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African School for Excellence is a private school which was founded in 2013 by Nonhlanhla Masina and Jay Kloppenberg.

History
Masina and Kloppenberg Sat down and thought that township needs quality education at an affordable price,to prepare them for university and the founder Nonhlanhla Masina from Tsakane,wanted to do something great for her community. It started as a programme in 2011 in Soweto for grade 10,11 and 12.Then in June 2012 at Tsakane it started recruiting students from different primary schools who were doing grade 6 for an accelerate programme in Buhlebemfundo Secondary School and officially started in 2013 where Buhlebemfundo landed us a piece of their own land to use with less than 100 scholars in grade 7.The teachers were recruited from the Teach SA organisation and others were sent messages for job opportunities.

The first principal was Mampho Langa,who served the school for 2 years. The school manager was Melusi Radebe,who served 2-3 years.The current building is down the road from where it was,it started in 2015.The new bulding is made up of light-gauge steel,which is a very strong material that is often used for building around the world. Berkia Banda was the second principal and was assisted by Macmillan Segoneco. Yvonne Dlamini was the second manager.

The school values are Excellence,Accountability,Integrity,Resilience and Humility.The school has been living up to those values for 5 years now. The token that is used to circulate classes is the vuvuzela which was firstly blown by( Unathi Manxeba, Arthur Muwirimi, Nthabiseng Phahlane, Mamogo Molepo)respectively.African School for Excellence uses a different curriculum from other schools. It uses Cambridge curriculum.

School building
The school is made of different material (containers and corregated iron sheets) from other schools especially public schools. It is built to accommodate the needs of all individuals and be a safe environment for all who will be using or who are part of the school. The way the building itself is structured to make the building easy to understand and access, and yet is appropriate and unique. The school is divided into two sections. Each section has twelve classes. Between the two sections is a gathering space.



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Academics
African School For Excellence focuses on giving pure education to the scholars more than anything else.The co-founder(Jay Kloppenburg) of the school once said, "We want our scholars to be prepared to succeed wherever they go,not just to get in university . Working at this higher level allows them to develop the thinking skills,leadership skills and writing and reading in order to succeed."So African School For Excellence works on providing quality education to kids with disadvantaged back-rounds because learners from various townships don't get opportunities to go to school and be educated to a standard of going to any university around the world.

African School For Excellence has four compulsory subjects which are Mathematics,History,English,and Science.Each and every subject is taught in to three different classes which are dialogue,team,and independent classes.Dialogue is a class where scholars get to discuss and share their thoughts with their teachers about what they are learning, team class is where scholars work in teams to solve particular problems and independent class is a type of a class where they work independently on certain tasks.These different classes are meant to create different social skills because in life there will come a time where the scholars have to work in teams or individually.

Mathematics is the subject which makes African school for excellence one of the best schools in the world, the major activity that the school took part in is the South African Mathematics Olympiad (SAMF), the school had all their scholars participating in the Math Olympiad and some of the scholars made it to the next round.

Public recognition
The school has been recognised by several media platforms and small organisations around the world. These media platforms help the school with publicity and getting more sponsors and investors who are willing to see the school succeeding not only with finances but also with academics. These organisations help the school with creating an active atmosphere, which encourages scholars to part in these initiatives and also increase their self esteem and confidence. The school is recognised by people through these:

Media platforms Facebook Twitter Star Magazine You Magazine The times Newspaper City Press Daily Dispatch ENCA

Organisations Abatsha Force of change Ashoka Change Makers Lady Liberty Coding Agency

The school gets feedback from visitors and parents that come to the school in day to day basis, who find this school quiet helpful and affordable for young South Africans. Rebecca Sekgobela says,¨ASE holds a bright future for our children.Their results have improved immensely compared to public schools¨. ¨Developing excellence as a habit is visible in the scholars!Great work¨ by Marie Strom. Macmillan Segoneco ¨The school is equipping young South Africans with quality education that they will get in private schools and it is also equipping them with the necessary skills to survive in universities and beyond that.¨ Ms Tsotetsi says,¨The teachers are curious and excited about learning. They are continuously training, growing and improving.¨

The school has received great publicity since 2013, which is the year it was founded in, from the exposure it received from the mentioned media platforms and organisation.

Public recognition
The school has been recognised by several media platforms and small organisations around the world. These media platforms help the school with publicity and getting more sponsors and investors who are willing to see the school succeeding not only with finances but also with academics. These organisations help the school with creating an active atmosphere, which encourages scholars to part in these initiatives and also increase their self esteem and confidence. The school is recognised by people through these:

Media platforms
 * Facebook
 * Twitter
 * Star Magazine
 * You Magazine
 * The times Newspaper
 * City Press
 * Daily Dispatch
 * ENCA

Organisations
 * Abatsha Force of change
 * Ashoka Change Makers
 * Lady Liberty
 * Coding Agency

The school gets feedback from visitors and parents that come to the school in day to day basis, who find this school quiet helpful and affordable for young South Africans. Rebecca Sekgobela says,¨ASE holds a bright future for our children.Their results have improved immensely compared to public schools¨. ¨Developing excellence as a habit is visible in the scholars!Great work¨ by Marie Strom. Macmillan Segoneco ¨The school is equipping young South Africans with quality education that they will get in private schools and it is also equipping them with the necessary skills to survive in universities and beyond that.¨ Ms Tsotetsi says,¨The teachers are curious and excited about learning. They are continuously training, growing and improving.¨ The school has received great publicity since 2013, which is the year it was founded in, from the exposure it received from the mentioned media platforms and organisation.

Extracurricular activities
Scholar Led Initiatives In this school there are scholar led initiatives after the academic lessons.They are held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 14:30 pm to 16:00 pm.The reason behind the scholar Led initiatives is to promote leadership skills and identify different talents.These SLI´s also allow students to other professions beyond academics.

The existing SLI´s in the school are:

Soccer A.S.E All stars is the name of the team.There are two different teams,There´s a female team and a male team. Every year there is a tournament hosted by the school against other schools(Top 8).The reason behind forming the soccer team was because most scholars have the love of soccer and when they play soccer they find inner peace.Scholars play soccer even during break time where they are not supposed to be playing ,so the teachers started a soccer team ,where scholars will play against other schools instead of playing against one another.

School play The school play started in 2013 by a few of the A.S.E educators .Their first performance was in 2014 at the Johannesburg theatre.Each and every year the school play showcases a play at the Johannesburg theatre .In 2017 they participated in their first competition called the Festival of Excellence in dramatic Arts (FEDA) and the cast won certificates for costumes,lighting,sound and best original script.They are having an up coming project the Shakespearean school festival, where they and many other schools will get together at Johannesburg theatre to perform different plays written by William Shakespeare. Few scholars have currently been chosen to be part of a professional play held by the Department of Acts and cultures. This SCL gives scholars a chance to be recognised locally and worldwide.

Comedy club The comedy club began in 2016 by its co-founder Andile Zikalala and Ntokozo Maduna .The reason behind forming the club was to bring happiness