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;"
- 1st and 2nd place at National Science Fair Competition
- 2nd and 3rd 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;
- 2nd place in the Country Mathematics Competition;
- 1st place at KOICA science competition in South Korea;
- 1 student named Youngest Entrepreneur and Most Popular Business awards in East-African Entrepreneurship competition;
- 1st place at GOI Peace Essay contest;
- 1st place at East-African Essay competition;
- 1st place at The National Young Entrepreneurship Debate Competition;
- 2 Finalist and 3 Semi-finalist teams in the IDebate Competition;
- 2nd 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;
- 2nd place at JICA National High School Competition;
- 1st place at the National High School Public Speaking Competition organized by Girl Up;
- 1st and 3rd place at HeHe Labs Code Club Programing competition;
- 1st 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--1st 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: 2nd place;
- East African Debate Competition Competition;
- Won the National High School Public Speaking Competition organized by Girl Up;
- Code Club Programing competition: 1st and 3rd 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.