REPORT ON VISIT TO DEPUTY MAYOR’S PARLOUR ON TUESDAY

On Tuesday, 17 April 2018; the Principal, a few staff members and 22 learners attended a function held in the parlour of The Honourable Deputy Mayoress of the Ethekweni Municipality, Councillor Fawzia Peer. The function was hosted by her in lieu of the accolades and recognition that Star College had attained locally, nationally and internationally in the fields of academics and Olympiads.

The function commenced with a warm welcome by Her Worship, the deputy mayoress. In her welcome address, she expressed her interest in the school with regards to its leadership in the fields of academics and Olympiads. She expressed further that her admiration for the school also stems from the fact that the institution offers children from disadvantaged communities the opportunity to study at the institution and to become a part of the family at STAR COLLEGE. She also commended the members of the teaching staff on their commitment and dedication to the school.

Thereafter the principal Mr. O. Karaayvaz addressed the gathering. He expressed his passion for the school and the country. With warm feelings for the country, he stated that prior to coming to South Africa; he researched the country with regards to education, cultures and livelihood. He expressed excitement and mentioned that in his research of South Africa, he discovered that our country was rich in the gold mining industry. Jokingly, he added that upon taking his position here, he discovered that the GOLDEN NUGGETS, are the CHILDREN of this country, that he came into contact with. His drive was to treat every every child accordingly, and to unleash the potential of each child in his care.

Mr. M. Kalayci, a deputy principal at the school informed the Deputy Mayoress about the school’s achievement with regards to Olympiads, locally, nationally and internationally. He explained how earnestly the learners are trained to participate globally.

A female Grade 12 learner; Uluthando Jili expressed with great excitement how she represented the school and South Africa at large in Indonesia, Bali in December 2016 where she competed in the (IJSO) International Junior Science Olympiad and was the FIRST FEMALE from South Africa to earn a bronze medal at this Olympiad.

In September 2017, she represented South Africa in Birmingham, UK and on her return to South Africa competed in the National Science Expo, held in Gauteng and hosted by Eskom where she won a gold medal at the Expo.

Another learner from Grade 12 Sashen Naidoo spoke about his trip to Romania, Bucharest where he competed in the Infomatrix Project Olympiad, which is a project on algorithm based solution development. At the Olympiad he presented a high level efficiency irrigation system which won him a gold medal in the hardware control category and the best overall project. He was accompanied by Ayush Chunilall in competing, and the medal was won by both of them. Tharanya Pillay, a Grade 10 learner also received silver medal at this Olympiad. Colwyn Thomas and Shravan Mahadev who formed a team received a bronze medal.

Yasteel Bharat Bhimma, together with 9 other learners represented the school and South Africa at Kenya in April this year to compete in the Golden Climate Project Award. 19 countries were represented here and 201 projects were constructed. The learners brought back 5 gold medals, 4 silver medals and 1 bronze.

Tharanya Pillay, a Grade 10 learner expressed her joy at being a learner at this institution, as she has been competing in Olympiads, both at regional, national and international levels. The school has offered her the opportunity of becoming a global citizen thus coming into contact with various cultures. In 2016, she competed in the regional, Eskom Olympiad and Won a gold medal. From here she competed at national level in International Science Fair, held in Gauteng, where she received honourable mention. She also appeared on National Television where she participated in the Nickelodeons Genius Game Show. When in Grade 9 in 2017, she attended the Infomatrix Project Expo with the Grade 12 learners mentioned above and presented a project on 3D ARTICULATED INTELLIGENT ROBOT; ADAPTABLE FOR THE ALL TERRAIN ENVIRONMENT in the category: hardware control. She won a silver medal for her efforts. She also attended the Genius Olympiad in
New York, USA where she received honourable mention.

Mr. Ramiah, another deputy principal at the school informed the Honorable Deputy Mayoress of the School’s most recent academic achievements. After the remark of the 2017 grade 12 exam scripts a further 11 distinctions were awarded to the school, escalating the number of distincitions to 319 in the 2017 NSC Exams hence producing an average of 4,12 distinctions per learner for that exam.

The Honorable Deputy Mayor very proudly closed the meeting by expressing to the principal, staff and learners her sincere thanks for responding to her invitation and how proud she was to be associated with the school. She looked forward to meeting the staff and learners in the near future again and wished us a safe and pleasant trip back to school. ... See more

👉 Drug Awareness 👈

It’s very important to sensitize our youth on the subject of drug abuse. Drugs are destroying the lives of our youth and putting their future in a great darkness. The use of drugs is making their lives vulnerable and prone to destruction. Therefore, it becomes very important to raise awareness about it amongst our youth and prevent them from succumbing to it.

Therefore we invited Mr Waseem Tharmahomed graduated from the University of Pretoria, and offered to speak to the learners on drug awareness. His insightful message highlighted the affect and damage on one's body, how it affects and breaks down families and the impact it has on one's life.

His speech was very interesting and effective.

Thank you Mr Waseem Tharmahomed ... See more

The Girls' High held a special assembly to award those learners that achieved Top 3 positions in their class 🗞️🗞️🗞️

8D
1st Aditi Ramessur
2nd Tiara Jasmine Chetty
3rd Mikha Jayd Ramdeen

8E
1st Zoe Jon Matthee
2nd Yashme Chetty
3rd Minosha Cassidle Govender

8F
1st Derusha Naidu
2nd Sunaly Pillay
3rd Malaika Arif Mahmood

9D
1st Aditi Sookdhaw
2nd Mekara Moodley
3rd Varusha Chetty

9E
1st Sasha Govender
2nd Riti Harpal
3rd Christine Elese Nulliah

10E
1st Davashni Pillay - Sana Shaik
2nd Tasmika Naidoo
3rd Olwethu Shezi

10F
1st Siyamthanda Ndlovu
2nd Olwethu Ngubo
3rd Diya Ulussi

11D
1sT Sonam Sai Orie
2nd Fathima Zahra Vawda
3rd Humaira Ismail
Krithi Panday

11E
1st Zahra Kara
Seyuri Naidoo
2nd Rikasha Govender
3rd Jadine Marimuthu

12C
1st Yashoda Maharaj
2nd Uluthando Juli
3rd Asanda Majozi

12D
1st Humairaa Moosa
2nd Farah Shaik
3rd Tarini Nadesan

12C
1st Yashoda Maharaj
2nd Uluthando Juli
3rd Asanda Majozi

12D
1st Humairaa Moosa
2nd Farah Shaik
3rd Tarini Nadesan ... See more

🥇🥈🥉Ten stars fly South Africa’s flag 🇿🇦️ high at the International competition in Kenya 🥇🥈🥉

STAR COLLEGE, DURBAN, WALK AWAY WITH 50% OF THE WORLDS GOLD MEDALS AWARDED AT THE INTERNATIONAL PROJECT COMPETITION!!!

Ten learners from Star College, Westville, recently hit the runway filled with anticipation as they set off for Kenya to enter the Golden Climate International Project Competition. 101 Projects were entered from 19 different countries from over 180 learners from across the globe. The competition offered 5 categories: Agriculture, Energy, Environment Design, Engineering and Junior Environment. 2 Gold medals, 2 Silver medals and various Bronze medals were offered in each category. The learners that represented South Africa, and their school Star College, walked away with 5 Gold medals, 4 Silver medals and 1 Bronze!

Gold medals were awarded to:
Kiaran Chetty, M Sahal Kamroodeen, Abdullah Bada, Yasteel Bhimma and Tharanya Pillay

Silver medals were awarded to :
Siyabonga Hlubi, Ali Murtaza Caunye, Kamran Subramanien and Tristan Divasan Moodley

Bronze medal was awarded to:
Akshay Maharaj

The awards function was held at the light Academy, Nairobi where Star College learners stole the stage with their top notch, original ideas and methodology. Olympiad co-ordinator, Mr Tahir Denli, Chemistry educator, was proud of the learner’s excellent level of entry. “Our learners produced excellent results! Their experience was of higher value than their medals as many of them had never travelled on a plane or had the opportunity to engage in another culture and country. One of the learners, Ali, commented how he now appreciates his family and his country from the experience.”
Principal, Mr Osman Karaayvaz, thanked Mr Denli for his outstanding mentoring of his team and was extremely thrilled with the results from the learners. ... See more