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Die Hoërskool Menlopark | |
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Address | |
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412 Atterbury Road,
Menlo Park , | |
Coordinates | 25°45′53″S 28°15′30″E / 25.7646°S 28.2583°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 |
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 |
Rivals |
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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) |
Feeder schools |
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Alumni | Menlobond |
Website |
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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.
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]
List of headmasters at Die Hoërskool Menlopark. [2]
Name | Started | Finished |
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G.P.L van Ziji | 1963 | 1973 |
F. Gerber | 1973 | 1980 |
F. Booysen | 1980 | 1984 |
C.I.S. van der Merwe | 1984 | 2013 |
S. Reynders | 2013 | 2024 |
K. Hartman | 2024 | present |
This article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's
verifiability policy. (December 2023) |
In order of final year at Hoërskool Menlopark (date in brackets)