Tsogo Alumni Society

Tsogo High/Secondary School Alumni - NPO Registration No.053-952-NPO

Alumni Homecoming 2010 Programme – 9 Oct 2010

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On October 8, 2010

In Society

Dear Alumni

This is the final notice for tomorrow’s first annual Alumni Homecoming Day. Below is a final programme for the day and some requests on what you can bring along:

PREPARING FOR THE DAY:

1. Please bring some old comfortable clothes to clean / paint / work in. Do bring clothes you won’t mind spilling some dirt or paint on!

2. We request that you also bring any old buckets, mops, cleaning cloths and material, and other lighter cleaning material you think might be useful.

3. We further request that you bring any tools, paint brushes, spanners, etc. that could be useful on the day.

4. The Alumni Society will provide some paint brushes, turpentine, sandpaper, paint, cleaning material and other general repair material. Please bring along any drills, spanners, etc. that could aid in making the work easier.

5. The Alumni Society will also have a small stall selling bottled water and drinks (at affordable prices). From 12h30, we’ll also be selling some boerewors rolls for lunch – all these proceeds will go towards raise for the work of the alumni society.

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October Editorial: We move on Forward

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On October 4, 2010

In Bursaries, Scholarships, Social Networking, Society, Website

Attend Homecoming 2010

Attend Homecoming 2010

It’s already October! Time flies, and for many of our current learners it means their Matric exam finals are almost here… We wish every Grade 12 learner luck in their exams and hope for great results early next year. For a number of our alumni, their year-end final exams are also nearing and we wish them, too, the very best in their endeavours. This October is especially interesting as the Tsogo Alumni Society hosts their first Alumni Homecoming, which is the focus of this editorial.

Homecoming 2010

Alumni Homecoming 2010 is  an event for alumni to get back together, network, work and simultaneously express their support by giving back to Tsogo. Our theme for 2010 is School Renovation, but we envision a much broader scope for the Homecoming event in future. Some ideas that have been listed are:

  • Cleaning / renovating our school premises
  • Fundraisers
  • Sports
  • Cultural events
  • Assisting Mmakau & neighbouring communities

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Alumni Profile: Botlhale Mabatshidi Nong (Tsogo 1986)

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On October 4, 2010

In Alumni Profiles, Website, Women

Botlhale Mabatshidi Nong (Tsogo 1986)

Botlhale Mabatshidi Nong (Tsogo 1986)

Alumni Profile of Botlhale Mabatshidi Nong

I started at Tsogo High School, in Std. 6, in 1982 and matriculated in 1986.I had a number of nicknames while there. was called “die ou boemelaar” (the old bag/homeless person) from this Afrikaans fictional piece we read in Ms Letebele’s class – because I carried a HUGE green bag with ALL my books and dictionaries, a thesauraus (English, Afrikaans and Setswana) and Bible in it. I was also called BoMaNo (the first two letters of my names). Even though I now have a degree in Sports Science, I did not participate in a lot of sporting activities except for karate, which was offered for a few months in the middle years of my time at Tsogo and drum majorettes, which ALL female students were forced to join – I hated this so much! It seemed to me that all the people participating in the major and most popular sports offered (netball, soccer, volleyball etc) were some of the most popular people at school – and I was not one of those. I did a bit of debating, theater and music (but these faded out pretty much as soon as they started). Our librarian started a few interesting “book and reading circle” type of activities that I also participated

Much earlier I did my Sub A in Meadowlands, Soweto, Johannesburg and the rest of primary and middle school at: Lesego Primary School and then Tswelelang Middle School in Zone 4, Ga-Rankuwa, Pretoria

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Alumni Event: Alumni Homecoming (9 October 2010)

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On September 30, 2010

In Society, Website

[simage=87,200,c,right,]The Tsogo Alumni Society introduces the first ‘Alumni Homecoming’ as an annual event that hopes to bring together alumni and start a tradition of getting together each year for an eventful day that starts with a general meeting and then proceeds to various activities. For 2010 – the Alumni Society felt it appropriate to start with a SCHOOL RENOVATION PROJECT given the poor state of Tsogo’s classrooms, offices and overall infrastructure. We are currently raising funds, sourcing donations for office equipment, desks & chairs, sourcing building material donations and skills for the Homecoming Day – we hope you’ll be able to assist with your financial donation or in any way possible (esp. painting & renovation skills) !

Saturday, 9th October 2010: HOMECOMING Day – Programme

The day will begin with an Annual General Meeting (AGM) which will allow your Executive Committee to report-back on the activities and state of the society over the past year and present a strategy for the coming one. It is hoped that the AGM will also enable alumni and those attending to render suggestions to the committee and also stand for nomination / election to the executive committee.

2010 Theme: “Facelift for Tsogo”

  • 08h00 Welcoming and registration
  • 08h15 Annual General Meeting (Mmashiko Hall, Mmakau)
  • 09h30 Break & refreshments
  • 09h45 2010 Homecoming Activity: School revival work (Painting & Repairs)
  • 12h45 Lunch, refreshments & networking
  • 13h30 School revival work continues… (Painting & Repairs)
  • 16h00 Closing and departure

If we have not completed the work we will continue on Saturday, 16th October 2010

Main Tasks for Saturday 9 October

  • School signage (Erecting new school signage donated by the Alumni Society in 3 key intersections and 1 in front of the school)
  • Computer donations and IT upgrades (Checking, fixing and upgrading old computers, printers & fax machines (incl. software installations) The IT task will involve getting alumni in the IT field to have a look at some donated computers / equipment and figure out how they can be fixed / upgraded. The idea is then to get either the admin block / teachers to use them… or if they are too antiquated, then we may donate them to Mmashiko or a school nearby (even the primary schools) for their office blocks to use. It’ll be great if we can just get the computers to work as basic word processors for teachers / learners to start using.
  • Classroom Renovations (Sourcing & Replacing Window Stays & Handles)(Replacing Classroom & Cupboard doors and handles) (Fixing broken classroom desksand charis), Replacing/Fixing notice boards, Replacing emergency signage, Repainting classrooms when needed)
  • Office & Classroom Renovations (Source and/or Fix School Furniture)

We are still sourcing some material for the classroom renovations – so we need donations from alumni and/ or material sponsorships. So if you can assist (especially with material) with any of the above please inform us using the contact details below.During the week we will try and update you with what is still outstanding and if you can donate we encourage you to do. As you can see please bring old clothes to work in for the day.

How you can Help

  • Attend RSVP NOW ONLINE, RSVP by email tsogoalum@gmail.com or send an SMS to 0836903917 or Fax to 0865 232 810 (in RSA) With your name and email
  • Donate: Link (We still need money to get all the needed resources and equipment)
  • Encourage others to Attend and/or Donate

Contact

Email: tsogoalum@gmail.com

Call: Mr. Thabo Ncalo (Contact 0836903917) – Alumni Society Secretary

SMS: 0836903917

Fax: 0865 232 810

Webpage: http://tsogoalumni.org.za

Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/TsogoHighSchool

Regards Mr. Thabo Ncalo (Contact 0836903917)

The Alumni Wiki – We need you to make it work

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On September 13, 2010

In Professional Networking, Website


Tsogo Alumni Wiki

Tsogo Alumni Wiki

We have been building up the Alumni Wiki the last few months. So we thought we should actually have a proper introduction to it. We wish for the Wiki to be a section where alumni can collaborate in information gathering and sharing.  For example, we have a number of alumni who send out a lot of bursary and scholarship information. We try to collect all of this information and put it 1 place. In the past we used to put this information on the Learner Page, now we are moving it to the Wiki so that it can easily be updated and changed if need be. Alumni will still be able to send the emails and the Directory Team as well as other Alumni will be able to update the Wiki pages easily. We aim to add another dimension to all the work we and the Alumni Society has done in allowing online collaboration and also encouraging alumni to communicate with each other across generations and location.

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