Headmaster Welcome Note:
Welcome to Sutherland High School, the College of Excellence, where it is our Vision to develop our pupils to reach their full potential. We believe that we have something special to offer our community and strive to become a meaningful force in our greater society. Mediocrity is not acceptable to us and we seek to employ and develop the best staff to teach your children. We invite you to become part of our winning team and share our culture of success. By hard work and dedication each and every day, all becomes possible.
LATEST NEWS SCOOP:
We are fully into the Winter Sport season, and the hype and vibe is ready for the big game this weekend against Boys High. The programme is on the Newsletter tab, so come and support the boys as they play their biggest game this season.
We have had our U16 Festival where we hosted a large amount of schools from all over South Africa, as well as Windhoek. Congratulations to the teams that played at our Festival as well as all the other festivals this past weekends, results will be available on the Sports page. Come and join us and watch the spectacular display of young talent around.
As the school enters the count down of just over a month till the start of the USA Technology Tour, excitement is growing and we wish the all the best.
Exams are around the corner, less than a month to go, and the Exam Booklets per grade are on the website for your child to download, so that the learners can start preparing for the June Exams. They are on the Newsletter tab, as well as at the bottom of the Academic Page. A FINAL timetable is now on the Newsletter tab as well. Keep an eye on the Academic page for any tips, and Past papers are available at the library, so they can have some practice to ensure your child is well prepared.
We have many charity drives and projects on the go, from Blanket Drives to Soup Kitchen's, so we encourage the learners to get involved where possible. For more information the learners can ask the Project RCL's in their classes for further information.
We have finally heard back from Guinness® and we are proud to say that we have officially broken the Guinness World Record® and now have the new record standing at 711 people solving the Rubik's cube in an hour, and will be in the 2013 Guinness World Book of Records®! Well done Suthies and Miss L Harrison for this great achievement!
We have had a busy Cultural time already and have had the Redenaars attend the ATKV competitions and have had 12 of them go through to the Provincial round, good luck and well done! Do us proud!
We also have our debaters busy with their competitions and holding the Suthies name up high! Keep up the good work guys.
We have had our annual Mr. Sutherland, and this year the competition was high. We are proud to announce our newly crowned Mr. Sutherland, Dante Pieterse, Mr. Photogenic is Justin Abouchabki, and Mr. Personality is Gregory Cole.
Congrats to all the winners, and may your reign in 2012 be a worthwhile experience.
Good luck for the upcoming Winter Sports season, we are back in the leagues this year so go and get them Suthies! For all the derby days and league fixtures visit the Sports Page, as well as the calendar, which will tell you when and where these games will be played.
PAST EVENTS:
On Tuesday 28th February we attended B Bond athletics meeting at LC de Villiers and we came out tops with the Spirit Trophy, well done to the singers who did us very proud on the stands!! The athletes held their own and finished 5th overall, being the only English school left in the B Bond. Well done to the athletes and coaches for the season and here is hoping next year will be an even better one!
On Wednesday 22nd February we attended PEMSHAA and a big congratulations to the athletes who took home the trophy's for the Boys, Girls and Overall team winners.
Congratulations to the mountain bikers for their prestigious achievement of being ranked 5th Nationally in the league, and in the Mixed Group category (boys and girls) we were placed 3rd overall! This is an awesome achievement, especially as it is our first year in this sport. Here's to many cycling years and better achievements to come in the future.
YEAR PLANNER:
The year planner at the top left of the page is updated daily. Please view it to find out what is going on in the school.
COMMUNICATION TOOLS:
D6 Communicator link
This allows you to have a direct link to what is happening at the school. Once you download the link, updated messages will pop up that are sent by the school, which allows us direct communication to you as a parent.
Scadsys Link
Here is the link that allows you as the parent to interact with the school using live information, monitor educational progress, attendance etc. Click on the link and register to be able to use the service.
For any queries or suggestions please contact Mrs. Carol Riddick Carol.Riddick@sutherlandhs.co.za
Please note: We have noticed that there are certain browsers that are having difficulties viewing the webpage and calendar, if you have Internet Explorer or Google Chrome there is no problem, as they seem to be the most compatible with the webpage's software. We have come across some instances where Windows XP does not allow some pages to scroll down, and we are looking into this problem.
SUTHERLAND HIGH SCHOOL CONTACT DETAILS
Phone Number: 012 658 5880/1/2
Fax Number: 012 658 5883
GPS Co-ordinates: S25 50' 28,5" E28 08'36,2"
Physical Address: 1333 Willem Botha Ave, Eldoraigne, Centurion
Postal Address: PO BOX 52227, Wierda Park, 0149