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King David Schools’ Foundation Newsletter – December 2024

In our  final newsletter of 2024, we are delighted to feature many of the exciting events that have taken place over the last few months. 

 We include a wrap-up of the year by Raelene Tradonsky, Executive Director of the KDSF, and proudly showcase the upgrades that have taken place on our campuses over the past year. In the Teacher Feature: Legends in Education we are delighted to feature Mr Ruven Bilchitz, whose teaching career at King David spanned 42 years, and included positions held at 4 King David schools! 

The King David Schools’ Foundation takes vicarious pride in our alumni, and in this edition, we are honoured to feature Dynamic Davidian Jason Guggenheim (KDHSL 1991), who is a Senior Partner and Managing Director out of BCG’s Atlanta office. We also proudly feature alumni who are making headlines in the Davidians in the News section, and the many alumni who were nominees and winners at the ABSA Jewish Achiever Awards 2024.  

A core value of a King David education is ‘community’ and KD students are encouraged to make the world a better place. In this newsletter we feature an Interactive fun day for King David Victory Park, Ariel and Orange Grove Primary Schools and a day of giving back between King David High School Linksfield and Juno Aurora Haven.  

We share feedback and photos from our incredible under 50s alumni networking events in Cape Town and Johannesburg, with world-renowned illusionist, Brendon Peel and bid a bittersweet farewell to Mr Tom Johnson, who is retiring after 38 years of service to King David High School Linksfield.  

We are thrilled to offer you the opportunity to win a once-in– a– lifetime island holiday experience – 7 nights’ accommodation for two people, at the luxurious Starlight Villa, on the British Virgin Islands, valued at US$25,000! Click here to enter! 

We successfully hosted 50, 40 and 30-year reZOOMions over the last few months, and a fantastic in-person reunion for the KDL Class of 2004. We encourage you to diarise the dates for the upcoming 2025 reZOOMions so that you don’t miss out on yours! 

Finally, we are so happy to celebrate the recent births, engagements and marriages with our Davidian family in our Mazeltov section. 

As we continue to pray for peace in our beloved homeland, Israel, we thank you for your continued, generous support, wish you a wonderful holiday, Chag Chanukah Sameach and everything of the best for 2025! 

The KDSF Team