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Melkonian students excel in exams, defying closure threat

Financial Mirror – Wednesday, December 22, 2004

Two Melkonian students were among the 135 recipients of the High
Achiever awards given out to students who gained top international
marks and top marks in Cyprus in A level, O level and GCSE exams at
an award ceremony in Nicosia last week.

Together with their schoolmates, they overcame the troubles caused
by the New York based administrators’ announcement on March 16 to
shut down the school and continued with their external examinations.

Hovhannes Atabekyan, a 2004 graduate of the school, was one of only
ten students in Cyprus to gain straight As in five Advanced Level
subjects, while only three other Cypriots gained six As.

Elizabeth Torossian notched up the highest Ordinary Level international
subject mark in Armenian, an award achieved in only ten other subjects
worldwide.

“These outstanding results cast a shadow over the true intentions
of the school’s administrators to shut down the Melkonian and sell
off the land,” the Melkonian Alumni Association of Cyprus said in
an announcement.

Jane Holliday, regional representative of the UK awarding body
Edexcel said an impressive record this year saw students in Cyprus
being awarded the top marks in the world in nine A level subjects
and 11 O level subjects.

“For so many students to have done so well is a tribute to all those
involved. As for the students, well, they are truly wonderful,”
she said.

The figures include entries from over 100 countries but exclude the
UK. Most subjects attract hundreds of entries worldwide, and many
have entries in the thousands.