Millennials High Achievers Ceremony held

Islamabad

Roots Flagship Millennium Campus I-9/3, held its Annual High Achiever Ceremony 2017 at the Jinnah Convention Centre, here on Saturday, says a press release.

This annual event is held to celebrate and honour the students of Roots Millennium Schools who achieved positions, distinctions, and exceptional grades in IGCSE, O Level, AS & A Level examinations. Moreover, those students who go beyond the ordinary into the extraordinary and have received acceptances from top renowned universities of the world are commended on this day. This ‘extra’ from the ordinary is what separates a truly brilliant institute from a moderately good one.

The ceremony which aimed to acknowledge and appreciate the outstanding performance of Millennials, started off with the special messages read on behalf of the President & Prime Minister for Chief Executive Chaudhry Faisal Mushtaq. Chaudhry Faisal Mushtaq, CEO Millennium Roots Schools in his welcome address, appreciated the exceptional hard work of the students. He also acknowledged the support of parents and teachers in students’ success stories.

Millennium Schools is the first school in Pakistan to have had the maximum number of Ivy League acceptances on 100% scholarship. Millennials who got accepted at world’s top universities include Iman Malik (Cornel University), Sobha Gadhi (NYU Abu Dhabi), Laiba Usman (Washington and Lee), Laiba Bahrawar (Yale-NUS College), Taha Khurram (Jacobs University), Soha Nisar (Bilkent University), Eisha Atif (University of British Columbia), Ezzah Noor (Whitworth University), Irfad Imtiaz (Harvey Mudd University), Abu Bakr Mian (Norte Dam University), Sharjeel Mumtaz (Vanderbilt University), Hammad Hassan (Richmond University), Urooba Ahmed (Hampshire College), Balaj Saleem (Benington College) Noreena Shams (NYU), Zeeshan Ali (Hult International Business School) Hashir Mehmood (70 acceptances from 16 countries)  and many more.

This year Millennium Campus I-9/3 has also bagged an number of over 90 IVY League acceptances from summer schools with 10 students receiving full scholarships for summer programs.

AJK President Sardar Masood Khan was the chief guest on the occasion, with guest of honor being Portuguese Ambassador Joao Sabido Costa, Tunisian Ambassador Adel Elarbi, Minister of State & Advisor to the Prime Minister Musadiq Malik, Director Education British Council and Shanawer Baig Manager, North Pakistan Cambridge International Examination. Also, prominent academic intellectuals, entrepreneurs, senior government officers, community & Political leaders witnessed the celebrations.

Speaking at the event, the AJK president was extremely pleased and impressed by the achievements and advancements made by the high achievers of RMS. He praised the hard work and resilient dedication of great institutions such as RMS that strive relentlessly to make these dreams into reality.

At the end of the ceremony rich tributes were paid, cake was cut, shields, medals and certificates were distributed to High Achiever students and award winning teachers. The Chief Guests also gave awards to founding teachers, faculty, Chinese and German language teachers and management staff of Millennium Roots Schools nationwide.