Newsletter #14| 24 October 2019

Top Honours for Kyla & Courteney

Kyla Swart and Courteney Pienaar received top honours for their outstanding contribution to Rand Park High School at the Honours Dinner which was held on Thursday, 17 October. The Maximo Cum Honore Award is presented to learners who obtain Honours

in two or more disciplines, namely Academics, Sport or Culture. So rare is this award, that the Maximo

Cum Honore award was last presented to a Rand Park learner in 2014. Kyla also received the Dux Scholar Award for academic excellence at the Matric Valediction (see page 3 for full details of the top

awardees) and Courteney received the Sportsperson of the Year award.

A special congratulatory note also goes to Gabriella Adolphe, Angela Graham and Courteney Pienaar who were acknowledged for their Honours Triple Colours at the Honours Dinner.

Kyla Swart

Dux Scholar 2019 & Maximo cum Honore

Courteney Pienaar

Maximo cum Honore & Sportsperson of the Year 2019

NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

End of Term Report Collection

School closes on Wednesday, 4 December and parents/learners can collect reports from the School Hall between 07:00 and 09:00 on that day.

IMPORTANT EXAMINATION INFORMATION GRADES 8-11

Grade 10 and 11 exams run from Thursday, 24 October to Thursday, 21 November. Grade 8 and 9 exams run from Monday, 4 November to Thursday, 21 November.

On the days that no exams are being written, learners may stay at home to study and will not be marked absent. A study venue will be available for those learners who prefer to study at school.

GRADE 8 AND 9

The school will run on Wednesday times from 28 October to 1 November. This means school will finish at 13:00 every day, thus allowing learners some additional time to prepare for their exams.

Grade 8 and 9 learners will attend classes as normal until Friday, 1 November.

Grade 9 learners will be allowed to go home at 11:00 after the completion of the Provincial Exams on 8 November, 12 November and 14 November.

2020 School Fees

The Annual General Meeting of the School Governing Body was held on Wednesday, 16 October and the 2020 School Fees were agreed upon and approved by the parents who attended. 2020 School fees will be as follows: R45 000.00 per learner: Grade 8 and new

learners

R44 000 per learner: Grade 9 to Grade 12

existing learners

The D6 Communicator and the School’s website have been updated with the AGM Resolutions and payment details.

South African Literacy Association (SALA) Public Speaking Results

The SALA National Finals took place at Witbank last Saturday. Our learners were commended for their outstanding speeches and effective delivery. Results were as follows:

Kyria Kabeya placed 1st in the Grade 9

category

Jabulile Mbanjwa placed 4th in the Grade 12

category

Christopher Davies, Olivia Davies,

Ngiyabonga Manana and Thando Mdakane

were awarded participation certificates.

The Matric Valediction ceremony took place on Monday, 14 October 2019 in the School Hall at which the following top awards were presented:

The Eric Crawford Trophy for Good Citizenship : Dominique Wright The Frewin Trophy for Achievement Through Endeavour : Cassidy Davidson & Jason Wilson The Sharon Hale Trophy for Cultural Excellence : Kyla Swart Sportsperson of the Year : Courteney Pienaar The Rand Park High School Trophy for Development in qualities of leadership : Kelsey Ruhrmund Esprit de Corps Awards for co-operation, participation and dedication to the interests of the school : Joshua Lerm The MacKenzie Trophy for Esprit de Corps : Tashan Chetty & Sabrina Goncalves

Oriole Award - Top 5 academic learners in Grade 12

Joshua Lerm 84.98% Mishka Stemmet 85.44% Courteney Pienaar 85.57% Connor Houston 89.06% Kyla Swart 90.87%

MAXIMO CUM HONORE & THE ALAN BURGESS AWARD Courteney Pienaar Kyla Swart

MATRIC VALEDICTION

TOP 20 ACADEMIC LEARNERS – TERM 3

GRADE 8 1 Thomas Anderssen 1 Anastacia Ferrar 3 Noluthando Mdakane 4 Akiria Chetty 4 Jade Hurst 6 Lishaya Chetty 6 Kaelyn Dee 6 Juliana Coelho 6 Mishae Leon 6 Aimée Young 11 Nkosazana Rankoe-Ramadiro 11 Ryan Hards 11 Sohan Ramsammy 11 Robert Graham 15 Kelly Anderssen 15 Charlotte Reynolds 15 Mikayla Nash 15 Megan-Leigh Melville 19 Sesni Abraha 19 Kaitlyn Carlson 19 Noa Hill 19 Janeel Makanjee

19 Unathi Magenuka

GRADE 9 1 Tamsin Swart 2 Kemaiya Govender 2 Rhys Meyer 2 Tyne Rouquette 2 Shikara Bharat 6 Melissa Buchholz 6 May Badenhorst 8 Francois Le Grange 8 Zanokuhle Myeni 8 Anusha Ramanathan 11 Caley Fauconier 11 Thabiso Naka 11 Jason Green 11 Trinity Hull 15 Kiasha Baboolal 15 Manana Du Toit 15 Michael Badenhorst 15 Anjali Bauchoo 15 Carmen Gossman 15 Annwen Crompton 15 Lisa Buitenhuis 15 Declan Hugo

GRADE 10 1 Monique Nieuwenhuizen 2 Megan Rushworth 3 Kerryn Chetty 3 Jaime Coles 5 Cairin Van ‘T Hof 5 Olivia Davies 5 Tanya Freese 8 Tumelo Mahuma 8 Jaden Viljoen 10 Amber Du Plessis 10 Sharon Fotso 10 Immaculate Masunungure 10 Melissa Havenga 14 Courtney-Simone Van Zyl 14 Teagan José 14 Kirtana Ramsundhar 17 Isabella Smith 17 Nicole Mazikana 17 Calistair Naidoo 17 Abbigail Daves

GRADE 11 1 Natasha Otto 2 Zoë Chishimba 3 John-Albert Buitenhuis 4 Hannah Nash 4 Sarah-Leigh Stanton 6 Blade White-Smee 6 Angela Graham 6 Ryan Cox 9 Marisa Naidoo 9 Celine Dos Passos 9 Dylan Coertzen 9 Bryan Robinson 13 Yasmin Soror 13 Cassidy Naidoo 15 Chanté Klynsmith 16 Megan Gracias 16 Gabriella Adolphe 16 Tyler Glasson 16 Hannah Reddy 16 Robyn Clark

TOP 20 MERIT LEARNERS – TERM 3

GRADE 8 1 Robert Graham 2 Mikayla Nash 3 Thomas Anderssen 4 Tyler Roberts 5 Jason Gaskin 5 Kuhle Ntlangula 7 Janeel Makanjee 7 Shanté Feeke 7 Chichi Nwaokorie 10 Aimée Young 11 Rachel Du Plessis 11 Anastacia Ferrar 13 Kirsty Goodall 14 Makhosazana Nkambule 15 Amieé Coertzen 16 Adam Soror 17 Herman Botje 17 Kagiso Mokgwatlheng 19 Logesan Veerabadren

19 Joy Chiemeka

GRADE 11 1 Gabriella Adolphe 2 Angela Graham 3 Tyler Glasson 4 Bryan Robinson 5 Tiayana Nappies 6 Yasmin Soror 7 Dylan De Klerk 8 Rick Weimar 9 Jadene Keylock 10 Retlametswe Moilwa 10 Letumile Chocho 12 Robyn Clark 13 Pieter Cronje 13 Thando Mondli 15 Khanyisile Bahula 15 Cailey Balfour 15 Milah Woolnough 18 Nikki Murgatroyd 19 Hannah Nash

20 Kyle Viede

GRADE 9 1 Jenna-Leigh Gideon 2 Lisa Buitenhuis 3 Tyne Rouquette 4 Lauriesian Brett 4 Manana Du Toit 6 Matthew Smith 7 Noluthando Pamhirwa 8 Tyrique Sathiah 9 Keanu Spencer 10 Jason Green 11 Michael Stanton 11 Dewald Strydom 13 Caley Fauconier 13 Tyla Wright 15 Vincent Campbell 15 Trinity Hull 17 Tarryn Otto 18 Sherray Smith 19 Tamsin Swart 19 Tamia Anderson 19 Sebastian Klopper

GRADE 10 1 Jade Viljoen 2 Monique Nieuwenhuizen 3 Immaculate Masunungure 4 Olivia Davies 5 Aiden Pitout 6 Shaneez Snyman 7 Shawwal Bagaria 7 Teagan José 9 Megan Rushworth 10 Kleopatra Bobic 11 Kyla Schwarz 12 Jaime Coles 13 Sharon Fotso 14 Kerryn Chetty 14 Leandro Da Silva 16 Mikayla Tyrer 16 Kathleen Baker 18 Cairin Van ‘T Hof 19 Precious Ndubueze 20 Kishan Hargovan

The merit rankings are

based on Term 3’s activities

only.

SPORTS RESULTS

Cricket Friday, 11 October vs Dainfern

1st Team Dainfern batted first and scored 156 for 8 wickets in 20 overs Rand Park batted second and scored 157 for 4 wickets Rand Park won by 6 wickets

Exceptional performances: Dewald Strydom took 3 wickets for 28 runs in 4 overs Bryan Robinson scored 50 off 23 balls and took 2 wickets Jack Loram scored 46 not out off 21 balls

Saturday, 12 October vs Redhill

1st Team Rand Park won the toss and batted first scoring 157 all out Redhill batted second and scored 121 all out Rand Park won by 36 runs

Exceptional performances: Benjamin Du Preez took 3 wickets for 18 runs in six overs Tyler Glasson took 4 wickets for 35 runs in 7 overs

U15A Redhill batted first and scored 184 all out Rand Park batted second and scored 149 all out Rand Park lost by 35 runs

Exceptional performance: Robert Gradie scored 53 not out

U14A Redhill batted first and scored 203 all out Rand Park batted second and were 130 all out Rand Park lost by 73 runs Exceptional performance: Steven Robinson scored 47 runs

2nd Team vs Krugersdorp Krugersdorp batted first and scored 109 all out Rand Park batted second and scored 113 for 5 wickets Rand Park won by 5 wickets Wednesday, 16 October 1st Team vs St John’s College Rand Park batted first and scored 122 all out St Johns batted second and scored 124 for 5 wickets Rand Park lost by 5 wickets 2nd Team vs Helpmekaar Rand Park batted first and scored 70 for 9 wickets in 20 overs Helpmekaar scored 71 for 1 wicket Rand Park lost by 9 wickets U15A vs Krugersdorp Rand Park batted first and scored 189 for 5 wickets in 20 overs Krugersdorp batted second and scored 127 for 8 wickets in 20 overs Rand Park won by 59 runs Exceptional performance: Jack Loram scored 100 not out off 42 balls U14A vs Parktown Rand Park batted first and scored 174 in 20 overs Parktown batted second and scored 142 all out Rand Park won by 32 runs Exceptional performances: Steven Robinson scored 53 runs and took 3 wickets Bryce José scored 49 not out Sahil Debiky took 2 wickets

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SPORTS RESULTS

Cricket Saturday, 19 October 1st Team vs Southdowns No result as the game was called off due to inclement weather Rand Park batted first and scored 421 for 7 wickets in 50 overs Exceptional performances: Nicholas Joubert scored 89 runs Timothy Langa scored 50 runs Kian Moodley scored 54 runs Bryan Robinson scored 77 runs Dewald Strydom scored 50 not out U15A vs Fourways Fourways batted first and scored 69 all out Rand Park batted second and scored 70 for 3 wickets Rand Park won by 7 wickets Exceptional performance: Matthew Burton-Durham scored 38 runs U14A vs Fourways Fourways batted first and scored 154 all out Rand Park batted second and scored 155 for 2 wickets Rand Park won by 8 wickets Exceptional performances: Jeremy Coles took 2 wickets Steven Robinson took 2 wickets and scored 35 runs Bryce José scored 52 not out Sahil Debiky scored 32 runs

Best of the West Tournament Sunday, 20 October 1st Team vs Bryanston Bryanston batted first and scored 111 for 6 in 20 overs Rand Park batted second and scored 113 for 1 wicket

Rand Park won by 9 wickets

Exceptional performances: Benjamin Du Preez took 3 wickets for 10 runs in 4 overs Bryan Robinson scored 54 not out off 29 balls Nicholas Joubert scored 39 off 30 balls vs Noordheuwel Noordheuwel batted first and scored 233 for 5 wickets Rand Park batted second and scored 141 for 9 wickets Rand Park lost by 92 runs Exceptional performances: Bryan Robinson scored 76 off 47 balls Dylan Lloyd took 3 wickets for 36 runs in 4 overs vs Fourways Rand Park batted first and scored 120 for 2 in 10 overs Fourways batted second and scored 97 for 3 in 10 overs Rand Park won by 23 runs Exceptional performances: Dewald Strydom scored 44 off 27 balls Nicholas Joubert scored 40 off 24 balls Bryan Robinson scored 22 not out off 7 balls Rand Park placed 3rd in the tournament and Bryan Robinson received the Batsman of the Tournament prize, scoring 152 runs in the three games.

Boys’ Water Polo U15 Cup of Honour Tournament

vs St Benedict’s Lost 1-12 vs Affies Lost 1-16 vs St John’s Lost 0-20 vs Reddam Waterfall Won 10-1 vs Beaulieu Won 4-1 vs Parktown Won 4-3 vs St Peter’s Lost 1-10 Monday, 14 October vs St Stithians U14 Lost 5-6 U15 Lost 7-8 2nd Team Won 5-3 1st Team Lost 3-13 Friday, 18 October vs Beaulieu U15 Lost 4-6 1st Team Won 8-2

Girls’ Water Polo Wednesday, 23 October vs St Stithians U15 Lost 0-23 1st Team Lost 2-13

SPORTS RESULTS

Boys’ Tennis

Friday, 11 October A Team vs Crawford Sandton Won 50-49 Monday, 14 October C Team vs King’s School Lost 35-64 Friday, 18 October B Team vs King’s School Lost 33-66 Monday, 21 October C Team vs Pecanwood A Won 58-41

Girls’ Tennis Tuesday, 15 October A Team vs Holy Rosary C Won 53-10 B Team vs Holy Rosary D Won 45-18 Tuesday, 22 October A Team vs Kingsmead C Won 48-15 B Team vs Kingsmead D Lost 22-41

Golf Monday, 14 October @ Kyalami Rand Park A – 33 HeronBridge A – 25 HeronBridge B – 12 Monday, 21 October @ Kyalami Maragon A – 27 Beaulieu A – 20 Rand Park A – 14

Swimming Thursday, 17 October A Team:

Northcliff – 374 Rand Park – 266 Trinityhouse – 203

CLASSIFIEDS

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