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High school in Durbanville, South Africa From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hoërskool Durbanville is a public Afrikaans medium co-educational high school situated in the town of Durbanville in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is a public school. It is the oldest High School in the Northern Suburbs of Cape Town, and the only other school older in the Greater Cape Town metropolitan area is Simons Town School in the southern suburbs.[1][2][3]
Hoërskool Durbanville | |
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Address | |
Langenhoven Street, Durbanville | |
Coordinates | 33.830579°S 18.643065°E |
Information | |
School type | Public & Boarding |
Motto | Labor Ornat.(Latin) Translated it means : Work Beautified |
Religious affiliation(s) | Christianity |
Established | 1827 |
School district | District 4 |
School number | 021 976 3188 |
Principal | Mr C. Venter |
Staff | 50 full-time |
Grades | 8–12 |
Gender | Boys & Girls |
Age | 14 to 18 |
Number of pupils | ca. 1,500 |
Language | Afrikaans |
Schedule | 07:30 - 14:00 |
Hours in school day | 6 hours, 30 minutes |
Campus | Urban Campus |
Campus type | Suburban |
Colour(s) | 🟥🟨🟦 |
Mascot | Honey badger |
Rival | |
Accreditation | Western Cape Education Department |
School fees | R33 300 (tuiton) R33 600 (boarding) |
Feeder schools |
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Alumni | Amore Bekker, Jack Parow, Zanne Stapelberg, Angus Cleophas Demi Lee moore |
Website | http://www.durbanvillehs.co.za/ |
The school was established in 1827, as a school catering for children from SubA (Grade 1) to Standard 10 (Grade 12). In 1955 the primary section of the school (SubA to Standard 5) split off to become a school separate from the High school on a separate premises, called Durbanville Primary.[4]
The first head master was Mellet, H.F. He stayed on until 1838. He was followed in quick succession by: Frylinck,J., Ackerman,C.J., de Beer,P.J., Hodgson,G. The headmasters to follow after these were: Roth, J.P.W. (1852-1859), Auret,E.B. (1859-1861), Hoek,J.(1861-1865), d’Arcy,G.A.(1865-1872), Dreyer,H.M.(1872-1875), Poccock,A.A.(1875-1884), Craig,T.(1884-1886), Bain,A.(1886-1887). In 1887 C.J. Haefele was appointed head master and he stayed on until 1921. He was related to the Haefele family from Wupperthal. In 1921 Hugo,D.P. was appointed, followed in 1939 by Ehlers, P.J., 1941 by Grobbelaar, J.J.S., 1943 by de Jager,A.K., 1950 by Stimie,C.M., 1969 by van Niekerk, A.A.J., 1974 by Firmani,O., 1985 by Bezuidenhout,J.W.L. and in 1997 by G Germishuys. The current head master is C Venter who started in 2020.[5]
The language medium is Afrikaans. It hosts both sexes.[6]
The school has hostel facilities for boys and girls. The hostel opened in 1942.[7]
Labor Ornat. This is Latin for Work Beautified
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