission and supporting testimony from the student’s
School. Approximately 75 students from all over Australia are chosen to
participate in this two weeks program for the discovery and development of
mathematically gifted and talented students. It is a considerable honour for
Kikie to have been selected.
Kikie will join Year 12 students Stephanie Ang and Dana Ma who
attended the 41st NMSS and who have been invited back next year to assist
in the program. This is a first for MGGS to have students attend
consecutive years of NMSS and a great credit to Stephanie and Dana.
We wish Kikie, Stephanie and Dana much pleasure and a merry
mathematical time at NMSS in January 2010.
English Excellence
13
October 2009
The MGGS English Faculty is delighted to announce that Alexandra
Paterson (Year 7) was awarded a High Distinction certificate in the
“Whatever It takes” creative writing competition run by The Victorian
Association for Gifted &Talented Children.
The Faculty also applauds the success of students who attained
excellent results in the recent 2009 International Competitions and
Assessments for Schools (ICAS). This year, 15 students achieved High
Distinction certificates, 53 Distinction certificates and 109 Credit
certificates. We commend the girls and their teachers for their
achievements.
Science Achievements
13
October 2009
Valeria Vollenbroich (Year 8) has been awarded a Plaque and a High
Distinction in the National Chemistry Quiz which is a wonderful
achievement. Other outstanding results included 4 more High Distinctions
and 12 Distinctions across Years 7 to 12. Our girls were also very
successful in the Science Talent Search, six out of the 11 entries
submitted have been given Minor Bursaries and an additional 4 were awarded
Certificates of Merit.
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