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We are very pleased to announce that Eugene Hulley, our swimming coach, has now moved his swimming academy to St Henry's. See Trident Swimming for more.
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The College extends its deepest condolences to the Mkhwanazi family after the passing of Trevor (Class of 1994) in a car accident in April. He was a College prefect and Honour's Blazer recipient. Our thoughts and prayers are with him and his family.
The Year of The Priest Celebrations
From 19 June 2009 to 19 June 2010, the Catholic Church celebrates her priests. Pope Benedict XVI called for a "Year of the Priest" that will conclude with a World Meeting of Priests in Saint Peter's Square in Rome.
St Henry’s held its own celebration at the start of the second term with a concelebrated Mass with His Eminence Wilfrid Cardinal Napier as the main celebrant. Bishop Barry Wood was among the ten other priests at the altar. Principals, Head Students and Religious Education co-ordinators from a number of other Catholic Schools in Durban took part in the Mass, several of whom brought gifts to the altar and read prayers of the faithful.
The priests and our visitors from the schools were hosted afterwards at a brunch. It is hoped that this will mark the start of an annual gathering of Catholic schools on a rotational basis.
Exchange Student
Seen in the photograph above with His Eminence Wilfrid Cardinal Napier is Michael Kuhne, the 2010 Exchange Student visiting St Henry’s during the second term. He hails from St Joseph’s, a fine Marist school in Sydney, Australia, with which St Henry’s has had a good relationship for several years, with students crossing the Indian Ocean in both directions. One of our Grade 10s, Dean Munsami, is fitting into life at St Joseph’s at the moment.
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Buoy Oh Buoy!!
Two St Henry’s pupils took part in the SASKZN (South African Sailing KZN) 2010 Inter-Schools Championship which took place in March. Samuel Bronner came first in the High School section and Jethro Brophy-Tintinger came 4th in the junior.
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GOOD NEWS FROM OUR ALUMNI!
We say congratulations to Stacey Hiron (Class of 2009) on being chosen for U21A KZN hockey.
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THE HEAD BOY AND HEAD GIRL FOR 2010 HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED.
THEY WILL BE ASSISTED BY A DEPUTY HEAD BOY AND DEPUTY HEAD GIRL.
WE CONGRATULATE THE FOLLOWING:
HEAD BOY - DIPEEL PARBHOO
HEAD GIRL- PATRICE MADURAI
DEPUTY HEAD BOY - MATTHEW WOODS
DEPUTY HEAD GIRL - JUHI MADAREE
Left to right: Matthew Woods (Deputy Head Boy), Dipeel Parbhoo (Head Boy), Patrice Madurai (Head Girl) and Juhi Madaree (Deputy Head Girl)
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Leading to Serve
The guest of Honour at the 81st Annual Awards Evening was Mr Mondli Makhanya, Editor of the Sunday Times and a past pupil of St Henry's. He is seen here with Dipeel Parbhoo and Patrice Madurai, Head Boy and Head Girl for 2010. |
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Tragic loss
Dominic Giddy, Class of 2006, was tragically stabbed on Friday night (12 February) in Cape Town where he was residing. Regretably, he succumbed to his injuries. Dominic had been returning from a concert at Zeekoevlei with two friends when they were mugged.
Dominic had great character and the thoughts and prayers of the whole St Henry's community are with him and his family.
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Master of the Moves
Daniel Francis of Grade 5, took part in the South African National Chess Tournament during the December holidays held in Cape Town at the University of Cape Town. Each age group had four divisions and Daniel represented the KZN U12A team, who were playing in the U12 B Division. The team fared extremely well and ended up winning the division. This year they will play in the A section . Daniel himself did very well and received an award for coming top in his Board number 7 position.
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On The Front Foot
Ishan Maharaj (3rd from left back row) played in the Cricket South Africa U15 Cricket Week in Pretoria during the December holidays as a member of the KZN Team. The team won two and lost two of their matches with Ishan top scoring against Western Province with 55 not out.
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It's Child's Play
The major make-over of the Pre Primary playground is virtually complete. The laying of artificial turf, installation of various tactile surfaces and of new playground equipment and landscaping and planting of flower beds have all given this area a dynamic new burst of life. The Parents’ Association and their enthusiastic band of parents are to be thanked for their great efforts!
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Making the World of Difference
For the past five years, the Marist family at St Henry’s, in particular the Primary School, has been giving great support to the Child-Headed Households programme. A child-headed household is one which is led by a child under the age of 18. This child takes on responsibilities usually carried out by parents, including providing care to other children. South Africa has about 120,000 children living in a total of 66,500 child-headed households across the country. Appeals are made throughout each year at St Henry’s. Assisted by the Catholic Schools Office which identifies recipients, the programme distributes food, clothing, linen, toiletries and other goods through local schools to children in those schools. Special collections of items are made before each school holiday when these children will not be at school to benefit from the schools’ feeding schemes. Any donations from individuals, families or companies whose hearts are moved by the plight of these children would be most gratefully received.
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Elevated Education?
With the growth of the College population and the addition of a fourth Grade 8 class for the second year running, teaching space is at a premium. A few days after the start of the first term, two prefabricated classrooms were gingerly and with great precision lowered over the boundary wall near the Main Gates and set in place in what was a parking area. The classrooms have electricity and are both fully air-conditioned.
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On Course For Success
Grade 7 golfer, Ruben Coetzer, covered himself in glory during the Festive holiday season, winning the Natwest Trophy in the Little Kids Golf Tournament (Tongaat), the D’Abbadie Trophy in the SA Junior Golf Foundation Day at Royal Durban, the Tim Clark Trophy at Umkomaas (SA Junior Golf Foundation) and came 2nd in both the SA Junior Golf Foundation event (Margate) and at the Club Championships at Royal Durban Golf Club.
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Courting Success
Grade 6P pupil, Damon Kesaris, has been selected for the KZN Junior Tennis squad. The squad is part of a programme run by the KZN Tennis Association, providing promising players with help from some of the province’s leading professional coaches to improve basic racquet skills, their physical fitness, mental attitudes and diets as well as helping them with their training programmes.
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For the third year running, the College has seen one of its Matric students placed in the Independent Examinations Board’s Top Achievers’ List. Two years ago, Cameron Smith, who joined the College in his Grade 8 year, achieved this honour. In 2008, Katrina du Toit entered the ranks of those who have excelled in this examination and now Kelly Breeds figures amongst those noted for particular academic excellence in the 2009 examinations. Kelly and Katrina both saw their whole school career through at St Henry’s, from Grade 00 to Grade 12. 2009 was the 18th consecutive year in which 100% of the Matric class passed, with 87% of those achieving endorsements to go on to a bachelor’s degree at university level
Wednesday 30 December 2009: Grade 12 Results
Congratulations to Kelly Breeds on being placed on the IEB 'Top Achievers List'. This is the third consecutive year that the St. Henry's Dux has been placed on the IEB 'Top Achievers List'. [Cameron Smith-2007; Katrina du Toit-2008)
Congratulations to the following who were placed in the top 1% of learners in the following subjects:
Bianca Phillips - English
Aman Baboolal - English
Stephen Horn - French
Kelly Breeds - History and Life Orientation
Overview of Results:
Percentage Pass Rate - 100%
Entry to Degree Study - 52 (87%)
Entry to Diploma Studies - 6 (10%)
Entry to Study At Higher Certificate Level - 2 (3%)
Merit Passes - 47 (78%)
Aggregate Symbol Distribution
A Aggregates - 7 (11,6%)
B Aggregates - 13 (21,6%)
C Aggregates - 27 (45%)
D Aggregates - 9 (15%)
E Aggregates - 4 (6%)
F Aggregates - 0
Well done to all our Grade 12s, we are very proud of you!
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