One Spirit, Two Journeys: The Blueprint of Reigatian Excellence

Excellence rarely arrives unannounced. Behind every remarkable achievement is a pattern, a quiet architecture of discipline that builds long before the moment of recognition.

This term, that architecture revealed itself in two students whose stories, though different in age and discipline, are built from exactly the same foundation.

Juwon SHIN (Y6) had three weeks to prepare for the ABRSM Piano Competition Southeast Asia 2026. He spent the Lunar New Year holiday practising four to six hours every day, competing against students with professional musical training, and returned with a Silver Award. He is eleven years old.

Jihu KANG (Y12) spent the academic year competing at the highest levels of international mathematics and science, earning Gold at the UK Mathematics Trust Senior Mathematical Challenge, where he was also named Best in School, Gold at the Royal Society of Chemistry Olympiad, and Gold at the BIO Olympiad Initiative USA-Asia.

Different ages. Different disciplines. The same blueprint. The discipline that drives a primary school student through six hour practice sessions is the same discipline that carries a sixth form student to the top of three international Olympiads. It reminds us that remarkable results are not isolated peaks, but rather the culmination of consistent, serious effort.

This is what a Reigatian education builds. Not froma single moment, but steadily, from the very beginning.

Congratulations to both Juwon and Jihu. This is Reigatian excellence.