Foundation and AS level students are starting their exams while our IB2 students have just finished. But all are excitedly looking forward to our Prom on Friday 13th June. Last year nearly 200 students attended at the beaufiful Abbots Barton Hotel near the college with fun and celebrations on the lawn afterwards. Its a real highlight of the year and here are some photos from last year. Beginings and endings of years are really important as we celebrate the great things students have done with us. A week later on 19th June is our Graduation in the Gulbenkian Theatre with guest of honour the Vice Chancellor of the University of Kent who will speak to students and present certificates to celebrate their time with us.
Our students have some amazing achievements. Not only do they get good exam results and have great destinations, but they have really developed into leaders of the future. All of them have had interviews with local businesses, some have set up their own companies while in Canterbury with Young Enterprise and one of our student companies was voted the 'Best Company' in competition against British Schools in the South of England! Other students have done language leadership Awards and Sports Leadership Awards. Nearly 50 have nearly completed the British Boarding Schools Award, with others achieving the Excelsis Award and Duke of Edinburgh's Award. Some have achieved the CATS Leadership Award worth 70 UCAS points - others have worked on Trading Floors in the City of London or marketing seminars with top companies in the South of England. Our students have attended engineering workshops with Oxford University, done on line courses with Kings College London, and trained as buddies learning how to support others and understand the importance in leadership of emotional intelligence.
Our students have much to be proud of as they finish their studies with us. They have won Gold Medals from the Royal Chemistry Society - and they have beaten football teams all over the area. They have won awards for their work, and the amazing nature of the College in Canterbury was recognised by the Independent Schools Association who have not only given us an Award of Excellence but this year we were also presented with a certificate for Excellence and Innovation.
Unlike schools who talk about their work, we give clear booklets to every student listing exactly what they can do during their time with us and how to get involved - and these are all available to all our staff in the UK and overseas. We are proud of our students and what they do and invite everyone to join in the celebrations this summer as we say farewell at our June and August Graduations to another really geat group of students
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Jonathan Ullmer
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