Since the establishment of Horizon International Education Center in 2000, we have been participating in international competitions and activities in order to give our students opportunities to attend cultural and social events and exchange ideas/views with the other students from all over the world.      

The Rio Tinto Big Science Competition is one of the most recent science competitions that HIEC students took part. The Rio Tinto Big Science Competition encourages critical thinking and problem solving skills. It is held annually during the third week of May. The competition challenges secondary students from Australian and International schools in Junior, Intermediate and Senior divisions. The competition takes 75 minutes. There are 30 multiple choice questions. The questions test scientific thinking and problem solving skills. The competition questions are written by teachers and scientists from all around Australia. Certificates and awards are presented to students to acknowledge their achievement. The certificates awarded are High Distinction, Distinction, Credit, and Participation.

Horizon selected 28 students from each grade to take part in this competition. The competition took place at Horizon Main Campus on May 22, 2008 (Thursday). The results were announced at the beginning of July. Although it was our first time to participate, our students achieved outstanding results. Codanda Devaiah Monappa from G-9 got 29 correct answers (missing only 1). This result qualified him at 4% for a certificate of High Distinction. Yan Myo Kyaw from G-9 answered 28 questions correctly and earned a certificate of Distinction. Mahmood Madha from G-8A answered 27 questions correctly and also earned a certificate of Distinction.

With sincere appreciation, I would like to congratulate the Horizon science teachers who always try their best to encourage students to participate in international competitions, and for their dedicated efforts in training the students for successful outcomes. We hope that our teachers and students will continue to play an active part in participating and winning in many competitions.  

The list of the students and their results are as follow:

	Name of the Student	Grade	Award
1	CODANDA DEVAIAH MONAPPA	9	Certificate of High Distinction
2	YAN MYO KYAW KYAW	9	Certificate of Distinction
3	MAHMOOD MADHA	8A	Certificate of Distinction
4	HEIN MIN TUN	10	Certificate of Distinction
5	PHOO PWINT HLAING	8B	Certificate of Distinction
6	AISHA MADHA	7A	Certificate of Credit
7	ARKAR SOE	9	Certificate of Credit
8	ISMAIL KEEKEEBHAI	8A	Certificate of Credit
9	KOKO NAING	11	Certificate of Credit
10	MAY THIN ZAR LWIN	7A	Certificate of Credit
11	MOLLY LIM	7A	Certificate of Credit
12	MYO MIN THU-ZAW	8A	Certificate of Credit
13	SAI HEIN THURA WIN	12	Certificate of Credit
14	SAI-LAO NOOM-SAING	11	Certificate of Credit
15	SHWE-HLAING	10	Certificate of Credit
16	TED	8B	Certificate of Credit
17	YAN-KYAW TUN	8B	Certificate of Credit
18	YELIN MYAT	7A	Certificate of Credit
19	ABDUL-RAHMAN ILYAS-ROGARTHIA	7A	Certificate of Participation
20	AHMED MADHA	11	Certificate of Participation
21	CHIEN FAN LIEN	GRADUATED	Certificate of Participation
22	HASHIM MADHA	7A	Certificate of Participation
23	HLA MYINT	GRADUATED	Certificate of Participation
24	LIONEL ARKA HTUT HAING SOE	8B	Certificate of Participation
25	MYO AUNG WIN	7A	Certificate of Participation
26	PYAE PHYO THU	7A	Certificate of Participation
27	SAI AUNG LWIN TUN	11	Certificate of Participation
28	SANA ILYAS ROGATHIA	9	Certificate of Participation

1. Principal Mr. Safak announcing the names of the winners at Rio Tinto competition
2. GM Mr. Murat presenting prizes to the winners
3. A snap with the winners of High Distinction and Distinction (from L to R): Mr. Murat, C.D. Monappa, Hein Min Htun, Phoo Pwint Hlaing, Yan Myo Kyaw, Mahmood Madha, Mr. Adem)