Grey High School

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Grey High School

Motto	Tria Juncta in Uno ('Three joined in one')
Established	1856
Type	All-Boys Public School
Rector	Mr. Neil Crawford
Grades	8 - 12
Location	Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Yearbook	The Grey
Newspaper	Grey Matter
Website	www.greyhighschool.com

Grey High School is an elite school for boys located in the city of Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Grey High School is not to be confused with Grey College in Bloemfontein, Free State.

History

The school was founded by John Paterson, and named after Sir George Edward Grey, Governor of Cape Colony for the period 5 December 1854–15 August 1861.^[1] Sir Grey founded Grey College, Bloemfontein in 1855, and Auckland Grammar School (Auckland, New Zealand) in 1850. The motto of Grey High School is Tria Juncta in Uno meaning 'three joined in one — mind, body and spirit', from the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, of which Sir George Grey was created a Knight Commander in 1848.

The school today

There are over 880 boys including 140 boarders. The school celebrated its 150th jubilee in 2006.In May 2006, over 600 alumni from around the world attended the 150th birthday celebrations.^[2] The Grey Institute also includes the attached Grey Junior School with almost 800 pupils. The school is under the rectorship of Mr Neil Crawford. The school has been rated as the 18th best in Africa.^[3]

While today the school offers only primary and secondary education, it had previously offered university courses from the University of the Cape of Good Hope.^[4]

Traditions and Ethos

Grey High School has a strong sense of traditions, and has a variety of annual events and intra mural activities.

Quad Races

Inspired by the film Chariots of Fire which deals with the rivalry between two famous Olympic athletes , Grey High School had both the cloisters and the necessary clock tower to perform this and thus it decided to adapt its own version of a "Quad Race" , held annually.

Matric Students (Final year School Leavers) participate in time trials and the two fastest qualifiers are chosen to compete in the race. They then toss for position, the winner usually choosing the inside lane. They wait for the four quarters to strike on the clock tower before they are set off by the Rector on the first strike of the chimes. They begin the race directly in front of the war memorial and they run in an anti-clockwise direction. They race against each other as well as against the eight chimes which take approximately 20 seconds to ring. The record stands to the name of current staff member, Greg Miller, with a time of 19.8 seconds. He is one of very few who have beaten the clock.^[5]

Robert Selley Memorial Concert

The Selley Concerts were inaugurated in 1986. This was in conjunction with the Founder’s Day celebrations. The Selley Concerts aims to recognise the contribution Robert Selley’s made to the school's music department . This event is hosted annually in the Feathermarket Centre, on the second Wednesday evening in May. The concert showcases the depth and talent of the musicians at Grey High School. The Grey Symphonic Winds, the Old Grey Band, the Grey String Orchestra, the Grey Voices and the Grey Orchestra all take part in the concert. The music that is played is chosen not only for its entertainment value, but also to indicate the high standard of musical accomplishment through the mastering of complex arrangements in the widest possible variety of music styles.^[6]

Trooping the Colour

Trooping the colour is performed by various members of the cadet detachment. The first Trooping the Colour was held on 31st October 1938. ,^[7]

Houses

The house system at Grey High School has a combination of day scholar houses and boarding scholar houses . There are five day houses and two boarding houses, although the boarding houses are collectively seen as one house, Meriway House. Every new boy entering Grey High School is assigned a house which they stay in unless they transfer in or out of the boarding houses (Meridith and Meriway) . There is a rivalry between the houses who compete in inter-house tournaments such as Swimming, Tennis, Squash, Athletics, Rugby, Debating, Cricket and Waterpolo. The house prefects take responsibility for the running of the houses under the supervision a housemaster and deputy housemaster.^[8]

House	Colour	Motto	Housemaster
Noaks House	Green	Motto: Fortior Qui Se Vincit (The Man who is Better, Restrains Himself)	Mr Marc Brown^[9]
Johnson House	Yellow	Motto: Servabo Fidem (Translation: I Shall Protect the Faith)	Mr Cyril Allwright^[10]
Meridith House	Black	Motto: Heb Dduw Heb Ddib, A Dum A Digon	Mr Anton Scholtz^[11]
Way House	Red		Mr Anton Scholtz^[12]
Thurlow house	Blue	Motto: Justitia Soror Fides (Translation: Justice is the Companion of Faith)	Mr John Clarke^[13]
Lang House	White		Mr Vaughan Jones^[14]
Vipan House	Purple	Motto: Vi et Armis (Translation: By Force and With Arms)	Mr Louis du Plessis^[15]

Facilities

The school has various facilities which cater for a good mixture of academics,culture and sport.^[16] The school offers 13 sports, with the notable exception being association football, which is not offered due to a school policy against it.^[17]

Academic Facilities

General Library

Assembly Hall

3 x Computer laboratories

Remedial computer laboratory

Engineering and Graphics Design computer laboratory

Lecture rooms equipped with audio-visual facilities

2 x Physical Science Laboratories

2 x Natural Sciences Laboratories

Sporting Facilities

Heated indoor swimming pool (25m)

Floodlit heated outdoor water-polo pool

Floodlit Water-Based Astroturf

7 All-Weather Clay courts

2 squash courts

1 cricket oval

3 Cricket fields

1 Grass hockey field

4 Rugby fields

Weights room

Indoor basketball court

2 outdoor basket ball courts

Physiotherapist rooms

Gymnasium

Cultural Facilities

2 x Rehearsal auditoriums

Art Room

Other Facilities

Centenary Pavilion

Mosenthal Pavilion

Edkins Quadrangle

Restaurant

Tuckshop

Memorial Quad

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Rectors

JR Macleish (1859–1861)
J Samuel (1862)
Rev Henry Isaac Johnson (1863–1872)
John Thurlow (1874–1884)
Edward Noaks (1885–1892)
William Chubb Meredith (1893–1910)
William Archer Way (1911–1928)
James Lang (1928–1942)
Bruce C Gordon (1943–1957)
Owen Burnet Taylor (1958–1962)
Stanford Edward Edkins (1963–1976)
Gustav Dieter Pakendorf (1977–1992)
Roy Lawrence Simpson (1993–2001)
Neil Russel Crawford (2001–present)

Notable alumni

Siya Kolisi, DHL Stormers and Springbok rugby player^[19]
JJ Engelbrecht, Vodacom Blue Bulls and Springbok rugby player^[20]
Johan Botha, South African cricketer
David Callaghan, South African cricketer
Mike Catt, rugby player, represented England
Rear Admiral (JG) Derek Christian, Commandant of the South African Military Academy
Rear Admiral Robert Higgs, Flag Officer Fleet, SA Navy^[21]
Ian Howell, International Cricket Umpire
Steven Hunt, South African rugby 7s player
Barry Jordan, M.Mus., was appointed as organist and choral director of the Magdeburg Cathedral in Germany in August 1994.^[22]
Sergeal Petersen, SA Schools U18 Rugby, Southern Kings rugby player, SA U20 Squad member
David Maynier, South African parliamentarian, shadow minister of defence
David Nosworthy, South African cricketer and coach of the Nashua Titans, Highveld Lions and Canterbury Wizards
Wayne Parnell, South African cricketer, Warriors cricket player and South African U19 Cricket Captain
Kevin Paul, swimmer, gold medalist at the 2008 Summer Paralympics for men's 100m Breaststroke SB9 breaking the world record.
Graeme Pollock, former South African cricketer
Peter Pollock, former South African cricketer
Barry Smith, Organist Emeritus, St George's Cathedral, Cape Town; former Associate Professor, Faculty of Music, UCT.
Rory Stear, founder of Freeplay Energy and a member of the executive committee of the council of the Schwab Foundation for Outstanding Social Entrepreneurs, which is affiliated with the World Economic Forum
Pieter Strydom, South African cricketer
Rusty Theron, South African cricketer
Luke Watson, Rugby player, former captain of Western Province and The Vodacom Stormers and Springbok rugby player
Eric Lloyd Williams, journalist and war correspondent
Corbyn Dolley, Warriors cricket player
David Fanning, Executive producer of the multiple award winning "Frontline", the longest running documentary investigative show in the USA.
Cliff Drysdale, 1972 US Open Tennis doubles champion as well as a number of other singles & doubles championships. Also represented South Africa in the Davis Cup.

Grey Cycle Tour

The Grey Cycle Tour 2008 was a cycle around the country of South Africa completed by seven students from the Grey High School. All the funds raised went to the Childhood Cancer Foundation South Africa (CHOC). The idea of the Grey Cycle Tour was to include young people in the fight against cancer. The total distance traveled was 2300 km. In total, R580,000 was raised.

In the media

The school was featured in the second episode of the Australian Seven Network's version of the TV show The World's Strictest Parents.^[23]

Footnotes

References

Markman, Ivor (2008-01-21). "Joyous welcome as fundraising cyclists return to Grey". The Herald Online. Retrieved 2008-03-23.
Top 20 Schools in Africa

External links

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