FIRST AID CERTIFICATES FOR MATRIC STUDENTS
Ryan King, the Director of St Michaels Ambulance Service, presented certificates to Gr12 pupils; St John Meadows, Graeme Gibbs and Liam Thresher. These young men successfully completed their First Aid Training Levels 1 – 3 during the holidays. Pictured L-R: Ryan King, St John Meadows, Graeme Gibbs, Liam Thresher and Mr Vincent Luksich.
NONKANYISO AND NYASHA ARE PAIRED UP TO CHEER
Our war cry leader Nonkanyiso Zondi has elected Nyasha Moyo (Gr8) as our school mascot for the year. We look forward to hearing a lot more from these two ladies.
ROCHELLE VAN WYK EARNS SINCLAIR TROPHY FOR TOP IEB CANDIDATE 2017
Rochelle Van Wyk, our Dux for 2017, was awarded the Sinclair Trophy for academic excellence at assembly recently. At Grace College this trophy is awarded to the top achieving pupil in the final IEB matric exams. Rochelle finished with 5 distinctions and our runner to Dux, Carl Brann attained 6 distinctions. For the 15th consecutive […]
HEAD PREFECTS FOR 2018
We look forward to a great year with these young ladies and gentlemen taking up leadership roles at Grace College. Pictured here L-R; Deputy Head Boy Graeme Gibbs, Head Boy Jason Tillett, Head Girl Megan Pluke and Deputy Head Girl Tarryn Plaatjes.
GOLF HONOURS FOR NIKHIL GOPAL
An honours blazer was awarded to Nikhil Gopal in Grade 10 for his excellent golfing achievements. During the year Nikhil has played for a KwaZulu-Natal Golf Union Inter-Provincial Team and the SA Schools Golf Team. L-R: Nikhil Gopal and Vincent Luksich
CHILDREN’S HOME SUPPORTERS AT GRACE COLLEGE
This Grade 11 Mentor group responded to a call from Achieve Careers to collect second hand childrens books for the Pietermaritzburg Children’s Home. They chose to do this instead of buying Christmas gifts for each other. Well done to these young ladies for demonstrating kindness to others. Standing L-R: Paige Schutte, Heather McElhenny, Hannah Watkinson and […]
CHANNELL COMPLETES JUMP CITY STADIUM DASH
Channell Da Rosa in Grade 11 at Grace College participated in the Jump City Stadium Dash with her family in Durban on Saturday, 25 November, in wet rainy conditions. Channell finished in a time of 1:30:54, she was the 118 female finisher out of 379. This fun and challenging event comprises an inner city obstacle […]
NASHUA ACKNOWLEDGES WANDILE MBEKENI AS MOST IMPROVED RUGBY PLAYER
During 2017 Nashua played a valuable role in our school rugby growth through their rugby skills programme which brought two vibrant training session to our sports fields. Our rugby players enjoyed the energy and enthusiasm of the Nashua teams at both events. Wandile Mbekeni in Grade 10 delivered a record breaking catch and pass routine […]
TWO FIRST PLACES FOR CHLOE OLIVIER
Chloe Olivier in Grade 9 competed in the Buffelsbosch Training Show on the weekend, riding Splashy Fen. She took first place for 60cm, first place for 6 bar and clocked the fastest time for 70cm. Thank you to Peter Olivier Photography for the image supplied.
GRADE 10S IN DURBAN
On Friday, 20 October, the Grade 10 Geography class took a trip to Durban for the day. While there, they received a backstage pass for Ushaka and went into the Aquarium. They went to see the Point Road development to learn about urban renewal. The Grade 10s also went to the beach front near the […]
