hockey, rugby, cricket, soccer, swimming, and tennis, the college has an extracurricular programme offering sports such as rock climbing, kayaking, orienteering, mountain biking, and golf. The other co-curricular activities include chess, bridge, debating and community service projects, in accordance with the Round Square IDEALS, such as paired reading and The SMILE Program which assists in teaching local children English. The college Interact club was started by Ashleigh van Niekerk in 2006. The club is supported by the Haenertsburg Rotary club and is thus named Haenertsburg Interact. The aim is to raise funds for local charities or people in need, the annual funds go to the president's choice of organisation. Interact has three main fund raisers during the year: they participate in the Rotary Ebenezer Mile as well as host a "Junior Bright Sparks" quiz competition for junior schools and a 24hr swim/triathlon. Leadership Stanford Lake College runs itself on a multi-tiered leadership system that allows the Matric pupils to have a hand in the running of the school. This system is (in increasing order of power) The Pupil Executive (PEX) consisting of the Chairpersons of each Matric Committee and the Head Boy and Girl and their Deputies The executive committee (EXCO) consisting of the Headmaster, Deputy-Headmaster, Staff Heads of Discipline, Sport, Academics, Boarding, the School Bursar and the Head Boy and Head Girl The Letaba Education Trust - the Board of Trustees - consisting of elected officials and the Headmaster Matric Committees and SRC There are five committees, each chaired by an elected Matric and including seven to ten additional Matrics and a staff coordinator. These committees are Discipline - maintains discipline and appearance of the school body Grade 8 - looks after Grade 8 and other new pupils Sport - organises and runs sports related events Stanfordian - in charge of all cultural activities and social events SOS - in charge of any outreach and community service projects The SRC comprises two pupils from each Grade, elected by their grade - except for the Matrics who are directly represented by the Deputy Head Boy and Girl Head Prefects The Head Boy, Head Girl and their Deputies are elected each year by the student and staff bodies. Until the election for the 2007 Head Prefects the voting was weighted such that the entire school's vote counts ⅓, the staff vote counts ⅓ and the incoming and outgoing Matric group together's