IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER

24 February – Valentines Ball Gr 10 – 12 2 March – Interhigh gala 10 March – Gr 12 Restaurant Evening – Note new date 7 March - Prestige Gala 7 March – Hyde Park High Open Day for Grade 8’s 2018 20 March – School Holiday 21 March – Human Rights Day public holiday 31 March – Last day of term – reports will only be handed out after

assembly 1 April – Hyde Park High’s Easter Festival and 60th celebration 18 April – Term 2 starts 19 April – Parents Evening : A – L time 18h00 – 20h00 20 April – Parents Evening : M – Z time 18h00 – 20h00 27 April – Freedom Day public holiday 28 April – School Holiday 26 – April – 1 May – KZN Rugby Festival 29 April – 1 May – Edenvale U15 MAD Festival

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Dear Parents Road safety and crossing at the school traffic light

For your own safety we are reminding our pupils to ensure that

when crossing the road you are totally focused and aware of your

surroundings. Please do not get distracted by your phone or use

your earphones which block traffic noise. This is a basic rule but

one which is not always adhered to when crossing a road.

Discipline and Uniform

It is important for our pupils and parents alike to be aware that our

code of conduct is very clear with regard to behavior. Furthermore

our school uniform is to be worn correctly as is clearly outlined in

the diary. We endeavor to instill a sense of pride in our pupils and

trust that our parents support us in this.

Financial matters

Statements have been sent home via the learners. Unless fees have

been paid in full, parents should receive a statement of account. For

those parents not on the debit order system, please note that the

first installment for school fees was due on 31 January 2017. Please

ensure that installments are up to date. We do depend on our school

fees for the smooth running of our school. We now also have

snapscan as well for ease of payment.

60th Celebrations – Easter Festival Advertisers needed

Hyde Park High School will be hosting several schools over the

Easter Holidays for a multi-disciplinary sports festival. There will

be a total of eight schools participating in this event and by placing

an advert in our programme and supporting the school it will afford

the advertisers far reaching coverage. We are inviting all parents to

assist us in sourcing potential advertisers for our A5 programme

booklet which will help in offsetting the cost of printing the

programme and the running of this event. All adverts in colour :

Back outside cover R1500,00; Full page portrait R800,00; Half

page landscape R470,00 or a strip classified ad R100,00 with a

maximum of 4 lines of text. Please contact Mrs A Wright in the

admin office on 011 447-2281 or email

awright@hydepark.gp.school.za

Kind regards

M. Vogiatzis

Headmaster

HPHS NEWS 2/2017

FEBRUARY 2017 “A great place to grow up!”

www.hydepark.gp.school.za Voted the best Government High School in Johannesburg 2016

Quote : “An investment in knowledge pays the best

interest!” ― Benjamin Franklin

Newsletters and communication

We do try to get our Newsletters out at least once a month during

term time. Parents are to please ensure that they obtain their copies

from their children in order to stay in touch with what is happening at

school. The Newsletter is also available on the school’s website.

We also use the School D6 Communicator – an innovative and highly

effective way of communicating with parents. The School

Communicator keeps you up to date with what’s happening at the

school. It updates automatically and brings you all the latest news and

calendar events. A PC and MAC version is available as well as

versions for mobile phones. Please refer to our website for download

instructions www.hydepark.gp.school.za . I encourage all parents to

please download the School Communicator so that you are kept

informed of any last minute changes that may take place as a result of

unforeseen circumstances. Should you like an email sent to you

electronically please email Mr Harris info@hydepark.gp.school.za

requesting this.

Admissions for next year : 2018

Open Day for 2018 Gr 8’s

7 March 2017 from 16h30 We encourage all our parents to continue to assist us in sourcing

quality learners from our feeder area and local schools. Your positive

marketing is vital to our school in benefiting from strong academic

and sporting applicants. We remind all current parents with Grade 7

children to ensure that they submit their applications in time. The

process now includes the online application and will be explained at

this event.

We also remind all parents that Hyde Park High School is the only

Government school to offer the I.E.B. Matric (the exam written by

private schools) and that we were also voted the Best Government

School in Johannesburg.

Hyde Park High recently attended a marketing event at Parkview

Primary school to promote our school to those schools invited for

enrolment of Grade 8’s in 2018. Our stand was manned by our

Admissions Secretary Mrs M Abel who fielded queries regarding the

admissions process for next year.

SCHOOL MAJOR PRODUCTION

2017

3 – 6 May 2017

Rehearsals for our production In the Heights are well under way and we encourage all parents and pupils to ensure that you have your seat booked. This is a South African first for the production to be staged in our country, let alone as a school production and is an energetic, hip-hop infused Latin musical. The tickets will be on sale from the office foyer during breaks and after school from 13 March 2017.

Rehearsals are taking place 3 – 4 times a week and we look

forward to a slick and professional production.

Resource payments

All resource materials should have been paid for by now with the

deadline which was the 3rd February 2017 having passed.

Late comers

Pupils have been asked to arrive to school timeously and to enter the

property immediately on arriving at school rather than gathering in

the Loop Road. Parents are to please assist in ensuring that their

children are not late for school as this will impact on your child’s

academic day.

Grade 11 Camp It is a well-established tradition of the school that the Grade 11

learners each year attend a leadership and team building camp to

prepare for their upcoming leadership as matrics. The camp also

serves as an opportunity to further cement their relationship as a

group. The camp has always been one of the highlights of the year

and has been immensely successful in the past. I have no doubt that

this year will be no different. The camp runs from Thursday 17

August 2017 to Sunday 20 August 2017 at Spirit of Adventure in

Magaliesburg and will cost R1 600 per person (including transport,

accommodation, food and activities)

Payment can be made in a maximum of two equal installments; the

first half (R800) by 13 March 2017 and the second (R800) by 22

May 2017. Please note that no learner will be allowed to attend this

course unless payment has been made in full by 22 May 2017 and has

submitted a signed Consent and Indemnity form.

2017 HONOURS EVENING

Congratulations to all the award recipients at our Honours

Evening held on the 31st January 2017. Your excellence is a

standard we are extremely proud of.

Tshedza Mashamba receiving the English Junior Original Prose Award

which is awarded to the best junior writer in English based on ability in

both creative and formal writing.

Paulus de Bruyn and Chloe Smith were awarded the Grade 11 Dux by

the Old Hyde’s Association for achieving the highest aggregate, with at

least three distinctions at the end of their Grade 11 year.

FROM THE SPORTS DESK :

Welcome to Ms Y Swanepoel who has joined Hyde Park High in

the sports department and is already making a difference in

assisting in this very important area of the school.

Chess

Chess matches have begun and our school is doing very well in

the league. Cricket Hyde Park High School is fortunate to have a highly qualified cricket

coach who is now a member of our staff and we look forward to growth

and strength within this sport in the season ahead. Mr M Coetzee comes

with a wealth of cricket knowledge as well as currently playing

professional provincial first class cricket – watch out for him on TV. We

welcome Mr Coetzee into this important role.

Junior practice : Cricket requires lots of team spirit!

The 1st Team have played a few matches and beat Crawford

College Sandton with Crawford being bowled out for 51 runs.

Water Polo

The water polo season started with a camp held here at the school.

There are many promising junior players who are showing great

talent. The future of water polo looks bright.

Tennis

Our tennis boys and girls are out on the courts and facing some tough

challenges. We hope for a great senior season and look forward to the

growth coming through in the juniors. Congratulations to Chao-Hong Peng

and Savik Misra who won their doubles match vs Randburg Hoërskool.

Table Tennis

The Table Tennis practice season has begun. We are one of the strongest

schools in our league and are confident that we will succeed in remaining

at the top of the log this year. We look forward to our coming matches.

Winter pre-season sports

Pre-season winter sports: rugby, hockey and netball start training next

week and many players are using pre-season to improve their skills and

general fitness. All pre-season training is on the School Communicator.

SPECIAL NOTE : In case of cancellations of training or matches, please

check on the School Communicator.

Swimming

Paige Carter giving her all at the Randpark High Gala

Swimming has had a busy season and while the competition at galas is

very strong, some of our swimmers have excelled in their events. Our

swimmers were up against very strong competition at the gala held at

Randpark High on 16 February 2017 and we are proud of all our

swimmers for their sterling effort.

Hyde Park High swimmers at the recent Maragon Gala

Midmar Mile Swim

Aimy Main, Paige Carter and Payge Stafylarakis all smiles

after completing their Midmar swim

We had several Hyde Park High swimmers attend the Midmar open

water swimming competition with some experiencing this event for the

first time. Well done to all who completed the Midmar swim.

VALENTINE’S DAY FUN

Grade 11 Public Speaking

The Hyde Park High Public Speaking team spoke at Hyde

Park recently in the annual Public Speaking Festival run by

the South African College of Speech and Drama Teachers.

Congratulations to Danika Chetty, Tshedza Mashamba,

Daniella Ferro and Naonga Phiri who received a B+.

HYDE PARK PUPILS CARE

The SA National Blood organization came to school on the

17th February and our pupils and staff volunteered to donate

blood.

Been there…. Got the plaster!

We save lives!

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