Volume 5, Issue 2
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Learning Beyond School Walls
Excellence in Cambridge !
Congratulations to our exceptionally bright students
from GPS International who were recipients of the High
Achievement Award declared by the Cambridge
Assessment International Education for the academic
year 2016-17.
Students of Grade 6 had a delightful time visiting amazing spice
gardens, breathtaking waterfalls and impressive tea plantations at
Munnar in October!
Khadeeja Imthiaz
(Topper in Travel and Tourism, AS Level)
Last year she had topped the same subject in the
IGCSE examination.
Adventurous escapades and thrilling moments were the order of
the day as Grade 7 camped at the Rockhill Adventure Park,
Rajakkad in October!
Students of Grade 8 thoroughly enjoyed nature at Hornbill Camp
Thattekkad in January. The visits to the bird sanctuary, butterfly
garden and the longest hanging bridge in South India had them
amazed.
Sharon Maria Benjamin
(Topper in Art and
Design, AS Level). Irene Ann Sunil
(Topper in Applied ICT,
AS Level).
Sanaa Mariam Mehaboob
(Topper in Global
Perspectives, AS Level). Prathyusha Madhu
(Topper in Sociology,
IGCSE).
Genetics in real life Wizardry in Maths !
Biology students of
Grade 11 & 12
attended a two-day
interactive session on
“Genetics in real life”
by Dr. Vijai Joseph
(Associate Professor
at Weill Cornell
Medical College,
NYC) in November.
The Bio-Discovery
Program which was conducted by the Unibiosys labs gave them
hands on experience on the use of modern apparatus and various
techniques in biotechnology. Ashley Placid and Adwyth
Sumesh (Grade 9) won
the First Prize in the “Math
Challenge” competition
conducted in January by
Ra j a g i r i S c h o o l o f
Engineering and
Technology as part of
their Mathematics Club
Day Celebrations 2018.
Avinash Prasad, Shreyas Shiju (Grade 9) and Hrishi Ashok
(Grade 8) won the second Prize for the "Paper Folding" contest!
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