This article is brought to you in part by St. Joseph’s Institution International School Malaysia (SJIIM).
SJIIM High School students did incredibly well for their first-ever appearance in the World Scholar’s Cup competition. The event, which is a popular learning competition amongst international school students in the world, recently held its Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur Round at Epsom College, Malaysia on the 18th and 19th of March 2017 and featured 399 competing students from schools all over Malaysia.
For its first showing, SJIIM sent a team of 27 students for experience and ended garnering five trophies, 66 Gold Medals, and 104 Silver Medals. Amongst the accolades were: 1st Place Team for Senior Collaborative Writing, 5th Place Overall Senior Team, 2nd Place Team for Senior Debating, 2nd Place for Senior Individual Writing, 3rd Place Team for Senior Scholar’s Challenge, and 4th Place for Senior Individual Writing. All of the teams also qualified for the Global Round which will be held in Hanoi, Vietnam in June, so look out for another possible fantastic achievement from them then. Ora et Labora!
A version of this article was originally published in The Expat magazine (May 2017) which is available online or in print via a free subscription.
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