Administration  |  Academic and Sport Merit System

Academic and Sport Merit System

Bronze card Merit System (Gr 4 - 12)

Bronze cards are issued to learners for excellent results in tests, outstanding assignments and excellent presentations. Bronze cards are accumulated over the year with learners striving to achieve their bronze, silver, gold and platinum merit badges. Merit badges are always presented to learners in special award assemblies and parents are invited to attend.

If a learner receives 9 bronze cards they will be awarded a BRONZE badge in assembly.

If a learner receives 18 bronze cards they will be awarded a SILVER badge in assembly.

If a learner receives 27 bronze cards they will be awarded a GOLD badge in assembly.

A Learner can complete the cycle twice, receiving a second bronze, silver and the final level of Platinum. They would then have had to achieve a total of 54 bronze cards over the year.

Please note: All badges are returned to the school at the end of the year. Learners wishing to keep their badge(s) may purchase these from the office. A final Certificate Award Assembly is held at the end of the year with learners receiving a certificate for the level of merit badge they have attained.

Academic Badge (Gr 7 -12)

Learners in Grade 7 to 12 who achieve an aggregate of 80% and above in any given year will be issued with an Academic badge at Prize-giving that may be worn for one year. The aggregate is based on the first three terms of the year and includes academic subjects, not practical subjects.


Please note, scrolls will only be issued to High School learners from the end of their Grade 9 year. 

Blazer Colours and Scrolls

Learners who have excelled academically or in sport are acknowledged for their excellent performance by being allowed to wear colours on their blazers or being issued a scroll. The following criterion is used to determine this Status:

Academic Points Required:

BadgeScrollHalf Colours
(Blazer braiding)		Full Colours
(Blazer Braiding)
Aggregate over 80%369

Academic Point Accumulation (Grade 9 - 12)

½ ptAchieves Silver badge*
1 ptAchieves Gold badge*
2 ptAchieves Platinum badge*
2 ptAchieves Grade 9 aggregate above 80% in academic subjects
2 ptAchieves Grade 10 aggregate above 80% in academic subjects
1 ptAchieves Grade 11 aggregate of 70 - 79% in academic subjects
2 ptAchieves Grade 11 aggregate above 80% in academic subjects
 *Not accumulative. Whatever stands at the end of the year will be counted

Sporting Points Required

ScrollHalf Colours
(Blazer braiding)		Full Colours
(Blazer Braiding)
369

Sporting Point Accumulation (Grade 6 - 7)

1 ptEach year that the learner has been committed to participating in their sporting discipline (attendance must be 80%+ for practices and 100% for matches).
1 ptLearner has excelled within this sporting discipline (will be assessed by coach).
 Points, badges and scrolls awarded in Grade 6 - 7 will not be carried over to the High School.

Sporting Point Accumulation (Grade 8 - 12)

1 ptEach year that the learner has been committed to participating in their sporting discipline (attendance must be 80%+ for practices and 100% for matches).
1 ptLearner has excelled within this sporting discipline (will be assessed by coach).
6 ptLearner has achieved Regional/Provincial recognition for their sporting discipline.

Half colours will be awarded immediately to learners from Grade 8 -12 who have achieved Provincial recognition for their sporting discipline.


Full colours will be awarded immediately to learners from Grade 8 - 12 who have achieved National recognition for their sporting discipline.

Star Badge Merit System (Gr 4-7)

In order to encourage the general good behavior of our learners, the Star Badge System allows learners to work towards attaining 3 levels of badges: 

1 Star Badge = 20 merits2 Star Badge = 40 merits
3 Star Badge = 60 merits

General Guideline / Procedure for Attaining Star Badges:

  • Disciplinary cards are calculated every two weeks.
  • Merit Charts will be kept by the class teacher and updated every two weeks based on the list of learners' names provided by the office.
  • Criteria for accumulation merits:
    • Learners who have not received any disciplinary cards during a two weekly period will automatically receive 4 merits on their Merit Chart.
    • Learners who have received any number of cards but do not sit detention will receive 2 merits.
    • Learners who sit detention do not receive any merits.
    • A teacher might also, at their discretion, issue a Purple Card to a learner for any exceptional behaviour / reason which will qualify the learner for a merit on his/her card. The criteria for issuing a Purple Card will include:
      • Continuous and exceptional good behaviour
      • Continued helpfulness
      • Displaying good manners at all times
      • Thoughtfulness towards others
      • Continued neatness in work
      • Continued neatness in self (uniform, hair, etc.)
  • Learners can aim towards achieving their star badges as follows:
    • 1 Star Badge - By the end of the First term
    • 2 Star Badge - By the end of the Second term
    • 3 Star Badge - By the end of the Third term
  • Star badges may be worn until the next star badge is issued upon which the previous badge must be returned. Learners may wear the badge attained until the end of the year.
  • Star badges will be handed over to learners in a Tuesday Assembly. Learners may wear civvies the next day (Wednesday) in recognition of them achieving a Star Badge.
  • All badges must be returned to the class teacher at the end of the year.