Josephians Shine at Various Competitions
1 August 2022
Josephians took prizes in writing, poetry, speech, coding and informatics competitions.
Kayden Cheng Tze Xun (庄子勋) (LE203) won the 1st prize in the Lower Secondary category while Sapiens Nguyen (阮兆雄) (ML302) won the 3rd prize in the Upper Secondary category at the Chinese Creative Writing with Photography 2022 - “新蕾爱拍客” organised by the Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan (SHHK).
Hrishit Chhabra (LE510) was 1st runner up in the comic speech section and Enne Er (LE506) was a finalist in the comic monologue section at the ACJC Speech Arts Competition.
Ashleigh Ng (ML514) won a Merit Prize after being shortlisted as one of the seven finalists in the National Poetry Competition 2022 for the Junior Category (15-17 years old). Her poem "Circles" was shortlisted from 378 entries for the English category.
Teh Keng Heng, Travis (FN403) won a High Distinction for his essay in the Senior Category (opens in new tab) and Nguyen Hoang Long (LE302) won a Special Mention in the Open Category (opens in new tab) at the Live On Festival (LOF) 2022 (Essay Competition). An initiative started by National Organ Transplant Unit (NOTU), Ministry of Health (MOH), the LOF encourages youths to express their thoughts on organ donation and transplantation through art and writing. Top winners of the Festival will have their artworks or essays actualised as collaterals to be distributed at NOTU’s publicity events held nationwide.
Ian Gooi (MN103), a gifted young coder is in the top 8 in the International STEM Olympiad, for Grade 7 Honourable Mention.
Two Year 4 students who participated in the NUS National Informatics Olympiad won awards: Nguyen Phuc Chuong (FN403) was awarded a bronze medal for scoring more than 10 points in the competition while Nguyen Duc Minh Anh (FN403) was selected for the final round and won the silver medal.
Several Josephians who participated in the Tanglin Trust School Computing Games 2022 received Certificates of Distinction (Nguyen Phuc Chuong/FN403 and Tan Kai Wen Ignatius/MN401) and Merit (Rahul Singaram Senthilkumar/FN402, Nguyen Thien Minh Tuan/FN403 and Nguyen Duc Minh Anh/FN403).
In the 3D-Tronics Micro-controllers challenge, Jayden Ho (ML202), Noah Lim (ML203) and Michael Reutens (MN202) overcame the challenge of making a prototype using a microcontroller while using the fewest pre-fabricated parts possible, which won them the Craftsperson Award.
Rahul Singaram Senthilkumar (FN402) and Purushothaman Sanjai (ML615) received a Certificate of Achievement for their participation in the "Naanum Oru Padaippalli”, a programme organized by the Mother Tongue Language Branch of MOE’s Curriculum Planning and Development division. At these online workshops, students had the valuable opportunity to hone their literary and artistic skills in the Tamil language. With the help of local writers and scriptwriters, students get to create their own piece of work, be it a poem, play, or short story.
