LEAPSA (LEAP Past Student Association) is a voluntary association controlled and managed by an elected Committee of our past matriculants. LEAPSA's aims are a continuation of whole person, community and country development as espoused by the LEAP’s mission and vision. It hopes to achieve this by:

- Providing emotional and career guidance to the LEAP learners, especially the Grade 12’s

- Making school-to-tertiary transition easier for school-leavers

- Staying involved with the LEAP Science and Maths Schools and its social responsibilities programmes.

- Participating in community mentoring

- Raising funds for the schools

- Maintaining the Code of Conduct of LEAP

- Creating a support network for those students who are not coping academically on a tertiary level

- Supporting broader community development in the residential areas of the LEAP learners through strategically targeted involvement and engagement

We encourage all LEAP alumni to join us in actively pursuing the vision, mission and objectives of LEAPSA.

2009 Year Plan

Luyanda Mpefumlo

One of LEAP’s 2005 matrics, Luyanda Mpefumlo, tragically died in 2008 and LEAPSA co-ordinated a memorial service at the school in honour of Luyanda and welcomed and involved the Langa community and his family. A commitment was made during this memorial service to honour the memory of Luyanda by establishing a scholarship or bursary in his memory.

“As a classmate we competed for the top honours in the areas where we felt strong academically. It became clear that Luyanda was strong in Maths and other areas that required analytical thinking. In a class of 15, every member brought something different to the group and Luyanda was one to hold you to account even though lack of words may have seemed disadvantageous.

Skhokho as he was known to us was one person that you would notice if he was not present. As a person it took me a long time to understand the value of having a person of Skhokho’s calibre in my life. Skhokho was upfront and confrontational but at the same time I always felt at peace with him. I believe this was the same with the other classmates too. Luyanda Mpefumlo kept the class united in his subtle ways and this became evident and ironical at the same time as LEAP held his memorial service. Our class had dispersed after graduating and when Luyando passed on we once again united.

It was particularly hard to appreciate the effect Luyanda had on our lives when he was still physically amongst us but now it is clear that he was a reflective mirror for all of us in which we looked at ourselves.

On behalf of the class of 2005, may his soul rest in peace.”

Siyabonga, 2005 LEAP graduate and first year student in the LEAP Teacher Training Programme