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Clarendon to host art auction

Clarendon High School for Girls will be hosting a special art auction from Wednesday October 21 to Wednesday November 4. The auction will be raising money for students who experience barriers to their learning. “What that means is any…

OVERCOMING ADVERSITY: From left: PnA Stationers EL brand ambassador and Miss Teenager SA 2020 finalist Sarah-Jayne Johnson, Natalie Hassim, Nathaniel Hassim, Willie Boswell and PnA mascot Penny.                PICTURE: Cameron Kretschmann

PnA EL helps child with dyslexia

ACTOR, Orlando Bloom concisely summed up what it is like to suffer from dyslexia when he said: “One of the greatest struggles for me was that I couldn’t write fast enough for the words, so I would have all these ideas and things that I…

Mixed fortunes for Clarendon derby day

Clarendon High School saw mixed results at their recent derby day against Port Elizabeth-based Collegiate Girls High School. Their netball suffered a major blow, losing 10 of their 12 games. The third team managed to draw 13-13 while the…

Limba off to US event

King William’s Town local Xola-Sisipho Limba is on her way to great heights as her involvement in arts and culture provides her with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to represent SA in the United States later this year. The 18-year-old…

Clarendon nabs national education award

Clarendon High School for Girls was recently honoured at the sixth annual National Education Excellence Awards at Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg when they were placed third in the country for their quintile. Headmaster Julie…

Trust honours top achievers

Non-profit education trust Student Sponsorship Programme (SSP) held their latest graduation ceremony for the class of 2018 at Selborne College last Saturday. The ceremony included SSP students from St Andrew’s College, Diocesan School for…

BRIGHT ACHIEVER: Anesipho Nkonko is attending Clarendon High, thanks to the SSP Trust.Picture: SUPPLIED

NPO gives youth a shot at achieving their goals

STUDENT Sponsorship Programme (SSP) – a non-profit trust – which has been identifying academically deserving pupils from low-income families for almost 20 years, has opened its doors for applications for the next pool of potential…

Clarendon does well at the squash tourney

WELL DONE: Clarendon High School pupils participated in the national inter-provincial squash tournament in Johannesburg recently. The Border Under 14 Squash team consisted of five girls, four of them from Clarendon. They are, from left,…

From left, Taryn and Kelly Emslie. Picture: SUPPLIED

Sisters do EL proud in squash events

LOCAL squash star sisters Taryn and Kelly Emslie have made the East London squash community proud, with Taryn winning the U16 Closed Championship title in Johannesburg and Kelly bagging second in the U13 ranking tournament. Starting out…

CANA ZONE WATERPOLO CHAMPS: Clarendon’s pride, from left, Samantha Kriegisch, coach Delaine Christian and Mika van Veen Picture: SUPPLIED

Waterpolo trio off to Durban

TWO Clarendon High School girls were among five U16 waterpolo players chosen from the Eastern Cape to represent South Africa at the CANA Zone IV Waterpolo Championships in Durban next month. Together with fellow East Londoner and Stirling…

TOP CLASS: Clarendon High School pupil, Lara Patrick (right), in action for the SA U16 squash team in Kuala Lumpur Picture: SUPPLIED

Lara excels for SA in squash

CLARENDON High School pupil Lara Patrick represented South Africa as part of the U16 squash team who toured Malaysia during the holidays. The team travelled to Kuala Lumpur where they took part in the KL Open. Lara was ranked 18th in the…

Clarendon High School for Girls Reunion

Last weekend various Clarendon High School reunion groups were given the chance to reconnect and reminisce their high school days while celebrating the school’s 114th Founder’s day. Below are a few photographs capturing the memorable…

Computer whiz

Congratulations to Donna-Leigh Greyling, left, from Clarendon Girls’ High School, who won a gold award for the first round of the Computer Applications Olympiad. Greyling then competed in the second round of the Olympiad, where she was…

Border squash team crowned SA champs

THE Border girls U16 squash team returned victorious from the South African Schools Squash Interprovincial tournament in Bloemfontein, winning the title of SA champs. The team also had a No1-ranked player at the tournament in Lara…

Clarendon old girl’s handy tips on art

THE Clarendon High School for Girls matric art class were treated to a visit from Clarendon alumni and South African-born conceptual artist Susan Striepe. The artist, who is currently doing her month-long residency at Driftwood Studios…