Crawford Schools South Africa
The first Crawford
school opened in 1993 in Killarney, Johannesburg. The pioneering model
on which this College was based was so successful that today, The
Crawford Schools group has grown enormously to comprise 22 schools
ranging from pre-primary to secondary level with around 7000 students and 1000 staff.
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Crawford Schools
are backed by the management and financial expertise of the ADvTECH
group which is a JSE listed company consisting of 4 divisions -
School
Ethos
All the schools
provide a vibrant, stimulating and enjoyable environment. Students are
encouraged to express themselves and assert their individuality, yet at
the same time
know that they have unparalleled support.
The
schools' motto - 'Tutum Te Robore Reddam' (Let us make you safe by our
strength) - attests to the role played by the staff. Every effort is
made to provide a structured and unthreatening school milieu.
However, students are fully aware that their freedom carries a
responsibility.
Rationality and an
open-mind are thus viewed as essential characteristics in a system with
built-in checks and balances.
Essential
Info
All
the schools are co-educational. They are non-denominational and
non-racial and are committed to a forward looking vision in which young
people are prepared to
meet future challenges. In order to offer students an all-rounded
education, students are exposed to a wide variety of subjects. At Pre
Primary the children have numerous subject specialist teachers over and
above their regular class teachers, and in Junior Primary they have up
to four specialists.
In Senior Primary
and in Junior High, every pupil has the benefit of a team of hand-picked
educators. In Senior High students may select from a range of up to 23
subjects. Results are superb and unmatched. The Crawford Schools are
innovative and highly conscious of the need to keep abreast of advances
in Technology. Computer Studies in basic advanced form features
strongly. Students enjoy media cantres with Internet privileges (under
careful supervision), and electronic White Boards have recently been
installed.
Academic
Support
Academic support
is integral to the Crawford system. Extra tuition operates across the
board on a two-pronged basis. Students in need of assistance are
identified, offered help, and carefully monitored. Students, too, may
request academic support which is freely provided.
Life
Skills
Life
Skills is offered according to the needs of each school. Adding balance
to a child's education, it introduces students to, among others, table
etiquette, basic cooking skills, car maintenance, entrepreneurship,
stock exchange and banking know-how. Drug awareness and eating disorder
programmes are in place, and students are offered careful advice in
terms of subject choice and career counseling.
The Colleges and
most of the Preparatory schools offer qualified and experienced
counselors who are accessible to all students and parents.
Contact:
Marthie Conradie
Marketing
Co-ordinator
Advtech
Schools Division
Tel:
(011) 886 5100
Fax:
(011) 886 4512
Web:
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Contact:
Marthie Conradie Marketing
Co-ordinator Advtech
Schools Division
Tel:
(011) 886 5100
Fax:
(011) 886 4512
Web:
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