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PRG's "Slagyster" featured on Kyknet 20/8/2004 It is official: the Paul Roos bands are excellent! One of the most well-known Paul Roos bands, "Slagyster", will be featured on Kyknet on the programme "Kunskafee". Fans could see the video on "Kunskafee" on 15(19:30), 16(10:30) and 17(15:30) August. They did not only shoot two music videos -interesting, in-depth interviews were also conducted with each band member: Herman Kleinhans (guitar, singing), Nel Schoeman (guitar, singing) and Eduard Delport (percussion). The band "Slagyster" was a semi-finalist in die nationwide ATKV Crescendo competition. Youth Leaders' Trip to USA: 29 June - 21 July 2004 3/8/2004 3 Paul Roosers: Gerhard Duvenhage, Anton Duvenhage en Nel Schoeman, het saam met 13 ander tieners op ‘n Christelike Jeugleierstoer gegaan na die VSA. Die groep is saamgestel uit tieners wat gewoonlik optree as kampleiers by Apostel Battery, Llandudno. Die doel van die toer was om meer te leer oor “Camp Ministry” by Hume Lake Christian Camps. Na ongeveer ‘n dag en ‘n half op ‘n vliegtuig tussen Kaapstad en Los Angeles, het ons toer afgeskop met ‘n dag en ‘n half in Disneyland. Ons het al die Disney karakters van ons kinderdae ontmoet, wonderlike ‘rides’ belewe en ‘n GREAT tyd gehad. Die volgende dag is ons na Universal Studios in Hollywood toe. Daar het ons gesien hoe hulle die films maak en hoe ons eintlik ‘n rat voor die oë gedraai word met agtergronde wat so “regtig” lyk in die films. Die 3D (en selfs sommige 4D) teaters het ons op die punte van ons stoele laat sit.

Daarna is ons San Fransisco toe, waar ons vir twee aande in ‘n kerk geslaap het en al die plekke besoek het wat ons al in die flieks gesien het soos China Town, Golden Gate brug en Alcatraz. In Santa Cruz het ons op die Boardwalk baljaar en bietjie in die Stille oseaan geswem. Orals was net Amerikaanse vlae, soos ons nader aan “Independence Day” gekom het. Die aand van die 4de Julie ( Independence Day ) het ons ‘n groot vuurwerkvertoning bygewoon op Pier 39 in San Fransisco. Dit was nie so suksesvol nie a.g.v digte mis! Daarna is ons toe Fresno toe, waar ons 4 aande by gaste ouers deurgebring het. Daar het ons goed gekoop by die fabriekswinkels vir baie goedkoop, en het ook ‘n dag by “Wild Waters” (die naam sê alles) deurgebring. Een dag het ons ook in die berge opgery en Yosemite Park besoek. PRAGTIG! Op 9 Julie het ons (baie opgewonde) na “Hume Lake Christian Camps” vertrek! Dit was die eintlike rede van ons toer. Ons het 10 dae by Hume Lake deurgebring – dit was die beste 10 dae van my lewe. Net te kort! Hume Lake Christian Camps is ‘n massiewe kampterrein op ‘n berg, langs die Hume meer. Daar word nou “Summer Camps” gehou, waar daar elke week sowat 2000 kinders deur die kamp gaan. Daar is 3 verskillende kampe: Wagon Train vir 9-11 jariges, Meadow Ranch (12-14j) en Panderoza (15-18j). Ons het die meeste van ons tyd by die Panderoza kamp deurgebring, maar was deel van al die kampe. Ons het baie nuwe aktiwiteite gesien en beleef en ook baie fantastiese goed geleer – en ‘awesome’ mense ontmoet . Vir ons almal was dit ‘n wonderlike geestelike ervaring; en die hele toer was ongelooflik lekker!

Bridge building 2004 14/5/2004 On 21 March three grade 12 learners from Paul Roos took part in the civil engineering bridge building competition that is being organised every year at the “Canal Walk” centre in Cape Town. The three participants were August Carstens, Philip Gous and Pieter Schoenees. 28 Western Cape schools were represented. Main sponsor of the event is ASLA Building Construction. Each school had the same material available: wooden blocks, glue and rope. The teams had five hours in which to plan and construct the bridge. The PRG team members were elected after several trial sessions at school - which meant that they were well prepared for the challenge. The bridge that Paul Roos constructed weighed a meagre 308g and could carry a massive weight of a 110kg. This formidable achievement gave PRG a 14th overall place. The winning bridge carried an incredible 325kg, a new South African record. PRG Mathematicians 23/4/2004 Ralf Kistner is one of only 16 high school learners in South Africa who were invited to attend a Mathematics camp / workshop in Grahamstown.

The camp took place from 4 to 9 April at Rhodes University and 2 teams of school mathematicians will be announced in May to represent SA internationally. Participants worked between 8 to 10 hours every day, solving the most challenging mathematical problems. And that excludes time spent on self-study! This picture was taken after the Harmony Gold Maths Olympiad with Ralf (right) and Adriaan Odendal(left). Ralf was one of the top ten juniors (grades 8 and 9) and Adriaan one of the best 100 seniors (grades 10 to 12)in this competition. New Sponsorship for First Hockey Side 30/4/2004 PRG's u/19A hockey side Back left to right: Christopher Baker, Harold Brettenny, Kenneth Brettenny, Jacques le Roux Middle left to right: Johan Vermeulen, Simon van Helsdingen, Rudy Lombard, Barry van Niekerk, Luan Reineck, Shaun McIntyre, Murray Terwin Front from left to right: Paul Jordaan, Mr Steyn (team manager), Mr A Strydom (sponsor from Carinus Strydom Financial Services), Mr CW de Jager (PRG Rector), Jacques Loubser (captain)

New sponsorship for PRG's First Hockey Team: Mr Anton Strydom from Carinus Strydom Financial Services hands Mr Jock de Jager the sponsorship checque with Mr Willem Steyn (manager, on the far right) and Jacques Loubser (captain the far left) looking on. Cape Epic Biketour 19/4/2004 The internationally acclaimed Cape Epic bicycle tour used Paul Roos' sport grounds as one of the camp sites in the event. The Tour consists of 887km of cycling through some of the most scenic parts of our country. Pinkbike.com described the tour as having "the potential to become one of the best mountain bike races in the world" From the Cape Epic website: An action-packed Stellenbosch stage! Day seven of the inaugural Magical and Untamed African Mountain Bike race brought once again a change in route and landscape. The action-packed stage contained some stunning scenic climbs and the original downhill course of the 1997 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in Stellenbosch. For Downhill World Champion Greg Minnaar, who rode all the way from Knysna to the Winelands despite sore knees, it felt like coming home. “The last few days have been really hard, but today my knee was much better and I enjoyed the stage since it was a lot more technical – in fact I think it was the best stage so far. Blasting down the ’97 downhill course brought back old memories. Over here I started my downhill career.” 'n Few photos of the group on our school grounds: Text: N. Joubert Photos: A. Conradie Exchange visit: St.-Canisius at PRG 2/3/2004 A group of 19 Dutch learners, 3 teachers and the rector Dr. Gerhard Lohuis from St.-Canisius Gymnasium in Almelo are currently visiting Paul Roos Gymnasium. They arrived on Monday 23 February. This academic exchange visit takes place in answer to the Paul Roos exchange visit to Almelo in April 2003. The programme for the duration of their stay is as follows:

DUTCH EXCHANGE VISIT PROGRAMME 2004 Son 22/2 Vertrek vanaf Amsterdam Mon 23/2 8:00 Bus leaves from Paul Roos for airport. 10:00 Back at Paul Roos. Official reception by Mr de Jager. Attend 4th and 5th periods. 13:00 Leave for town. 14:30 Guided walk through historic centre of Stellenbosch. FETCHED BY HOST FAMILIES BETWEEN 15:45 and 16:15 Dins 24/2 8:00 Bus vertrek na Kaapstad. Staptog teen Tafelberg uit, af met kabelkar. 16:00 Terug as ondersteuners vir atletiekbyeenkoms op Coetzenburg Wed 25/2 8:00 Attend classes + do prepared presentations – first 4 periods 12:00 Half day excursion to Paarl Language Monument 15:00 Cellar tour and wine tasting at KWV 17:00 Back at school.

Don 26/2 8:00 Vertrek dag uitstappie: Simonstad half-edelsteen slypery, Penguin kolonie van Boulder Beach, Kaappunt Natuurreservaat 17:00 terug by Paul Roos Fri 27/2 8:00 Attend 2 lessons. Presentations 11:00 Leave for Cape Town, Waterfront 13:00 Visit to Robben Island. 18:00 Back at Paul Roos

Mon 01/03 8:00 Official Assembly. For more information and photo's, the website address of Canisius is: www.canisius.nl New Old Boys' Office! 1/3/2004 Matric 2003: Subject Achievements 1/3/2004 The following subject achievements by Paul Roos matriculants in the 2003 examination deserve special praise: Philip Perold - Joint first in Western Cape in Mathematics HG (100%) AM de Jager - Firts Western Cape in Accounting HG (99,5%) Third in Western Cape in Science HG (97%) Masonwabe Soko - First in Western Cape in isiXhosa Second Language (93%) Phil Conradie - Third in Western Cape in Technical Drawing (96%) Louw-Waldi Vlok - First in Western Cape in Speech and Drama (96%)

Matric Results 2003 - a record 26/1/2004 Hear ye, hear ye 1. PRG altyd beter / PRG always better 1.1 4 pupils; Harri Kemp (111%), AM de Jager (107%), Jan Botha (105%) and Pieter Müller (105%) attained the first, seventh, seventeenth and twentieth places in the Western Cape Senior Certificate. Harri's performance implies that he lost 64 marks in total, therefore an average of 10,7 marks per subject! 1.2 62 leerders behaal A-gemiddeldes, wat uit 'n totaal van 215 kandidate, 29% (3 persentasiepunte meer as in 2002) verteenwoordig. 1.3 Die persentasieverspreiding is as volg: % Number of pupils % of class 30 - 40%: 2 1% 40 - 50%: 18 8% 50 - 60%: 36 17% 60 - 70%: 49 23% 70 - 80%: 48 22% 80 - 90%: 32 15% 90 - 100%: 22 10% 100% +: 8 4% 74% van die klas behaal meriete-toekennings (die ou eersteklas of 60%+). 1.4 200 of the class of 215 gains matriculation exemption - a record 93%. 1.5 No failures. 1.6 302 vak A's (23%) word behaal. Duits 8 uit 16 (50%), Rekeningkunde HG 40 uit 81 (49%) en Wiskunde HG 41 uit 96 (43%) 2. A-kandidate / A-candidates (averages are not exact) Harri Kemp (111%) AM de Jager (107%) Johann Botha (89%) Jan Botha (105%) Albert van Niekerk (89%) Pieter Müller (105%) Hugo van den Heever (s.v. AJ) (89%) Philip Perold (103%) Jappas Mocke (89%) Nils von Delft (103%) Pieter-Louis Myburgh (89%) Louw-Waldi Vlok (101%) Timothy Harrison (88%) Izak Visser (101%) Christiaan Binneman (88%) Phil Conradie (99%) Christi Augustyn (88%) Carl Hörstmann (96%) Tinus de Wet (87%) Daniel Barnard (95%) Hans van Zyl (87%) Donovan Jordaan (95%) Nicholas le Maitre (87%) Paul Kim (95%) Jean-Pierre Nunes (85%) Francois Malan (95%) Neil Immelman (85%) Hugo van den Heever (s.v. HAH) (95%) Jacques Maritz (85%) Joubert Horn (95%) Hendrik Nieuwoudt ((85%) Marcu Knoesen (95%) Jean-Pierre Louw (85%)

Anthonie Badenhorst (95%) Stephanus Rossouw (85%) Duran Heneke (94%) Harry Nowers (84%) Martijn van der Merwe (94%) Rupert Schultz (83%) Frans Botha (94%) Philip van Niekerk (83%) HJ Strauss (93%) Nico Lombard (83%) Justin Smith (92%) Jacques du Plessis (82%) Johan Bruwer (92%) Johannes Fourie (82%) Johannes Knoetze (92%) Jandro Paxton (82%) Dan Hugo (92%) Cobus Adriaanse (82%) Neil le Roux (92%) Pieter Coetzee (82%) Thomas Hugo (91%) Schalk Pienaar (81%) Schoombee Erasmus (91%) Phillip Coetzee (81%) Freddie le Roux (90%) Carl Luwes (81%) Eugene Joubert (89%) Rupert van der Merwe (80%) Jacobus van der Merwe (80%) 3. Toekennings vir Uitnemendheid / Awards for Excellence These awards are made to schools which in the past three years attained: o Pass rate of 95% (PRG 100%) o MV's bo 70% (PRG 93%) o Merit (C+) pass rate above 60% Die volgende skole (alfabeties gerangskik) ontvang hierdie toekennings: HMS Bloemhof (meisies) Cedar House (mixed) HS DF Malan (gemeng) Deutsche Schule Kapstadt (gemeng) Diocesan College (boys) Fairbairn College (mixed) Herschel HS (girls) Herzlia HS (mixed) Paul Roos Gymnasium (boys) Rondebosch BHS (boys) Rustenburg GHS (girls) SACS (boys) St Cyprian's School (meisies) HS Stellenberg (gemeng) Springfield Convent (meisies) Westerford HS (mixed) Wynberg GHS (girls) Die interessante verskynsel is dat 13 van die 20 (65%) skole enkelslagtig is. It might just be that boys and girls do better academically in single sex schools. This was a team effort! Our school's academic aim for 2004: 55A's (30%)

Swimming Pool Renovations... 12/2/2004 The Paul Roos swimming pool has been a constant source of frustration lately. Due to the poor quality of the water, swimmers were not always visible under the surface - causing worried spectators some nail biting moments. After thorough consideration and analysis of the chemical substances in the water, all 750 000 litres of water had to be pumped out. The inner surface is being painted blue and after 3 coats of paint, the massive amount of water will be pumped into the pool again. It is hoped that the hard work will pay off for at least the next few years. Rector welcomes 213 Grade 8's 29/1/2004 During assembly on 27 January 2003, the Rector of Paul Roos Gymnasium, Mr C.W. de Jager, addressed the 213 Grade 8's who had received their maroon ties early Saturday morning. "Congratulations to 213 grade eights who became Paul Roosers on Saturday morning between half past 3 and 6 o'clock. You are the 138th group of pupils to joining this school - I can't say grade 8's - the first pupils of the Stellenbosch Gymnasium were quite probably primary and high school pupils of all ages. I realise that the orientation wasn't necessarily the most pleasant of experiences, but becoming a pupil of this school implies more than just being enrolled by your parents, is more than just turning up on the first school day and becoming another new boy in another new school. This is not a hotel where you come and go as you please - this is a proud institution with a wealth of tradition spanning over a century and 38 years. You have to earn your position in this school - even though you are only a grade eighter, you are wearing the same blazer, the same uniform as the rest. And during the past week you have earned the right to wear your tie with pride - you are not a number, you are not just a new face - you have joined a family of men who have made and still are making a difference to the lives of the people around

them. There are many traditions in this school, but I believe the most worthwhile are those concerning principles that have stood the test of time: A Paul Rooser is proud but not haughty. Pride is not haughtiness – pride without humility is haughtiness. Haughtiness says "I am the best" - Pride says "I am OK". Haughtiness says "God, but I am beautiful" - Pride says "God, but I am thankful". A Paul Rooser has a keen sense of sportsmanship - we play to win in sport, but whether we lose or win, we know that it is still a game. A Paul Rooser has a developed sense of justice, of being fair to the other person. A Paul Rooser can accommodate and respect other persons' view-points, although those view-points may differ drastically from his own. A Paul Rooser cares for others - he knows his own value, and therefore can extend a helping hand to those less fortunate. A Paul Rooser is a gentleman who has impeccable manners, who wears his uniform with pride, who fastens his top blazer button and his collar button, who does not put his hands in the pockets of his pants with the purpose of keeping it there, who stands up when an older person enters a room or talks to him. A Paul Rooser is different because he acts differently and vice versa - a Paul Rooser acts differently because he is different. A Paul Rooser stands out in a crowd because he still believes in the principles of honesty, decency and good manners. And I am not inferring that other schools are not trying to follow the same principles, we are definitely not the only ones. Grade eights, you have started on the road towards being a true Paul Rooser. You are the juniors of the school and as such don't have the same standing as the rest of the school. This will come in time as you travel the road to matric. I hope that you find the route an exciting, rewarding and fulfilling one. You are the juniors of the school - your task is to carry forward the spirit of the school. One day (in five short years) you will be the matrics - sitting in front in the middle of the assembly - the guardians of the traditions. You will be setting the example to a new group of 13, 14 year olds. Once more, welcome to the school.