A letter from The Head - 25 January 2023
Dear Parents, Our matric results from the class of 2022 are a wonderful accolade for us to add to the successes of our 150th year. I salute every teacher who spent hours and hours in…
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Dear Parents, Our matric results from the class of 2022 are a wonderful accolade for us to add to the successes of our 150th year. I salute every teacher who spent hours and hours in…
Hilton College is proud of the outstanding results produced by our 2022 matric learners. The class of 2022 achieved a 100% pass rate and several boys achieved exceptional results. Of the school’s 113 matric candidates,…
Each year, our matrics set out to do themselves proud in their final exams. The class of 2021 is no different. Despite the interruptions of the Covid pandemic, our boys did themselves proud through their…
Re-imagining music An opportunity to reboot and re-imagine is perhaps the upside to an ongoing pandemic. In this edition of Grey Matter Chatter, David Orr, recently appointed to co-lead Hilton College’s Music Department, outlines a…
“The world of men is dreaming, it has gone mad in its sleep, and a snake is strangling it, but it can’t wake up.” DH Lawrence When we look around us, the picture of a…
Amidst the turmoil of navigating this latest wave of Covid infections, I write to thank you for your ongoing support. Despite the various and legitimate frustrations experienced by all of us in some or other…
Here with the Hiltonian Magazine 2021. Happy reading!Kind regards,The Hiltonian Magazine teamTo access previous Hiltonian magazines, dating back to 1901, click here.
When Hilton’s ninth headmaster, Raymond Slater, formalised the school prayer in 1967, he infused the last paragraph with the words “Preserve in it an unblemished name, enlarge it with a wider usefulness”. The Vula Programme…
On 9 January 1961, a few weeks before his inauguration as the 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy famously exhorted, “for of those to whom much is given, much is required.” Kennedy’s…
Statement by George Harris, Headmaster of Hilton College The culmination of one’s schooling is the final exam our boys write as Matrics. The Class of 2020 did Hilton College especially proud in realising an outstanding…
RESEARCH THROUGH LEARNING Research and innovation lie at the heart of any good socio-economic strategy and make a pivotal contribution to the development of a society. They are the foundation of new career paths, economic…
The Board of Governors of the Hiltonian Society held its final meeting of the year last Friday. In keeping with all the other extraordinary circumstances of 2020 this was our first meeting this year actually…
Dear Parents, Guardians and Significant Others, “For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted. “ ~ Matthew 23:12 I love reading, watching or listening to the stories of…
You will know that Mr George Harris is now in his fourth year as Headmaster of Hilton College, having begun his tenure in January 2017. I have written previously about the Headmaster’s excellent performance in…