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Allan Gray Orbis
Nnete Malebo, Eunice’s
headgirl, has been awarded the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation
Scholarship which will cover her entire studies at UCT. Her
brother who was headboy at Saint Andrew’s, was also an Allan
Gray Fellow. This year he won another scholarship which
allowed him to spend two weeks at the White House and two at
the World Bank. But Nnete got to go to the World Cup Final!
Perhaps the real congratulations should go to Mr & Mrs
Malebo. Mr Chris Thomas of St Andrew’s and I were guests of
Allan Gray at the Royal Marang Hotel ( where the England
World Cup team stayed) in Rustenburg recently where we
shared ideas on excellence in education with the principals
of Allan Gray’s Circle of Excellence schools.
Eunice honours a lifetime's service to
quality teaching
Dr Donald Menelaus Paine,
affectionately referred to as ‘Dr P’ and ‘Don’ by scholars &
staff, was born in East London in 1945. There he attended
Selborne Primary School and Selborne College. Thereafter he
attended Rhodes University in Grahamstown, where he
completed a BSc in Natural Sciences and a BEd(Hons). He
married Mary Matthews in 1972 and had two daughters,
Stephanie & Katie. Don & Mary later moved to Bloemfontein so
that their daughters could pursue careers in ballet & music.
After teaching at St Michael’s School for a number of years,
he moved to Eunice where has remained to this day. Today,
Stephanie (a lawyer) lives in Pretoria with Don’s two
grandsons Liam and Kent, while Katie (a medical doctor) has
a private practice in Bloemfontein where she is happily
married and has two children (Luke & Leila). During the past
10-15 years Dr Paine has also lectured Biology/Life Science
didactics at the UFS, from which he has recruited a number
of teachers into Eunice. Training teachers within the school
and university contexts is his way of putting some of his
expertise back into the next generation. His favourite
pastimes at home are working on things mechanical and
looking after his grandchildren. In 2002, Dr Paine was
awarded the SATU (South African Teachers’ Union) Gold Award
for conscientious and diligent service to the teaching
profession- a fitting tribute to a lifetime spent in a noble
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Bloemfontein's
Children's Choir
The Children’s choir activities always
start with a choir camp in January to welcome all the new
members.The
Bloemfontein Childrens choir joined Andre Rieu
on his South African tour. We had 9 performances in Sun City
, Durban and Cape Town. En route from Durbun to Cape Town we
stopped over in Bloemfontein for one night and had a concert
with Chris Chameleon.
In May we performed at the Dutch
Reformed Church Centenary festival in Theunissen, a week
later we were part of the Primary School Universitas 40
years festival.In June we did the “Praise the Lord” concert
in the Universitas Church.We opened the Volksblad
Arts
festival with Chris van Niekerk(Francios from 7de
Laan).On the 7th of June 30 Children wipped off
to Belgium to perform with Andre Rieu in Maastricht.We had
several TV, Radio and Newspaper coverages. We appear in the
DVD “My African Dream” that will be released in October.
On
our return we performed with the Southern-Cape Childrens
choir. Our Annual concert is in September and thereafter we
will be part of the Macufe Festival.
Let's Celebrate
the Eunice Ethos
Over the last 28 years Eunice has
strived to give its new campus alongside Grey College the
character of a school which has served many generations
since 1875. It wasn’t an easy move from town especially for
old girls, but so many Eunice stalwarts have worked hard to
develop our buildings and grounds into a quality school
complex which adds much needed style, character and
refinement to Jock Meiring Street!
 full
ethos document
Accounting Olympiad
This year on the dreaded
Friday the 13th of August, 8 Grade 12 girls and 2 Grade 11
girls wrote the Accounting Olympiad Exam. The lighthearted
jokes and nervous giggles soon turned into focus and
concentration.
50 learners were chosen to write the second round of the
competition and only 6 from the free State. Two of these are
from Eunice; Carla Venter ( 86 % ) and Desi Nikolov ( 80 %
).
The next round will take place on 27 August.
Chess 2010
Eunice Chess had an
eventful year. We entered three teams to play the leagues
which were played at Eunice this year. We participated in
the Waterkloof Open for the first time and the girls did us
proud. Eunice came second in the National Girls’ School
Festival in Stellenbosch with Lechelle Badenhorst the only
unbeaten player of the festival. Anjurie de Wet came second
in the SA Ladies Open and Anita Neethling came first in the
SA Ladies Candidate section. We are hosting SA Top Schools
Chess during the first weekend of the September holidays.
Anjurie made the Free State U/ 18 A team and Lechelle
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Mrs B article
Eunice’s musical Nunsense
II directed by Dr Niel van Niekerk played to capacity
audiences. Elretha Britz, vollksblad reviewer described the
schoolgirl leads as brilliant in a show of professional
quality. Dr Niel van Niekerk’s “Come Mxit with me on
Facebook you Twit” was a ‘closed’ show in that it included
only the Gr 11 Dramatic Art class.. A classic opportunity
for about 30 girls to work in a real theatre with their
teacher who is primarily a respected and prolific director,
with musical genius Anton Esterhuyse and with sound and
lights expert Corné Stapelberg. The show was largely
original as it explored relationships, especially between
teenager and parents, using technology as its context.
full
chess document
Epoch and Optima article
Dr Donald Menelaus Paine,
affectionately referred to as ‘Dr P’ and ‘Don’ by scholars &
staff, was born in East London in 1945. There he attended
Selborne Primary School and Selborne College. Thereafter he
attended Rhodes University in Grahamstown, where he
completed a BSc in Natural Sciences and a BEd(Hons). He
married Mary Matthews in 1972 and had two daughters,
Stephanie & Katie. Don & Mary later moved to Bloemfontein so
that their daughters could pursue careers in ballet & music.
After teaching at St Michael’s School for a number of years,
he moved to Eunice where has remained to this day. Today,
Stephanie (a lawyer) lives in Pretoria with Don’s two
grandsons Liam and Kent, while Katie (a medical doctor) has
a private practice in Bloemfontein where she is happily
married and has two children (Luke & Leila). During the past
10-15 years Dr Paine has also lectured Biology/Life Science
didactics at the UFS, from which he has recruited a number
of teachers into Eunice. Training teachers within the school
and university contexts is his way of putting some of his
expertise back into the next generation. His favourite
pastimes at home are working on things mechanical and
looking after his grandchildren. In 2002, Dr Paine was
awarded the SATU (South African Teachers’ Union) Gold Award
for conscientious and diligent service to the teaching
profession- a fitting tribute to a life.
It is with pride and appreciation that Eunice acknowledges
grants totaling R 700 000 from Anglo American’s Epoch and
Optima Trusts for the furtherance of excellence in
Mathematics in 2009 and 2010.
Anglo chief Executive Cynthia Carroll explains that “ while
more children have educational opportunities than was once
the case, the country’s poor maths and science results may
be the single most constraining factor on long term growth
prospects”, Anglo’s approach seeks to reward educational
centres of excellence which produce quality and which can
increase access and participation in mathematics.
In the 2009 Matric Exam our Mathematics matrics achieved a
100 % pass with a 78 % average. There were 155 candidates,
87 of whom took Mathematics. There were 45 As; 23 Bs; 18Cs.
15 of our As were Black girls.
The grant is spent on staffing extra Maths tutor Classes, a
mathematics computer network, interactive white boards,
Maths Camp transport and the promotion of Maths Paper 3 and
Advanced Programme Mathematics.
time spent in a noble profession.
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Gamma Rays
Wednesday's Volksblad
features Eunice's high quality dramatic production - THE
EFFECT of the GAMMA RAYS on MAN- in-the- MOON-MARIGOLDS
which runs from 2 - 4 March at 19:00. Break a leg girls.
Dont' miss this world class opportunity.
Athletics News
Congratulations to Joané
Bredenkamp, Eunice's U/19 discuss star, who broke the
Inter-High record on Saturday with a throw of 41,33 metres.
Congratulations, too, to Eunice's 4 x 100 m U/19 relay team
who won gold on Saturday with a good time of 52 sec. Minjon
van Tonder won gold in the U/19 100m.
Parents' Association - Annual General Meeting
All parents are invited to attend the Annual
General Meeting of the
Eunice High School Parents' Association which will be held at
18:00 on Monday, 24 January 2011 in
the Information Technology Centre situated
west of the school hall.
Support our PA. Hear about their projects. Join up if you want
to get involved. Learn a little more
about your daughter's school and its
results. It will be a short 45 minute meeting with a PA report
by Mr Marius Whitehead and a few words
from Mr Cassar.
Carla Venter
a whiz with
figures
Carla Venter was recently
crowned provincial winner of the SAIPA ( SA Institute of
Professional Accountants) National Accounting Olympiad. There
were 1211 entries and 75 learners qualified for the second
round. Carla will do a B.Acc at UFS in 2011.
Choir Concert at Odeion
Congratulations to the
Eunice Choir on their outstanding 20 item programme at the
Odeion at UFS on
Saturday, 16
October. The standing ovation was a fitting tribute for such
hard work in taking our ' new' choir to a higher level. Mrs
Mag Marais provided initiative and the strategic management
while choir mistress Mrs Retha Visser and accompanist Mrs
ELza Vosloo did the hard work and produced the quality
sound. Thanks, too, to Mrs Jasmine Antonie and Mrs Leona
Geldenhuys.
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Meet the Teachers
With Grade 8 – 11 reports issued last term and with Matric
reports being distributed on Friday, parents are invited to
MEET THE TEACHERS in their classrooms on Tuesday, 19 April (
17:00 – 19:00).Bring your daughter as your guide to her
teachers’ classrooms.
Eunice girl to swim 8 Midmar Miles!
Chloe Burns, Gr 9, has been accepted as an aspirant member
of the Eight Mile Club. She needs to do two things: 1. Swim
all eight mile on Saturday and Sunday ( 12 - 13 Feb) and 2.
collect R 10 000 for her chosen charity, the SPCA. Any
sponsors?
Hockey Star
Shevaun Botha, in Grade 12, has been selected for the SA
Junior Hockey World Cup High Performance Training Squad. She
is one of 50 and the only Free Stater.
Provincial Swimmers
The following Eunice girls helped Free State to win the
Inter Provincial Invitation Gala held in Bloemfontein on 22
January: Chané Massey, Chaneri Cilliers, Elsa Oosthuizen,
Emma Delport, Ene-Mari Roscher, Ilne Cilliers, J’Mari
Kloppers, Marizen Marais, Micha Barkhuizen, Suné Storme.
Three special achievers
Maryke van Rooyen was placed 2nd in the Youth A section of
the FS Open Pentathlon Champs. Ilne Cillier was the best
swimmer at the Gr 8 gala with Janine Blignaut second.
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National Science honour for Heather Rae
Heather Rae, one of
our top Matrics, won R 1 000 as South Africa's
top female achiever in the Minquiz, the national physical
science competition sponsored by Mintek, SASOL and the CSIR.
As a provincial finalist she traveled to Johannesburg to
participate and to receive this top national honour. She is
undecided about her future either medicine at UFS or
chemical engineering at UCT.
Snow White and the Seven D(OFS)
Snow White and the Seven
D(OFS) runs till Friday with tickets still available for the
matineé on that day. You're in for loads of music, fun and
laughter.
Mareza Brin
Only 5 Bloemfonteiners
made it on the Top 50 list of performances at the Grey/ Oranje
Athletics meeting last week. Eunice's Mareza Brink was one of
them with her victory ( 1, 52 m) in the U 14 High Jump. Mooi
gespring, Mareza.
Maths Award in Pretoria
Mrs
Emsie Bouwer, Head of Eunice's Mathematics Department, traveled
to Pretoria to receive the SA Mathematics Foundation's Best
Dinaledi School in SA Award. The National Dept's Dinaledi
project targets 500 schools in a drive to promote participation,
access and performance in Mathematics. The 500 schools include a
long list of top performing state schools as well as a wide
range of disadvantaged schools. The award was a cheque for R 6
000.
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