At the annual SA Council for English Education (SACEE) prize-giving held recently, pupils winners were honoured for their achievements in the various SACEE events this year.
Merrifield Prep and College are proud of their pupils who were recognised.
Merrifield College was awarded first place overall and received the trophy for the SACEE high school dux with the Prep being placed second in the primary school dux category.
Two College students received top awards. Grade 9 student, Neve Bowen, out of 3,498 other pupils writing the SACEE Language Challenge, attained 98%, the highest mark in the country.
Merrifield grade 11 pupil, Amara Odugwu, attained 98%, second in the country out of 2,519 pupils.
Madison Goliath, in grade 11, received one of 15 golds that were awarded for poetry.
College prize winners:
Read out Loud: Vel’ugqame Mgudlwa second, grade 9;
Lilanga Mboniswa second, grade 10;
Amara Odugwa first grade 11;
Sinomtha Gogxeka, second, grade 12.
Public speaking: Zara Katts, first, grade 8 & 9 (unprepared);
Aminata Sall, second, grade 8 & 9 (prepared).
Forum discussion: Igor Karbowy, first, grade 8-12;
Noah Honey;
Cade Staffen;
Amara Odugwu;
Allyssa Joseph.
Forum discussion: Cade Staffen — best chair.
Prepared reading: Abigail Manuel, second, grade 8-9;
Zara Katts, third, grade 8-9;
Amara Odugwu; third, grade 10-11.
Poetry: Madison Goliath, gold, grade 11.
Language challenge: Neve Bowen, first grade 9;
Amara Odugwu, second, grade 11.
Merrifield Prep pupils performed exceptionally well. Grade 7 pupil, Cooper Goliath, who received one of 15 golds awarded for poetry. Another notable achievement came from grade seven pupil, Eoin Mackriel, who received 1 of 17 golds for short stories awarded nationally.
Prep prize winners
Read out loud: John Caldwell, third, grade 5;
Zoe Holloway, first, grade 6;
Rahmah Anjum, third, grade 7.
Fun with words: Hlubi Futwa, first, grade 6 & 7;
Jessica Krause;
Amy Thomson;
Rahmah Anjum.
General knowledge: Harley Mulholland, third, grade 4-7;
Cooper Goliath;
Hugo Bohner;
Hlubi Futwa;
Eoin MacKriel.
Spelling bee: Tigane Annesley, second, grade 4-7
Shriya Govender;
Yusha Peer;
Mange Shweni.
Public speaking: John Caldwell, first, grade 4-5.
Poetry: Cooper Goliath, gold, grade 5.
National short story: Eoin MacKriel, gold, grade 7.
The school would like to thank the English department staff and particularly Lisa Musto, who has served as regional chair of SACEE for the past year.
