Dear Parents and Guardians, Lighthouses A chapter in my dream of a utopian educational experience for all South Africans is that schools in every community function as lighthouses; lighthouses signal hope for those at sea,…
Dear Parents and Guardians, Must it always be better? There are days when better is just impossible; it doesnāt matter what I try, better just cannot occur. I think this is just as true for…
Dear Parents and Guardians, Grief At times I write to make meaning of my experience of this world; this is one of those occasions. The past few days have been very difficult, in particular for…
Dear Parents and Guardians, Sā¦Eā¦Xā¦ I am proudly prudish. My dilemma in being prudish is the anxiety I encounter when faced with stories of explicit sexual behaviours among our teens.Ā These seem to be ever…
Dear Parents and Guardians, Our chaotic world Regrettably I am no historian, politician, or futurist, so I cannot comment with any authority on the events unfolding in Ukraine over the past few days, suffice to…
Dear Parents and Guardians An enduring taskā¦ In recent months there has been much in the media about the challenges facing boysā schools. Schools can be the best and the worst of places. Intriguingly, as…
Pinnacles is an annual anthology of Hilton College boysā creative writing, both poetry and prose. The 2021 edition includes an exciting new section: the top Grade 11 Extended Essay published for your reading admiration!
Each year, our matrics set out to do themselves proud in their final exams.Ā The class of 2021 is no different.Ā Despite the interruptions of the Covid pandemic, our boys did themselves proud through their…
Re-imagining music An opportunity to reboot and re-imagine is perhaps the upside to an ongoing pandemic. In this edition of Grey Matter Chatter, David Orr, recently appointed to co-lead Hilton Collegeās Music Department, outlines a…
āThe world of men is dreaming, it has gone mad in its sleep, and a snake is strangling it, but it canāt wake up.ā DH Lawrence When we look around us, the picture of a…
