CUM LAUDE PROGRAM 5-9 UPDATED

29th Annual

CUM LAUDE AWARDS PRESENTATION CEREMONY Junior & Middle School

MONDAY, 3 AUGUST 2026 CENTENARY GYMNASIUM | NORTH WARD CAMPUS

Presentation Ceremony National Anthem Performed by Nyah McMahon and Lily Astorquia, accompanied by Clara Win Principal’s Welcome Mr Connor Barrett Introduction of Special Guest Noah Boggild, School Captain Special Guest Address Dr Dennis Perez Castillo Announcement & Presentation of Junior School Cum Laude Awards Mr Martin Tait, Head of Junior School and Dr Dennis Perez Castillo Announcement & Presentation of Middle School Cum Laude Awards Dr Timothy Smith, Director of Academics and Dr Dennis Perez Castillo Musical Performance Tequila Sunrise, by Pamela Wedgwood, performed by Ryan Baxter, accompanied by Odette Baxter Vote of Thanks Sophie Andrews, School Captain School Song Carmen Townsvillare by JR Castling performed by Harry Baxter and Lucinda Reid, accompanied by Myn Jeong Kim Conclusion Sophie Andrews, School Captain

CUM LAUDE YEAR 5

Michael Adagra Olivia Campbell Oliver Cherry Sanay Dash Charlotte Dou Eshaal Fatima Leela Malghan Demira Pradeep Kailan Reid Reuben Riddlestone Philippa Scott Byron Solari Heath Stansbury Advik Tiwari Sienna Twycross Enoch Zhang

YEAR 6

Finley Anderson Zara Boldery Hamish Budden Serim Choi Amelie de Vine Charlie Enfantie Ksenia Ferguson Caleb Hallam Hugh Heather Sara Jadhav Dexter McCormack Driti Myla Taitum Pates Patrick Pritchard Ella Seo Yamika Singh Saanvi Vinay Arianna Wijaya Hein (Arthur) Zin

YEAR 7

Stuart Banks Harriet Birchley Mason Christie Sadie Denmead Nate Elphinstone Freya Eng Ella Ignacio Harriet Kelly Aria Kim Sidney Lawton Finley McKeown Artie McMahon Jaxon Morris-Steel Yash Patel Edvard Pont Jaye Rogan Abes Smith Anna Smith

MAGNA CUM LAUDE YEAR 7

Kaia Astorquia Tien Yew Chan William Godwin Clara Heather April Johnson Nadana Raguharan Mackenzie Reid Grace Wolanski

YEAR 8

Kavina Bharathi Harrison Chandel Jeffery Jiang Kate John Vaanathi Karthikeyan Sophie Kwa Shreyansh Pandey Aarvi Patel Kiana Singh Eloise Williams Edie Wilson

Lucy Anderson Uzay Baran James Barker Dieter Botes Sienna Britton Aislynn Clark Abdul Ehsan Naina Halder Tallak Hatley Nishchay Mahajan Hunter McNalty Vaidehi Menon Jai Nigam Liam Oldham Julia Ponti Riley Sayers Kavneer Singh Sofija Titley Angad Tiwari Owen Wells Harrison Whiting

YEAR 9

Zara Caverzan Lainey Griffiths Joyce Kii Ethan Kelly Pearl Lenahan Tyler Mitchell Mikhaila Miller Chloe Seo Aarya Patel Anish Srivastava Cooper Schmidt Elliott Singham Bareerah Omair Syeda Cassie Valentine

MAXIMA CUM LAUDE YEAR 7

YEAR 8

YEAR 8

Gemma Enfantie Lenie Herriman Srihan Kamasani Nishka Mahajan Anabel Mathew Anshu Pattnaik

YEAR 9

Lily Astorquia Sai Attam Moira Beniwal Tien Ern Chan Sophia Choi Eloan de Vine Jerry Fan Ayla Ferdosi Thomas Jackson Eddie Kennedy Victoria McQueen Addison Moller

Jamie Morris Ava Myhill Keya Patel Nainika Ponangi Anant Pujar Ashika Siyona Lexie Warne Lilly Williams

YEAR 9

Emily Adagra Syria Aga Ed Bentley Mary Cato Darya Daneshvar Ira Desai Lily James Aaron Lee Skye McInerney Nyah McMahon Ruby Oats Viv Thiruchchenthooran Rishon Vimalesh

Award Criteria Cum Laude Awards are presented at the end of the first semester each year.

They recognise three levels of academic achievement.

CUM LAUDE (with praise) is presented to:

Year 5 and 6 students who gain a minimum of four As and not less than a C in their remaining subjects. One A must come from either English or Mathematics, and at least two As from English, Mathematics, Science or Humanities & Social Science.

Years 7 and 8 students who gain a minimum of four As and not less than a C in their remaining subjects. One A must come from either English or Mathematics, and at least two As from English, Mathematics, Science or Humanities.

Year 9 students who gain a minimum of four As and not less than a C in their remaining subjects. One A must come from either English or Mathematics, and at least two As from English, Mathematics, Science or History.

MAGNA CUM LAUDE (with high praise) is presented to:

Year 7, 8 and 9 students who gain a minimum of seven As and not less than a C in their remaining subjects. At least one A must come from either English or Mathematics.

MAXIMA CUM LAUDE (with highest praise) is presented to:

Year 7, 8 and 9 students who gain either nine As or eight As and one B.