ACADEMIC AWARDS FOR 2019 GRADES 8-11

The annual academic award is made up two sets of marks, viz the November Exam Marks and the Promotion Marks. Boys need to achieve the required average aggregate in both of these. 6 subjects are used in all Grades for the aggregate: In Grade 8 & 9 it is the 6 Core Subjects, and in Grade 10 & 11, it is English, your First Additional Language, Mathematics and your next best three subjects, excluding LO.

For the AS Level candidates, the Academic Awards are calculated on 75% AS Level Final Exam aggregate plus 25% August Trial Exam aggregate.

To achieve Honours, the average aggregate of marks should be 80% or above.
To achieve Colours, the average aggregate of marks should be 75% or above.
To achieve Merit, the average aggregate of marks should be 70% or above.

Grade 8 of 2019 Academic Honours

Grade 9 of 2019 Academic Honours

Grade 10 of 2019 Academic Honours

Grade 11 of 2019 Academic Honours

ACADEMIC ASSEMBLY 28 JANUARY 2020

Today we celebrate the exceptional achievements of our top academics of 2019. There are only two events during the school year when we acknowledge the boys who have excelled academically during the course of the year: this Academic Assembly and Speech Day.

It is an opportunity for all of us to see what academic excellence looks like, and to be inspired by these young men who have worked hard to achieve remarkable academic results.

I would like to re-iterate a couple of points that I make every year, and I would like you all to listen carefully and take them to heart, even if you have heard me saying them before:

1. I do believe that there are many more boys sitting here who could be achieving above 70% aggregates and joining the boys who are being recognised this morning.  It is a question of the amount of time you spend on your academics and the effort you put into achieving your goals. In the same way that to achieve the same level of fitness one boy may need to train for longer than another, so every one of you needs to put in a different amount of time in order to achieve that goal.
2. I would like every one of you, from Grade 8 to Matric, to see 60% as a “glass floor” – to not be satisfied with a result less than 60% in every test, oral, practical and project.
3. Grade 11s, you will apply to university with your results at the end of this year. To get a firm offer from a university on the basis of your Grade 11 marks provides a great sense of security. Of course, you need to achieve those results in your Final Matric exam as well. Matric is actually a two-year course, and so the basis you set this year, starting a week ago already, is what you build your Matric year on, and hence your Final Matric result.
4. I am concerned about the number of boys being put on detention for simple misdemeanours like repeatedly not bringing books to class, being late, not doing homework, and not meeting deadlines. This is not acceptable and indicates that you are     not taking your academics seriously. It is critical that every single one of you accepts that your academic work is at the core of everything you do at College.
5. Lastly, due to our geography, we need to travel for sports and other activities. We believe in an all-round education, and we accept that for us to have a full extramural programme, we have to travel and take part in tournaments and festivals. It does not    have to be an either-or situation, and if the teams really believe that their academic work is at the core of their business at College, they will make sure that they catch up their work if they miss school. That is the deal.

I would like to make it clear, though, that if we feel that you are not coping academically or keeping up with your work due to missing too much school, then it would be irresponsible of us to allow you to continue to miss classes. The ball is in your court.

MR AC SMITH

SECOND MASTER