Centenary Secondary School

Centenary Secondary School’s mission statement is educational excellence based on the total development of the learners in its care. To this end the motto ”Felicitas Ex Industria”(Success through Striving) will serve as a basis to which all role players will be committed.

School aim to achieve this by:

• Placing learners first in everything we do.
• Providing our educators with development opportunities.
• Emphasizing the importance of developing skills in our learners.
• Offering a rich cultural and sports environment including leadership and adventure programs.
• Ensuring all our learners engage in community service.
• Developing our learner-space fully.

Learners who go further, faster and have the foundations for lifelong success. Students will:

• Be expected to beat challenging national targets so that they can excel against any competition.
• Experience a rich, exciting curriculum that leaves them able to make powerful choices about their future ambitions.

Learners who are imaginative risk takers who are prepared for lifelong adaptability. Students will :

• Be expected to embrace a diverse and cutting edge range of creative opportunities both inside and outside the classroom.
• Experience creative teaching that makes learning engaging and allows them to think independently and be confident citizens.

Learners who are recognised and rewarded, their confidence comes from within Students will:

• Be recognised regularly for their achievements and for the progress they make and have these achievements celebrated and recorded.
• Develop positive, secure relationships so that they flourish and have a powerful sense of their own potential.

The school acknowledges that cell phones have become an important and useful means of communication. However, it is also aware of the fact that the use and abuse of cellphones, particularly by children, pose social, ethical and safety consequences e.g. learners have been held up at knife-point for their cellphones just outside the school premises, Cellphones are, therefore, not permitted at school. Cellphones, once confiscated, will be returned as follows: First tüne offenders: Cell phones will be returned when a fine of R250 is paid 5 school days of confiscation. Repeat offenders: Cell phones will be returned when a fine ofR500 is paid within 5 school days of confiscation.