Thursday 28 October 2021: The Staff and students of Wynberg Boys’ High School welcomed the 2022 leadership group at the traditional Prefects and House Captains Induction Ceremony in the Clegg Hall attended by their families and live streamed via YouTube.
In Mr Peter van Schalkwyk’s words:
This new Matric and Prefect group has already taken on the challenge of returning Wynberg to its pre-Covid values. They have made it their aim to restore those good traditions worn thin by lockdowns.
Congratulations, Gentlemen, may you carry our good traditions to even greater heights in the year ahead.
Mr Jarrod Whitson, Head Prefect in 2018 when the 2022 leadership group were in Grade 8, had these words to say during his address:
Old Boy Jarrod Whitson and Head Prefect for 2022, Zach Porthen
With prefectship, take away the Common Room, take away the braiding and the tie, take away the responsibilities and all you’re left with is a badge. And all that the badge asks of you is to care – to truly and deeply care about the individuals of the School, from the teachers and the pupils to the cleaners and the ground staff, to put yourself last and ensure that those around you are better because you have been involved in their lives. When you enter these gates with the intent to make the pupils’ voices heard, the cleaners and ground staff feel valued, and to improve the School environment, that’s when a true difference can be made.
