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Knysna 2016 Matric Results Rollercoaster

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The good 2016 Matric results news for 3 Knysna schools is dampened by the drop in two others. Concordia High School’s situation is alarming.This is after 28 subjects had their results questionably adjusted upwards by Umalusi, South Africa’s education quality control board. 55.1% – Concordia High School (vs 68.2% pass rate in 2016 – dropped 13.1%) 78.1% – Percy Mdala High School (vs 86.8% pass rate in 2016 – dropped 8.7%) 86.6% – Knysna Secondary School (vs 79.5% pass rate in 2016 – up 7.1%) 100% – Knysna High School … Read the full article…

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Oakhill School’s 2016 Matric Results Excite!

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Oakhill School’s 2016 Matric results boast 96% of students gaining university exemptions. The class of 2016 gained 49 distinctions. MASSIVE congratulations to these super-achievers: 6 distinctions – Louis Maarsingh 5 distinctions – Jessica Gebhard 5 distinctions – Nicolas Reid 3 distinctions – Caira Bayman 3 distinctions – Amy Lupton

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Cover Me includes Maya-Rose Torrao

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I’m a fan of Cover Me, an online music zine based in the USA that points me at tributes. Cover songs not only show appreciation for musical heroes but ensure that their music reaches new generations. I was super pleased to find Knysna’s Maya-Rose Torrao included in their latest article which featured The Decemberists’ album, The Crane Wife. Maya-Rose had covered their ‘Summersong’. I’ve never met Maya-Rose but interviewed her via email after she did well in the 2012 De Beers English Olympiad. She was a student of Oakhill School then. … Read the full article…

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Comedian Rob van Vuuren in Knysna – June 27/28

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“Rob van Vuuren became a comedian by mistake while he was trying to be an actor. It was bound to happen though, if you consider his shortness to awesomeness ratio multiplied by his genius and augmented by the fact that he is a bit of a dick. All the fun at Oakhill School on June 27 & 28 2014.

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Knysna Students help River Action Project

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Two rivers run alongside Oakhill School and down, and past, Stepping Stones into the Knysna Estuary. Grades 7 and 10 students have identified testing sites and are having the water professionally tested to identify pollution levels. Graeme Barnhoorn, of Sassenheim Estate, informed the schools about Effective Microorganisms which naturally treat pollution in rivers. The students were shown how to make the mud balls using EM liquid, pine bark and Oakhill clay. After 10 days, after the micro-organisms have multiplied, the balls were inserted into polluted areas. Follow-up tests will be … Read the full article…

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Knysna Schools Website Project

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We believe in education and awareness as fundamental connections to community happiness and financial freedom. www.KnysnaSchools.co.za aims to list all our educative bodies as most of our town is unaware that most exist. It hasn’t been a simple process as the municipality never had a list and were unhelpful. Some of the schools, despite being contacted many times, simply never send the information we need. Nevertheless, there has been progress and a number of them have been given a free page which includes a description, photo and contact details. Stage … Read the full article…

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Oakhill School Art Exhibition

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Oakhill Students are displaying incredible art until December 24 2012 at Knysna Mall. You can find this enormous gallery on the upper level (go up the steps next door to Mugg & Bean). Open weekdays from 10am to 4pm. Below is a taste…if you mind is wettened, view the full photo gallery at Love Knysna.

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Oakhill Student Wins Big!

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Although the final scores have yet to be announced, Maya-Rose Torrao, a student of Oakhill School in Knysna, has achieved a place in the Top 15 for the 2012 De Beers English Olympiad. It’s a phenomenal feat considering that she competed against 7300 students from across South Africa. It gains her a one year scholarship to Rhodes University and admits her into a special group of students who’ll be chaperoned at the 2012 National Schools’ Festival in Grahamstown in July. It’s there that the rank order will be announced, determining … Read the full article…

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