English Olympiad 2021

This article was originally published on 6 July 2021. We have updated it to include the scholarship offers to Isabella Andrighetto and Gisela Sittmann.

Twenty senior students from Girls’ College took part in the National English Olympiad earlier this year. The theme for 2021 was “People and Personas”, and the candidates enjoyed reading and analysing a selection of interesting writings from a prescribed anthology, “This is my Story”. Thereafter, their writing skills were put to the test as they penned three pieces under examination conditions. Eight students attained Gold 80-89% for the olympiad, with five of them placing in the Top 100 overall.

Our students have always performed well in the Olympiad, but these are certainly the best results in the last 10 years. Hundreds of schools countrywide take part in this prestigious competition, so to have five of our students place in the Top 100 is phenomenal! —Mrs Julie Arguile

Isabella and Gisela have furthermore been awarded a cash prize by the English Olympiad a joint project of the Grahamstown Foundation and the South African Council for English Education and scholarship by Rhodes University RU that covers the cost of their first year's tuition for any degree offered at the university. Rhodes awards these scholarships to the Top 42 English Home Language achievers. They are congratulated on this exceptional achievement!

Gold 80–89%, Cash Prize and Scholarship to Rhodes University

Congratulations to the following students on their excellent results:

Gold 80–89%

Silver 70–79%

Bronze 60–69%