Public Relations

The Public Relations Group

This group of committed and enthusiastic young men is indeed ‘the face’ of the College on numerous occasions. In addition to their P.R. duties, the boys are also involved in a significant manner insofar as the marketing of the Boys' College is concerned.

The P.R. group is selected after a process of personal interviews and the term of office runs from the end of May in the Grade 11 year, to the end of May in the Matric year. In-Service Training is provided and successful P.R. boys are allowed to wear a special P.R. tie, which is awarded by the Headmaster in Chapel. Individual P.R. boys conduct tours of the College for potential Grade 8 learners and boys who are new to the College. Boarders often take tours of the Boarding Houses for potential Boarders and their parents.

The Boys' College Public Relations team has made a positive impact on the perceptions of visitors to this school. They receive compliments locally, nationally and internationally for their efforts. This group is a credit to themselves and this College.

PR GROUP 2008

Our Boys' College Campus
St Stithians College owes its existence to the dream and foresight of three men - Gilbert Tucker, a Johannesburg lawyer, and two of his clients, William Mountstephens and Albert Collins. Cornishmen Collins and Mountstephens founded a Trust for the building of this Methodist school, named after Collins' birthplace of Stithian in Cornwall and the land was purchased in 1943. The decision to build was made in 1951 and two years later the Boys' College and Boys' Prep opened their doors.

Today, St Stithians College caters for both boys and girls and is a village of schools, comprising a Junior Preparatory School, Boys' Preparatory School, Girls' Prepartory School, Boys' College and Girls' College. Founded in 1953, this city school, set on a 105 hectare estate, has retained a country atmosphere and yet remains at the cutting edge of educational technology in South Africa.

The Saints estate offers superb facilities including woodland, an environmental sanctuary, magnificent sports fields, an aquatic complex, housing for staff and a beautiful Chapel.

No child can come to Saints and not know that he or she is part of something special, and that, in the words of the school song: "Here our ship once anchored and here its course was set..."

Our Spiritual Foundation
The Saints Matric pupils created the 'Saints Honour', Honour God, Honour Others, Honour Self, which evolve into a Code of Conduct, in order to encourage principle-based behaviour among the students.

Our Mission Statement
To fulfill our Founders' vision of providing a "liberal education with Christian teaching" in an effective school on international standards and relevant to the entire community of Southern Africa.

Academic Studies
St Stithians College is registered with the Independent Schools Association of Southern Africa (ISASA) and our pupils write the Independent Examinations Board (IEB) Matric Examinations.

The Wider Classroom
St Stithians Boys' College is one of forty-nine member schools of the International Round Square Organisation. The three pillars of the Round Square are Service, Outward Bound Experiences and International Exchanges. Saints provides this and more to all its pupils in age appropriate activities.