{"id":10947,"date":"2019-10-04T09:24:52","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T01:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kis.edu.my\/kisnewsletter\/from-the-head-of-secondary-28-09-2019-copy\/"},"modified":"2019-10-04T16:10:33","modified_gmt":"2019-10-04T08:10:33","slug":"from-the-head-of-secondary-05-10-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kis.edu.my\/kisnewsletter\/from-the-head-of-secondary-05-10-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Head of Secondary 05.10.2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_separator][vc_column_text]We are proud and pleased to announce that Amar Salih [Year 12] has been awarded \u2018Top in World\u2019 for his performance in IGCSE Mathematics by the Cambridge Examination Board. Amar scored 100% in the exam, gaining an A*. He did exceptionally well across all of his subjects, with <strong>A*<\/strong> in Add Maths, Biology, Chemistry and Physics and <strong>A<\/strong> grades in PE, English Literature and English Language. Amar is studying A Levels in Mathematics, Physics, Biology and Chemistry. The award ceremony will take place in Subang Jaya on Thursday 21<sup>st<\/sup> November. Amar\u2019s success is extremely impressive. Last year over 1,000,000 students in 10.000 schools sat Cambridge exams. They were located all around the world including the UK, USA, China, India and Singapore and also throughout Europe, South America and the Middle East. Amar thoroughly deserves this accolade and we know he is destined for more success moving forward.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations Amar![\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][vc_column_text]<strong>International Day<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>KIS teachers and staff [not forgetting parents] got into the swing of things on Thursday during International Day. 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