May 2015 Issue 8
Secondary edition
Creative Writing Competition
Many of you have been busy creating and crafting your ‘Somewhere Unforgettable’.
You have transported us to imagined lands and distant times. You’ve introduced us to the most interesting people and awesome
characters, and we’ve travelled the world with you. We are pleased to announce the final winners for the Lower and Upper
Secondary categories:
Lower Secondary
JUDGE’S CHOICE
The Gettysburg Battlefield –
Grant Clark, Charlotte
The Blue Lake –
Victor Kuznetsov, Champittet
Somewhere Unforgettable –
Reese Jovellanos, Regents Pattaya
Upper Secondary
JUDGE’S CHOICE
Abandoned –
Anton Znatkevich, Prague
HIGHLY COMMENDED
House of Memories –
Leticia Garcia Santiago, Beau Soleil
Detroit – Anna Zavalsky, Chicago
City of Lights –
Rie Ronnow, Guangzhou
HIGHLY COMMENDED
An Appointment in Autumn –
Bronwyn Tonelli, Champittet
On Stage –
Tomas McKee, Prague
Beauty in the Dark – Nukaiya
Hatherley, Doha Madinat Khalifa
Lesmurdie National Park –
William Bezodis, Warsaw
FINALISTS
Where He Lost –
Florence Edwards, Warsaw
Autumn in the South – Gilla
Mohamed, Doha Madinat Khalifa
FINALISTS
Somewhere Unforgettable –
Victoria Huet, Aubonne
Maua Primary School,
Arusha Tanzania – Nicola
Henchek, Chicago
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds –
Agatha Priandini, Guangzhou
Gollum’s Cave –
Amy Wong, Guangzhou
Colombia – Laura Gomez, Houston
Arusha, Tanzania –
Zahra Dry, Warsaw
A Visit to Africa –
Simon Cohen, Chicago
Congratulations to the above students; their work can be read online on the Global Classroom,
and will be published in the 2015 Creative Writing Anthology.
Global Orchestra
Well done to everyone who auditioned
for the Global Orchestra recently, we
wish we could take you all!
The judging panel has now selected the 81
students who will be invited to participate
in the Global Orchestra Summer School
in New York, and a full list of the chosen
musicians can be seen online.
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Leigh
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Due to outstanding applications, we are
excited to announce that we will be inviting
two student journalists to provide media
coverage of the event. Congratulations to
Hannah Leigh (British School of Houston)
and Margareta Durovcikova (The British
School Warsaw).