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The Meliores, and our Alumni, now have their own logo! The logo has been designed by Kgomotso Mautloa, a 2003 Sacred Heart College graduate. The significance of the M in the logo is the word Meliores, which means more than simply ‘better’. It can mean ‘more fully’ or ‘to make better’. Meliora can be translated to mean ‘good’, ‘honest’, ‘brave’ or ‘kind’. Furthermore, the M represents the word Marist, which connects us as a family. The opening gates behind the M, traced from the school’s beautiful main gate, imply that our alumni are always welcome. Kgomotso and his team at Green Robot Design (greenrobot.co.za) created a truly timeless icon; one that shows true insight. “The most exciting and probably most thrilling part of my career as the Creative Director at Green Robot Design is that I create new work every day. No one day is the same. That’s what gets me up in the morning,” said Kgomotso, giving us a glimpse into his studio life. “The endless opportunity to give art life and to craft work that people will see and hopefully enjoy pushes me to do better.” See our November 2014 edition for the full story.
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2 I Messages from Our Team A Note from the Head of College I 2 A Note from the Alumni Manager I 2
3 I Sacred Heart News
Sacred Heart Kids in the Bush I 3 The Tradition of The Bell I 4 Drama Production 2018 I 6 New Learning for a New World I 8 World Read Aloud Day I 10 The Rights of a Migrant I 12 Three2Six Refugee Children’s Education Project’s 10th Anniversary I 13 Class of 2017 I 15
21 I Connecting with Alumni
Vincent Frittelli – Class of 1950’s I 21 Margot Doherty – Class of 1992 I 22 Yasmine Kazadi– Class of 2007 I 24 Masego Mafata – Class of 2016 I 26 Alumni Banners I 28
Contact details Pre-Primary, Primary School and High School I 31
messageS from our team A Note from the Head of College
Dear Melliorians Each edition of this newsletter makes it possible to celebrate the successes of our alumni and provides a platform to showcase the exciting developments and achievements of our school and the current pupils. We continue to lead the educational community in curriculum innovation and cultural pursuits. Our sports teams win their fair share of games and the community engagement projects are also unique in their depth and impact. In the past few months, we have made progress on the Indlulamithi Community Improvement Initiative; received funding to start an additional Three2Six class at one of our partner schools and been registered in the United States of America as a charitable foundation. If you are reading this in America, then you will be able to derive a tax benefit from any donations made to the College. This has always been the case in South Africa and I would urge any alumni looking for a way to dictate how some of their tax money is spent to take advantage of this opportunity. We will shortly be launching the Champions of Change campaign and hosting reunions in Cape Town in October and London in December following our successful event in New York. Get involved and play a role in shaping the success of the next generation of Alumni. Colin Northmore June 2018
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A Note from the Alumni Manager
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n 7 June Sacred Heart College and all the other Marist schools celebrated Champagnat Day; also known as The Feast day of Marcellin Champagnat. The day started with a Mass at 8am in the Macartin Centre and was followed by activities throughout the day. One of the activities of the day for the High School students was “Drop Everything and Read�. The students had the privilege of poets, authors, parents and Alumni reading to them. Some original authors of books or poems or individuals that just enjoy sharing their love for reading were also involved. I want to send out my heart felt thank you to the Alumni that volunteered their time and got involved in reading to the students. If you have a written piece of poetry or an extract of your book that you would like to share, please e-mail it to me; Alumni@sacredheart.co.za as we inspire creative writing and reading. Also remember to share your story with us. Warmest regards Ellen Howell alumni@sacredheart.co.za
sacred heart news Sacred Heart Kids in the Bush
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acred Heart College Grade 6 pupils attended a leadership camp at Camp Nelu (near Hekpoort) at the end of February. The camp went extremely well and the pupils were very engaged in an exciting programme. They were divided into four groups, each with their own Camp Counsellor. These groups then set out to give themselves a name, a song and design their own crest. Once this was done the groups began their activities. These four activities were run simultaneously, on a rotational basis. The children were strapped into a harness to go on the big swing which was hoisted metres above the ground and controlled with climbing ropes. Another group was kitted out with the appropriate gear and taken off into the forest to engage in paintball. At the same time a group tackled small scale problems and also developed strategies to cross a tight-rope type wire. On the far side of the site a group had to tackle Mission Impossible: a puzzlelike obstacle course which involved intensive problem-solving and teamwork.
a mechanism to protect an egg that was then dropped from a 6m height. Only one team succeeded. The night orienteering also proved to be challenging for some groups. The overall experience of Camp Nelu was very positive.
In the Great Egg Drop, teams had to design
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sacred heart news The Tradition of The Bell rang the bell too, to mark the start of his time here at Sacred Heart College. The bell has a rich history; as it was from the Third General House of the Marist Brothers in Grugliasco, Italy where it had hung since the late eighteen hundreds. The first General House was in France at the Hermitage just outside St-Chamond. As the Marist order grew, they moved to the Second General House at St-Genis Laval, Lyon, but when all religious institutes were expelled from France in 1903, the brothers moved to the Third General House at Grugliasco in northern Italy. In 1958, this Generalate was moved to Rome at which time Brother Jordan, who was the Principal of Sacred Heart College in the late fifties and who was responsible for the building of the Chapel, asked that the bell at Grugliasco, which had called the brothers to prayer and meals for over fifty years, be given to the College for its chapel.
Grade 1 learners ring in their school career
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n Friday 26 January 2018, Grade 1 learners at Sacred Heart College each had a turn to ring the bell at the School Chapel. This recently-established bell ringing tradition marks the start of their school career. At the end of this year, the Matric class of 2018 will ring the bell at their Valedictory Mass to mark the end of their school career. Dr Mark Potterton, who has recently joined Sacred Heart College as the Principal of the Primary School,
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sacred heart news Drama Production 2018 The Love of the Nightingale
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he Drama students hit the ground running in the first term with rehearsals for our Major Production, The Love of the Nightingale, a Greek Tragedy by Timberlake Wertenbaker. It has been four years since our last Major production and the Drama department was very excited to put on a play that not only challenged the audience but also entertained them. Forty actors took to the stage to perform a play that centres around the theme of silencing women and culture through violence and war. Roslyn Wood-Morris has taught The Love of the Nightingale for many years, previously at an all-girls school where the themes of rape and violence against women were deeply relevant and personal. But in today’s social climate when so many men have been accused publicly of violence against women and living in a society where rape culture is still so rampant, these issues are as relevant and personal when teaching this text to boys. The Love of the Nightingale is based on a two and a half thousand year old myth, The Rape of
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Philomela. On the surface the play is about gender violence but Timberlake wanted to use the silencing of a rape victim as a metaphor for a broader issue: “Although it has been interpreted as being about men and women, I was actually thinking about the violence that erupts in societies when they have been silenced for too long” – Timberlake Niobe, Philomele’s nurse considers this idea in the play with her monologue where she likens the rape of Philomele to her own country’s invasion where a stronger nation overpowered a weaker one. Even though Philomele is silenced in the most violent way she never gives up finding a way for her voice to be heard. The importance of words and how they link to our personal and cultural identity is further emphasised in the character Procne, who mourns for her sister Philomele, when she leaves Athens and marries the Thracian King. She is homesick and unable to talk to the women in Thrace:
sacred heart news “The words are the same, but point to different things. We aspire to clarity in sound, you like the silences in between.” – Procne The male chorus act as the bystanders, watching, looking but never seeing. The female chorus struggle to make their words understood when every part of their being warns them of the danger approaching. We have forgotten to listen to our instincts. We have forgotten to take action and speak truth to power. We don’t ask questions and even if we do, we silently, through our inaction, follow the powerful.
apathy in society, silence and oppression. They have had to learn to manage their time and commitments, develop resilience and stamina and work as an ensemble. The commitment from the cast has been extraordinary and I am proud of the decent human beings that made up the cast of “The Love of The Nightingale”. “What is great about collaborating is getting to work with wonderful people. That is what theatre is about: other people getting you to give of your best, and getting everyone else’s best out of them.” – Jason Robert Brown
For the last three years The Sacred Heart College Drama department has focused on original workshopped plays. Working with such a complex text in the style of a Greek Tragedy was initially quite daunting for the cast. However, they soon became enthused when they started analysing the characters, themes and the intention of the play.
Theatre is an essential human experience. The lived experiences on stage connect the audience to a shared communion reminding us to question what it is to be human. I have thoroughly enjoyed this human experience of creating The Love of The Nightingale with the Sacred Heart Drama students and I hope you too will be challenged by this Myth.
“Great theatre is about challenging how we think and encouraging us to fantasise about the world we aspire to.” – Willem Dafoe
“What is a myth? The oblique image of an unwanted truth reverberating through time.” – Male Chorus, The Love Of The Nightingale
Each member of the cast has been challenged by the text and they have had to confront their own beliefs and attitudes towards gender violence,
Roslyn Wood-Morris Director
THE SACRED HEART COLLEGE DRAMA DEPARTMENT PRESENTS
The Love of the Nightingale by Timberlake Wertenbaker ÒWhat is Myth? The oblique image of an unwanted truth, reverberating through timeÓ - Male Chorus Directed by Roslyn Wood-Morris Choreographed by Craig Morris
7,8,9 March 2018 SCHOOL HALL 19h00 - 21H00 PG 13 Adults: R65 Children under 18: R45
This amateur production of ÒLove of the NightingaleÓ is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, LTD.
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sacred heart news New Learning for a New World
Wayne Purchase, Sacred Heart’s High School Deputy Principal
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acred Heart College is preparing its learners for the future by introducing an exciting, fun and interactive way of learning. Concepts like complex problem solving, critical thinking, creativity, and judgement and decision – making all form part of Sacred Heart’s curriculum changes. The changes were initiated when teachers, noticed improvements in learners’ academic performances last year as a result of the school’s Wondrous Wednesday initiative. The initiative provided for a period of learning in a non-traditional classroom setup, with learners engaging in projects in fun and creative ways. “We had a positive response from the learners and we saw the benefits it would give if the Wondrous Wednesday concept could be integrated into our curriculum,” said Wayne Purchase, the High School’s Deputy Principal. “We are bringing democracy into the classroom
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and school culture, giving learners more say in what and how they learn.” Purchase said times are changing and as a school they want learners to be ready for the real world. The new curriculum will challenge learners to reach their full potential, to understand themselves better and to develop skills they were not aware they had. The curriculum will focus less on content and more on the creative, critical and collaborative thinking skills that are required to deal with any content. It will introduce project – based learning that helps learners discover and build knowledge from the bottom up, rather than just being instructed by an “expert”. “We are not totally moving away from traditional ways of teaching, but are complementing what learners are taught in class and challenging them
sacred heart news to use it in everyday life,” said Mr Purchase. He said automation is quickly replacing human tasks.
Sacred Heart marketing co-ordinator, Lynn Walker, said parents are also excited about the new journey the School is undertaking.
“Work previously performed by humans is now being given to robots. This means times are changing and the method of learning needs to change, “ said Mr Purchase.
“They were excited and interested in knowing more during the presentation and, most importantly, they support the School. As a School we want to produce learners who are able to face any challenge with heart, and with the right foundation, these learners will succeed in a fast – changing world,” said Mrs Walker.
“We need to prepare our learners for jobs that don’t even exist yet. We need to be teaching them the skills that machines are currently poor at, like systemic thinking, creativity, emotional intelligence, managing teams, activism and education.”
Article published by Joburg East Express on 5 February, 2018 written by Busi Vilakazi
The EXPRESS spoke to learners at Sacred Heart to hear from them how they feel about the curriculum change. Learners expressed excitement, saying it has allowed them to grow and encourage them to question, analyse and consider alternative views in order to gain more knowledge.
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sacred heart news World Read Aloud Day The pleasure of listening to stories on World Read Aloud Day: 1 February
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arents of Sacred Heart learners between Grades R and 4 volunteered to read a story (or three) aloud to their children’s classes on World Read Aloud Day on 1 February. Local literacy NGO Nalibali (nalibali.org) commissioned South African author Zukiswa Wanner (you may remember her books, The Madams, and London Cape Town Joburg) to write a story especially for the day. Their aim was to reach one million children on this day. Many parents read her story, The Final Minute, to their classes – but we were pestered for more! The simple joy of listening to a story was written on the children’s faces. We also cut out, coloured in and pinned the “Proud to read aloud” badges provided by Nalibali to our blazers. The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study 2016, which benchmarks international literacy levels, has published a distressing
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finding: “78% of Grade 4 learners in South Africa cannot read for meaning in any language.” To counteract such statistics, we must start somewhere. World Read Aloud Day has been a trenchant reminder of the importance of fuelling literacy in foundation phase learners. Let’s keep reading! Article written by Margot Doherty a parent of Sacred Heart College and Alumni Class of 1992
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sacred heart news The Rights of a Migrant
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sacred heart news Three2Six Refugee Children’s Education Project’s 10th Anniversary
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aturday, 7 April 2018, marked the 10th Anniversary of the Three2Six Refugee Children’s Education Project. Three2Six provides access to education for children who have not been accepted into mainstream schools in central Johannesburg. 580 children have graduated from the project and transitioned into mainstream schools since the project started and today 300 children are enrolled from Grade R to Grade 6 across the three campuses. The main objective of the project is to help these children transition successfully into mainstream education. Three2Six provides three hours of education each day, from 3pm to 6pm – which is where
the project’s name comes from. It also provides a meal each day, uniforms, learning materials and transport to ensure the children can travel in safety to and from class. The project uses the South African CAPS curriculum, teaching English, Maths and Life Skills to ensure that the children can maintain basic learning until they can enter a real school. Local and international South Africans volunteer in a variety of ways to keep the project going at a minimal cost. As the project’s Founder and Director, Mr Colin Northmore, notes “It is not rocket science, but it is magic! We bring together empty classrooms, children who can’t get into school and teachers who can’t find work. We add some financial support from our partners and then we have a wonderful program that can help marginalized children access one of their fundamental human rights”. On Saturday 7 April, nearly 1000 people came together at the founding school, Sacred Heart College, to celebrate this project and what it has achieved over the past 10 years. Current learners, past learners, parents, volunteers, donors, partners and guests listened to speeches
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sacred heart news 2Three2Six Refugee Children’s Education Project’s – continued
United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child and 100 participants from government, civil society, education, migrant and diplomatic communities. It has also provided a platform for refugee children to share their own stories and experiences, including the popular “Precieuse” animation films, written and produced by the children themselves. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_ continue=2&v=zd8Xel0_EZ4 and https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=F7OoQ0TF2Uc and items from the children, followed by a free concert by popular musician, TRESOR, who has a passion for refugee and children’s issues. The celebration took place as the South African Human Rights Commission awaits feedback from various government departments on the Position Paper on Access to Basic Education for Undocumented Learners in South Africa. The paper reaffirms that “all persons, regardless of individual circumstances, are entitled to access basic education” and makes significant findings and recommendations regarding South African government department’s implementation of its Constitutional and other responsibilities. Three2Six also initiates a number of advocacy initiatives to help South Africans understand the the challenges facing refugee children in accessing education. Most recently this has included hosting a Roundtable on Migrant Education (highlights video: https://youtu.be/AQdfmUeoWt0), with a keynote address from Professor Ann Skelton from the
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Colin Northmore is excited for the opportunity to focus on this positive achievement in the face of the many challenges experienced by refugee and migrant children to access education. “In a context that has often been characterised by xenophobia, violence and discrimination, we are proud to offer hope and a brighter future to these children. Three2Six is a space where they can feel they belong, where they can reach their potential and where they can experience warmth and generosity from South African communities”.
sacred heart news Class of 2017 Astrid Kuhn, 18 ‘’The key to balance is to merge everything together.” Astrid Kuhn won the most well-rounded learner award at SHC in 2017. When you find out why, it’s hard to imagine a more appropriate candidate. Astrid is a keen sportswoman whose first task, on arrival at Sacred Heart in 2009 from Cape Town, was to insist that she be allowed to join the soccer team, which until then had been comprised only of male players. “There was no issue with that. I was allowed to play all the matches,” she recalls, “but I like to think I set a precedent because three other girls in my grade wanted to play soccer too, and soon girls from lower grades also started playing soccer.” Astrid was awarded colours for soccer in grades 11 and 12, and also made it into the JVW soccer team (Banyana star Janine van Wyk’s feeder soccer team into Banyana Banyana), but couldn’t take up that honour because her Matric year made too many other demands on her time. Astrid was passionate about all sports, adding tennis, basketball and hockey to her repertoire. She was a house captain and captained the first girl’s, soccer team since she was in Grade 9. She won the Senior Victrix Ludorum award in each of her senior high school years: three years in a row. Astrid took 8 subjects for Matric and is hoping for 6 distinctions. Unusually, her curriculum includes Visual Arts, Life Science and Physical Science – a balance of Sciences and Humanities. Astrid is a talented artist. While her pieces have been noticed at schooi for special mention since Grade 9, her Grade 12 exhibition managed to combine her scientific interests with her visually creative side. Exhibiting on a theme of HIV and Aids, she took blood slides of her own blood as
the subject of her pieces and merged biology with social commentary. She was also a finalist in the Nestle centenary competition – a contest that was open to the public and had no age restriction. Despite the successes in the field of Visual Arts, Astrid says she is definitely science-orientated, winning top marks in Biology and Science in her prelims. She is intending to study a general BSc majoring in Human Physiology and Physics next year. “I am big on merging everything together, and I received the most well-rounded learner award,” says Astrid. “It is key to have balance.” Astrid has palmed in bronze and silver President’s awards already, and is aiming for gold. The bronze President’s award demands that a person achieves 24 hours of community service (spread over three months), demonstrates skill and improvement in a sport and a skill (such as art or first aid) over three months, and complete a two-day physical challenge such as a hike, and demands escalate over the levels. Astrid has a passion for the environment and sustainable development, and a paper she cowrote on sustainable food sources for SAIIA was a finalist in 2017. Astrid’s connection to SHC goes back not just years, but generations. Her great-grandmother was a school nurse when Sacred Heart still had a boarding school. Her grandmother has been teaching ballet at Sacred Heart for 20 years. Mom, Delene matriculated from the school in 1983. So when Astrid arrived, “it already felt like home,” she says. “SHC is a place where many of my generations have come and gone and although I am going now, a part of me will always remain here, and come back. In my life I want to ‘pay it forward’. My main goal is to be successful, and SHC has shaped and moulded me and set me up for that success. I will be back, to give back.”
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Jordyn Walker, 18
and take every opportunity that comes along.”
“My extreme FOMO kept me busy.”
Jordyn did exactly that, even playing soccer in the Matric year and – “much to my parents’ dismay” – she also got involved in the Matric plays as a stage manager; a demanding and time-consuming task.
Most learners take six subjects for Matric. Some take seven subjects. A few overachievers take eight or nine. But ten is just ridiculous. Isn’t it? Not for Jordyn Walker. This bright young lady sat examinations for English, Maths, Afrikaans, Life Orientation, Physics, Accounting, History, French, AP Maths and AP English in 2017. She achieved seven distinctions. Jordyn has been accepted to study Chartered Accounting and Actuarial Science in 2018, but has plumped for CA and has signed a bursary contract with PwC to study at Wits University next year. Jordyn lives with her dad, a BEE analyst, mom Lynn (a marketing manager) and brother Michael, in Grade 6 at Sacred Heart College, and her maternal grandparents. She credits her supportive family with helping her manage her hectic lifestyle: “Grandpa is my personal Uber,” she jokes. The family relocated from Durban to Johannesburg in 2013, and Jordyn joined Sacred Heart College in Grade 8. She attended a Marist school in Durban previously, and she says, “Coming from a Marist school I expected certain things, but SHC was very different. My old school was structured and disciplined. At SHC, it was eye-opening to have open conversations with nothing off limits. I enjoyed the fact that, even though I blossomed academically in high school, there was a space for everyone. The focus is not on academics only. I learned to appreciate that there are different strengths.” Jordyn says she is a disciplined person herself, so the new atmosphere was an adjustment. I learnt, as someone who tends to be highly strung, to try to enjoy the high school experience
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“My advice to new high school arrivals: high school can be intimidating. Get involved. Luckily for me, I have extreme FOMO (fear of missing out), so I hate not being part of whatever is going on.” With that mindset, Jordyn is sure to succeed in her next chapter – studying at university, about which she says she is “a little scared but also excited to meet new people”.
Mark Millward, 19 “I am the sort of person who thinks if an opportunity comes along rather take it.” Mark is a tech whiz. As the head of the technology committee at Sacred Heart College, since he was in Grade 8 he was always to be found backstage at every production, managing sound, lighting and AV, leading to his being awarded full colours for Drama in Grade 11. “My sister was a ballet dancer so I used to get dragged along to recitals. Being bored out of my mind is how I got into the backstage stuff,” he jokes. “Finally in Grade 10 we got a new lighting desk. One of the outputs looked like an input... yes ,we blew the power out in the hall!” Sound and lighting work means you have to be at school for a lot of late nights and early mornings. But Mark says he also felt that he was “home, a feeling of security, like being part of a family that understands you, accepts you regardless of who you are and what your passions are.”
Mark’s other passions are equally physical, practical- and other-centred. He is a qualified life guard and works at open water events. He is into rock climbing. He is a First Class Sea Scout. And in what remained of his spare time, Mark rode around with no less than three different medical response companies’ ambulances in preparation for his dream to become a qualified paramedic. “I am the sort of person who thinks if an opportunity comes along rather take it,” he says. He already demonstrates remarkable maturity and confidence in his career choice. “Sure, I enjoy driving around with lights and sirens,” he admits, “but if I can make someone’s worst day a little bit better I have achieved something, even on a day where I don’t get to do the cool stuff like advanced airway management. Just by talking to someone during their hardship, you’ve achieved something.” His work shadow experience has certainly been potentially traumatising. “Some things get to you and some don’t,” he says, sounding like an old hand already, “and you do learn to live with it, either switching off consciously at some point, so you can cope, or developing the famous black sense of humour to absorb the stuff you’ve seen.” Coming from Lombardy East, Mark has a sister, Claire, while his mom is a school assessor for the Department of Basic Education and his father a Mechanical Engineer. Mark has dyslexia and spent part of his school career at Japari School, which focuses on learners with learning difficulties, and moved to Sacred Heart College in Grade 8. It wasn’t always easy: “I had already been taught quite a number of adaptive techniques, nevertheless, I did struggle with the bigger class sizes. But my teachers helped me.” Next year, Mark would love to study towards a Bachelor in Emergency Medical Care.
Mujahid Moses, 18 “Having the ability to improve is very important to me.” With eight subjects and hoping for at least 5 distinctions, Mujahid is clearly an academic achiever, who, finances permitting, is hoping to study Financial Maths or Economics at Wits University next year. Along with his twin sister, Thuwaybah, Muj joined SHC in 2001, in the creche, and ended his school career on a high note as the 2017 LLC (Learner Leadership Council) co-president. “Being a twin is quite helpful,” says Muj. “We can help each other out.” Muj says he noticed a difference moving from primary to high school: “There was a freedom in high school, and you had to confront that the consequences of your actions were personal. Your teachers really connect with you too. I really enjoyed that – our teachers are so open, and they treat you like a person, and keep you informed on anything and everything.” “Having the ability to improve is very important to me,” says Muj. “I wasn’t that driven in my junior years but I was more driven in high school.” To demonstrate, Muj was influential in re-establishing the school’s defunct Chess Club. “We did really well. We came second in our league in our first year. We won the intercatholic tournament last year and we came second this year.” But his efforts weren’t concentrated only on his own interests. “I’ve always been influential and thought I could do some good in school and in other communities. We raised funds for a Jojo rainwater collection tank for the community in Addo which Sacred Heart supports, and we collected clothing and shoes ... “ We wish you only the best for your future, Muj!
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Thuwaybah Moses, 18 “There isn’t just one specific way of being.” Thuwaybah remembers when she came to the high school orientation at Sacred Heart, conducted by a Matric student. “They told me that you could be awarded a white blazer, which you got when you achieved an honours blazer for a sport, academics as well as a cultural activity. I decided then and there that that was my goal (even though the white blazers are now obsolete).” And she did it, palming in colours blazers for Academics, Drama, and Netball. “In high school I did mostly Netball and Athletics, high jump and sprint, and drama, which took up a lot of my time. I loved it but it was a big commitment to make. I started in Grade 8, helping backstage. My mom got used to it. I guess she just came to accept it. In Grade 11 I participated in MDC and the World Scholars’ Cup. I was on the Netball team (regional team), I was on the Sandton Action Sports Netball, and I trailed for the Gauteng team (but no team was formed as there were not enough players).” Like her twin, Thuwaybah took 8 subjects for Matric and is hoping for a raft of distinctions. Describing herself as ambitious, driven, hardworking, outgoing, fun and friendly, Thuwaybah says she “got distracted during finals” and started writing a fantasy novel, set in a near-future South Africa in which the world must survive without crops or livestock. She’s on 38 000 words! Thuwaybah is family-orientated: her two older siblings, a brother and sister, both attended SHC, as did her father, who sadly passed away two years ago. Her family has always been supportive and having a twin at school with her was, she says, “really comforting. I was never alone, there was always someone to talk to and be with.”
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Thuwaybah was happy at her school. “What I loved most about SHC is the sense of community,” she says, “and the way everyone is inviting of new ideas and differences. The only thing you’re not allowed to do at this school is put on a mask. Everyone hates it if you are fake.” “You need to be open-minded to understand that differences do exist between people. There isn’t just one specific way of being.” While Thuwaybah is interested in a BA PPE (Politics, Philosophy and Economics) as a course of study, she’s registered as an au pair with a US-based agency in 2018, and she intends to travel and save money in this way, to fund her further studies. Murpry Phiri, 18, Sacred Heart College “I was getting 20% for Maths in Grade 8. Now I’m studying Accounting.” Murpry’s mother works as a nurse in the paediatric burns unit at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital. It’s emotionally taxing and she works long hours, meaning that the mother-and-daughter team relied on uGogo to help raise the little girl. Murpry went to Observatory Girls’ Primary School near where she lived. Private schooling was never on the family’s radar. However, Murpry received application forms for a scholarship to study at Sacred Heart College, and both she and her mother sat for a series of tests and interviews. “I remember the day we got the call that I was in. It was a Sunday morning. I couldn’t believe it, and I was so intimidated.” “As a scholarship kid, I worried that the other learners would feel I didn’t belong. I was so afraid of judgement,” the slight young woman continues. “Imagine my surprise when I got there and nobody even knew I was a bursary
kid. I actually ended up telling everyone because Accounting next year,” she beams. “When I am I wanted it out in the open. I was completely rich I will start an NGO to give scholarships to accepted and soon became involved in kids like I once was.” everything.” With Murpry’s own humble background, and her mother’s career, it was hardly surprising that she devoted much of her extramural time to community upliftment programmes. “I have a passion for the well-being of other people,” she says. “I was involved in community service projects throughout high school, to the extent that I amassed 700 community service hours since Grade 8.”
Shari Maluleke, 18 “Sacred Heart is great about emphasising the importance of individuality.” When she was four years old, Shari arrived at Sacred Heart College into the care of the famous teacher Buti in Yellow Group. This year, the little girl is all grown up, hoping for four distinctions in her Matric exams and thinking about what the future will hold for her.
Murpry worked with the Three2Six Refugee Schooling project, which utilises Sacred Heart classrooms for teaching between 3 and 6pm, where she met refugee children as young as 8 and sustained a relationship with them for the Shari’s mom is a director in the government’s next five years. “It’s very rewarding,” she says. “I Department of Women, Children and People with still see them and they always greet me.” Disabilities, with a background in social work. Her She worked with Soul Buddies Yeoville. (Soul father is a director at a construction company, Buddies is a nationwide community-based and big sister is studying at UCT. initiative where community members look after Shari took English, History, Drama, Physical one another.) She volunteered at Nazareth House, both with children, and on weekends, reading the Sciences, Core Maths, French, Zulu and Life Orientation. “My dad insisted I take French, Sunday Times to elderly residents. because I want to work at the UN one day,” But Murpry had her struggles, too. In Grade 8, she explains. But it’s still a diverse spread, with her Maths mark sat at an abysmal 20%. She sciences and humanities represented. achieved 30% in Grade 9. “Ms Chipindu, my Maths teacher, saw me,” she recalls. “She saw Shari agrees, “Physics was the hardest subject that I was determined: I would struggle 20 minutes of my high school career – it was interesting to with a Maths sum. One day she said to me, you learn that I don’t really have a science brain and that I am a humanities person, but also that I am can do this.’ She took me on.” resilient. Learning perseverance in the face of The dedicated teacher went back to first principles with Murpry. Slowly, the world of Mathematics failure is important.” With that comment ,Shari started to open for her: 60% in Grade 10, and demonstrates that she has learned one of the by the time Matric prelims rolled around she was crucial life skills Sacred Heart tries to impart to its learners. achieving 88%. Murpry has already been accepted to study Accounting at two universities and, bursaries depending, she would like to attend UP. Murpry proudly introduces her teacher during the interview which takes place at Sacred Heart College. “Without her I would not be studying
“I only started Drama in Grade 9 and being involved in house plays and productions brought out a part of me I didn’t know was there,” she says. Shari decided to take it to Matric, and says the subject became really challenging. “I had to direct a play called Hashtag about violence
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against women and rape and how social media impacts our view of that violence. It was difficult and thought-provoking.” Shari was in the Johannesburg Junior Council with Grade 11s from 40 different schools. “We did community service around Johannesburg, and I made friends outside of this School, which was good because it forced me to expand my views and meet people who thought and felt differently to how I did.” Despite many successes, it was also a difficult year. “I have faced challenges, what my mom calls growing pains, this year. I suffered from anxiety, struggled with academics, and we struggled with loss and grief this year. I think I survived because of my friends, who helped me and encouraged me to do my best even if that wasn’t what I expected of myself.” Shari is contemplating studying Drama or Politics and Philosophy, but first, she is taking a gap year and hopes to work in a bookshop, so that she can be exposed to the South African literary scene. “Sacred Heart is great about emphasising the importance of individuality and letting us reflect on who we are and why we do what we do. That way we can challenge ourselves and explore ourselves. And that’s what I am going to do next.”
Tshepang Masuku, 18 “Sacred Heart has given me the ability to adapt to anywhere.” Tshepang Masuku is an outgoing all-rounder, who sat for examinations in English, Maths, isiZulu, Life Orientation, Physics, Life Sciences, Drama, and AP English, as well as achieving full colours in Academics, Drama and Netball. She is hoping for 5 distinctions – “or more,” she says with a twinkle in her eye. Tshepang even qualified for the Central Gauteng
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under-21 action Netball team, a position she couldn’t take up because there were not enough players to fill the team. She did however captain her school Netball open team, as well as finding time to direct a play, Comatose, which was performed at the FEDA competition. Tshepang is a Sacred Heart “lifer”, having studied at the college since her Grade R year in 2005. She lives with her mother, an aviation analyst at SAA, in Bedfordview, and also has a grown-up brother. “My mom is a huge inspiration,” says the teen. “We are so different but our main similarity is our drive. If I don’t feel like something she pushes me, and vice versa. She compensates for my weaknesses and I for hers. She likes to say she gave birth to her best friend!” While Tshepang remembers her arrival in her new school environment in 2005 as “extremely scary”, she feels it is now time to spread her wings, and she has therefore applied to study PR and Communications in Australia in 2018. “I feel like my Matric year has been my biggest year so far,” she says. “But I’m ready for more. At SHC you meet so many different people that I feel like I would be able to adapt anywhere, and that has given me the courage to think about travelling to another continent to study. Let’s hope the dream comes true!” 24 Sacred Heart Students were accepted by Wits to study the following Degrees in 2018 1 Bachelor of Science 1 Bachelor of Engineering Science in Biomedical Engineering 1 Bachelor of Engineering Science (In Digital Arts) 3 Bachelor of Accounting Science 2 Bachelor of Arts (Law Major) 3 Bachelor of Commerce 1 Bachelor of Social Work 2 Bachelor of Arts in Film and Television 5 Bachelor of Arts 2 Bachelor of Arts in Digital Arts 1 Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts 1 Bachelor of Science in Property Studies 1 Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting)
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Vincent Frittelli Associate Professor of Violin
‘In the Russia of my day, such a talent would have been nurtured in the conservatoire and given every possible opportunity to develop’.
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he Johannesburg Star newspaper reported in the 1950s that at the age of just 14, Sacred Heart schoolboy Vincent Frittelli gave a demonstration of what is possible on the violin at a recital at the City Hall. He chose a notoriously difficult piece, and at the end of his recital, skilled musicians in the audience paid him the supreme tribute seldom accorded to any instrumentalist in South Africa. They rose to their feet to applaud. Here is what they said about Vincent’s playing: “An enormous talent. In the Russia of my day such a talent would have been nurtured in the conservatoire and given every possible opportunity to develop.” – Alex Cherniavsky, concert impresario and member of a family of nine musical prodigies. “It gives me a thrill every time I hear this boy play – and he keeps on improving. He is one of the best young instrumentalists I have heard anywhere in the world. He must go overseas to study further. He must live music.” – Jeremy Schulman, senior conductor of the SABC Symphony Orchestra and an accomplished violinist himself.
“At Salzburg last year I heard an Austrian prodigy of Vincent’s age who was made a great fuss of. In my opinion, Vincent could not only hold his own against this boy, but technically, he is better.” – Anton Hartman, conductor of the SABC Orchestra. Once he left Sacred Heart, Vincent received further training at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia under the renowned Ivan Galamian. He also attended the Royal Conservatory in Brussels, Belgium, where he received a “First Prize with Great Distinction” in Chamber music. He has had extensive experience in orchestral playing too, having been Concertmaster in Cape Town and Johannesburg, Hong Kong, Akron, Austin in Texas, Atlanta and New Orleans. He also performed extensively in Africa, Europe, Japan, Hong Kong and the US. Vincent went on to become Associate Professor of Violin at the School of Music at the University of Texas, and there are many accomplished players of this notoriously demanding instrument who proudly state that they studied under his aegis. Article written by Frank Hollingworth
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Margot Doherty (Bertelsmann)
Reflections from an Alumnus and Parent, 1988
Many black students used to arrive at school in civvies so that they could attend school at all
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came to SHC in 1988, a fresh-faced, sheltered Standard 6 girl, from the exclusively monolingual, monocultural and monoracial environment of the German School, Johannesburg. What an eye-opener! I am still grateful to my parents to this day for taking the conscious decision to school me in an environment that not only practised but celebrated multiculturalism. Some readers will be unpleasantly reminded how fraught the dying days of apartheid were for black students, and some young people today may not identify with just how bizarre that time was. In 1988, when consumer boycotts and school stayaways were a daily occurrence, black students had to negotiate their personal safety carefully, and many used to arrive at school in civvies so that they could attend school at all. At the time, we were fortunate to be taught by a group of young, forward-thinking, creative and politically aware teachers – I’m thinking of Stephen Lowry, now principal of Waterford Kahlamba in Swaziland, Feroza Adam, Emilia
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Potenza, Tom Waspe, Peter Ranby, our own returned exile, Dr Mark Potterton, now head of the SHC Primary School, and others whom I may have forgotten to mention. These teachers eschewed the traditional curriculum and devised a subject called Integrated Studies: a project-based learning style in which traditional subject areas such as Geography, Biology, History, even Life Orientation and Accounting, were replaced with projects in which concepts from these learning areas were acquired organically and intuitively. I am now a parent, and I have chosen to send my two little boys to SHC, which has seen me regularly haunting the old quads and classrooms. Recent conversations with Dr Potterton have taken me back to 1988. One initiative these irrepressible young teachers undertook was a student sleepover, in which students from different race groups (because race was THE defining difference in 1988 South Africa) went to stay with each other’s families for one night. And so it was that my (step) brother Adam Hyland (who sadly died in 2007 at age 32) and
I found ourselves assigned to two students who lived near each other in Soweto.
In a sane society, there should have been nothing remarkable about a sleepover between classmates.
Bear in mind that the illegitimate government had declared a State of Emergency in 1985, which gave it powers to detain people, impose curfews and censor the media, and was only lifted in 1990. (Who remembers left-leaning newspapers of that time publishing their articles with the censors’ black strikethroughs left visible, so readers could see what they couldn’t see?) So we set out on an educational adventure in Soweto. In a sane society, there should have been nothing remarkable about a sleepover between classmates. Nevertheless, looking back from my perspective now as a parent, I can see how it must have been worrying for my parents to send politically naïve white children into this situation. As it was, residents were merely curious about what we were doing there. Black children have usually been expected to fit into a white-run world if they went to a private school. They had to learn the “grammar of whiteness”, as another SHC Primary School alumnus, Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh, says in the chapter on private schooling in his book
Democracy and Delusion. So I imagine for our classmates, it was hardly as eyebrow-raising to spend a night in the ‘burbs as it was for Adam and me to travel to Soweto. (They were probably more surprised, if anything, by our hippie, free-range-parenting parents…) In 2018, with my children in Grades 2 and 4, much has changed. Their classes are finally mirrors of the demographics of South Africa. My boys learn isiZulu and Afrikaans. But SHC is still a safe place where acceptance of difference and good intentions are valued. All this makes me happy. Fundamentally, the sense of optimistic co-creation of a better South Africa is still evident in everything that happens at SHC. And that’s why we’re here!
Fundamentally, the sense of optimistic co-creation of a better South Africa is still evident in everything that happens at SHC.
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Yasmine Kazadi Event Management, Marketing and Communications
Yasmine began her journey with SAB almost three years ago.
SAB demonstrates market access for small BWO businesses
were past beneficiaries of the SAB KickStart and SAB Lerumo programmes respectively.
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“Thuli and Yasmine were the backbone of our roadshows and travelled the country with our team ensuring we executed our programme successfully. We strive to back entrepreneurs 100%, and it is fantastic to work with suppliers who are just as passionate about supporting our causes.”
he South African Breweries is committed to developing talented black female business owners and giving them experience and exposure to business by working with one of the world’s biggest brewers. The organisation has several entrepreneurship development programmes that are focused on creating trustworthy and reliable suppliers, who can work not only within SAB but have learnt to adapt to the needs of other large corporates. Two of the SAB’s Enterprise Development programme graduates, Yasmine Kazadi and Thuli Radebe, were recently appointed by SAB to co-ordinate a national roadshow for the launch of the Entrepreneurship Programme, and did a sterling job. Zoleka Lisa, Procurement Capabilities & Sustainability Director for AB InBev, Africa Zone, said SAB was proud to have partnered with two great women owned businesses, who
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With six years of experience and expertise in Event Management and Marketing and Communications, Yasmine’s drive is rooted in providing creative and strategic insight into new market initiatives for entrepreneurs and specifically, women entrepreneurs from multisectors. Yasmine began her journey with SAB almost three years ago. “Over the past three years, I’ve grown to understand the landscape of the organisation and developed a ‘blueprint’ for the events I put together for them. By listening to their needs I’ve been able to come up with a service that understands what they need, and
positions Mercatique Consulting to other large organisations as a company that can deliver to any large organisation,” she said. Thuli, a certified project manager with a degree in business management, knew she wanted to become a business owner from an early age. She registered Eyam when she was 20 years old and has been operating in the events industry for an adrenalin-filled decade. She made it to the top three finalists of the SAB Kickstart Boost Class of 2016 which grows youth SMEs, and joined SAB Lerumo, the company’s recently launched programme that develops Black Women Owners of small business. “I can excitedly say Eyam is an official supplier of SAB,” she said. The most significant experience for Yasmine on the SAB Entrepreneurship roadshow was realising the importance of communication. “Having put together the operations for the roadshow in five provinces and eight locations, it was very clear that interfacing with suppliers was vital. The supplier in Johannesburg communicated differently to supplier in Thohoyandou, so understanding how they communicated played an integral role in the success of the roadshow.” For Thuli, the highlight of the roadshow was witnessing business owners doing great things. “For me Thohoyandou stood out the most – this province has got the recipe and the true meaning of running a successful business.” She feels the roadshows built courage among young people, opened doors for networking and “left the youth with confidence that it takes the power of one idea to change the nation.”
“Having put together the operations for the roadshow in five provinces and eight locations, it was very clear that interfacing with suppliers was vital.”
Yasmine’s dream for her business is to be the most sought-after organisation in the Meetings, Incentives, Conferencing, Exhibitions (MICE) Industry, but says the dream has adjusted also to be impactful by being conscious about how my organisation participates in the empowerment of black women and other SMEs that may not have had the chance to work with SAB.” Thuli’s vision for her business is to see Eyam “employing more people, being a turnkey company and to have an international footprint”. Here is to supporting more and more small businesses, even more so, those led by strong females such as these! Article published by SAB Entrepreneurship Programme website on 29 January 2018 https://www.sabentrepreneurship.co.za/newsentry/sab-demonstrates-market-access-forsmall-bwo-businesses
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Masego Mafata Simulation of a United Nations Conference
WIMUN is the most accurate educational simulation of a United Nations Conference and is hosted annually in New York.
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did not expect to participate in something like the WFUNA International Model United Nations (WIMUN) 2018 conference so soon. You see, WIMUN is the most accurate educational simulation of a United Nations Conference and is hosted annually in New York. The four-day conference mixes plenaries in the UN headquarters, with briefings from the UN specialists and debate between delegates about their assigned topics. This is an opportunity I only expected to encounter once I had completed my studies and was looking for employment. Even then, I imagined that it would be an opportunity I would apply for but not actually receive due to the tough competition that exists in the pool of graduates looking for employment. But there I was towards the end of my first year applying to be part of the United Nations Association of South Africa Stellenbosch Chapter’s delegation to the WIMUN conference. Initially I was hesitant but after some encouragement from my roommate, I realised I had nothing to lose and so I applied.
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Fast forward through emails, interviews, the exciting news that I’d made the team, a lot of training to 6 February 2018. This was the day that we boarded the plane and set off for the Big Apple. We arrived in New York on the morning of the 7th, leaving the blazing hot and dry Western Cape for much colder conditions. We were greeted by some biting winds and snow as we made our way by foot from the subway to our accommodation. High rise buildings, coffee and bagel carts on every corner, yellow cabs, neon lights at Times Square, NY pizza slices and Starbucks stops for free WiFi are but some of the things that make New York, New York. I can’t concisely express the wonder that is New York. One thing that’s definitely worth mentioning though is how the place is reminiscent of Johannesburg. The iconic buildings and architecture, the hustle and bustle of the city as well as the culturally vibrant and eclectic atmosphere brewing in New York is of the same frequency as that which is brewing in Johannesburg. I thoroughly enjoyed basking in this atmosphere.
The conference itself was an intellectually stimulating experience. Being able to engage with peers from all over the world on pressing matters is an opportunity I am very grateful for. It was also surreal to attend sessions like the opening ceremony at the UN headquarters in New York. This was also a dream that I didn’t expect to materialise so soon #Blessed. It was a long but rewarding three days. We managed to sneak in some site-seeing during the conference breaks and, although they were rushed tours, we managed to see a few of the popular attractions like the Brooklyn Bridge, the Highline, Times Square, Broadway, the Whitney Museum and Central Park to name a few.
Being able to engage with peers from all over the world on pressing matters is an opportunity I am very grateful for.
Overall, the main takeaway from this entire experience was that I should never hesitate to apply for any opportunity that peaks my interests. I have nothing to lose by applying and there’s no telling what the outcome will be. The outcome of the application process will always surpass the fear of failing. I’ve learnt to encourage people – myself included – to search for opportunities and to apply for them. We have nothing to lose and it’s a learning curve no matter what the outcome is.
I’ve learnt to encourage people – myself included – to search for opportunities and to apply for them. We have nothing to lose and it’s a learning curve no matter what the outcome is.
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