Grade A students star for schools

“LEARNING is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.” That is the Chinese proverb adopted as its motto by St Aloysius’ College in Carrigtwohill, Cork.

It might have been chosen for the school’s star pupil, Zoe Fannon, who is one of 10 nationwide to achieve eight A1s in the Leaving Certificate.

Zoe, from Cobh, is planning to study politics, philosophy and economics at Oxford University, driven by the urge to help her counterparts elsewhere gain the opportunities she has enjoyed.