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Jul 2018Founders Week
And what a week it was! It all started on Wednesday last week when the whole School, Boys and Staff, received a piece of birthday cake to celebrate the 152nd Birthday of our wonderful School. Later on in the morning, Mr Pinheiro and the DHS Choir paid a visit to the Caister Lodge where the Choir entertained the residents, with Hitler playing the piano for them...
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Jul 2018From the Head Master’s Desk : 23 March 2018
The end of term 1 of 2018 sees the completion of my first year as Head Master of this incredible institution. The journey has certainly been a blur of activity punctuated with many highlights, too many to mention even in précis form. Transformation in education is a worldwide phenomenon as it has been recognised that traditional education practices and theories are outdated. In education,...
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Jun 20181st XV Rugby vs Westville Boys’ : Match Report
The DHS 1st XV ran out 24-14 victors on their Founders Day against Westville Boys High School, ending a 7-year drought of results on this day. It was a match that lacked for rhythm and was littered with penalties, with both teams struggling to maintain a firm grip on proceedings. With DHS having won the earlier fixture in the season 60-10, it...
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Jun 2018Top 5 in the Grade
As we begin the June exams, we congratulate the following boys who were placed in the Top 5 of their Grade in the first term: Grade 12: 1st Mahil Dessai 2nd Neeven Naidoo 3rd Theolin Govender 4th David Moodley 5th Dhishant Hariram Grade 11: 1st Rashae Govender 2nd Vidhan Singh 3rd Abdul Osman 4th Thirushan Pather 5th Mohammed Shaikjee Grade 10: 1st Adam Mohamed...
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May 20181st XV Rugby vs Glenwood : Match Report
It is not often you get to face a once in a generation team, a fate that has plagued every KZN team this year. Although the DHS team never lacked for effort, they were completely outclassed in a result that was always going to be a reality if we didn’t execute our game-plan effectively. The final score saw Glenwood run away 55-12 victors and make...
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May 2018KZN Rugby Selections!
We are very pleased to announce that the following Durban High School Boys have been selected for KZN Rugby: Sharks U18 Craven Week Team: Celimpilo Gumede Mthokozisi Gumede Lwandile Menze Asande Mnguni Sharks U18 Academy Week Team: Jaydian Cedares Mcneil Jenner Taariq Kruger Shakur La Douce Marcel Nel Stoney Stenekamp In addition, 1st XV Rugby Coach and Head of Rugby at DHS, Mr Scott Mathie,...
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May 2018KZN Hockey Selections
Congratulations to the following DHS Boys who have been selected for the KZN Coastals Hockey teams that will be participating in the various IPT’s over the June/July school holidays. KZN Coastals U18B: Tiagan Terreblanche KZN Coastals U18C: Ayabonga Zoko KZN Coastals U16B: Benjamin Hulett Joshua Winnaar KZN Coastals U14A: Bagcine Gqweta Othembayo Ndondo KZN Coastals U14C: Thandolwethu Zondo DHS Staff members and Hockey coaches have...
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May 2018Electives Corner – Autocad
The boys have enjoyed the AutoCad lessons; some more than others. It is at a different pace in some respects. There are always three to four different ways to get the same result with AutoCad. It gives them the opportunity to practice other approaches when drawing. If they can do something faster it is better and they then have the advantage to better opportunities. Mr...
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May 2018Ms Bisschoff Selected for KZN Darts!
Congratulations to our very own Ms Magteld “Buffy” Bisschoff who has been selected for KZN Darts for the third time! She was first selected in 2016 and played at the SA Champs in Bloemfontein, she was selected again in 2012 when the SA Champs were held in Durban and this, her third year, the SA’s are in Johannesburg. A further indication of her talent is...
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May 2018Coach Letha Selected as Head Coach!
Congratulations to Coach Letha Zulu, coach of the DHS 1st Basketball Team and M-i-C of Basketball, who has been appointed as the Head Coach of the Men’s National University Basketball team which will participate in the CUCSA Games in Botswana in June. Coach Letha coaches the UKZN Basketball team which made history last year when they reached the Finals of the University Sports South Africa...
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