@golden_lion_awards
The Golden Lion Award is the highest award at
Wynberg Girls' High School.
It is awarded to:
* someone who has excelled in one or more of the four pillars,
* who has an above-average academic record,
* whose attitude towards school and whose character best display the
qualities defined in our motto “Honour before Honours”,
* and who is a credit to her school and community.
Lauren Gildenhuys studied University of Cambridge AS Levels in
History and English Language and Literature, attaining 91% for
English and 93% for History, a double A in these international
examinations. Even better, she was placed FIRST in South Africa
in both of these subjects.
There are very few true top all-rounders at school, successful in
every pillar. Anna Jacobs has achieved the pinnacle in the four
pillars of the school and has been awarded school colours in each
pillar: Academics, Culture, Service and Sport.
Lauren Gildenhuys and Anna Jacobs: each of them the epitome of
a Wynberg girl and worthy recipients of the Golden Lion.
Anna Jacobs & Lauren Gildenhuys
Ingrid Jonker’s
daughter, Simone
Venter, with Mrs
Shirley Harding &
the WGHS
Afrikaans
Department.
Front:
Mrs S Harding,
Simone Venter,
Mrs I de Waal,
Mrs J Nel
Back:
Mrs A Coetzee,
Ms O Petersen,
Ms L van Schalkwyk,
Ms L Opperman,
Mrs V Muller,
Mrs T O’Reilly,
Ms C Palmer
In a moving ceremony, Simone Venter (daughter of Ingrid
Jonker, a WGHS past pupil) was asked to receive the Golden Lion
Award posthumously on behalf of her mother. The award was
given in recognition of the significant contribution Ingrid Jonker
made to South African Literature and her strong voice against the
inequalities of the South African society in which she lived.