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2017

What do you consider to be your greatest achievement in life?My greatest achievements lie in the success of others. I take pride in the positive influence I have been able to instill in the lives of some of my past pupils and colleagues What do you think your current staff appreciates about you most?My integrity, for remaining true to what I believe in, and my willingness to allow discussion and negotiation around topics of relevance. I value loyalty and recognise the importance of being part of ‘a bigger picture’. I firmly believe in the growth, development and happiness of the child.

What are your thoughts on developing an environment where every pupil and staff member feels welcome, accepted and safe? Most Headmasters will agree with Deborah Harbin: “Creating a welcoming atmosphere is more an attitude than anything else - an attitude that starts right at the top by creating a shared vision and goals to accomplish that vision.”

It is essential to listen to the community and to provide a quick response to queries and concerns. Being proactive and ensuring fair play at all times is essential.

What are your thoughts on how to achieve a well-balanced education?

Although the significance of extracurricular activities such as sport and culture cannot be over-emphasized, academics come first. Achieving sound grades and gaining knowledge is the primary reason for going to school.

The next important endeavour is to excel in extracurricular activities. The sports arena provides an opportunity to emphasise areas of learning from within the classroom leadership, accountability, teamwork, following rules, honesty and good sportsmanship.

The cultural environment provides for a more complex set of learning skills, diligence, passion, dedication, perseverance, all noble traits that add to the promotion of a wholesome character.

My personal motto is “Service before self, God before all”. To follow the path of Christianity I believe that you have to share what God has given to you and

serve those around you. This includes your time, talents, compassion and love.

How would you go about ensuring that the community will be satisfied with your stance on discipline? Kindness and firmness are essential for Positive Discipline. I strive to discipline fairly but firmly at all times. Discipline is applied to rectify a transgression and not to punish the child. The child must be able to gain experience from the process by learning to become a positive citizen who is able to contribute to society.

How do you see the importance of being a role model in your position as our headmaster?Role models provide inspiration and support when needed, and they provide examples of how to live a fulfilling, authentic life. Our children spend so much time at school it is crucial that educators and headmasters are exemplary role models.

NEW HEAD FOR HUDSON PARK HIGH SCHOOLHudson Park High School is thrilled to announce the appointment of Mr Dennis Vorster as their new Headmaster. Mr Vorster is currently the Headmaster at St Patrick’s College, an independent Christian school in Kokstad. Prior to this, he was Deputy Principal at Maragon, a school of approximately 1600 learners in Johannesburg. Interviewed recently, extracts of his responses follow.

SOUtH AFRICAN NAtIONAL YOUtH WIND ENSEmbLE

Tristan Henderson, a trumpeter in Grade 11 at Hudson Park High School, was recently selected for the South African National Youth Wind Orchestra.

Lulutho Ngcongolo who matriculated from HPHS in 2015 was also selected. After school, he began his studies at UCT and in early 2017 he was awarded a half-scholarship to the Berklee College of

Music in Boston, Massachusetts in the USA to study music composition.

Hundreds of young musicians audition for a coveted place in the South African National Youth Orchestra and a select few are chosen to form the green and gold national team each year.

The National Youth Orchestra’s legacy spans over half a century and is far reaching with the representation of alumni in top professional orchestras in South Africa and across the globe.

The National Youth Orchestra Winter Course will take place from 30 June – 9 July in Port Elizabeth with concerts at the Savoy Theatre and the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown.

At the end of September last year, Thando competed in the annual National Individual Debating and Public Speaking Competi-tion, where he ranked highly, securing his spot in the South Africa team. Thando then travelled to Australia in April this year to compete in the World Individual Debat-ing and Public Speaking Competition. Thando did exceptionally well and ranked 8th amongst the South African competi-tors. His scores for his prepared speech, debate, reading and impromptu speech ranged from 81 to 90 - these are excep-tional scores. Thando was commended by the South African coach for his maturity, objectivity and his impeccable manners. Hudson Park High is extremely proud of Thando and his Public Speaking success.

OUR RENOWNED DEbAtER, tHANDO DYASI, GOES tO AUStRALIA

20 Grade 12 students did the Olympiad for CAT. The Olympiad encourages lateral and "out of the box" thinking.We are proud to announce that we have students who will be going through to the 2nd round.Shaye-Ann Delport received a Gold in round 1 (she is in the top 7% nationwide).Bryn Deetlefs, Jason Horner and Jordan Green all received a silver (they are in the top 14% nationwide).• If a student received Gold he/she did better

than 93% of the participants in his/her group – nationwide;

• If a student received Silver he/she did better than 79% of the participants in his/her group – nationwide;

• If a student received Bronze he/she did better than 50% of the participants in his/her group – nationwide.

COmPUtER WIzz tEENS

The following pupils received their Cum Laude Blazers. You make us proud!Public Speaking: Thando DyasiDance: Nikita NaidooCricket: Akhona Mnyaka (re-award) (SA U/19 and SA Schools)Cricket: Sine Qeshile (SA Schools)Cricket: Jason Niemand (SA U/19)Swimming: Chloe Velde (re-award)

tECH IN CONSUmER StUDIESHUDSONIANS REACHING FOR tHE StARS We embarked on a

pilot project using the donated tablets in Consumer Studies. Learners are using the devices to consolidate work taught by completing short tests set on Google Docs.

bronze Awards (60% - 69%)Sherily Msimango

Silver Awards (70% - 79%)Kamvelihle NgcebaJonathan RouxLinomtha DabulaAliziwe NcapaiCameron KilroeDimpho MzimbaLendel MendozaKhanyisani MadikaneCamden DavidseTawanna MareyaLeah LiangCaralee KoopowitzErin VengadajellumSanchia PoovanCiara AbrahamsMvanakazi MxhoboLerato MotaungMark OkohAlizwa NgumbelaLuvo HayaHPHS Jazz Band

Gold Awards (80% - 89%)Tristan Henderson Esethu ArosiRaleke OgbonnaLauren AldagSokunene MpupaCaralee KoopowitzBhongolethu NtwanaPumelela MnikiLeah LiangSamantha GooldJason LiangLudwe MhlauliAriane van WykVuyolwethu CamngcaAriane van Wyk and Sanchia Poovan (Duet)Mvanakazi Mxhobo and Ciara Abrahams (Duet)Ludumo Mdolo and Zizibele Matyumza (Duet)Erin Vengadajellum and Ludwe Mhlauli (Duet)Caralee Koopowitz and Camden Davidse (Duet)

HPHS Saxophone EnsembleHPHS Clarinet Ensemble

Special mention Awards (90% - 100%)Ludumo MdoloSamantha Goold and Leah Liang (Duet)Leah Liang and Jason Liang (Duet)HPHS Brass EnsembleHPHS Concert BandHPHS Choir

medalsADRI SAMUELS MEMORIAL MEDAL for best senior piano ensemble – Leah Liang and Jason LiangOXFORD MUSIC CENTRE MEDAL for best senior instrumental ensemble – Leah Liang and Samantha GooldCAPE CLADDING MEDAL for best high school chamber ensemble – HPHS Brass EnsembleCONTEMPORARY SECTION MEDAL for best high school ensemble – HPHS Saxophone Ensemble

The music department took part in the annual Port Rex Lions Eisteddfod from the 8th to 22nd May. The HPHS musicians enjoyed a very successful two weeks and brought back some outstanding results. In total the music department received 49 awards with 1 bronze, 21 silver, 21 gold and 6 special mention awards. Four medals were also won by HPHS ensembles which entitled them to perform at the ending Showcase Concert on the final day of the Eisteddfod. We are extremely proud of our musicians and congratulate them on their fantastic achievements.The awards handed out were as follows:

SUCCESS At tHE PORt REx LIONS EIStEDDFOD

Hudson Park High School hosted its annual ‘Mr and Miss Culture’ cultural showcase on Thursday, 18th May 2017. We had a beautiful display of the many cultures representing the cultural diversity at Hudson Park High School with the Afrikaans, Xhosa, Zulu, English, Sotho, Nigerian, Coloured, mixed race and Indian cultures respectively. The atmosphere was very dynamic, vibrant and enthusiastic and we truly felt the atmosphere of cultural diversity present at our school. Our winners of the cultural event were Tomson Akioyame who was crowned Mr Culture and Lilithalethu Ilori who was crowned Miss Culture representing the Nigerian Culture.This event was organised by the 2017 Qhayiya - Our Pride - Multicultural Society. Hudson Park continues to actively work towards achieving a spirit of acceptance and love for one another’s cultures.

mR AND mISS CULtURE

Hudson Park High School has embarked on an exciting cultural exchange initiative with Bhongolethu, a rural school from Kwelera. This involves 75 Bhongolethu learners immersing themselves fully in weekly drama workshops held at HPHS and aimed at developing the acting talent of these pupils, for whom transport is provided by the school. The classes cover

correct stage posture, vocal exercises, improvisation, dramatized poetry and theatre history. As part of this program, these pupils attended our school’s main annual dramatic production “A View from the Golden Arches,” as specially invited guests. Mr Perold, Hudson Park’s highly experienced Drama Director, is most pleased with the talent displayed by the

group of young pupils who have come under his tutelage, and has expressed his delight at being part of this development outreach. The budding dramatists too, are thoroughly enjoying learning new skills, and combined rehearsal for Bhongolethu and Hudson Park learners will soon commence for a play scheduled to be performed in the fourth term.

A DRAmAtIC AFFAIR WItH bHONGOLEtHU

EduHOPE, part of our Interact Society assisted Bhongolethu Secondary School in clearing their Library of old outdated textbooks so that they could make space for new relevant resources. We contacted Collectall, a local recycling business, to come and collect the books.

bOOKS AND mORE bOOKS

The Fairy Godmother Cupboard has grown tremendously from when it was originally started in 2013. The Cupboard now boasts dresses, shoes, jewelry as well as a limited stock of suits. Over the years we have dressed girls (and a gent or two) from Hudson Park as well as other schools in our area. Unfortunately not all pupils are as lucky as others, and some need just a little help from the Fairy Godmother to make their night one to remember. We can only do this with the help of donations and this is a “shout out” to all the 2017 Matrics to consider leaving their dresses (or suits) behind. These will be used to dress girls (and guys) for years to come and the joy you leave behind will be a blessings to many.

Shout out to the Matrics of 2017

FAIRY GOD mOtHER CUPbOARD

GIVING bLOODThe SANBS and Hudson were able to collect 67 units of blood. Thank you to the students who donated as well as the teachers who also gave up time to donate. One unit of blood can save up to 3 lives and it is encouraged that parents and friends of the students come and donate when we have our next blood drive.

The Hudson Park Music Department has decided to donate a treasure trove of sheet music to Woodridge College. The terrible fire that consumed Woodridge College in June destroyed the school’s music department which housed the school’s sheet music library. The sheet music was collected over many years and much of it was irreplaceable. A plea was put out over Facebook by a Woodridge parent and Hudson Park came to the rescue.

Both Hudson Park High and Primary Schools have vast collections of sheet music and have banded together to donate as much sheet music as possible to help re-establish Woodridge’s music library. Head of Music at Hudson Park High, Wesley Wong, had this to say, “We were deeply saddened by the events which took place at Woodridge and when we saw the Facebook post the decision to donate was a foregone conclusion. We are very happy that we are in a position to help keep music alive at another fantastic school and hope that this donation goes

a long way to helping them return to full functionality. We hope to establish a musical connection with Woodridge and perhaps do some joint work together in future.”

The music donated covers a variety of solo instrumental, ensemble and band music.

HUDSON PARK HIGH SCHOOL DOING ItS PARt!

East London Child and Youth Care Centre receiving food donated by our learners.

SportS pageTEnnIS

Sisipho Ndlabu and Kwanda Mbalekwa have been selected for the U19 South African tennis team. Sisipho and Kwanda will be traveling to the UK in the June/July holidays to represent the country and Hudson Park High School. We as the Hudson Park Family are extremely proud of their achievement and congratulate these two Grade 11 learners.

nETbaLL CHaMPS

The U14A, U15A and U16A are the Border Netball Champions after all three sides beat Grens in the finals played at Hudson Park High School.

Netball Eastern Cape RepresentativesU15 Chinazo OgbonnaU16 Amber McConnachieU18 Jolene Fathula

GIRLS HoCKEy boRDER REPS

U14A Ciara AbrahamsJody-Ann OctoberAsemahle MdokoAsisipho FranceZukhanya TyalintsikaLaaii'qah Bedford

U16A Jenna-Mae HansenTayla-Jade MaraisKeziah KingZimkitha Smayile

boyS HoCKEy boRDER REPSU14ASyleshan RajagopalSaige Casoojee (Selected into the Eastern Cape U14A Team)

U14BSiphamandla PeterLunje NomngangaSinegugu AdamSinovuyo Tshefu

U16ANkombuzo LangaDylan ChantlerLutho XotyeniAfikile Msi

U16 Coastal Kate DallasAkhona MonakaliGizelle BothaLiyabona Macingwane

U18A Laila Williams

U16BSiyanda TyakumePhila NontununuAkha Jam-JamKukhanya Cweba

U18ANana YeboahGrentham Hewitt

SportS pageSa MoDERn PEnTaTHLon anD Sa LaSER Run

Rhys and Sanchia Poovan both represented the Eastern Cape teams at the SA Modern Pentathlon and SA Laser Run Championships in Cape Town, after achieving gold in both competitions at the Eastern Cape Championships held in Port Elizabeth. They both competed in the special under 19 category which served as a qualifier for the African Youth Olympic cup. Sanchia achieved 7th position in the under 19 age group. She achieved 8th position at the SA Laser Run Championship under 15. She was subsequently selected to represent SA at the Laser Run World Championships to be held in Cape Town in October. Rhys achieved a double gold, ranking him first in SA in both Tetrathlon and Laser Run under 19, two years in a row. His achievement has earned him the selection to two SA teams in one weekend. This would be his 9th SA team selection. He has qualified to represent SAMPA at the under 19 Modern Pentathlon World Championship in Czech Republic in July and at the African 2018 Youth Olympic qualifier Cup in Nigeria. He will be representing SA at the Laser Run World Championships as well. Rhys was also awarded his South African Federation colours at the prestigious SAMPA awards.

SynChroniSEd SWimmingTee-Ann Lawrence came 4th at the Eastern Cape Championships.

SWimmingLevel 2 Gala in Port Elizabeth Adriaan Jordaan: gold 200m backstroke, silver 100m freestyle, silver 50m backstroke, silver 100m backstroke. Mtha Sojola: 9th 200m backstroke, 13th 200m individual medley 13th 50m backstroke and 19th 50m freestyle.

Level 3 Gala in Port Elizabeth Jasmine Wegner: 3rd 50m backstroke, 3rd 100m backstroke and 4th 200m backstroke.Sa youth u19 nationals Tyla Phillips: gold 200m breaststroke, gold 200m breaststroke and silver 50m breaststroke.Alexia Velde: 1st 50 backstroke, 4th 100m backstroke, 4th 50m butterfly and 5th 100m butterfly.Amber McConnachie: 13th in 200m ind. Medley, 200m backstroke and 200m freestyle, 16th in 200m ind. Medley and 200m backstroke and 20th in 50m backstroke.Meralda Terblanche: 8th in 200m freestyle, 9th in 400m freestyle and 100m freestyle and 13th in 50m backstroke.Chloe Velde: silver medal 100m backstroke 5th 50m backstroke and 9th 200m backstroke.Senior nationals Chloe Velde: 9th 50m backstroke, 16th 400m ind. Medley and 22nd 100m backstroke.Alexia Velde: 32nd 200m Ind medley, 34th 50m breaststroke, 37th 50m backstroke.SA open Water Chloe Velde 2nd nationally and Meralda Terblanche 4th nationally.

SoCCER

Marcus Mc Kerry received the top goal scorer award for Under 19 Boys at the Port Elizabeth Soccer Tournament that took place on 18 March.

Hudson, Hudson, Go...Hudson!

DaTE TIME EVEnT LoCaTIon

FRI 25 AUG 09h00 Founders’ Day Assembly Centenary Hall

FRI 25 AUG 10h30 Reunion Assembly Centenary Hall

FRI 25 AUG 11h30 Old Hudsonian RegistrationNew Netball Court, outside Centenary Hall.

FRI 25 AUG 14h00-18h30 Hockey Kat Leisure Park Astro

FRI 25 AUG 16h30 Rugby: Hudson Park Old Boys vs Cambridge Old Boys Eagles’ View

FRI 25 AUG 18h00 Old Hudsonians Reunion Party(With licensed cash bar) Eagles’ View

SAT 26 AUG 09h00 Rugby, Netball, and Hockey Various

SAT 26 AUG 14h30 Rugby: First Teams Hudson Park vs Cambridge Clifton

SAT 26 AUG 16h30 Reunion After-Party (With licensed cash bar) Eagles’ View

FOUNDERS DAY AND A WEEKEND OF CELEbRAtIONS

Founders’ Day is the official birthday of the school and was inaugurated on 24 August 1978 as the centrepiece of the school year and the pastoral programme. It has been celebrated every year since, in the third week of August, as the day on which the school shows appreciation for its heritage and its founders, and takes a moment to consider itself and its future. The programme will be spread over 2 days, namely Friday 25 and Saturday 26 August 2017.Our opponents in the Reunion games this year are various teams from Cambridge High School.We look forward to seeing you!

FEaRLESS aS THE EaGLE celebrates the history of Hudson Park. It is priced at R390 and can be bought from either the Primary or the High School Offices.

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FEARLESS AS tHE EAGLE