2009 Olympiads&Projects

Olympiad 2009

2009 NOVEMBER NATIONAL SCIENCE OLYMPIAD (SAASTE) STAR COLLEGE IS ANOUNCED AS THE BEST PERFORMING SCHOOL IN SCIENCE OLYMPIAD IN 2009 IN SA LEE-ANDRE’ MOODLEY 1st in South Africa in Physical Science Olympiad, Gold Medal KEHLIN MOODLEY 3rd inSouth Africa in Life Science Olympiad, Bronze Medal GENEVIEVE CHETTY 3rd inSouth Africa in Natural Science Olympiad, Bronze Medal 2009 NOVEMBER HARMONY GOLD FINAL ROUND RESULTS 2009 STAR COLLEGE IS AWARDED AS THE BEST PERFORMING SCHOOL IN SA ONE STAR COLLEGE STUDENT IN JUNIOR SECTION IN TOP 10 IN SA TWO STAR COLLEGE STUDENTS IN SENIOR SECTION IN TOP 10 IN SA THE MEDALLISTS of 2009 · Dalian Sunder, Grade 9, Star College, SILVER MEDAL · Lee-Andre Moodley, Grade 11, Star College, SILVER MEDAL · Arlton Gilbert, Grade 12, Star College, SILVER MEDAL 3 STUDENTS ACHIEVED TOP 10 POSITIONS FROM KZN; ALL FROM STAR. STAR COLLEGE HAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF LEARNERS IN TOP 10 IN SOUTH AFRICA NHLANHLA ZUNGU WAS ANOUNCED AS THE BEST PERFORMING PREVIOUSLY DISADVANTAGED LEARNER OF 2009 IN SOUTH AFRICA AND AWARDED WITH R2500.
2009 NOVEMBER AMESA WINNERS At the 2009 Amesa-KZN Mathematics Olympiads Challenge, In different grades, 36 Star College learners get Bronze Medal. The Top learners in each grade were announced as follows: Gr 6 – Darshen Moodley, Gold Medal Gr 8 – Ayesha Ahmed, Gold Medal Gr 8 – Lloyd Mahadeo, Silver Medal Gr 8 – Divyan Moodley, Silver Medal Gr 9 – DalianSunder, Gold Medal Gr10 – DalianSunder, Gold Medal Gr10 – Nhlanhla Zungu, Silver Medal Gr10 – Xolela Jara, Silver Medal Gr11 – Lee-Andre Moodley, Gold Medal Gr11 –Reshavan Naidu, Gold Medal Gr11 –Seth Durais, Gold Medal Gr11 –Thiroshen Naidoo, Gold Medal In the 2009 Interprovincial Mathematics Olympiad Team which consists of the Top 10 learners from various schools, 6 learners were fromStarCollege. This Olympiad was held on the 12 Sept atCrawfordCollege. Congratulations to Lee-Andre Moodley, Chetan Vallabh, Arlton Gilbert, Thiroshen Naidoo, Kyle Mahadeo and Saien Govender. 2009 OCTOBER, UPMC – University Of Pretoria Maths Competition JUNIOR SECTION; 1 Gold Medal Dalian Sunder came out 1st in South Africa as he was the only learner who answered all 20 questions correctly. He was awarded with R1000. SENIOR SECTION, 4 Silver Medals 4 Star College learners came out 2nd position in South Africa as they were one of the only 7 learners who answered 19 questions out of 20 correctly. Each of them was awarded with R750. Chetan Vallabh, Astin Anirudh, Arlton Gilbert, Lee-Andre Moodley, Ilyas Ozer 2009 JULY, EBIKO – INTERNATIONAL INFORMATRIX PROJECT OLYMPIAD Nadeem Ballim represented South Africa in Ankara in Turkey. His computer programming project “Question / Test Generator” was awarded with a BRONZE MEDAL. 2009 JUNE, KZN Parallel Competition A Maths Challenge was run amongst all grade-9 learners in KZN. Approximately 400 schools and 800 learners attended where each school is represented by 2 learners. Prenen Chetty Gold Medal Shivaan Hiralal Silver Medal 2009 JUNE, Arlton Gilbert was awarded with HONORABLE MENTION in International Mathematics Olympiad - IMO inGERMANY 2009 JUNE, In South African Computer Olympiad Arlton Gilbert came FIRST in KZN, Gold Medal Lee-Andre Moodley came SECOND in KZN, Silver Medal 2009 JUNE, PANAFRICAN MATHS OLYMPIAD (PAMO) Arlton Gilbert won a GOLD MEDAL in Pan African Maths Olympiad in PRETORIA 2009 JUNE, IMC - INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICS COMPETITION South Africa hosted the 10th IWYMIC in Durban in June. There were around 240 participants of 6o teams from 20 different countries all over the world in this challenge known as Invitational World Youth Mathematics Intercity Competition. A group of 4 grade-9 learners of Star College made up a team named as Ethekwini to represent the South Africa. Each member of this team was awarded with a Bronze Medal, the highest achievement of South Africa in the history of this competition. Members of Team ETHEKWINI; 1. Dalien Sunder, Bronze Medal 2. Kuveshan Naicker, Bronze Medal 3. Nhlanhla Zungu, Bronze Medal 4. Xolela Jara, Bronze Medal 2009 MAY, In South African Mathematics Olympiad, followingStarCollege learners are qualified to be in the BEST 100 Juniors & the BEST 100 Seniors ofSOUTH AFRICA.

	NAME	SURNAME	GRADE	SECTION
1	Astin	Anirudh	12	Senior Bronze Medal
2	Mthokozisi Blessing	Ngcobo	12	Senior Bronze Medal
3	Uvir	Maharaj	12	Senior Bronze Medal
4	Kyle	Mahadeo	12	Senior Bronze Medal
5	Arlton Wayne	Gilbert	12	Senior Bronze Medal
6	Chetan	Vallabh	12	Senior Bronze Medal
7	Seth Sashen	Durais	11	Senior Bronze Medal
8	Lee-Andre	Moodley	11	Senior Bronze Medal
9	Thiroshen	Naidoo	11	Senior Bronze Medal
10	Mayur	Govan	11	Senior Bronze Medal
11	Prenen	Chetty	9	Junior Bronze Medal
12	Shivaan	Hiralal	9	Junior Bronze Medal
13	DalianDhaneshwar	Sunder	9	Junior Bronze Medal
14	Nhlanhla Qaphela Brian	Zungu	9	Junior Bronze Medal
15	Divyan	Moodley	8	Junior Bronze Medal

· 15 LEARNERS CAME OUT IN TOP 200 IN SA (BOTH IN JUNIOR AND SENIOR SECTIONS) · STAR COLLEGE HAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF LEARNERS ACHIEVED BRONZE MEDAL AND IN TOP 100 IN SOUTH AFRICA