Windhoek High School is a school in Windhoek, the capital of Namibia. It is one of the oldest schools in the country.
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With its 90-year tradition[1] of proven academic excellence, Windhoek High School (WHS) is rated as one of the top 100 schools in Namibia and ranked number 93.[2]
The infrastructure of WHS, has been developed over 90 years. The latest addition to the school is the new indoor heated swimming pool. Windhoek High School has large classrooms which is conducive for a productive teaching environment, a school hall where nearly 800 people can be seated, a state of the art computer centre, three science laborites, a modern media centre, an art classroom and fully equipped home economics classroom. It also has a word-processing centre, a cafeteria and a big stadium called vegkop.
Windhoek High School also has three rugby fields, four tennis courts, a soccer field, two hockey fields, four netball courts, a 300 square meter gymnasium, a basketball and volleyball court. WHS has always been known to have outstanding success in sport.[3]
The schools cricket ground first hosted a major match when Namibia played Scotland in a Twenty20 match on 4 October 2011, with the teams playing one another the following day. Further Twenty20 matches were held at the ground in November 2011 when Namibia played Kenya in eight matches at the school.[4] In the fifth Twenty20 between the sides, Namibia's Louis van der Westhuizen scored 145 runs from 54 balls, which is the third highest score ever made in a Twenty20 match.[5]