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6 January 2017 Abingdon News Architecture Award Jonathan Hall won the top project prize at The Bartlett School of Architecture (University College London) at their summer school. Chinese Calligraphy Reaching the Summit Over the summer Tom Clokey climbed Mount Kilimanjaro to raise money for the Nasio Trust, an HIV orphan charity where he volunteered whilst in Tanzania. Abingdon School’s Human Resources Manager, Sarah Carter, also completed the climb in August, raising money for the charity Blue Skye Thinking. Henry Waterson has won an Army Sixth Form Scholarship following a gruelling assessment process. The scholarship guarantees a place on the commissioning course at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and funding for a degree beforehand. Army Scholarship Ivan Leung achieved the highest mark in the country in Edexcel IGCSE Geography this summer. Ivan has been nominated for an award for excellence from the Royal Geographic Society. Top in the Country Ivan with Geography teacher Paul Gooding Six students received awards in the 2016 National Chinese Calligraphy Competition, run annually by the UK Association for the Promotion of Chinese Education and the Chinese Embassy.