Emma Walker (Grade 8) recently qualified for the Junior Ladies figure skating section where she will be required to compete for the 2020/2021 season (1 July 2020 – 30 June 2021)

She is the 2018 Pre-Novice National Champion and the current (2019) Western Province Novice Champion.

Having attained the required score for international selection, Emma will be competing in the Advanced Novice section at the Open d’Andorra (https://www.faeg.ad/noticia/open-dandorra-2019) in Canillo, Andorra from 20-24 November 2019.

By attending this event, Emma will be eligible to receive her National Colours at the official draw ceremony for the 2020 SA National Championships.

In addition to training 6 days a week, Emma also enjoys teaching basic skating to the general public as part of the Back 2 Basics course at the Ice Station.

Well done Emma.

Our very own Zoe Prinsloo (grade 11) has been featured on National Geographic Kids website as one of their eco heroes!

Zoë was one of 500 young people picked out of 7 000 nominated to attend the UN’s Youth Climate Summit in September. “Seeing Greta Thunberg in person… listening to her speak… priceless!” she says about the experience. She also took part in the global climate strike in New York on Friday 20 September where she, together with over 4 million youth and adults from around the world, made their voices heard. Zoë started her own eco-friendly product distribution business, Save a Fishie, in 2018. She runs regular beach clean-ups at Milnerton Lagoon and is always looking for more ways to make a difference – such as spending ten days in Mozambique volunteering with Operation Smile in July.

The EHS Interact society spent their afternoon cleaning up Milnerton Lagoon Beach. It was great to have so many families involved and joining the societies efforts to clean up the beach.

Congratulations to the Junior Clubs and Society Award winners.

Best junior Chess player : David de Wet
Most Promising Junior Debator : Xivono Chabalala
Most Promising Junior Photographer : Ilan Hassall
Junior Public Speaking : Xivono Chabalala
Creative writing, Prose : Sonja Paulsen
English Poetry Award : Dayna Field
Junior Afrikaans Kreatiewe Skryf : Megan Smeda
Junior Afrikaans Gedigte : Isabella di Leva

Zoe Prinsloo (grade 11) participated in the Eden Festival of Action, where she attended multiple workshops and learnt about being an active citizen, what camera trapping is, participated in a beach clean up and contributed to planting 1876 trees.

They also did a biodiversity hike to Salt River and produced eco-brick products.

Our Interact club was recognized with four project recognition awards and received a banner for being the most active Interact club in 2018 from Rotary.

Our Interact club hosted a workshop on teamwork, leadership and project planning. Interact clubs from Protea Heights Academy, Bosmansdam High School and Table View High School attended.