Willow Ridge top 3 achievers want to do big things
The high school obtained a 98 percent pass rate last year and a 68 percent university admission pass.
The top three achievers from Willow Ridge High School want to make a big difference in the country after furthering their studies.
The high school obtained a 98 percent pass rate for 2018 and a 68 percent university admission pass.
Top achiever Pelonomi Serena Masilo scooped seven distinctions – English home language, Afrikaans first additional language, mathematics, life orientation, life sciences, physical sciences and visual arts.
Masilo said she plans to study medicine at the University of Pretoria and further study cardiology and surgery.
She said her hobbies include, drawing, painting or anything to do with art. She also is an avid fan of music and has been on the debating team that obtained gold for three consecutive years.
In the second position was Kay-Leigh Robinson who obtained six distinctions – English home language, Afrikaans first additional language, consumer studies, geography, life sciences and physical sciences.
Robinson said she planned to study BSc medical sciences through the University of Pretoria as it was her passion and she hoped to find cures to multiple diseases.
“Especially cancer as it is what my mom passed away from and I would like for fewer children to suffer through what I had to,” said Robinson.
Robinson’s hobbies are cooking and baking for her family which she said she found to be therapeutic and she is also a bookworm who reads anything from fantasy to fiction.
Wyston Rooy scooped six distinctions – Afrikaans first additional language, mathematics, life orientation, geography, physical sciences and tourism.
He plans to study mechanical engineering at the University of Pretoria and hopes to bring significant improvement to the engineering landscape in the country and hopefully open his own firm in the future.
Rooy’s hobbies include cycling and photography, which he used to deal with the stress of matric.
He said he also indulged in books about different cultures, empires and mythology.
“This love for reading created a new love and that was for general knowledge quizzes, so I’ve participated in a lot of these quizzes and I love to have fun with the family in 30 Seconds,” said Rooy.
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