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Lorraine Srage – principal, King David Linksfield Academic excellence is a journey marked by dedication, perseverance, and a thirst for knowledge. It goes beyond merely earning...
It has become commonplace, especially at this time of year in “results season”, to hear the following declaration and many others like it: “When I was...
Is matric a beginning or an end? Or a middle? It’s all of the above, and most of all, a set of opportunities for immense self-development...
King David High School Linksfield matriculant Ricci Waksman got eight distinctions and made it onto the Independent Examinations Board (IEB) outstanding achievements list by placing within...
“A defining moment of my high school experience was the first day of Grade 8, walking into the hall to put on our blazers for the...
Hirsch Lyons matriculant Sara Fine almost spent more of her matric year ensuring that less-fortunate scholars achieved academic success than she did her own. Fine was...
After a series of misdiagnoses of chronic pain, King David Victory Park matriculant Yocheved Saksenberg was diagnosed in Grade 10 with fibromyalgia, a nerve condition which...
Amit Frankel overcame a battle with mental health in his latter years at King David High School Linksfield to be admitted to studying psychology at the...
King David High School Linksfield matriculant Rachel Miller refused to let her hearing impairment be an obstacle to achieving goals that even she sometimes saw as...
“Hardly anyone can say that they weren’t impacted by missing the first month of matric, and were able to slot right back,” Brocha Lewis, a Cape...
Michaela Saayman went into her matric year at King David High School Linksfield with an overwhelming sense of stress and anxiety. “I had no idea what...
When Ayala Cohen, a top academic student at Hirsch Lyons and a dedicated ballet dancer, tore a ligament in her foot in mid-April of matric in...
Samuel Hertz says being on the leadership teams at Redhill High School helped him to get involved in the community and facilitate things that he wanted...
Saul Fox, a Yeshiva College matriculant, fondly remembers his introduction to high school life – his Grade 6 camp – when they were joined by the...
When Redhill matriculant Joshua Brooking chose to take the rigorous International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme route to matriculation, he did it because he wanted to challenge...
Crawford College (Sandton) matriculant Dina Tchelet was serious about academics, but that didn’t stop her from focusing on playing for Maccabi and interprovincial tennis, as well...
There’s much we can be thankful for in the transformation to a democratic South Africa, but key aspects of our country are still impacted by the...
When Josh Kahn, a Reddam House Bedfordview 2023 matriculant, was ranked tenth academically at the end of his first term of Grade 8, he told himself...
When the late Mike Krost and his best friend, Harry Sack, embarked on a six-month European trip together almost 70 years ago, the idea that their...
The 2022 matriculants had the worst of COVID-19 and they experienced extensive load shedding during their exams, but still they came up trumps. This is what...
Eighteen-year-old Jamie Treger had “the perfect life” until unfathomable tragedy struck twice during her matric year last year causing her to lose both her parents within...
As we share in the euphoria of the matrics of 2022 who have just received their results, the question of the next step begins to appear,...
The class of 2022 faced the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, lockdown, online learning, and Eskom’s load shedding, but it has triumphed, making students more resilient....
In a world where people seem to publish the ins and outs of their entire lives on social media, the question has been raised as to...
For Fay Weldon, the “Greatest advantage of not having children is that one can go on believing that you are a nice person. Once you do...
When talking about the importance of the arts in schools, there’s very little argument as to its value. The majority of teachers and parents will readily...
Yeshiva College Girls High School’s head girl for 2022, Liat Lew, collected multiple distinctions in matric last year, and was an all-round achiever throughout her school...
Torah Academy Girls High School matriculant Rachaeli Hurwitz, who got five distinctions in matric last year, says COVID-19 made being a student leader difficult, especially at...
Being a twin is like being born with your number one fan. So say King David High School Victory Park’s two pairs of twins who collected...
King David High School Victory Park (KDVP) matriculant, Tallin Kaplan, was profoundly affected by his dad’s passing on 22 January last year, but he still managed...
During his matric year at King David High School Linksfield (KDHSL) last year, Joseph Joffe was part of a committee that organised a sandwich initiative called...
Mila Smith may have already established a successful career as a singer and songwriter, but that didn’t stop her from enjoying everything that her matric year...
Herzlia matriculant Nicholas Arelisky may have had an intense matric year, but it didn’t stop him from committing himself to sport including voluntarily coaching the school’s...
Gina Shankman was always afraid she would never matriculate, and Ilan Hodes was ridiculed at school, but they both overcame these setbacks at King David High...
Catching COVID-19 and falling behind with work is something no one wants in their matric year, but Hannah Jantjies overcame this challenge in her final year...
Torah Academy Boys High School matriculant Ariyeh Zetisky commuted from Pretoria to the school in Johannesburg and then back every day during high school, including matric...
Samuel Gawronsky didn’t allow being dyslexic to get in his way of finishing matric earlier than he was meant to. And he did it as well...
Jonathan Hazi won a silver medal for Gauteng in the U19 National Volleyball Games during matric last year, while his fellow 2022 Yeshiva College Boys High...
Last Wednesday, I said goodbye to many people for probably the last time. The realisation that after our matric breakfast, I would never again see some...
Nineteen years ago, a healthy baby girl was born to parents Stephen and Pam Hammerschlag. Everything seemed perfect and blissful, but little did they know that...
