In Term 1, from 3 – 10 March, Marist Regional College students participated in the Education Perfect English Championships. MRC finished 6th out of 439 schools in the 501-1000 students category and earned an astounding 89,533 points! That’s over 142, 000 questions answered!
We finished 1st in Tasmania out of 14 schools, 23rd globally out of 1615 schools, 16th overall in Australia from 1110 schools, and 3rd in Australia in the 501-1000 students category.
Special congratulations to the following students who achieved highly (Elite, Emerald and Gold awardees, you will receive your canteen voucher prize shortly):
The first ever Elite Award for this competition at MRC was achieved by Year 10 student, Amelie Walker with 10, 471 points. This put Amelie in the top 0.2% of 81,000 competitors. Well done, Amelie, a fantastic effort!
Emerald Awards (top 1% and over 5000 points):
Eleanor Molesworth
Elka Chamley
Nithika Samarabandu
Gold Awards (top 2% and over 3000 points):
Kaviru Indralal
Bihandu De Silva
Yuanrui Zhao
Shakeeb Chapri
Silver Awards (top 5% and over 2000 points):
Harrison Jones
Nidula Samarabandu
Joshua Millett
Bo Ellis
Bronze Awards (top 10% and over 1000 points):
Charlotte Loring
Jordan Donovan
Kylani Hoffman
Zahli French
Xander Power
There were also 15 students who achieved Credits (top 20% and over 500 points).
Well done to all students who participated. Until next year, keep practising your English skills on Education Perfect and let’s see if we can keep up MRC’s effort in 2021.
Ms Jen Mertes
Learning Area Leader English