Newsletter MHS | Page 2

PAGE 2 Welcome speech by the Principal—MR TA LANDMAN I am excited and honoured to welcome each and every one of you to the beginning of a new school year at Mafikeng High School. This school year will be a year of setting and reaching attainable goals, working harder and smarter and taking our school and learners achievement to the next level of “GREATNESS”. At Mafikeng High we are dedicated to a learner-centred programme that promotes academic excellence through an enriched, rigorous inter-disciplinary curriculum. As a staff, we are here to support all of you, by any means necessary, to ensure you reach your fullest academic potential. This year, you can look forward to encountering a highly intensive and challenging academic programme that will push you to work beyond your limits. However, I am confident that all of you have the capacity and ability to meet our expectations and the demands of your new classes. Our goal is to ensure that all learners become critical thinkers, active problem-solvers, inquisitive readers, diligent researchers and prolific writers. We do all of this to prepare you for the demands of the real-world so you may become productive citizens, become our future leaders, and contribute and/or give back something positive to the community. I look forward to working with all of you and pushing you to all academic heights. On behalf of the staff of Mafikeng High, I want to again welcome all of you and thank you for being a part of Mafikeng High School community where SUCCESS IS NOT AN OPTION…..BUT AN EXPECTATION. We are truly on the path to GREATNESS. ―Practice as if you are the worst and Perform as if you are the best ― IMPORTANCE OF ATHLETICS IN SCHOOLS: INTERHOUSE ATHLETICS 25 – 26 January 2016 at Goodwill Park The value of athletics in schools is significant and cannot be overlooked. It has a profound impact on individuals, the school as a whole, and on the community. MAFFIE LAND