Congratulations to Odetta Li of 9R, who received the Gold Award in the age 12-14 category of the Royal Commonwealth Society 2011 Essay Competition. The theme of the competition was "women as agents of change". Odetta wrote a short story about a boy, his sister and a "mermaid".
Odetta is one of 3 major winners from HK this year. Deep Vase, Head Boy in Island School, won the grand prize - the Senior Prize (age 14 - 18 category). Another girl from HK won a Gold Award in the age 14-16 category. The Awards were given out by Mr. Andrew Seaton, British Consul-General, at the British Consulate General, HK, on 7 Dec 2011.
Well done Odetta!
Please see Odetta’s essay …here
Teri Eves - Leading Teacher of English
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