KUCHING: Lodge Group of Schools at Jalan Keranji 4, Tabuan Desa near here is proud to announce that it has once again upheld its tradition of all-round excellence with the 2017 SPM examinations.
Fifty-three students (42% of the cohort) obtained 7As or better and English Language continues to be its niche, with 97% of the students scoring A- or better.
The school also continues to have a strong showing for Mathematics and the Sciences. It also celebrates the achievements of its outstanding athletes, some of whom spent a large part of their examination year representing Sarawak and Malaysia.
Other students have also shown themselves to be models of excellence as they dedicated much time to service learning, and some also went on to achieve outstanding results in two different examinations.
While many would shy away from heavy co-curricular activities during their examination year, it was not the case for Gabriel Ling, Derrick Tsai and Andrea Tan.
All three of them are familiar faces on the state and national table tennis circuit, having represented Malaysia from as early as 2011, in Gabriel’s case.
They have continued to do well after graduating from Lodge School. Derrick, who obtained 4As in his SPM, is currently pursuing civil and structural engineering at Sheffield University, United Kingdom. Both Gabriel and Andrea are looking forward to their undergraduate studies in Australia and UK respectively.
One of the school’s perfect scorers with 10As, Sidney Marie Chin, was known for her big heart for the community. As President of the Interact Club, she led her peers in multiple community service projects. She was also a Gold Award recipient of the prestigious Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award programme, having also completed a 9-day service learning programme in Mauritius.
Sidney was also the recipient of the Chairman’s Award at the Lodge School Graduation Ceremony 2017.
Another top scorer with 9As, Aziah Aina Raena bt Roney, was also passionate about her community. Amidst her demanding academic schedule and multiple co-curricular activities including the Prefectorial Board, St John’s Ambulance and History Club, she also managed to garner a Gold Award under the Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award Programme. As part of her programme, she had helped initiate, organise and execute a residential project with SK Sematan.
This cohort also includes the pioneer batch of Lodge National Secondary School Dual-Certification students, whom had already achieved 100% passes in nine IGCSE subjects, five months before sitting for their SPM examinations.
Seven out of 19 of them had scored straight A/A*s, and many of them have done well in the SPM examination.
One of them is Nicole Chai, whom had obtained 4A* and 2As in IGCSE, and has gone on to score 8As in the SPM examination. She was an active Lodgian who was in the basketball team, a Scout member, a reporter for the school magazine, the secretary for Career Club, and eventually earning her Gold Award for the International Award programme.
Director of Lodge Group of Schools, Mr Thomas Huo said, “In Lodge School, our vision is to engage our students in collaborative and creative learning to become responsible citizens. I am very happy with the students’ results, but I am even more satisfied with their all-rounded excellence.
“We have students who excel not only academically, but go on to represent Malaysia in sports, and dedicate much of their time to helping both the local and international community. Congratulations to all students for their excellent achievements, and I hope they will always remember to thank their parents and teachers for helping them get this far.”
Principal of Lodge Secondary School, Mr Su Hiong Ai said, “I am very proud of the students’ SPM results. Thanks to the devoted parents, dedicated teachers and diligent students who gave their best, Lodge School has maintained our tradition of excellence this year. I wish the students the very best in their future endeavours.”
