FUTURE GENERATION TOP STUDENT PAINTERS NURTURED BY TALENTED TEACHER ACG Senior College have prided themselves on the quality of their arts programme, both performing and fine arts for many years. This year’s Cambridge International Examination results reinforce the approach of talented art teacher Andrew Strachan. Remarkably every student in his IGCSE class scored an incredible A*, which is 90 per cent or above. “I’m very proud of all of my students across the three levels of the Cambridge International Examinations who have all been graded between B to A*. I notice once the student’s become passionate about the success of their work the results are there in the painting,” says Andrew Strachan. Students in the IGCSE class scoring A*s were Courtney Dixon, local Ponsonby resident Alex Dunlop, William Goh, Hannah Kwon, Lois Mercer Firth, Michelle Lee, Eden Wilson (Top in New Zealand), Vivian Xu, Sophie Foster, Sunny He, Nicola Thornton, Jaeseo Park and Katie Perratt. Principal, Kathy Parker says, “Andrew is a phenomenal teacher who in a quiet, supportive, knowledgeable way somehow manages a miracle every year and has a number of students studying overseas, including at Parsons in New York. Since Andrew has been teaching at ACG Senior College nine students have achieved Top in the World CIE awards and one student has achieved a Top in New Zealand CIE award.” ACG Senior College is Auckland’s only independent school offering education from Year 11 – 13. As part of the ACG group they offer Cambridge International Examinations in place of NCEA. “The CIE system offers us a global qualification which is flexible providing breadth and depth. The courses are extremely rigorous and they provide the students with international benchmarking. We’re finding these elements are increasingly important with more and more students heading overseas to university,” says Kathy. PN ACG SENIOR COLLEGE www.acgedu.com
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