ALEXANDER ROAD HIGH SCHOOL

End of Term 2. . .

22 June 2018

Dear Parents / Guardians Another school term has drawn to a close. We can look back at the past eleven weeks with a sense of achievement and pride as we have covered a spectrum of diverse activity. There has certainly been something for everybody :

Grade 8 Parent/teacher consultations Dancesport UCT maths competition Derby Saturdays Mid-week sport Romeo and Juliet Debating competitions Interschools quiz Olympiads Inter-schools Maths relays Blood donations Speakers’ Forums League debates The A Factor Voice evening Al Ihsaan birthday parties Maths relays Primary Schools’ music concerts Parents’ Club meetings Governing Body meetings Special Education Fund meeting Ground staff tea Beat evening Mid-year examinations Glam night Sports tours Interschool choir performance Choir Festival Proms concert

We bid farewell to Mr Sparks (emigrating to Australia) and Ms Blewett (teaching in Vietnam). Both of these loyal and committed members of staff will be sorely missed. We wish them everything of the best in their future endeavours. Ms Gerber returns to us from maternity leave. We thank Ms von Hardenbroek for her input during Ms Gerber’s time away. It is a pleasure for me to welcome Ms Schram to our music department and Ms Nair (LO and History). Ms Hobson replaces Mr Sparks in a full-time post. We are delighted that such motivated and dedicated teachers will be part of our team.

Continued../

Phew! What a wonderful term, filled with commitment, support and Alexness! Next term heralds the Matric Farewell and an array of activities. Please join us whenever you can. Yours faithfully DR PETER MANSER A Proud Principal

We are pleased to announce that our new Deputy Principal has been appointed and will take up his position from 01 July 2018. Mr Matthew Ridgway is currently the Principal at Waterstone College in Gauteng. Certainly not a stranger to the Eastern Cape, he has previously taught at Woodridge and Kingswood College. We are looking forward to his arrival as we know he will play a significant role in the future development of our school.

OLD ALEXAN REUNION WEEKEND

(see Facebook Alexander Road High School) GOLIGHTLYKEVIN@hotmail.com

1968; 1978; 1988; 1993; 1998; 2003;

2008

The official reunion weekend is scheduled for 31August to 01 September

ALEXPRESS

Your thoughts, our words

since 1967

Check us out on Facebook, Instagram or the school website!!!

SPORTS FIXTURES and PRACTICE TIMES for TERM 3

Link is as follows :

http://www.arhs.co.za/downloads

Also available on the Communicator

School reopens on Tuesday 17 July 2018

@

07h45

PARENT / TEACHER CONSULTATIONS FOR ALL GRADES

Time : 16h30—18h30

on Wednesday 18 July 2018

(Surnames : A—M) and

Thursday 19 July 2018 (Surnames : N—Z)

Parents who arrive after 19h15

unfortunately cannot be accommodated.

Please diarise the date and make use of this

opportunity to discuss your child’s progress with his / her teachers.

Please bring your child’s report with you

MANY THANKS TO THOSE

MOMS WHO HAVE PROVIDED

FLOWERS FOR THE FOYER THIS TERM

RECYCLING

The school has been recycling clean folio paper. We are going to start recycling the following addition materials from next term:

Newspaper Magazines

Plastic bottles Tin cans (cleaned, paper coverings removed and preferably crushed)

This forms part of a drive by the Grade 8 Technology classes and a business initiative by one of the Alex pupils. Families are encouraged to send these items to school with pupils and for pupils to put items into the assigned drums behind the computer centre near the tennis court.

PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOUR

CHILD’S UNIFORM IS CLEAN, NEAT AND CLEARLY MARKED FOR THE

NEW TERM

WE HAVE NOTICED THAT A NUM-BER OF BOYS HAVE HAD THEIR SCHOOL TROUSERS TAPERED. PLEASE CHECK YOUR SON’S TROUSERS AND MAKE THE

NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS.

Dates for Term 3 & 4: 2018 (subject to change)

JULY

Tuesday 17 TERM 3 BEGINS Wednesday 18 Parent/teacher consults (surname A-M) Thursday 19 Parent/teacher consults (surname N-Z) Friday 20 President’s award outing Saturday 21 Sport against Cillie Concert band with Erica @ Erica Tuesday 24 Blood donations (for pupils) Wednesday 25 Toastmasters 1 Thursday 26 SA Maths Olympiad round 3 Parents Club meeting Saturday 28 Sport against Westering MATRIC FAREWELL Monday 30 Matric fashion show Tuesday 31 Civvies day Matric farewell concert

AUGUST Wednesday 1 Toastmasters Windband evening Thursday 2 Dancesport Friday 3 Clarendon Park band festival Maths relay round 5 Voice evening Fri—Sun 3-5 Dancesport tests Saturday 4 Sport against Lawson Brown IsiXhosa cultural celebration Tuesday 7 Beat Thursday 9 NATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY Friday 10 SCHOOL HOLIDAY Monday 13 Gr11 pupils and parents meeting Tuesday 14 Gr 10 & 11 career evening Parents’ Club meeting Wednesday 15 Concert MTH Pearson NMU touch tutor Maths comp Round1 Toastmasters Thursday 16 Photographs Dancesport Games evening Friday 17 40 DAYS Maths relay round 6 Saturday 18 Sport against Port Alfred Monday 20 Alex Choir concert/festival Wednesday 22 Toastmasters Thursday 23 Civvies Day (charity) Dancesport Friday 24 Cultural awards Fri—Sat 24-25 Schools bands festival @ Alex Sport against VP Sunday 26 Golf Day Monday 27 NSC exams begin Wednesday 29 Toastmasters Thursday 30 Dancesport Friday 31 Founders’ Assembly Founders’ BEAT SASMT music competition Maths Fair Fri—Sat 31-1 Old Alexan reunions

SEPTEMBER Fri—Sat 31-1 Old Alexan reunions Saturday 1 Family Day YAP fun run SASMT music competition Sunday 2 SASMT music competition Wednesday 5 Toastmasters Thursday 6 Dancesport Friday 7 Student leaders are announced Fri—Sat 7-8 Pearson festival Fri-Mon 8-10 Student leader camp Wednesday 12 SBA STARTS Toastmasters Thursday 13 Dancesport Parents’ Club meeting Wednesday 19 Toastmasters Thursday 20 SBA ENDS Dancesport Saturday 22 Sport against VP Monday 24 HERITAGE DAY Tuesday 25 NSC exams end Houseplays tech Wednesday 26 Winter sports awards Houseplays Touch tutor maths competition Thursday 27 Blood donations Toastmasters dinner Dancesport Friday 28 TERM 3 ENDS Final Matric and house assembly Fri—Sat 28-29 Sterrenberg U15 waterpolo Youth cricket festival Fri—Sun 28-30 President’s award bronze hike

OCTOBER Tuesday 09 TERM 4 BEGINS Wednesday 10 Junior Celebration of Excellence Thursday 11 Senior Celebration of Excellence Dancesport Friday 12 Valedictory Saturday 13 Sport against Muir Dancesport ball Monday 15 New Grade 8s and parents meeting Wednesday 17 Gr 10 & 11 careers evening Thursday 18 Civvies day Friday 19 Remembrance Day Grade 10 & 11 last day Maths relay prizegiving & Fair Fri—Sat 19-20 Pearson Stayers Polo Peter Cuff U14 polo boys Monday 22 NSC exams begin Gr 10 & 11 not at school Tuesday 23 Gr 10 & 11 exams begin Parents’ club planning meeting Monday 29 Budget meeting for parents

NOVEMBER Friday 09 Grade 8 & 9 exams begin Friday 16 Parents’ Club braai Friday 30 Exams end

DECEMBER

Wednesday 12 END TERM 4

Girl Fly Programme - Africa aviation and space camp 1-7 July Magaliesberg (Gauteng)

Seven of our girls were selected for this all sponsored camp:

It is all about empowering girls. It includes life skill building in a STEM environment, meeting professionals in the industry and learning more about career paths available to them. And they will be flying…

Science Club tour 25-30 June Ten of our learners will be attending the tour: Cango Caves (Oudtshoorn); Dias Museum (Mossel Bay) Cape A’gulhas (southern tip of Africa); Kirstenbosch Botanical

Gardens Koeberg Nuclear Station; Cape Town Science Centre and Table

Mountain Robben Island and Two Oceans Aquarium SA Large Telescope (SALT) and night‐time star gazing in Sutherland

(Northern Cape)

Ah Shene Skyla

Pondo Yolanda

Ntsoeu Onesimo

Palmer Nicole

Jansen Jaylene

Hemmings Genevieve Groenewald Gené

TERM 2 MATHS NEWS INTER-SCHOOLS MATHS RELAY LEAGUE: In the Inter-schools Maths Relay Round 2, all three of the top three places were taken by Alex: Congratulations to the following senior teams: Colby Duffin, Chase de Doncker, Radesh Pillay & Tristan Weitz who came third, and the two teams: Irshaad van Tonder, Raees Benjamin, Thaaqib Adams and Marco de Franco and Morgan Moss, Callen Hensberg and Keanan Johns who tied for first place. SOUTH AFRICAN MATHS OLYMPIAD Congratulations to the following Junior Maths pupils on making it through to the 2nd round of the Old Mutual Maths olympiad: Aqhama Qoma,Teshan Olwage, Tammy-Leigh Norkie, Unam Sitshongaye, Lihlumelo Mgijima. Kate Nyirenda,

Well done to the following SENIORS on making it through to the 2nd round of the Old Mutual Maths olympiad: Keanan Johns, Morgan Moss, Chase de Doncker, Brandon le Roux, Callen Hensberg, Ryan Putzier, Chadleigh Ownhouse, Yaaseen,Connelly, Anam Booi, Nathan van As, Chelsea de Beer, Tamarah Ajam, Phoka Mokabo,

Cayla Witbooi, Radesh Pillay, Sinazo Yumata, Sidney Fortune, Kira Allen, Nathan Smith, Kayrian Davis, Bianca de Beer.

UCT MATHS COMPETITION Congratulations to those pupils who excelled at the local branch of the UCT Maths competition: Individual Division

JUNIORS: SENIORS:

Krueger Williams (Gr8) Gold certificate Taryn van Wyngaardt (Gr10) Merit 3rd place Sinekamva Ndondo (Gr9) Merit Brandon le Roux (Gr10) Gold 1st place Pairs Division Grade 9: Grade 10 Rebecca Manser & Lusanda Sokutu 2nd Merit Radesh Pillay & Nathan van As 4th Gold Hallie Schrieff & Zintle Joko 1st Gold Colby Duffin & Chase de Doncker 1st Gold Grade 11 Grade 12 Jordan Tissink & Natalie Ferraris Merit Maelynn Heynes & Zain Forbes Gold Tamarah Ajam & Yaaseen Connelly Merit Morgan Moss & Keanan Johns 1st Gold

MATHS RELAY WINNERS