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Mid Year
Sport Update
By Ms.
Tarryn
Macaskill
(Head of
Sport) |
This term
has been
filled with
sport. The
fields and
courts have
a constant
buzzing
around them
every day of
the week,
with up to
four days of
the week
having games
played. We
have hosted
many schools
and have had
great
success. We
won all
games in our
netball
league, even
though the
girls had
very little
practice
time as they
were always
playing
matches. The
hockey team
drew one
match and
then won the
rest of
their
matches in
their
leagues. The
girls have
improved in
all their
relevant
sports and
the fitness
levels are
increasing.
The derby
days against
Brescia
House and
Parktown
Girls have
been great
fun as well
as excellent
competition
for our
girls. The
National All
Girls
Festival was
a great
success and
the girls
loved it. We
have built
relationships
with a
number of
schools,
which have
ensured that
we have had
friendly
matches for
our teams.
Netball:
The netball
players had
D7 trials,
then
Sedibeng
trials, then
GSS round
one trials,
and then GSS
round two
trials.
These were
all on
different
days for
different
age groups.
So many
girls made
it to the
GSS rounds
this year,
with Zimkita
Mpumpula and
Anitah
Ndhlovu
making it to
the final
rounds off
GSS. Zimkita
Mpumpula was
awarded her
Gauteng
South
Schools
Netball
colours
again and
will
represent
her province
at the end
of June.
Hockey:
The hockey
players
played in
their first
trials this
year. Nine
girls made
it through
to the next
round and
did
extremely
well
considering
it was also
their first
time playing
on Astro
Turf. Mr.
Bourquin had
to drop
girls off at
the airport
on the 22nd
May as they
had to miss
the first
part of
their tour
due to their
last rounds
of trials.
This was
definitely
worth it as
Thato Tema
and Vanessa
Subbiah were
awarded
their
Gauteng
South
Schools
Hockey
colours for
the first
time and
will be
representing
their
province in
the first
week of
July.
Touch
Rugby:
Touch Rugby
players were
off to
trials again
this year
and the
competition
has
increased
and become
tough. The
girls played
extremely
well and the
following
were awarded
the Gauteng
Easterns
Colours for
the third
year:
Basisipho
Jack;
Londiwe
Mdluli;
Ndivhuwo
Tshiila;
Remoabetswe
Letlape;
Nandipha
Mbangula;
Tasmiayh
Hoosen;
Mapaseka
Sekgala;
Dulce Mbiza.
Tsholofelo
Tshabalala
was awarded
colours for
the second
year. The
following
have made
the final
training
group:
Kendra-Leigh
van Wyk;
Amanda Nkosi;
Slindokuhle
Nkosi;
Lindokuhle
Nkosi;
Khonzokuhle
Nkosi;
Nonhlanhla
Xaba; Cleo
Jeffries;
Linah Oock;
Kamogelo
Dhlamini;
Sindiswa
Nyingzwayo.
Karate:
The Karate
team members
went to
their first
provincial
trials and
we are
awaiting the
results. The
girls will
be competing
in
competitions
next term,
which will
be great.
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OWLAG
Dance
Company wows
at the Jazz
@ Lincoln
Center |
On the 25th
of April
2012 marked
a
significant
day in the
history of
the Oprah
Winfrey
Leadership
Academy for
Girls. On
this day, we
introduced
to the world
the result
of our
education at
the Academy.
We shared
with the New
York
community
what it
meant to
educate a
woman in the
21st
century. The
months, days
and hours
leading up
to this day
were spent
rehearsing,
organising
and planning
what would
unfold at
the Jazz @
Lincoln
Centre in
New York
City.
The aim of
the event
was to
premiere the
documentary
that would
tell the
story of the
first
graduating
class and
what it
meant to be
part of the
pioneers of
the Academy.
It was a
fund raising
dinner that
was aimed at
sharing the
Academy’s
vision with
the world
and
establishing
a college
gap fund
that would
give every
girl at the
Academy
financial
assistance
in her first
year of
tertiary
education.
With this
event, Ms.
Winfrey
wanted to
share the
manifestation
of her
dream: that
when you
invest in
the
education of
a girl you
invest in a
nation.
The evening
opened with
Ms. Winfrey
greeting her
guests and
introducing
one of the
highlights -
a
performance
by the OWLAG
Dance
Company. It
was an
awe-inspiring
performance
that had the
audience on
the edge of
their seats
and moved
many to
tears. In
addition;
two of our
graduating
seniors,
Sadé
Pietersen
and
Boitumelo
Theepe, gave
poignant
speeches
about their
experience
at the
Academy and
where they
see
themselves
in the years
to come.
The evening
concluded
with Ms.
Winfrey
thanking the
guests for
their
attendance
and leading
them into a
reception
that allowed
us the to
interact
with the
likes of Dr
Oz, Russell
Simmons,
Alicia Keys,
Whoopi
Goldberg and
many more
esteemed
celebrities.
We shared
our
individual
stories, the
story of the
school and
the progress
we have made
as a school
and a
community.
It was truly
a night to
remember.
People often
say, ‘No one
throws a
party like
Oprah
Winfrey.’
And in the
same vein,
it was
discovered
that no one
can burn
down the
dance floor
like the
OWLAG
students!
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The
Class of
2011 Shines
Bright |
The Class of
2011 have
exceeded our
expectations
in terms of
National
Senior
Certificate
exam results
released
recently. 72
girls
achieved a
100% pass
rate with
188
distinctions
among them.
Gabisile
Kgwedi
achieved 7
distinctions
from 9
subjects,
five girls
gained 6
distinctions,
nine gained
5 and a
further 7
gained 4.
71
candidates
achieved a
60% average
or more. 24
girls
achieved an
average of
over 75%, a
further 13
over 80% and
finally 6
over 85%; a
truly
remarkable
achievement.
We are proud
to introduce
our shining
stars:
| 4 Distinctions |
5 Distinctions |
6 Distinctions |
7 Distinctions |
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Shugane Chocho
Bongekile Mncube
Nonsikelelo Mnguni
Nombuso Mnguni
Takalani Mogidi
Mbali Nhanchengo
Megan Pietersen
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Noxolo Dyaluvane
Ntombi Gontyeleni
Marwiya James
Mashadi Kekana
Nothando Kunene
Charlene Mihi
Inaminkosi Ncapayi
Debra Ngcobo
Livhuwani Rapalalani |
Debbie Dlomo
Sinethemba Mbatha
Tabitha Ramotwala
Magnolia van Wyk
Bongeka Zuma
|
Gabisile Kgwedi |
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The
following
students
achieved
a
remarkable
average
of
80%
and
above:
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| Over 85% |
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Over 80% |
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Mashadi Kekana
Gabisile Kgwedi
Nothando Kunene
Magnolia van Wyk
Bongeka Zuma
Tabitha Ramotwala
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86%
85%
86%
87%
88%
85% |
Debra Ngcobo
Shugane Chocho
Debbie Dlomo
Ntombikayise Gontyeleni
Marwiya James
Sinethemba Mbatha
Charlene Mihi
Nomcebo Mngomezulu
Nombuso Mnguni
Livhuwani Rapalalani
Inaminkosi Ncapayi
Bongekile Mncube
Noxolo Dyaluvane |
81%
80%
82%
83%
81%
83%
81%
81%
80%
84%
83%
81%
84% |
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High
Flyers are
off to the
USA |
Seven
delighted OWLAG
students
have been
accepted to
four
liberal arts
colleges in
the US. We
are proud to
publish the
names of the
successful
students:
Thando Dlomo
and Mpumi
Nobiva –
Johnson C.
Smith in
Charlotte,
North
Carolina
Debra Ngcobo,
Bongeka Zuma
and
Livhuwani
Rapalani –
Spelman
College in
Atlanta,
Georgia
Mashadi
Kekana –
Wellesley
College in
Wellesley,
Massachusetts
Tabitha
Ramotwala -
Mt. Holyoke
College,
South
Hadley,
Massachusetts
We wish them
all the very
best for the
future.
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