Twenty seven year-old Nicole Gouvias has become the first female alumnus of the Simon’s Town School’s Lawhill Maritime Centre to obtain her internationally-recognised Master’s Certificate of Competency (Unlimited), the qualification which permits her to command a ship of any size. Nicole – who dreamt of being a ship’s captain from a young age – is […]
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Click on the PDF link below for our January newsletter which provides an update on the successful BBWP fundraising event held at the Royal Cape Yacht Club in December, our ride with a former Tour de France yellow jersey winner and past and current student ‘good news’! Lawhill Newsletter – Jan 2018 (Remember to visit the […]
Thami Hoza (Class of 2016) – pictured here with Professor Jonathan Jansen – is the only South African to be chosen as a GLOBAL TEEN for 2018. This young man from Welkom is really going places. In January he spent time (and his birthday) in Delhi, India with Startup Safari after winning the Western Cape round […]
If you’re having that ‘end of year’ feeling and the madness of the modern world is getting to you, we suggest you take a few minutes to browse our latest newsletter. Some of the highlights of the past few months are: having Professor Jonathan Jansen as a guest speaker at our Annual Awards evening (and […]
As Marine Inspirations counts down to its annual Big Bottle of Wine Party fundraising event at the Royal Cape Yacht Club on Saturday 9 December, we look back on three years of a truly inspiring initiative that has already changed the course of countless lives. Marine Inspirations came into being in 2014 after a meeting between […]
Siphelele Ncube and Jodie-Kirsten McFarlane will be travelling to Sweden on 12 September to attend the Blue Oceans Business Seminar. It will be the first time abroad for both the two students, who will be accompanied by Lawhill head, Debbie Owen. Do visit the Lawhill Facebook page for regular updates.
Thank you to Captain CD Flockhart, Chairman, Society of Master Mariners South Africa Bursary Fund and to the members of SOMMSA for their donation to the newly established Lawhill Educational Trust. Please do contact info@lawhill.org should you wish to obtain further details about the trust. Copies of the trust deed are available on request. Please […]
Term 4 has ended on a high note with the news that Lawhill’s Grade 10 and 11 boarders have achieved a 100% pass and 9 of the top 10 positions in their grade at Simon’s Town School.* Click on the newsletter link below to read more about the many Lawhill highlights of Term 4, which include visits by […]
Interested in helping Lawhill invest in a future maritime generation? If so, please download the link below to read more about our current funding priorities (More ways to support on our ‘Wishlist’). Lawhill Funding priorities- 2015-2016-no fig
Grade 9 students interested in applying to study and board at the Simon’s Town School’s Lawhill Maritime Centre in 2016 are required to complete and submit the following two applications forms. 2015 – Lawhill hostel and bursary application form STS – APPLICATION FORM – 2015