| Victoria Girls' High School | |
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| Location | |
| Grahamstown, South Africa |
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| Information | |
| Type | state high school |
| Motto | Virtute et Opera (Courage and toil) |
| Staff | Principal: Mr Schmit |
| Enrolment | 412 girls from Grade 8 - 12 |
| Colours | Navy blue and Green |
| Website | http://www.vghs.co.za/ |
Victoria Girls' High School is a state school in Grahamstown, South Africa with a 100% pass rate and 94% endorsement. It is a girls only school going from Grade 8 to Grade 12. Victoria Girls' High School is a leading school in the province and winner of the PetroSA Proudly South African HomeGrown Awards, "Educational Institute of the Year".[1] The school is also a member of the Alan Gray Orbis Foundation's "Circle of Excellence. Victoria Girls' High has also been placed sixth in the Eastern Cape based on our outstanding Mathematics and Science results. Victoria Girls' High School also offers hostels ranging from small and homely to large and social. Victoria Girls' High offers a wide range of facilities including the Johan Carinus Art Centre, computer centres, three science labs and an eighty seat Audio-visual presentation venue. [2]
Who would true Valour see,
Let her come hither.
One here will constant be,
Come wind come weather.
There’s no discouragement,
shall make her once relent.
Her first avowed intent
To be a pilgrim.
Who so beset her round,
With dismal stories.
Do but themselves confound -
Her strength the more is.
No foes shall stay her might;
Though she with giants fight,
She will make good her right
To be a pilgrim.
Since, Lord, Thou dost defend
Us with Thy Spirit,
We know we at the end,
Shall life inherit.
Then fancies flee away!
I’ll fear not what men say,
I’ll labor night and day
To be a pilgrim.