Hoërskool Menlopark
School in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
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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.A School that is also scared to play against Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool
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]
Headmasters
List of headmasters at Die Hoërskool Menlopark.[2]
Name | Started | Finished |
---|---|---|
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 |
Notable alumni
In order of final year at Hoërskool Menlopark (date in brackets)
- Jana Cilliers (1965), actress
- Laurie Dippenaar (1966), founder FirstRand Group[3]
- Koos Kombuis (1972), Afrikaans writer, singer and songwriter (born André le Roux du Toit)[4][better source needed]
- Calie Pistorius (1975), Vice Chancellor of University of Pretoria; now VC at University of Hull, United Kingdom
- Stefan Swanepoel (1975), The New York Times bestselling author
- Marita van der Vyver (1975), author
- Johan Marais (1976) - rugby union player
- Reggie Holmes (1976) - squash player
- Anneli van Rooyen (1978) - singer/musician
- Rudolf Straeuli (1981) - Springbok and Lions rugby player, and Springbok coach during the Kamp Staaldraad affair
- Jacques Olivier (1985) - rugby union player
- André de Ruyter (1985) - businessman
- Amalia Uys (2002) - Soap opera actress
- Gideon Louw (2005) - swimmer in the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics and 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Rassie van der Dussen (2007) - cricketer
- Heinrich Klassen (2009) - cricketer
- Theunis de Bruyn (2010) - cricketer
- Charné van Biljon (2011) - hockey player
- Willem de Beer (2010) - painter
- Inge Viljoen (2011) - heptathlon athlete
- Lenize Potgieter (2012) - netball player
- Lenke van Aarde (2012) - chess player
- Suné Luus (2014) - cricketer
- Jacques Snyman (2014) - cricketer
- Delmi Tucker (2015) - cricketer
- Stean Pienaar (2015) - rugby player
- Lohan Potgieter (2019) - rugby player
- Hanrie Louw (2019) - field hockey player[5]
References
- ^ a b "Tuis". www.menlopark.co.za.
- ^ "Geskiedenis" [History] (in Afrikaans). Hoërskool Menlopark. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
- ^ Africa, Forbes (1 September 2013). "A MAN FOR ALL NUMBERS, WHO TURNED $50 INTO $74 MILLION".
- ^ "Koos Kombuis en die First National Band". 10 August 2007 – via Flickr.
- ^ "Die Hoërskool Menlopark se 2019 uitblinkers". AWSUM School News. 27 November 2019. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
External links
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