Computer applications olympiad 2011 outstrips expectations

Helen Denny, a grade 12 pupil at La Rochelle Girls High in Paarl, emerged as the winner of the gold medal and the CoZa Cares Trophy in this year's Computer Applications Olympiad. The achievement was acknowledged at an awards function held at the Kelvin Grove Club in Newlands, Cape Town on 5 October 2011.

Silver medals went to Jaco Nortier of Paarl Gymnasium and Sean Wentzel of Westerford High School. Paarl Gymnasium's Erns Labuschagné, Richard Saunders and René Engelbrecht from the Hoër Volkskool, Potchefstroom took bronze medals home.

The Computer Applications Olympiad challenges the skills of learners in the use of productivity software packages like Microsoft Office, Open Office and Libre Office.