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Newsletter 01/2017

19 January 2017 Dear Parents, Guardians and Learners Welcome back from the holidays and festive season. 2017 started on a very positive note with the announcement of our 2016 Matric results and the opportunity to welcome our new learners and educators. Details of our top matric performers and results are included in this newsletter, as well as those educators who joined us. Our Grade 8s have had a busy start to their high school career. Last week was dedicated to helping them become accustomed to Rand Park; our traditions, values and the way we do things. Our Leaders have spent a great deal of time with their Grade 8 classes and I’d like to congratulate them all on a job well done. Some of our learners may be feeling a mixture of emotions ranging from excitement to anxiety at the thought of settling into a new environment or class, making friends and getting to know how things work. It’s a time for increased independence and learning to find their way; asking questions; paying attention; exercising tolerance and, above all, being kind to others. Patience is invariably rewarded - within the next two weeks, their confidence will have improved and they will have a better idea of where they fit in at Rand Park. To our parents: please remember that the Grade Tutors have been appointed to help your children become accustomed to our school - they are also your ‘go-to’ people if you need assistance and information.

Allow your child time to settle into the new academic year but ensure that you know how they are progressing and where they could benefit from some additional help from you. High school is different from primary/preparatory school in many respects and a time when children can mature into self-sufficient young adults; it’s also a time where perseverance and character is strengthened. Parental involvement is crucial and can benefit the child’s psychological development and self-confidence - our school has the right people to guide you and your child on the journey and I encourage you to make the most of their knowledge and experience. It’s an exciting year and our plans are in place to ensure that we continue the tradition of offering an excellent education, complemented by cultural, sports and service programmes that complete the holistic educational experience. I wish all our parents, learners, staff and supporters every success during 2017. Thank you for choosing Rand Park High School. Yours sincerely A WILKE PRINCIPAL

NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

Thrift Shop Trading Hours

The Thrift Shop is open on the following days during the school term:

Wednesdays: 10h30 - 11h00 Wednesdays: 13h00 - 13h30 Fridays: 10h45 - 11h15

New Staff

Welcome to the following educators who joined us at the beginning of this year. We wish them a long and successful stay at Rand Park High School:

Debating Notice: Juniors & Seniors

Beginner and Advanced Debating training will be held on Saturday, 28 January from 8:00am to 12:00pm. Enquiries and more information

may be obtained from Miss Henry, D17.

Miss N Bezuidenhout

Consumer Studies

Miss M Nel

Mathematics

Miss M Peyper

EMS /Business Studies

Mrs L Oswald Mathematics

Miss I Odendaal

English / LO

Miss E Ross

English

Mr O Roux English / PE

Mrs C Stewart

English

4 Distinctions: Ucaylan Chetty Kelton Govender Nicholas Hunt Tarryn Low Kyra Palmer-Jones 3 Distinctions: Caitlin Chetty Jennifer Da Silva Keegan Kramer Micaela Latif Richard Matthysen Angelique Meyer Presheya Moodley Kelda Perumal

Darren Sidwell

2 Distinctions: Saskia Alaraju Nooreen Alli Chelsea Bailes Nieka Chetty Belinda Chikuri Xylan De Jager Jamie Eva Damion Govender Kyle Govender Khanyisile Gumede Nishay Harrilall Megan Jackson Mwila Masongo Palesa Molefi Shivani Moodley Nokuthula Moyo Shivika Mungal Sarah Parsons Gabriella Schafer Caitlin Scholl Chad Sidwell Joshua Stander Caeleb Thompson Danae Van Jaarsveld Angelique Viljoen

Emma Wright

1 Distinction: Kyle Adams Katya Barata Kiara Chetty Kivanth Chetty Tayla Degger Devin Downes Rachel Dwyer Milena Flottow Tyrone Glenn Ashleigh Green Christy Huddy Tyron Jordaan Cameron Keylock Zahra Khan Cuan Lewis Gareth McCabe Rachel Milanovic Ureeshah Moodley Londiwe Mtshali Thendo Mudau Kelsie Ormrod Deklan Palmer-Jones Jaden Reynard Michelle Schenckenberg Ashley Slabbert Caitlin Smith Matthew Stanton Cameron Thomas Liam Vickers Michael Viede

Jared Wessels

Our Matric Class of 2016 obtained a 99.6% pass rate. The learners listed on this

page achieved distinctions in the National Senior

Certificate examinations.

Congratulations!

GRADE 8 ORIENTATION &

INAUGURATION The first week of high school was an eventful one for our new Grade 8s. They received plenty of information about Rand Park, made new friends, participated in orientation games organised by the Leaders and a Swimming Gala. The Inauguration Ceremony was held on Friday, 13 January where we welcomed them to the Rand Park High family. Our Head Leaders passed on the 'light of knowledge' to the Grade 8s through the symbolic lighting of candles. It was a special event.

Welcome to Rand Park High School!

TOP 20 ACADEMIC LEARNERS - 2016

Grade 9: 1 Sabrina Goncalves 2 Courteney Pienaar 3 Kyla Swart 4 Daniel Appelman 5 Ruan Kriel 6 Connor Houston 7 Silvino ESilva 8 Tashan Chetty 9 Channing Du Plessis 10 Claire Reddy 11 Kevell Umrao 12 Sandra Grasilovic 13 Dionella Da Silva 14 Ethan Alaraju 15 Jason Muka 15 Tinodaishe Mupanemunda 17 Phoebe Redelinghuys 18 Joshua Lerm 19 Arno Van Zyl 20 Erin Horwood

Grade 10: 1 Michael Moore 2 Robyn Erwee 3 Bradley Green 4 Tamryn Visagie 5 Wandile Sebothoma 6 Senesha Ragunandan 7 Thandi Mpofu 8 Anthony Muanza 9 Seshnie Naidoo 10 Samuel Fourie 11 James Thackeray 12 Veronica Shanoudy 13 Kyle Ehrke 14 Dean Eatwell 15 Ashli Mc Carthy 16 Micah Forsythe 17 Ofure Ayere 18 Keesha-Lee Joubert 19 Melissa Matthysen 19 Tinodaishe Naka

Grade 11: 1 Jordan Macfie 2 Vanshikha Taparia 3 Kira Courtaillac 4 Roxanne Kampers 5 Nathan Williams 6 Thaakira Jabaar 7 Nicole Riley 8 Gabriella Montano 9 Alex Brocco 10 Amy Tebbit 11 Arno Nieuwenhuizen 12 Sasha Gradwell 13 Sarah-Kelly Houston 14 Morgan De Fornas 15 Cheylin Blore 15 Liam Andrews 15 Nicole Verreyne 18 Osasere Ayere 19 Shané Bennett 20 Jordan Velthuis

Grade 8: 1 Angela Graham 2 Natasha Otto 3 Hannah Nash 4 Marisa Naidoo 5 Gabriella Adolphe 6 Ngiyabonga Manana 7 Yasmin Soror 8 Robyn Clark 9 Hannah Reddy 10 Michael Burgess 11 Prashanthi Naidoo 12 Bryan Robinson 13 Sinenhlanhla Hlope 14 Dylan Coertzen 15 Zoë Chishimba 16 Goitsemodimo Babedi 17 Denaé Naidoo 18 Thandolwethu Nyamathe 19 Tyler Glasson 20 Moisha Perumal

The following learners achieved

the highest overall academic averages

in 2016.

Well done!

TOP 20 MERIT LEARNERS - 2016

Grade 8 1 Angela Graham 2 Nikki Murgatroyd 3 Shakira January 4 Nicholas Tebbit 5 Cameron Willis 6 Dylan Coertzen 7 Bryan Robinson 8 Robyn Clark 9 Yasmin Soror 10 Tyler Glasson 11 Tayla Stoop 12 Timothy-Lee Naynar 12 Christopher Fisher 14 Francesca Laurenzi 15 Kyle Strydom 16 Rick Weimer 17 Dylan De Klerk 18 Dylan Lloyd 19 Hannah Nash 20 Paige Carter

Grade 9 1 Erin Horwood 2 Courteney Pienaar 3 Zavier Rabatin 4 Auro Salmon 5 Zeta Rabatin 6 Samantha Thomas 7 Jessica Fisher 8 Hannah Zoutendyk 8 Tashan Chetty 10 Dionella da Silva 10 Sabrina Goncalves 12 Saige Fourie 13 Kyla Swart 14 Joshua Lerm 15 Connor Houston 16 Channing Du Plessis 17 Gareth Murdoch 18 Kevell Umrao 19 Ryan Cox 20 Kyla Moolman

Grade 10 1 Teaghan Stoop 2 James Thackeray 3 Robyn Erwee 4 Jordan Eustice 5 Kaylee Berriman 6 Samuel Fourie 7 Michael Moore 8 Dean Eatwell 9 Wandile Sebothoma 10 Micah Forsythe 11 Morgane Burgess 12 James Flottow 13 Aerin Buitendag 14 Kelly Gouws 15 Melissa Matthysen 16 Tamryn Visagie 17 Keri Adcock 18 Nataley Rylance 19 Kelsey Meyer 20 Seshmira Mahilall

Grade 11 1 Amy Tebbit 2 Nicole Riley 3 Thaakira Jabaar 4 Dayna Limbeek 5 Jordan Macfie 6 Kirsty-Lee Walker 7 Tiandra Nain 8 Dominique Adolphe 9 Tebogo Mahopo 10 Liam Andrews 11 Kayuran Naidoo 12 Richard Kaldenberg 13 Tshiamo Loate 14 Arno Nieuwenhuizen 15 Sarah-Kelly Houston 16 Kai Davey 17 Paula Rebelo 18 Vanshikha Taparia 19 Jennifer Anderssen 20 Brandon Harris 20 Jamie-Louise Hauenschild 20 Kelsey Britnow

The top 20 Merit recipients for 2016 are listed by Grade. Thank you to each learner for their contribution to Rand Park High

School.

2017 INTER-HOUSE GALA

Rand Park’s annual Inter-House Gala was held on Tuesday, 17 January. Congratulations to Martin House on winning the overall trophy as well as the Spirit Trophy! Final scores were as follows: Martin : 480 points Bishop : 465 Loerie : 428 Shrike : 399 Junior Victrix Ludorum – Teagan José Junior Victor Ludorum – Bernard Wolfaardt Senior Victrix Ludorum – Tiandra Nain

Senior Victor Ludorum – Matthew Bowyer

House Captains from Martin receive the

Spirit Trophy from Mr Wilke

Teagan José Tiandra Nain Bernard Wolfaardt Matthew Bowyer

Sports results will be published in

the newsletter from next week.

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CLASSIFIEDS

ANABEL BRIDAL & MATRIC DANCE WEAR:

Custom-made dresses for all special occasions.

Please find us on Facebook and Instagram.

Tel 083-574-4255.

JNDR TRANSPORT:

Looking for safe and reliable transport for your child

in Northcliff, Berario, Fairlands, Quellerina, Florida

Hills, Panorama, Weltevreden Park, Strubensvalley,

Clearwater, Little Falls, Honeydew Manor,

Wilgeheuwel, Harveston, Bush Hills, Boskruin,

Sundowner and Randpark? Pick a trustworthy

transport service which collects and drops off at your

door. Contact Joselin on 082-308-2819.

MANUFACTURING JEWELLERS:

Michael J Solomon Jewellers specialise in repairs,

diamonds, valuations and buying of old gold

jewellery in any condition. Shop 31, Boskruin

Village Shopping Centre, Cnr Hawken & President

Fouche Drive, Boskruin. Michael Solomon

(011) 792-5292.

Rand Park High School does not endorse any advertiser

or sponsor’s product or service.

2017 advertising enquiries may be directed to Mrs Kerr via email: rphs@randparkhigh.co.za

ZEE’S SHUTTLE - TRANSPORT FOR KIDS:

Reliable, on-time and safe transport for kids. Pick-

ups and drop-offs for school, aftercare, madressa

and other scheduled extra-mural activities. We

cover Weltevreden Park and surrounding areas.

Contact Zee on 082-851-9741.

PRIVATE PHYSICAL SCIENCE LESSONS:

I am a 4th year BSc Chemistry and Biochemistry

student offering extra lessons for Physical Science

(Grade 8 – 12). Will travel for lessons. Prices

depend on grade and travelling distance. Contact

Tim on 082-889-6628 (preferably via WhatsApp).

RED DOOR MUSIC STUDIO: Are you musically

inclined? Taking singing, piano or keyboard lessons

will develop your creativity and confidence. For

more info, please contact Amy at Red Door Music

Studio on 083-337-2702 or send an email to:

reddoormusicians@gmail.com