Prep Patter # 1 2012

PREP PATTER

DPHS NEWS AND RESULTS

BULLETIN 01: WEDNESDAY 11 JANUARY 2012

To all

Parents, Old Boys and Members of the Prep Community

FROM THE HEADMASTER

The school’s most important and pleasing duty in this first 2012 edition of Prep Patter is to welcome every DPHS boy and his family back to school today for the new school year. The school extends a proud and very special welcome to all our new boys and new members of staff.

Rod Smith in the Mercury today writes about superhuman powers and the importance of the power to imagine and visualise new horizons and reach beyond, towards new goals. He encourages us, ‘to think great thoughts into daily actions and then watch them come into being’. May every DPHS boy and every member of staff dare to dream this year and realize their personal and professional goals!

During the holidays my wife, Lyn and I stood in the middle of Zermatt, a picturesque small village on the border of Switzerland and Italy and looked in awe at one of the tallest peaks in the Alps - a mountain called the Matterhorn. Every year more than 2000 people, professional and amateur, attempt to climb the 4500m to the top of the mountain. Each of the four and very steep faces of the Matterhorn offers different degrees of difficulty and whilst most surfaces are naked rock in some places there are fixed ladders. This is one of the most dangerous mountain peaks to climb in the world! The Matterhorn and the weather gods have no favourites and persons attempting an ascent must rely on their own preparation, strategy, skill, knowledge, strength and tenacity. When I spoke to the boys at assembly this morning about their dreams and expectation for 2012, I could see on so many of the faces the resolve and keen anticipation to enjoy the challenge of their 2012 school year. Each and every DPHS boy will experience the exhilaration of the climb this year and the enjoyment and reward of summiting his personal Matterhorn, no matter how high or how difficult. I have learnt that Prep folk dare to dream and reach beyond! If you know of a South African who has climbed the Matterhorn in Switzerland I would like to invite them to come to a DPHS school assembly to prove the reality of dreams! 

This year we welcome new arrivals on the staff team:

Elizabeth McGregor in Grade 1

Melanie Fletcher in Grade 4

Shaun Ferreira in Grade 6

Brittany van der Vyver as a Teacher Assistant at the Reception Unit

We are confident that they will come to enjoy a most rewarding time as members of the DPHS staff team.

The first full Prep Patter will be emailed next week with details of forthcoming events, achievements and congratulations as well as snippets of news. Please encourage friends and family to subscribe to the Prep Patter. This can be done by sending an email to linda@dphs.co.zawith the request to be added to the mailing list. The Prep Patter is particularly useful in terms of informing parents regarding the most current details of the Prep calendar

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Newsletter Document: 

PREP PATTER BULLETIN 1.docx