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Best Tamil Debaters
Debaters from the Tamil Cultural Society bagged top honours at the Tamil debate competition called Chutti ' s Club , which was broadcast on Tamil television channel Vasantham .
The SJI team consisted of Kumaran s \ o Selvvaratnam ( 101 ), Renganathan Ramasamy ( 111 ) and Mayazhagu Guhan ( 105 ). Renganathan also took the Best Speaker Award at the competition .
Hair for Hope @ SJI
At the inaugural satellite event in SJI in 2008 , the school saw about 160 staff and students giving up their crowning glory to raise awareness for childhood cancer .
Into its fourth year , the spirit of this studentled initiative remains strong . On 26 Aug , 211 boys and staff shaved their heads and about $ 19,000 was raised for the Children ’ s Cancer Foundation .
SJI creates waves in IT
Three students from the Micromouse Club took Gold at the Splash Awards 2011 on 29 August at the Asian Civilisation Museum . Splash is an IT competition organised by IDA and sponsored by the Singapore Computer Society .
The SJI team “ SplashJoes ” comprised Raphael Ong ( 326 ), Tan E-Liang ( 321 ) and Daniel Lee ( 102 ). They conceptualised and designed a mobile app that is related to the 2011 theme Mobile Heritage .
The Micromouse team also emerged Champions at the Inaugural Picomouse Competition held at Ngee Ann Poly on 28 July 2011 .
SJI garnered the Silver award at the National Software Competition on 3 Sept 2011 at the Singapore Polytechnic . This competition is organised by IDA and brings together the best young programming talents for a 2-hour showdown .
Representing SJI were students from the Micromouse Club and STDP Computer Science class . David Goh ( 321 ), Tan E-Liang ( 321 ) and Andrew Tay ( 333 ) and were in the Algorithm Event ( Non-IP ), while Raphael Ong ( 326 ), Zhang Yixin ( 3330 and Jonathan Loh ( 321 ) were in the IT Quiz . After a 2-hour showdown , the Algorithm Team walked away with the Silver Award .
SJI Top 4 at National Science Challenge
On 18 May , SJI became the quarter-final round winner and marched into the semi-final challenge along with Raffles Institution and Nanyang Girls . After an exciting battle of wits and speed in the Mediacorp studio , SJI finished at fourth place .
The SJI team comprised boys ( clockwise in photo from left ) Marco Lizwan ( 332 ), Shubendu Sumbli ( 337 ), Nesar Raviprakash ( 332 ), Alexander Fonseca ( 332 ), Nathaniel Too ( 332 ).
Silver Award at The National StrITwise ® Challenge 2011
SJI took the Silver award at The National StrITwise ® Challenge 2011 . This is a broadbased infocomm and interactive digital media competition conceptualised by Ngee Ann Polytechnic ’ s School of InfoComm Technology , with the objective of developing the awareness and interest in IT in a fun and engaging way .
The SJI team comprised Tan E-Liang ( 321 ), Tay Tian Hoe ( 333 ), Ian Yeap ( 212 ), Hubert Yeo ( 212 ), Jon Tan ( 212 ) and Joshua O ’ Hara ( 204 ).
They took on three categories : StrITcombat – a true test of technical coding skill ; StrITDesign – where craft meets style ; and StrITBiz – a rigorous drill of research and analytical skills put on trial .
SJI takes Silver at the National Schools Judo ‘ C ’ Division Team Championship
The SJI Judo ‘ C ’ Division boys garnered the Silver medal after a tough bout with Hwa Chong Institution for the team event . The SJI team consisted of Mark Chee ( 202 ), Delvin Indratjuatja ( 202 ), Hariharan ( 203 ), Lim Dewei ( 205 ), Marc Wei Jie ( 205 ), Zachariah Ow ( 208 ), Lee Chien Ta ( 210 ) and Thant Zin Tun ( 109 ).
In the individual competition , Mark Chee ( 202 ) received Silver at the ' C ' Division Feather- Weight category and Marc Fernando ( 205 ) the Bronze at the ‘ C ’ Division Light-Weight category .
A Win at International Competitions and Assessments for Schools ( ICAS )
Lim Sze Yuan ( 334 ) is the sole medal winner in the ICAS 2011 for Writing for the Secondary 3 Level in Singapore . He received his award on 3 November from UNSW Global CEO , Dr Rob Forage .
Sze Yuan ’ s brother Lim Sze Wei ( SJI graduating Class of 2010 ) also won a medal for ICAS English when he was in Secondary 2 . This year , Sze Wei , who is in ACJC now is one of the Gold Award winners from Singapore for the Commonwealth Writing Competition in his age group .
For more news on what ’ s happening at SJI and our alumni , log on to www . sji . edu . sg ( News )