The prize for the best CAS (Creativity,
Action and Service) programme was
awarded to Tala Odeh who is going to
study Mechanical Engineering at the
University of Waterloo. In recognition
of the selfless contribution he made to
school life Harris Rasheed, who is un-
dertaking a double major in Computer
Science and Business Administration
at the University of Waterloo in Cana-
da, was presented the Service Award.
The Shahna McPherson Award was
established by the students in 2001 to
celebrate the life of Shahna who died
in her final year at school. Shahna
brought great joy to many people but
particularly in her role as a prefect.
Each year her award is given to the
student who best fulfills his or her role
as a prefect. This year the award was
given to Mariam Mohyeddin, who is
going to study Physiotherapy at the
University of Brighton. Awards for aca-
demic excellence and service to the
school community were awarded to
one student from each year group in
Grades 10, 11 and 12. The very mov-
ing ceremony was brought to a beauti-
ful conclusion with a piano recital by
one of our talented young musicians,
Hew Tung Kwai in Grade 11.
Of the 65 Diploma students, 54 suc-
cessfully achieved the full diploma. Six
of our students scored outstandingly
with 40 points or more out of a possible
45 points, a school record. The head-
line score of 43 points was achieved
by Nikhil Jethwani. Zahra Mirza, was
a close second with 42 points. Both
Hiba Hashmi and Vinayak Motwani
secured 41 points followed closely by
Hoori Kim and Meghna Harjani with 40
points. A further 33 students received
30 points or more which is extremely
commendable. We wish our students
the very best as they move ahead to
the next stage of education in their
lives. They will be missed here at EIS
- Jumeirah.
EIS
