On Friday, 01 November 2019, the DHPS bid farewell to 44 Abitur graduates, who are entering a new phase of their lives. This not only marked the end of the young people's school career, but, above all, the beginning of unlimited opportunities with a bilingual and globally recognised graduation certificate,...

Around 140 choir conductors from all over South Africa and Namibia attended a choir workshop in Cape Town, presented by Andre van der Merwe, conductor of the Stellenbosch University Choir and Stellen-berg Girls'Choir. Also DHPS teacher and conductor of the choir class, Martina Visser, took part in this special training.It...

The national Pupkewitz Interschools Swimming Gala took place at the Katutura swimming pool on 25 and 26 October. This year, 18 schools with a total of 752 participants competed in the event. In the end, the DHPS boys and girls from the primary section took second place with 505 points, while the winner, St. Pauls...

Our new books on the pre-school´s weekly topics have finally arrived: They are about our environment, how to reduce waste or look for precious details in the "Wimmelbuch" - our pre-school learners will soon learn all that and have huge fun with the new books.... And soon, we will even...

When the sun is shining in spring - then it is high time for self-made ice cream to share, experiments with pipettes and containers, freezing water and painting with ice blocks. The children in the kindergarten also had a closer look at the four seasons - especially spring. They even enjoyed the heat when...

The national cattle breed competition for grade 9-11 learners was part of the agricultural Windhoek Show 2019. Marcel zu Bentheim, Juri Krafft (both in class 9a) and Volrat Günzel (class 11b) represented DHPS.On Monday, 30 September, the learners from various schools competed in the first round. They had to pass...

From 20 to 25 August 2019, the 7th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary.900 swimmers from 110 countries competed against each other in the 50-metre pool of the Duna Arena, the world's most modern indoor swimming pool. Boys aged 15-18 and girls aged 14-17 took part...

The pre-school seized the opportunity and "renovated" the jungle gym as part of the holiday programme. The team of educators were painting, colouring and sweating for 3 days – and delivered an impressive, bright-coloured result, decorated with the children’s handprints. With the help of the janitorial department, who prepared the...

Last year, the Afrikaans department of the Deutsche Höhere Privatschule Windhoek (DHPS) organised a special day under the topic of “Afrikaans Dag”, for the first time, which was repeated with the grade 7 learners this year.“This day is all about the Afrikaans language, culture and tradition", says Ms Lize-Mari Esterhuyse,...

Day 1: First IJF Inter-schools Team Competition held at DHPSAbout 140 judoka visited the DHPS on 26 September 2019. Besides the Namibia Judo Schools Project (Cimbebasia Primary School, Madume Primary School, Windhoek International School, Windhoek Gymnasium, School of the Visually Impaired and Hearing Impaired), a South African team competed against...