Dear Former Stellie,
For me school was fun! I think back on Stellenberg High
and have fond memories of old friends and interesting characters.
Stellenberg helped to form me into the person that I am today, and for
that I am very grateful. Now I am an adult and it is time for me to
give back to my school. I hope you feel the same way.
It is a privilege for me, and for the school, to invite
you to become a part of the Former Stellie Society which will be
formally inaugurated soon. With the Society we aim to unite all former
Stellies by means of an extended database, so that we may assist our
school in its day-to-day educational task on a variety of levels. We
are, for example, considering the establishment of a support structure
by which we can provide a measure of career guidance to learners through
contact with knowledgeable alma maters. We are also thinking of
assistance to the school by means of your time, money or involvement.
Perhaps you would be willing to share your experience in sport, culture
or academics with us? Perhaps a sponsorship or contract of articles?
Maybe you will be willing to share your talents or life experiences with
the learners?
Stellenberg celebrated its 21st year of
existence last year and it is time for the establishing and expansion of
tradition with all former Stellies. We are proud of what our school has
achieved in the 21 years.
We are in the process of creating a draft constitution
for the Society and with that we need your assistance.
The creation and management of the Society will only be
possible if we manage to get as many former Stellies as possible to
join. We therefore kindly request you to visit the Stellenberg High
School website at
www.stellenberg.org.za and to enter your contact details under the
applicable year group. Please also ask all other former Stellies with
whom you still have contact to do the same. You can also send the
e-mail addresses of other former Stellies to us so that we may contact
them.
Alternatively, please phone one of the following people
for more information or to convey your contact details telephonically:
Schalk Pretorius, Roelf van der Merwe, Hannes van der Berg, Regardt
Nelson or Érik van der Vyver. Our contact numbers are below.
Please also diarise the 26th of July
2008 as our first official get-together for you and your partner.
The function will be in the school’s activity centre. We will send a
more formal invitation to your updated contact details.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Best regards.
Roelf van der Merwe (021 976 4663)
Hannes van den Berg (021 943 3766)
Regardt Nelson (021 975 0802)
Érik van der Vyver (021 526 2855)
Schalk Pretorius (021 919 1029)