DSP Jahrbuch 2016
Deutsche Internationale Schule Pretoria Yearbook 2016
Deutsche Internationale Schule Pretoria
Yearbook 2016
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NEU IM VORSTAND<br />
Anne Waldek-Thill<br />
Born in Manchester and naturally<br />
a Manchester United football<br />
fan, I am really a citizen of the<br />
world. I grew up in Manchester,<br />
then studied at Leeds University<br />
and later at the Royal Northern<br />
College of Music, qualifying as a<br />
professional violinist and musician.<br />
Deciding that I wanted to see more of the world, I found<br />
myself in Brussels working first for an NGO as their marketing<br />
and communications officer and later for a telecommunications<br />
company where I did bid management. This then led me to Frankfurt<br />
where I embarked on my German journey moving to Munich,<br />
Stuttgart and then back to Frankfurt and Bad Vilbel. Along the<br />
way, I qualified as an English teacher and cake specialist running<br />
two small businesses teaching English and making and selling<br />
delectable cakes. Our family moved to Pretoria just over 2 years ago<br />
when my husband Markus was offered a job with Bosch. We moved<br />
with 3 children – Arieh, Amélie and Daliah and immersed ourselves<br />
in life in South Africa.<br />
I created and ran Science Week <strong>2016</strong> at the <strong>DSP</strong> and DSJ and<br />
am looking forward to running Science Week 2018. One of my<br />
passions is developing science and technology for the school and<br />
surrounding areas as I believe that children have so much to offer<br />
given the right opportunities, which I hope I can help create. I have<br />
also set up various social networks in the area and have a busy<br />
life with three children who have diverse activities such as lego<br />
robotics, figure skating, piano, singing, tennis and swimming. I am<br />
also trying to see as much of the country and surrounding countries<br />
as possible. Life in South Africa is full of adventures and I hope to<br />
make the most of our time here in seeing as much of the continent<br />
as possible, helping enrich lives as much as possible and enjoying<br />
life here to the full.<br />
Elke Simon-Keller<br />
Elke Simon-Keller lebt seit zweieinhalb<br />
Jahren gemeinsam mit ihrem Mann<br />
Roland und den drei Kinder Emma, Max<br />
und Johanna in Pretoria. Seit Juli ist sie bei<br />
uns im Vorstand tätig. Die Familie ist von<br />
Shanghai nach Südafrika umgezogen. Dort<br />
gingen die Kinder zur Deutsche Schule<br />
in Pudong. Zusammen mit engagierten<br />
Eltern hatte Frau Simon-Keller dort die<br />
Fußballabteilung ins Leben gerufen. Auch<br />
an der <strong>DSP</strong> hat sie sich schon letztes Jahr<br />
engagiert, indem sie, in Zusammenarbeit<br />
mit SAP und Fußballschule Eintracht<br />
Frankfurt, die Kick & Code Veranstaltung ins Leben gerufen hat.<br />
Insgesamt erreicht die Initiative „Africa Code Week“ (Programmieren<br />
für Kinder) pro Jahr über 150.000 Kinder in Afrika.<br />
Elke ist bei SAP angestellt und ihr Mann Roland bei Bosch.<br />
Die beiden sind seit 1999 in der Welt unterwegs und haben<br />
mehrere Jahre jeweils in den USA und China gelebt. Ihr beruflicher<br />
Hintergrund als Dipl. Informatikerin, zuletzt Teil vom Führungsteam<br />
bei SAP Labs in China sowie Entwicklungsleiterin in Pretoria, bringen<br />
Erfahrungen mit sich, welche wir positiv in das Schulgeschehen<br />
einfließen lassen konnten. Leider verlässt uns Familie Keller bereits<br />
wieder zum Schuljahresende. Ein viel zu kurzer Aufenthalt, der<br />
wenn auch kurz dennoch mit positiven Entwicklungen für die<br />
Schule verbunden war. Wir wünschen der Familie alles Gute für den<br />
nächsten Stop in Singapur.<br />
Henriette Vienings<br />
I was born as Henriette Späth in Pretoria<br />
in 1977 and grew up on a farm in the now<br />
North-West Province, close to Brits. As<br />
a child born from a German and South-<br />
African Family, I was privileged to have<br />
my parents send me and my brother to<br />
the <strong>DSP</strong> to attend school. When we first<br />
started school at the <strong>DSP</strong>, we stayed in<br />
the hostel which at that point was still<br />
in Skinner Street in the centre of town.<br />
A year later we moved to the new hostel, also known as the Hanz-<br />
Neitz Haus or now, the “Tagesheim”. Two additional siblings joined<br />
the family over the years and my mother became the head of the<br />
hostel and a teacher at the <strong>DSP</strong>. At the end of 1994, we left the<br />
hostel and moved into a townhouse in Die Wilgers. I completed my<br />
schooling with the then post-matric year, Abitur, in 1996.<br />
Thereafter, following a few gap years, I enrolled into the<br />
Pharmacy School of the Medical University of South Africa in<br />
partnership with the University of Technology – Pretoria, Arcadia<br />
and graduated with a Bachelor Degree in Pharmacy. Following this,<br />
I completed my internship at Wilgers Pharmacy and did community<br />
service as a Pharmacist at Tembisa Hospital. I started my career as<br />
a regulatory affairs pharmacist in 2005, as part of MRA Regulatory<br />
Consultants. Over time I became part of the management team of<br />
the company and a director and shareholder in 2006. Also in 2005, I<br />
married Steven Vienings and in 2010 our little family was blessed by<br />
the arrival of our daughter Kassandra.<br />
We are very happy to have her attend the <strong>DSP</strong>, thereby giving her<br />
access to an environment that is ideal for preparing children for a<br />
future that can take them anywhere in the world as active members<br />
of society, equipped to think independently. We enjoy being<br />
participants in the school community and look forward to many<br />
years of involvement with the <strong>DSP</strong>.<br />
Susan Smith<br />
My name is Susan Smith and I have been a part of the <strong>DSP</strong> Family<br />
since my son started attending High School in Grade 8. It all started<br />
when we started looking at English High Schools for my son after<br />
Grade 7 and we realized, staying in Centurion, that there aren’t<br />
any really fantastic English High Schools based in Centurion. We<br />
started looking around and were not really comfortable with the<br />
options we had both in Centurion and on the outskirts of Centurion<br />
until my brother in law recommended the <strong>DSP</strong>. We contacted<br />
Mrs Helen Share immediately and arranged for a meeting and<br />
assessment. We, and especially my son were absolutely in awe of<br />
the friendliness, professionalism and culture of the School, staff,<br />
teachers and students, knowing that a third language and such a<br />
great curriculum would only assist my son to reach his full potential<br />
in future. We knew that we had<br />
found the best and perfect<br />
School. And so our happy journey<br />
began. I love being involved in the<br />
Oktoberfest since my son started<br />
Grade 8. I got involved in the<br />
special Task Team last year 2015 ,<br />
was nominated for the Vorstand,<br />
gladly accepted, and I am also part<br />
of the Marketing and Integration<br />
Committees. I am really looking<br />
forward to next year’s successes.<br />
<strong>DSP</strong> <strong>Jahrbuch</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />
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