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Highest possible ATAR awarded to three Meriden students

18 December 2018

Meriden students Jessica Wei, Betty Zheng and Helen Zhang are three of only forty-six students across the state to achieve an ATAR of 99.95 which is the highest possible ranking. It is exceptional for three students from the same school to be awarded 99.95. Nearly 12% of Meriden’s 2018 HSC students achieved an ATAR of 99.9 or above and more than half of the cohort received an ATAR of 90 or above. Jessica, Betty and Helen were amongst the 23 Meriden students to be named as All-Round Achievers. All-Round Achievers are those students who have achieved results in the highest band possible for at least 10

Three Meriden graduates to take up scholarship offers from leading USA universities

17 December 2018

Three of Meriden’s top student-athletes from the Class of 2018 have been awarded scholarships to study at universities in the USA, also enabling them to compete in the highly competitive world of college sport. Hayley Ballesty and Carla Traplin are two of Meriden’s leading water polo players and both have competed at international level including being integral members of the Australian team at the FINA World Youth Water Polo Championships this year. Hayley has accepted a place at Arizona State University and Carla has accepted a place at University of California, Berkeley (Cal Berkeley). Meriden’s

Meriden ranks 12th in state in HSC

13 December 2018

Meriden was ranked 12th in the state in the 2018 HSC Schools Ranking published today by the Sydney Morning Herald. The state placings achieved by Meriden students in their courses were simply outstanding. Meriden girls topped the state in Senior Science and Chinese in Context; placed 2nd in the state in English Ext 1, Latin Extension, and Chinese in Context; 3rd in the state in Biology, English Ext 1 and Mathematics; 4th in Latin Extension, Business Studies and Community and Family Studies; 5th in Music 2; 6th in Senior Science and English as a Second Language; 8th in Mathematics Ext 1 and 9th

Meriden student wins Gold at Youth Olympics

18 October 2018

Meriden student Grace Kim claimed Australia’s first Gold medal of the 2018 Youth Olympics held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Grace won the women’s golf individual stroke play with a commanding three stroke win on day three of the tournament. Grace’s stunning performance in Buenos Aires culminated with the announcement that she would lead the 88-strong Australian team as flag bearer at the Closing Ceremony. “It means so much to me just to be selected for the Australian team. To be asked to carry the flag is so special, I’ll cherish this

Meriden tennis players named National Claycourt Champions

16 October 2018

Meriden’s junior tennis players are making their mark on the national circuit with two players named 2018 National Junior Claycourt Champions in their respective divisions. Meriden’s Sarah Rokusek and Sienna Leeson joined 128 of Australia’s best junior tennis players for the Junior Claycourt Championships held at the Canberra Tennis Centre from 28 September to 3 October 2018. Sarah Rokusek claimed the title in the 12/under singles, while team mate Sienna Leeson won the 14/u doubles event and finished in the top sixteen in Australia. Twelve year-old Sarah, who won the Junior Grasscourt Championship in April this year, now holds

Meriden girls succeed in planning their own enterprise

15 October 2018

Four Year 10 students from Meriden have been awarded second place in the Plan Your Own Enterprise (POYE) competition. The team of Alicia Molesworth, Paris Koic, Tiffany Linggoputro and Isabella Fang was named the runner-up in the New South Wales competition at a special presentation held on 11 October 2018. POYE is coordinated by the Business Educators Australasia Inc. and requires students to present a creative idea for a small business in the form of a business plan. Its aim is to encourage students to apply their business education to a real life scenario. Students from seventy schools throughout New South Wales entered

Tournament Honours for Meriden’s TOM participants

3 September 2018

Meriden girls tested their skills in problem solving, critical thinking and innovation with outstanding results at the regional final of Tournament of Minds on 26 August. Meriden was awarded Tournament Honours in the Social Science and Language-Literature disciplines. Five enthusiastic teams, comprising thirty-five Years 7 to 10 students, represented Meriden in the final. Weeks of preparing scripts, backdrops and costumes, culminated in ten-minute presentations responding to a long-term challenge and one-minute presentations responding to a spontaneous challenge in one of three disciplines: Language-Literature, Social Science and Arts. Dr Phoebe Poon, Meriden's Coordinator of Learning Link - Gifted and Talented, said, "Our girls

Meriden’s Game Changers and Change Makers celebrate National Science Week

29 August 2018

The annual STEM Showcase highlighted the ingenuity and resourcefulness of Meriden girls.

Meriden students set world record to mark International Day of Friendship

30 July 2018

Today, 765 girls from Meriden celebrated United Nations International Day of Friendship by setting a new Guinness World Record for the largest number of girls braiding hair simultaneously. The students packed the school’s sports centre at 11:00am to form one long chain of hair braiding for a ten-minute duration. The event was organised by the Meriden Prefects, led by 2018 Head Prefect, Margot McKeown, and Deputy Head Prefect, Gabrielle Katanasho. Margot McKeown said that they wanted to mark International Day of Friendship in a significant way to highlight the special friendships shared between all Meriden girls. "The formation of

Meriden student to represent Australia at International Physics Olympiad

9 July 2018

Meriden student, Alicia Lieng, will join seventeen of Australia’s brightest student biologists, chemists, physicists and earth scientists to represent Australia at the UNESCO-sanctioned International Science Olympiads in July and August 2018. They will compete in the world’s toughest science competitions against some of the smartest students in the world. Alicia will travel to Lisbon, Portugal, to particiate in the International Physics Olympiad which will take place from 21 to 29 July. At 16 years of age, Alicia is the youngest competitor on the International Physics Olympiad team and has outperformed thousands of older talented students in selection exams and training.