Awarded an Outstanding Achievement for being in
the IEB TOP 5% Nationally (65 pupils)

Ageliki Vidalis, Dux Scholar and SAHETI’s top achiever, with a full house of 10 distinctions:

The top performers in SAHETI High School’s annual inter-house gala  were: Dimitri Yiannoulakis (junior Victor Ludorum), Federica Scalla (junior Victrix Ludorum), Branko Kostic (senior Victor Ludorum) and Stefania Scalla (senior Victrix Ludorum). The winning house was Apollo followed by Hermes in second place, Artemis in third and Athena in fourth.

Top honours went to Markos Mavrikis (Victor Ludorum) and Alexandra Loffstadt (Victrix Ludorum). Alexandra also took the award for the most outstanding achievement in SAHETI Primary School’s annual inter-house swimming gala.

The top achievers at SAHETI Primary School’s annual inter-house athletics meeting were Marco Chu (Victor Ludorum), Natasa Sakota (Victrix Ludorum) and Tatiana Christedis (most outstanding achievement).

A group of SAHETI Grade 12 pupils recently qualified (by achieving an average mark of 80% and above in accounting) to take part in the first round of the national accounting Olympiad, run by the SA Institute of Professional Accountants. Michael Koch, who scored 82% in the first round, qualified for the second round, in which he competed with very pleasing results. Pictured is the group of participants with SAHETI’s accounting teacher Joulia Karamichael: Daniele Vieira, Michael Koch, Veroshin Govender and Nicole Stephanou.

Star designers

SAHETI School pupils once again distinguished themselves in The Star’s annual Design-an-Ad competition held recently, with four pupils making their mark as winners or finalists in the various categories. Alexia Kolatsis was awarded first prize in the Grade 10-12 category for her Pick n Pay advert, while Janina Posadowski won second prize in the Grade 4-5 category with her advert for Spar. Grade 10 pupil Christina Koutroukides and Grade 7 pupil Dino Sotiropoulos were both finalists in their respective categories, with their designs which were selected by the advertisers Lenasia Volkswagen and Roman’s Pizza.  

The competition provides a forum for pupils to use their creative skills in designing material for well-known brands, while exposing them to the competitiveness of the advertising world. Some 18 000 entries were received this year from schools across Gauteng.

A prizegiving function was held at the Balalaika Hotel to honour the winners; in addition, the pupils’ creations appeared in a supplement in The Star together with other top designs by young artists. Alexia and Janina each received an ipod as well as hampers and vouchers as prizes.

SAHETI’s high school choir received a diploma for their concert programme which was performed at the National Eisteddfod Academy 2011. Over 200 SAHETI pupils participated, winning numerous diplomas, gold and silver awards. The event was held at SAHETI over a two week period in September, and featured participants from several schools in the Bedfordview and Edenvale area, who showcased their talents in the performing and creative arts.

SAHETI Grade 4 pupils Christopher Bosman-Jansen and Ben Bert were recently selected to be part of the Johannesburg East Area U/10 cricket side for the 2011 season. They went on to play in the U/10 Gauteng Cricket Festival, where Christopher was named bowler of the tournament.

Prize giving ceremony for SAHETI matrics
SAHETI’s annual matric prize-giving ceremony took place recently, as the last official function involving the class of 2011. A number of academic, cultural and sporting awards were presented to top achievers in the various subjects.  For the first time, the “Honorary Citizen of SAHETI” award was presented, as the highest honour bestowed on a matriculant, for demonstrating commitment and loyalty to the school, respect, high standards and uncompromising values.
At the end of the proceedings, all 49 pupils had a turn to ring the matric bell, a symbolic farewell gesture which has become a popular tradition at this event.

SAHETI matriculants Nicole Stephanou and Eleni Bizos are the joint recipients of the award for having achieved full academic colours in Grade 10, 11 and 12.

Nicole Stephanou received the 2011 Dux Scholar trophy at the school’s annual matric prizegiving function recently. She achieved the top marks in the grade for the preliminary examinations. Nicole was also the recipient of the newly introduced  “Honorary Citizen of SAHETI” award

The top performers at SAHETI High School’s annual inter-house athletics meeting were: Matthew McGurk (senior Victor Ludorum), Michaela Juby (senior Victrix Ludorum), Dimitri Gonatas (junior Victor Ludorum) and Kelly Michelle Bosman-Jansen (junior Victrix Ludorum).

SAHETI celebrated its annual Founders’ Day, marking 38 years since the school opened its doors. The occasion also saw the announcement and induction of the prefect body for 2011/2012. Pictured are Philippos Pouroullis (head boy), Alexia Barbis (head girl), Eugenia Papathanassiu (deputy head girl) and Christopher Stavrou (deputy head boy).

SAHETI Grade 6 pupil Victor Spirou recently participated in the Commonwealth / SA Open Chess Championships held at Emperor’s Palace. After eleven rounds, he was crowned the Commonwealth Under 12 Open Chess Champion for 2011, winning the gold medal.

A total of 326 players participated in the B section of the tournament. This included a number of very strong young players from India, some of whom are sponsored and receive coaching from grandmasters in that country. Victor put up an excellent showing, placing an overall third in the B section, ahead of many of these players. He was also the top South African player in this section.

SAHETI Grade 1 pupil Alexia Joannou has been awarded Central Gauteng colours for acrobatics dance, and has been selected to represent Central Gauteng at the inter provincial acrobatics competition which will be held in Mpumalanga in October.

SAHETI Grade 7 pupil Alexandra Parris has been awarded national colours for karate. She has been selected for the South African under 12 Unison Kata and Individual Kata Karate team that will participate in the International Karate Championships to be held in Australia in July 2011.

Alexandra Parris, who recently earned her Protea colours in karate represented South Africa at the Commonwealth Karate Games in Sydney last month. She won gold in the Unison Kata event and was placed in both the kata and kumite events

SAHETI recently welcomed back past pupil and world renowned artist – Candice Breitz – who matriculated at the school 22 years ago. The former deputy Head Prefect and Dux Scholar holds a BA Fine Arts degree from Wits, an MA in Art History from the University of Chicago and an M Phil from Columbia University. Candice has shown her art on the international scene for many years, and recently solo exhibitions of her work have been hosted by galleries and museums world-wide. Her work has also been acquired for permanent collections of several art museums including the Solomon R Guggenheim Museum in New York. She is currently based in Berlin as Professor of Fine Art at the Braunschweig University of Art and is visiting South Africa to prepare for an exhibit of her work at the Standard Bank Gallery in February 2012.

SAHETI pupils and brothers Nicholas and Mario Neofitou achieved third and second place respectively in the junior category of the 2011 African Sporting Championships for clay target shooting. The boys enjoyed testing their skills against shooters from all over the world who took part in the four-day event held in Paarl, Western Cape recently.

Anthea van den Bergh, a grade nine pupil at SAHETI School, summited Mount Kilimanjaro in April with a group of 11 climbers from South Africa and Australia. The chief guide of the expedition was Sibusiso Vilane (left), the first black African to climb Mount Everest and one of nine local mountaineers who have conquered the ‘Seven Summits’, the highest peaks on the seven continents. Kilimanjaro, at a height of 5895m, is the highest mountain in Africa and lies on the border of Tanzania and Kenia. The climbers experienced spectacular views of the mountain and surrounding areas when snow fell during their approach and before summit night. The group was also fortunate that only a few members experienced mild symptoms of high altitude sickness.

SAHETI Grade 5 pupils Kimon Kokkoris and Ilias Varnavides have been selected to represent the Eastern Local Football Association U11 District side.

Soccer star
Katrina Maguire, a Grade 9 pupil at SAHETI School, was recently selected to play for both the U15 and U17 Rand Central district teams with great success. She captains the U15 side, which was runner-up in the SAFA Johannesburg Tournament, and helped the U17 team to win the Johannesburg Mayoral Cup Tournament.

She also plays for Croesus Ladies, which is placed third in the Sasol league, a women’s semi-professional league. Her team recently played a friendly game against Ghana’s U20 women’s team. In addition,  she plays in a corporate six-a-side league as part of the ACSA ladies’ team which came first in the Interactive Sport League.  Katrina’s dream is to play for one of the professional teams overseas. She would also like to coach young children one day.

SAHETI Grade 4 pupil Alexandros Coutromanos was recently  awarded the Sportsman of the Year award for Judo at the Kano Judo Club. He also received his Gauteng Colours for Judo in the under 39 kg category.