Christel House

YOUNG ENTREPRENEUR DREAMS BIG

Christel House SA students are taught to dream big and think creatively from a young age and one student, Timia L, (Grade 7) from Manenberg has done just that. The young entrepreneur runs a small biscuit baking business with her grandmother and has dreams of opening a bakery and travelling.

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PROUD HOSTS OF THE WORLD ROBOT OLYMPIAD PROVINCIAL EVENT

We are proud to announce that our school is the official host of the World Robot Olympiad (WRO) SA 2022 Western Cape Provincial competition, which will take place on Saturday, 13 August. The WRO Western Cape organising committee announced our school as the hosts at the WRO SA Western Cape Season Launch information evening, which took place in March.

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ALEX ST JOHN RUNS MARATHON DES SABLES FOR CHRISTEL HOUSE SA

Avid runner and one of our longtime friends, Alex St John, ran and completed the grueling Marathon des Sables in the Sahara Desert in April to raise funds for our school. The race spans a total of 251 km to be completed over six days in some of the toughest running conditions in the world.

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A RECIPE FOR SUCCESS

The Perse School, a top-performing independent school in Cambridge, England, has launched a global cookbook project in partnership with Christel House. The cookbook includes recipes and stories from students from around the world, including The Perse School and Christel House’s schools in South Africa, USA, India and Mexico.

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TEACHER LEADS THE CHARGE IN DEVELOPING NATIONAL RESOURCES

Mr. Habiel Adams, our Economics and Business Studies teacher, has been involved with various projects to develop quality Business Studies and Economics resources for students and teachers. He recently authored a Grade 11 Business Studies textbook by a private publisher and has also been involved as a lead author in a major digitization textbook project by the Department of Basic Education.

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PREPARING STUDENTS FOR THE WORLD OF WORK

Our school recently hosted our 4^th annual Speed Interview event where human resource (HR) professionals from our donor companies conducted mock job interviews with our school’s Grade 12 students. The aim of the event was to help prepare students for the world of work by creating a real-world interview scenario with an experienced professional.