{"id":262,"date":"2016-02-08T09:16:21","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T09:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hscallies.co.za\/english\/?page_id=262"},"modified":"2026-01-10T09:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T09:08:10","slug":"headmasters-desk","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hscallies.co.za\/english\/headmasters-desk\/","title":{"rendered":"HEADMASTER&#8217;S DESK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7743 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/hscallies.co.za\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Staff-EKSTEEN-E_-Export1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hscallies.co.za\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Staff-EKSTEEN-E_-Export1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/hscallies.co.za\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Staff-EKSTEEN-E_-Export1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/hscallies.co.za\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Staff-EKSTEEN-E_-Export1.jpg 708w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"367\"><strong>Welcome back to all our parents and learners at the beginning of a new school year. We trust that the holiday was a time of rest, renewal and preparation for the year ahead. It is a privilege for us to welcome every learner and parent back to the school, and we look forward with anticipation to a year filled with learning, growth, cooperation and new opportunities.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 data-start=\"369\" data-end=\"689\"><strong>A very warm welcome is also extended to all new parents and learners joining our school this year. In particular, we would like to welcome our new Grade 8 learners. May you soon feel at home within our school community, and may this new chapter be one of personal development, academic progress and positive experiences.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3 data-start=\"691\" data-end=\"972\"><strong>We look forward to a year in which, through mutual respect, dedication and cooperation between parents, learners and staff, we will work together to build a safe, supportive and stimulating learning environment. We wish everyone a prosperous, successful and fulfilling school year.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Warm regards,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Mrs. E.H. Eksteen<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Principal<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back to all our parents and learners at the beginning of a new school year. We trust that the holiday was a time of rest, renewal and preparation for the year ahead. It is a privilege for us to welcome every learner and parent back to the school, and we look forward with anticipation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-262","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hscallies.co.za\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hscallies.co.za\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hscallies.co.za\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hscallies.co.za\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hscallies.co.za\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/hscallies.co.za\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8063,"href":"https:\/\/hscallies.co.za\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/262\/revisions\/8063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hscallies.co.za\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}