THE GATE Go through His gates, giving thanks; walk through His courts, giving praise. Offer Him your gratitude and praise His holy name. Psalm 100:4 Inside this issue: 2019, Issue 4 October 2019 From the Headmas- 2 ter’s Desk SCHOOL CAPTAINS 2020 Visual Allied Art Winners Enrolment Advert 3 Swimming Gala 4-5 Speech Night 6 –7 Captain’s Speech 8-9 Sporting CV 10 Sports Results 11-12 EVENTS OF NOTE End of Year Exams Begin: Mon- day 4 November Kuziva Madhuku (captain), Hannah Makowah (captain), Ashley Chiyangwa (vice-captain) and Deborah Cross (vice-captain) L6 Application Deadline: Wednesday 14 November End of Year Exams End: Friday 15 November DONATA FLIES ZIM’S FLAG WITH EMINENCE! 2019 Form One Orientaion: In September, Donata Katai flew the country’s flag with eminence at the CANA Junior African Thursday 28 November Swimming Championship in Tunisia, where she qualified for five finals (50m, 100m and 200m backstroke, 50m and 100m butterfly) and won two gold medals in the 50m and 100m backstroke. Tree Planting: Wednesday 4 Donata has continued to excel. Earlier this year she qualified for the World Junior Swimming December Championship which was held in Budapest in August 2019. Donata also broke Sports minister Kirsty Coventry’s 1998 (21-year-old) 100m backstroke record while competing at the South Afri- ca National Junior Championships in Durban. School Closes: Thursday 5 De- cember Remember your Creator in the days of your youth , Ecclesiastes 12:1 Page 2 Equipping students to reach their full potential 2019, Issue 4 FROM THE HEADMASTER’S DESK It is hard to believe that we are in the final leg of the year, Our students continue to fly the Gateway flag high in all how time flies. I don’t think anyone would’ve predicted our aspects of our school. Donata Katai, our swimming current situation in our country with hyperinflation having prodigy, won two Gold medals at the Africa Junior eroded the value of our money to disastrous levels. No one Championships in Tunisia. Karen Mapika was placed first is spared in situations like these and as children of God we in life sciences in Southern Africa at the Science Olympi- have the privilege of bringing everything and placing it at the ad held in Pretoria in RSA. We give God the Glory for foot of the cross. I like to think of myself as a practical these wonderful achievements. Christian and sometimes I question why God allows certain things to happen to us especially when we cannot always see In September we had our Accreditation Visit by the the lessons in them. I suppose this is when our faith is really Association of Christian Schools International. The required. We continue to look to the heavens and pray for team led by Mr Mike Epp (Senior Vice President Global- healing for our land. ACSI USA) comprised of Mr Bastien Norel (Principal Northwest Christian School – RSA), Mrs Glodell Hay- This term we bid farewell to Mrs Jenifer Curle who had ward Head ABC Christian Academy – Malawi), Comfort been working part time in our support for learning depart- Oghu Fubara – (Nigeria), Tosin Sodipo (Executive Ad- ment. We are grateful for her service and wish her well in ministrator Royal Family Academy – Nigeria). The team her new endeavor. We would like to congratulate our was with us from the 15th to 18th of September. Every school secretary Mrs Tandi and her husband who were aspect of our school was scrutinised with the intention blessed with a baby boy. of seeing how we do against an international standard. During their visit the team interacted with representa- Thank you to all parents that have paid their fees timeously tives from the whole Gateway Community, staff, Stu- and I would urge those that have outstanding fees to please dents, Board Members, Management and Parents. I am pay as a matter of urgency to enable us to preserve value delighted to inform you that Gateway High school was and continue to provide the standard of education that we recommended for Accreditation. Glory be to God. all enjoy. Thank you to those who attended the meetings and contributed, I believe that these meetings were useful We are now well into exam season and we believe that and achieved a great deal. Our hope is to continue with the we have done the best we can to prepare for momentum gained and engage each other more. I would like these exams. May I encourage parents to play to commend our PRC for their initiative in this regard. an active supportive role for their children as this is essential during this demanding period. VISUAL ALLIED ART WINNERS Precept Zvandasara L6 earned a first in the Visual Allied Arts Dzokamushure Denzel L6 earned a Chipo Agere Form 1 Won the Visual Allied Plantingfirst of in the The 25th Visual anniversary Allied Arts tree, Natal Mahogany, the Rain Tree Artsfound National in the Zambezi Prize in Escarpment her age group Riverine. Remember your Creator in the days of your youth , Ecclesiastes 12:1 2019, Issue 4 Equipping students to reach their full potential Page 3 Remember your Creator in the days of your youth , Ecclesiastes 12:1 Page 4 Equipping students to reach their full potential 2019, Issue 4 2019 SWIMMING GALA IN PHOTOS Remember your Creator in the days of your youth , Ecclesiastes 12:1 2019, Issue 4 Equipping students to reach their full potential Page 5 2019 SWIMMING GALA IN PHOTOS Remember your Creator in the days of your youth , Ecclesiastes 12:1 Page 6 Equipping students to reach their full potential 2019, Issue 4 2019 SPEECH NIGHT IN PHOTOS Remember your Creator in the days of your youth , Ecclesiastes 12:1 2019, Issue 4 Equipping students to reach their full potential Page 7 2019 SPEECH NIGHT IN PHOTOS Remember your Creator in the days of your youth , Ecclesiastes 12:1 Page 8 Equipping students to reach their full potential 2019, Issue 4 SPEECH NIGHT—CAPTAIN’S SPEECH Ice Breaker As part of the tournament ice breaker Kudzai Betani participated in a sour gum chewing competition which she won and was awarded with a portrait of herself. Good evening ladies and gentlemen, boys, girls, our invited guests, Mom and Dad. The year 2019 began with so much promise and room for improvement and indeed, God has been faithful to us as the Gateway commu- nity as so far we have seen many great achievements. For me, the biggest and most memorable of these in my year as school Captain was Gateway's recommendation for accreditation to the Association of Christian Schools International or better known as ACSI, which saw rapid and drastic developments in the school to meet and match the standard of the organization. Soon, Gateway will be recognized internationally as a school that stands for Jesus Christ. Academically, Gateway offers high quality international education which is reflected by the results produced by our students. For the 2018 exam session, we had over 8 students with over 12 points for their AS and A level and 9 students with over 6As in the IGCSE exams. The South African Agency for Science and Technology Advancement held a Science Olympiad in which 2 of our upper 6 students; Shamiso Zimunya and Karen Mapi- ka made it into the top 100 out of 50000 students in the SADC region who took part and I am proud to say Karen Mapika came first out of all the 50000 students and received a laptop prize. For all these achievements we commend our diligent and hard- working staff for their continuous input in our lives. Not only have we excelled on the Academic front, but also on the sporting field. Our various sporting teams took part in many fixtures and displayed their God given talents, with a resounding number being selected into national teams. The Career Preparation Program (CPP) and Takuranashe (TNS) classes take part in sporting activities such as golf, tag rugby, Bosia, Bocchi and swimming and they have opportunities to com- pete with other schools. They are best represented by our own school's walking calendar and sport commen- tator, Tichafara Hapanyengwe who knows each and every fixture that is to come in the calendar and those Remember your Creator in the days of your youth , Ecclesiastes 12:1 2019, Issue 4 Equipping students to reach their full potential Page 9 SPEECH NIGHT—CAPTAIN’S SPEECH that have already passed. He also knows all the results of all fixtures played whether he's present or not and I can assure you right now that he will probably remember last year’s speech night date and exactly what took place. Gateway has been my home for the past 6 years and has moulded me into a mature young man. When I first joined the school in form 1, I was very socially awkward and quiet. Actually, at some point if someone said, “hie,” I would reply, “I'm fine thanks how are you.” I will gladly say that I no longer respond like that and as the years have gone by I have developed friendships that helped me grow and become more open. My High school life has not always been roses and daisies, I have had my fair share of failures and disappointing test scores. I’m sure many students present would agree that a U in High school is no uncommon phenomenon and It would be in those moments when the whole class has failed a Math Test and Mrs Ratisai would take a whole double lesson to calculate how much our parents have paid from Form 1 through to Upper six and you would really ask yourself why you slept for 10 hours rather than 6, or when you lose a match against the one team you expected to win against and Mr Chirume asks you if the other team was better than you, then you reply with your heads down saying no but clearly the score board says otherwise.