A letter from The Head - 17 August 2022
Dear Parents and Guardians, Leadership Our boys in Grades 8 to 10 are about to embark on an Outdoor Learning Experience aimed at challenging them in ways that may make them a little uncomfortable. The…
A letter from The Head - 16 June 2022
Dear Parents and Guardians, Lighthouses A chapter in my dream of a utopian educational experience for all South Africans is that schools in every community function as lighthouses; lighthouses signal hope for those at sea,…
A letter from The Head - 1 June 2022
Dear Parents and Guardians, Must it always be better? There are days when better is just impossible; it doesn’t matter what I try, better just cannot occur. I think this is just as true for…
A letter from The Head - 26 May 2022
Dear Parents and Guardians, Grief At times I write to make meaning of my experience of this world; this is one of those occasions. The past few days have been very difficult, in particular for…
A letter from The Head - 14 March 2022
Dear Parents and Guardians, S…E…X… I am proudly prudish. My dilemma in being prudish is the anxiety I encounter when faced with stories of explicit sexual behaviours among our teens. These seem to be ever…
A letter from The Head - 1 March 2022
Dear Parents and Guardians, Our chaotic world Regrettably I am no historian, politician, or futurist, so I cannot comment with any authority on the events unfolding in Ukraine over the past few days, suffice to…
A letter from The Head - 25 January 2022
Dear Parents and Guardians An enduring task… In recent months there has been much in the media about the challenges facing boys’ schools. Schools can be the best and the worst of places. Intriguingly, as…
2021 English Creative writing
Pinnacles is an annual anthology of Hilton College boys’ creative writing, both poetry and prose. The 2021 edition includes an exciting new section: the top Grade 11 Extended Essay published for your reading admiration!
Matric Results 2021
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…
Grey Matter Chatter
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…
A letter from the Head - 28 October 2021
“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…
From the desk of the Second Master - No. 22-01
Part 1: To teach or to educate, that is the question… Recently I have been pondering the difference between good schools and great schools, and what it is that great schools do differently. I hope…
27 August 2021
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…
The Hiltonian Magazine 2021
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A letter to Old Hiltonians - 9 July 2021
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…