Dear Parents, Students and Staff, I Was Recently at a Dinner Party with My Wife, Where I Was Asked by a Certain Gentleman What I Did for a Living
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4 November 2016 Contents Message from the Headmaster ...........................................................................................................................2 School Shop News ...............................................................................................................................................3 Collection of 2017 Textbooks ......................................................................................................................... 3 Shop Hours December/January ..................................................................................................................... 3 EFT Payments ................................................................................................................................................. 3 Student News ......................................................................................................................................................3 Rotary Leadership Camp ................................................................................................................................ 3 LOC Committee .............................................................................................................................................. 4 Learn to Swim Programme Making a Splash .................................................................................................. 4 Student Exchange Experience in Argentina ................................................................................................... 5 Overview of the American Higher Education System .................................................................................... 6 Cultural News ......................................................................................................................................................7 Old Pet Assists Art Department...................................................................................................................... 7 Shakespeare 400 Poster Competition ............................................................................................................ 7 Choir ............................................................................................................................................................... 8 Sports News .........................................................................................................................................................8 Basketball ....................................................................................................................................................... 8 Results ........................................................................................................................................................ 8 Chess .............................................................................................................................................................. 9 Cricket ............................................................................................................................................................ 9 Equestrian ...................................................................................................................................................... 9 Swimming ..................................................................................................................................................... 10 Tennis ........................................................................................................................................................... 10 Results ...................................................................................................................................................... 10 USA Scholarship Placement Programme Candidate ................................................................................ 10 Water Polo ................................................................................................................................................... 11 Boys Results .............................................................................................................................................. 11 Girls Results .............................................................................................................................................. 11 Useful links Our website: http://www.stpeters.co.za/college College Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Stpeterscoll/ Old Petrian’s Alumni Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/oldpetrians/ Contact us on (011) 807-5315 www.stpeters.co.za Page 1 of 11 THROUGH THE KEYHOLE ST PETER’S COLLEGE 4 November 2016 Message from the Headmaster Dear Parents, Students and Staff, I was recently at a dinner party with my wife, where I was asked by a certain gentleman what I did for a living. I proceeded to tell him that I was in education and was a teacher at a high school. In his ignorance, the particular gentleman made a statement to the effect that it must be the best profession in the world, because we only work half- day and we are permanently on holiday. This dinner party was over our recently held half-term, and I proceeded to inform him what activities the St Peter's College staff were busy with whilst his children were on holiday. While some enjoyed the break, a number of our staff were involved in a myriad of activities: The Choir team of Mr Vaughan van Zyl, Mrs Lome Robertson and Ms Marge de Bruyn and our outstanding choir were performing on the Saturday SABC 2 Programme called Hosanna, where the choir's performance was outstanding. A number of our staff were invigilating the Matric Exams which took place over the half-term, and I am grateful to those who gave up part of their break to ensure that these still went ahead: 1. Mrs Shelly Matthews 2. Mr Dario Doneda 3. Mr Ian Havenga 4. Mr Victor Hiemstra 5. Mrs Tash Botha 6. Mrs Gwyn Zimmerman 7. Ms Christelle van Schalkwyk Mr Steve Tudhope spent the weekend looking after our U14 water polo boys at the Grey College Tournament in Bloemfontein. Then a HUGE thank you to Ms Julia Braatvedt, Mr Nardus Badenhorst and Mr Claudio Marangoni for spending four days of their weekend at the Saints Water Polo Tournament. It was a long and busy weekend of water polo and I am grateful for the fact that they gave up precious family time to coach and manage our water polo teams. There were also a number of staff who I saw during the course of the weekend who came to support the College teams at the water polo. Thank you to Mr Brian Armitage who spent most of the weekend at Saints, and also to Mr Ryan Hammond, Mrs Sandy van der Wel, Mrs Odelle Howard and Mrs Cornel Malan who came to support the players. Our marketing team of Ms Theresa Monoyoudis and Mrs Tanya Oakes attended a two day ISASA Marketing conference. Without our staff's commitment and passion, the many late night functions, the setting and marking of exams, as well as, their involvement in the 36 sport and cultural co-curricular activities on offer at St Peter's College which often requires their involvement during holiday time, this wonderful institution would not be where it is today, and for them I am truly grateful. In Futurum Fortiter Kind regards Mr Rui Morais Headmaster Contact us on (011) 807-5315 www.stpeters.co.za Page 2 of 11 THROUGH THE KEYHOLE ST PETER’S COLLEGE 4 November 2016 School Shop News Collection of 2017 Textbooks Textbooks will be packed in the next three weeks. We will pack and distribute on the same day and ask you to make sure your child collects his/her textbooks on the dates below so that we don’t have to put them into storage. Please remember if collecting your child, come a little later on the day to give your child time to collect the books. Grade 11’s going to Grade 12 in 2017 – Tuesday 8 November after the Maths/Maths Literacy Exam. Grade 10’s going to Grade 11 in 2017 – Friday 18 November after the English Exam. Grade 8’s going to Grade 9 in 2017 – Wednesday 16 November after the Natural Science Exam. Grade 9’s going to Grade 10 in 2017 – Monday 21November after the Technology Exam. We appreciate your co-operation regarding the collection of the books. Please note that late orders will not be ready for collection on these dates. Please note that a few books/items might not be available at the time of packing. We will issue these books/items to the students during the first few weeks of the 1st Term in 2017. When collecting the books, we will advise the students which books these are and it will also be visible from the invoice, reflecting a zero in the quantity column next to the item. Shop Hours December/January The School Shop will close at 11:00 on Wednesday, 7 December 2016. We will be open only for the handing in of blazers for braiding on Tuesday, 6 December from 09:00 to 11:30. The School Shop will open on Monday 16 and Tuesday 17 January from 8.00 am to 3.00 pm. Blazers that were handed in for collection can be picked up after 11.00 am on Tuesday 17 January. EFT Payments Please note that the School Shop account number is different to the School Fees Account. Please always use the following account for payments to the School Shop for uniform, textbooks or stationery: St Peter’s College PA Standard Bank Rivonia Branch Code 001255 A/C # 420095144 All EFT payment confirmations must please be emailed to Nerina Deeb at [email protected] . Mrs Nerina Deeb and Mrs Cynthia Wheeler St Peter’s College School Shop Student News Rotary Leadership