Howick High School Eco-Club is making a difference. As representatives of the Howick High School Eco-Club, two pupils recently joined DUCT on a field trip to the Umgeni River. Nosipho and Zinhle Gwala helped with the assessment of the water quality using the mini SASS process, identifying water organisms and using a scoring system. The state of the Umgeni River is of great concern and it takes learners like these to make a difference. Thank you Nosipho and Zinhle!
Howick High Excels at the Regional Science Expo.
Of the 18 Howick High School Science projects entered at the Regional Science Expo in Durban on 31 July and 1 Aug, 16 received awards as well as two of the three Special Awards presented.
Jamie Loader and Michael Geldart received 3rd Class awards whilst Kiash Kalipersad, Joshua de Wet, Irfaan Ismail, Marianne Mentz, Tariro Maphosa, Jaydon Jansen van Rensburg, Timothy Probert and Megan Rencken each received a 2nd Class award. Irfaan, Marianne and Megan were acknowledged as "Most Promising Scientist" in their respective categories. 1st class awards were made to Kerrin Twigg and Taine Pollard.
Rebecca Webb and Lisa Wade received 1st Class Bronze Medals, Tyron Gibbs received a 1st Class Silver Medal as well as a special award for best engineering project using limited resources and Daniel Whitwell was awarded a 1st Class Gold Medal and the special award for best project based on a hobby.
Rebecca, Lisa, Tyron and Daniel have been invited to participate in a four-day sponsored tour to Johannesburg and Pretoria on the first weekend of the October holidays to visit the Planetarium, the Drakensberg Pump Station, The Tswaing Meteorite Crater, The Pretoria Zoo, the Sterkfontein Caves, the Sci-Bono Discovery Centre and a ride on the Gautrain.
Howick High is proud of the achievements of its young scientists.
[photo: Left to Right: Mariaan Mentz, Lisa Wade, Daniel Whitwell, Tyron Gibbs and Rebecca Webb]