MERRIFIELD PREPARATORY SCHOOL AND COLLEGE
School in East London

Going the extra mile is all in a day’s work for the dedicated team of Merrifield Prep School. The teaching staff complement is made up of experts from various teaching areas and all are highly committed to upholding the overall ethos of the school. The learning process receives constant evaluation and staff development is a priority. As the number of pupils increase, the size of the teaching staff has also grown and a number of new teachers were welcomed in Warren Canning has his own business in Johannesburg and develops business solution apps for the retail and property industries. After school Megan Pollock spent a gap year working at a summer camp in North America. She then completed a Bachelors in Architectural Studies at NMMU, taught English in South Korea in 2012, then between 2013 and 2015 she studied for a Masters in Architecture while working at Osmond Lange Architects and Planners in East London. She has been working for Osmond Lange Architects and Planners based in East London and Port Elizabeth since she qualified. Nicky first studied nature conservation and worked in that field for a few years, specialising in environmental education as well as crane and wetland conservation. He has his own company, Apogee Studios, and also runs a family business which is a 12 room guesthouse in Bunkers Hill. Lara Kelly works as a psychometrist in Cape Town after studying a BCom Honours in Industrial Psychology. Casey Blomkamp earned her LLB degree in 2012 and was admitted as an attorney in In March this year she was admitted as a Conveyancer and will soon be admitted as a Notary. Casey is currently the head of the Conveyancing Department at Moroka Attorneys in Bloemfontein and is engaged to Tomas Vetrik who has his PhD in Mathematics and is an Associate Professor at the University of the Free State. After matric Jeff Atkinson travelled to the USA where he spent a few months working as a counsellor at the YMCA Camp Flaming Arrow in Hunt, Texas. While working as a graphic designer, he studied in Sales and Marketing and computer programming. In 2014 Jeff moved to Durban to work for Wonderware Southern Africa as a Sales Account Manager. Mireille Barnard moved back to East London a few months ago and is currently relief teaching at Hudson Park High School, raising her baby daughter and giving HypnoBirthing classes. After school she completed her Honours degree (cum laude) at Stellenbosch University and then moved to Pretoria when her husband got transferred, completing her Masters in Sociology (cum laude) last year. Tara Wentworth completed her Masters degree in Psychology at Rhodes University and is currently living in Australia. Christopher Fielding, (2010) is at the forefront of an initiative aimed at distributing veterinary text books, journals and other educational tools to veterinary faculties in a number of countries in southern and central Africa. Christopher, in his fourth year at Onderstepoort Veterinary Academic Hospital in Pretoria, is the vice-chair of the project team for 2015/16. The team consists of eight veterinary students undertaking a six week road trip during the November and December months to the countries of Zimbabwe, Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya, Mozambique and Malawi. He has started his first job at a company responsible for importing metal parts from China, and is cueently preparing his application to start a Masters in Business Administration. This World Rowing award is given to someone who embodies the spirit of rowing, and while Tristan did not eventually win the overall award, to be named one of six finalists from around the world is a massive achievement. He also represented South Africa in the SA universities rowing team in South Korea last year.