LEAP

The LEAP Vision

 * To motivate academic excellence.
 * To extend the learning of high achievers.
 * To serve all learners -  integral to LEAP membership is the expectation that members will pass on their knowledge to the school community through peer tutoring, assemblies, newsletters, publications, grade lectures, etc.

Procedures for Selection

 * All learners who achieve an overall term average of 80% and/or the three top learners in each grade will be invited to join LEAP. Grade 8s will be invited to join LEAP from term 2.
 * Eligibility holds only for the term after which a term average of 80% has been achieved.
 * Pupils, who have made the greatest improvement from Term 1 to Term 2, or Term 2 to Term 3 in that year, based on their term mark, may be invited to join the LEAP programme.
 * Participation of eligible learners in LEAP is voluntary - pupils who have been invited and would not like to be part of the programme may forfeit their position.

Excursions

 * LEAP excursions will take place both in school time and after school, depending on the event.
 * Excursions could include trips to museums, galleries, landmarks, constitutional court, meetings with talented achievers, as well as subject-related field trips.
 * Pupils will be encouraged to document their experience through articles and photographs which will be published in a variety of media sites.