Hoërskool Menlopark
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Die Hoërskool Menlopark (colloquially known as Menlo or Parkies) is a public Afrikaans medium co-educational high school situated in the suburb of Menlo Park in Pretoria in the Gauteng province of South Africa.
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Coordinates | 25°45′53″S 28°15′30″E |
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School type | Public & Boarding |
Motto | Excelsa petamus (Latin: "We strive for the highest values") |
Religious affiliation(s) | Christianity |
Established | 29 January 1963; 61 years ago (1963-01-29) |
Founder | Bettie Cilliers-Barnard |
Headmaster | Kobus Hartman[1] |
Staff | approx. 50 full-time |
Grades | 8–12 |
Gender | Boys & Girls |
Age | 14 to 19 |
Number of students | 1,700 pupils |
Language | Afrikaans |
Schedule | 07:30 - 14:00 |
Hours in school day | 6h30 |
Campus | Urban Campus |
Campus type | Suburban |
Houses | Atheners Millers Spartane Trojane |
Colour(s) | Blue Red White |
Song | Hou Hoog Die Vaandel Wit en Blou |
Fight song | Ons Skool Sal Saamstaan |
Nickname | Menlo or Parkies |
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Accreditation | Gauteng Department of Education |
Newspaper | The quarterly Die Eggo, the weekly Menlo-Insig |
Yearbook | Die Eggo |
School fees | R44,800 (boarding) R37,200 (tuiton) |
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Alumni | Menlobond |
Website | www |
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The school was founded in 1963 by the painter Bettie Cilliers-Barnard.[citation needed] When established it had 12 classrooms and 372 students in grades 8, 9 and 10 (then called Standards 6, 7 and 8).[1] Cilliers-Barnard also designed the school emblem.[citation needed]