Achievements

Our girls have brought our "whole girl" education to life, balancing the intense and demanding academic work with our rich co-curricular offerings. They continue to be awarded for their amazing hard work. What follows is a list of just some of the girls' achievements.

2019

• East African Debate Runner Up 2019
• Winner of Strathmore University Math Competition
• Best Girl in Science in National Exam and 4th overall in country
• 100% of student passed National Exam
• Top performers in Provincial Science Fair Competition: 1st in Biology, 2nd in Chemistry & Math, 3rd in Physics. The team took 2nd overall.
• Took 2nd place at the 8th Science Fair sponsored by Rwandan Education Board
• National Semifinals in Basketball for first time!
• 1st for Best Gender Inclusion for their demonstration of women in agriculture and ICT at EDUCATE National Student Business Club
• Winning team for Eastern Province at National Bank of Rwanda

2018

• Placed 3rd, 4th and 5th at the Ms. Geek Africa 2018;
• Won Ms Geek Rwanda Competition in 2018
• Took first at the National Public Speaking Competition with iDebate.
• Only woman out of 143 students to take 4th place or higher at the University of Rwanda celebration of Pi Day 2018
• 1st and 3rd place at Strathmore University National Math Contest
• Competed in World Student Debate Championship

2017

• 1st place in the 2017 African Debate Championship held in Uganda;
• Took Silver at the 12th International Standards Olympiad in South Korea;
• National Debate Champions
• 2017 Capital Market University Challenge winners;
• 1st and 4th place at the "Battle of Poets" organized by iDebate in 2017;
• Third place in Teen Media Expo 2017
• 13 girls honored at Promotion of Girls' Educaiton Campaign by the First Lady;

2016

• Placed second at the 10th Eco-Generation Environment Essay competition in 2016;
• Best Business Idea at the School Enterprise Challenge 2016
• Won Rwanda Education Board's science competition in 2016;
• Class of ’14 graduate was selected for publication in Best College Essays 2016 for her essay, "A Girl with No Country;"
• 1^st and 2^nd place at National Science Fair Competition
• 2^nd and 3^rd place out of 130 girls at Ms Geek Competition presenting solutions to community challenges;
• 3 students’ named “best in the country” at the MINEDUC science fair;
• 2^nd place in the Country Mathematics Competition;
• 1^st place at KOICA science competition in South Korea;
• 1 student named Youngest Entrepreneur and Most Popular Business awards in East-African Entrepreneurship competition;
• 1^st place at GOI Peace Essay contest;
• 1^st place at East-African Essay competition;
• 1^st place at The National Young Entrepreneurship Debate Competition;
• 2 Finalist and 3 Semi-finalist teams in the IDebate Competition;
• 2^nd place and Won Best Debater at National Debate Competition;
• Presented at FARA (Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa) where the girls received a grant to Gashora Gold from the President of FARA;
• 2 students attended the US Department of State 2016 Pan-Africa Youth Leadership program,
• Reached finals in the Spring Accelerator entrepreneurship competition;
• 2 Teams reached semi-finals at Tech-innovation competition;
• 2^nd place at JICA National High School Competition;
• 1^st place at the National High School Public Speaking Competition organized by Girl Up;
• 1^st and 3^rd place at HeHe Labs Code Club Programing competition;
• 1^st place in Rwanda Education Board’s (REB) science competition that is geared at encouraging secondary school students to study science, technology and innovation;

2015

• Won the Miss Geek Competition
• IDebate competition--1^st place and best speakers;
• Reached finals in the Spring Accelerator entrepreneurship competition;
• Tech-innovation competition: 2 teams reached the semi-finals;
• JICA National High School Competition: 2^nd place;
• East African Debate Competition Competition;
• Won the National High School Public Speaking Competition organized by Girl Up;
• Code Club Programing competition: 1^st and 3^rd places at HeHe Labs;
• 2 students participated in the Students on Ice Expedition in Greenland (First ever from Rwanda);
• Winner of the National Youth Entrepreneurship Debate Competition 2015;
• Participated in the "100 women who will impact Rwanda Camp";
• TAHMO ICT and Water Competition: Reached Finals;
• Won 3 gold certificates from Commonwealth essay competition.