CTHS November Exams Timetable - 20 Oct '16

The November Exams timetable is extracted below.

For a PDF file of the document, click [here].

CTHS Bids Farewell to Gunter Hessler - 26 Aug '16

At midday on Friday 26 August 2016, Cape Town High School held a specal Valedictory Assembly to bid farewell to Mr Gunter Hessler, whose teaching career with the school has spanned more than thirty-nine years. The school, staff and pupils, as well as old friends and former colleagues, met in the Main Hall to await his arrival.  Mrs Ras was the coordinator of ceremonies.

Mr Hessler's arrival was receded by a praise singer and team of dancing students, and he was escorted to his place of honour up on the stage.

Mr Cloete, CTHS Principal, welcomed Mr Hessler, guests, staff and learners to the event. The School Choir then sang a song of welcome and praise in Mr Hessler's honour. He was then feted by two more praise singers in traditional attire, and swathed in a handsome blanket and traditional Sotho hat. Two young learners then sang a beautiful song for him.

Mr Mandla Sibanda the delivered a moving farewell speech to Mr Hessler. This was followed by a rousing gumboot dance by a team of four young male learners, and a touching speech of remembrance by a young female learner representing the GET and FET phases. The School Choir then sang another song for Mr Hessler.

There then followed a speech by union representative, Mr H Abrahams, in celebration of Mr Hessler's activities as part of his teaching union. This was followed by another song by the School Choir, where they came up and danced across the stage and back to their seats again.

Finally it was time Mr Mr Hessler to stand and deliver his own farewell speech from the podium, which he did most eloquently. This was responded to by Ms Liesel van Egeren who delivered a vote of thanks.

The Ceremony ended with the school standing and Mr Hessler being escorted by colleagues out of the School Hall to the applause of all.

Outside, a group photograph was taken in the courtyard, and staff and colleagues were treated to a delicious luncheon thereafter.

We wish Mr Hessler all of the best for his well-earned retirement, and hope he maintains contact with the school for which he has contributed the larger part of his teaching career. We will certainly miss him!

Mr Hessler and his son before the ceremony begins

The praise singer and dancers precede Mr Hessler's arrival in the Hall

Mr Hessler is escorted in

Mr Cloete welcomes all to the event

The School Choir sings

Mr Hessler is wrapped in a Sotho blanket and give a
traditional Sotho hat to wear

Layla and Iyonla provide a beautiful musical interlude

Mr Sibanda delivers a farewell speech for Mr Hessler

The gumboot dancers in action

Another moving farewell speech by a young learner
representing the GET and FET phases

Mr H Abrahams, union representative delivers his speech

The School Choir in action on the stage

Mr Hessler's farewell speech

Ms van Egeren responds to Mr Hessler's speech with a vote of thanks

Outside in the courtyard a group photo is taken

The delicious farewell banquet afterwards

CTHS Grade 8 Applications For 2017 Closed - Apr '16

Parents and guardians of prospective learners who plan to attend Cape Town High School in 2017 please note the following:

Grade 8 applications for 2017 are closed (as of 18 March 2016) - as per Western Cape Education Department notification.

We will continue with a waiting list for Grades :9, 10 and 11 until 14 May 2016.

Parents must ensure all outstanding documents are forwarded to the School Secretary, Ms Marshall,  urgently.

CTHS Applications for 2017 Closed - 19 Mar '16

Please take note that applications for learners to attend Cape Town High School in 2017 are now closed. The closing date was 18 March 2016.

CTHS Racism Ends With Me Campaign - 18 Mar '16

This morning, Friday 18 March, the principal (Mr Emilton Cloete) and learners from Cape Town High School signed the "Racism Starts With Me, It Can Stop With Me" pledge for Independant Newspapers.

Above: Mr Cloete signs the pledge.

Above: The principal and learners show their commitment to the pledge.

CTHS Applications for 2017 Reminder - 18 Mar '16

This is just a reminder that the Applications Form for new learners who wish to attend Cape Town High School in 2017 must be completed in full and handed to the School's Secretary, Ms H Marshall, no later than 18 March 2016.

The Application Form and Applications Info Sheet are available [here].

CTHS Applications for 2017 Open 1 Mar '16

Applications for new learners to enter Cape Town High School in 2017 will open on the 1st of March 2016.

Please note that Applications for 2017 will close on 18 March 2016.

Please download the single-page Application Information Document, which provides very important information (such as Admission requirements for prospective learners).

To download the relevant document, click on the appropriate [link] below. The document will then open up from Google Drive. You can then download that document to your computer (or print it out) via an icon at the top of that page.

It is available as a PDF document [here] and as an MS-Word document [here].

The Application Form itself is available as a Spreadsheet [here] and as a read-only PDF file [here].

The Application Form must be filled in and returned, with its accompanying documents, to the CTHS School Secretary by the abovementioned deadline.

 

CTHS Award for Academic Performance Improvement - 18 Feb '16

We are proud to announce that on 18 Feb 2016, Cape Town High School received an award from the Western Cape Education Department for the improvement in academic performance of its Grade 9 learners in 2015.

The award is titled:
"Overall Improvement in Academic Performance: Grade 9 Schools
with an enrollment of less than 600 learners
2015 WCED Language and Mathematics Systemic Tests"

This award illustrates how Cape Town High is moving steadily to its goal to become a centre of excellence in those relevant subjects.

On behalf of Cape Town High, Principal. Mr E. M. Cloete accepted the award from Ms Penny Vinjefold
(Head of Education, Western Cape) and Ms Debbie Schaffer (MEC of Education, Western Cape) at a presentation recently.

Heartiest congratulations to the learners who wrote the tests, and to the Mathematics educators who took them for the subject.

Above: Mr E. M. Cloete receives the Award on behalf of CTHS, for
Grade 9 Systemic Tests in Mathematics and English, from Ms Penny Vinjefold
(Head of Education, Western Cape) and Ms Debbie Schaffer
(MEC of Education, Western Cape)

Above: The Award Certificate

CTHS Upgrades of School Facilities - 18 Feb '16

Following decisions made by the principal and SGB last year, Cape Town High School is renovating and upgrading its infrastructure and facilities, An amount of R4 million has been budgeted. This includes necessary repair work, repainting the class rooms, improvements to the main School Hall (including new curtains) and improved audiovisual facilities.

This work, which began towards the end of 2015, will continue into the new year as part of the ongoing upgrade of our school and its facilities.