Pinelands High School
| Pinelands High School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
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94 Forest Drive Pinelands, 7405 South Africa | |
| Coordinates | 33°56′13″S 18°30′29″E / 33.937°S 18.508°ECoordinates: 33°56′13″S 18°30′29″E / 33.937°S 18.508°E |
| Information | |
| Type | State secondary school |
| Motto | Latin: Fides prudentia labor |
| Opened | July 1952 |
| Authority | Western Cape Education Department |
| Principal | Dave Campbell (as of April 2015) |
| Teaching staff | approx. 75 |
| Grades | 8–12 |
| Number of students | approx. 980 |
| Language | English |
| Website |
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Pinelands High School is a public school situated in Forest Drive, Pinelands in the city of Cape Town, South Africa. It was opened in July 1952 and the founding principal was Jack Kent. The school now enrols about 950 students.
They offer a broad academic and extra-mural programme and have a rich history of success in many spheres of endeavour. They are strongly motivated and guided by their mission: We strive to be a world-class school, rooted in Africa, that facilitates a quality, all-round education in a caring and disciplined environment.
Their catchwords Excellence, Leadership and Innovation are at the centre of all that they do, and ensure that they remain a school with an aspirational ethos which prepares young people for successful and fulfilled adult lives.
They are a truly diverse, South African school. Their diversity extends beyond race and ethnicity to embrace culture, religion, socio-economic background, gender, and the physical and intellectual spheres. It is this diversity which powers Pinelands High School and ensures that they remain an environment which embraces difference, is open to change and which equips our teenagers with a real-world experience.
They believe in the importance of a disciplined, well-managed and administratively efficient environment, as these elements then allow academic endeavour, creativity and thought to flourish.
In 2004, the school provided filming locations for the motion picture Ask the Dust, with the sets built to simulate Los Angeles in the 1930s.[1]
THE ACADEMIC CURRICULUM
Grades 8 – 9
English Home Language, Afrikaans or isiXhosa First Additional Language, Mathematics, Creative Arts (Art, Music and Drama), Economic Management Sciences, Life Orientation, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences and Technology.
Grades 10 – 12
Compulsory: English Home Language, Afrikaans or isiXhosa First Additional Language, Mathematics or Mathematical Literacy and Life Orientation.
Elective (minimum of three): Accounting, Computer Applications Technology, Consumer Studies, Design (Surface and Textiles), Dramatic Arts, Engineering Graphics and Design, Geography, History, Information Technology (as an additional subject, taught outside the school), Life Sciences, Music, Physical Sciences, Tourism and Visual Arts.
Academic Extension Subjects (optional): Advanced Programme English and Advanced Programme Mathematics.
Notable alumni
- Lesley-Ann Brandt, actress[2]
- Tim Harrell, professional baseball pitcher who represented South Africa at the 2000 Summer Olympics[3]
- Craig Matthews, South African cricket player[4]
- Jimmy Nevis, singer[5]
- Siv Ngesi, prominent comedian and actor[6]
- Austin Smith, captain of the South African men's hockey team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London
- Thami Tsolekile, South African cricket player[5]
- Tony Twine, economist (c. 1955-2012);[7]
References
- ↑ Charlotte Otter and Gert-Jaap Hoekman, "Hayek and Farrell in love - with Cape Town", Independent Online, June 10, 2004.
- ↑ "Brandt burns up big screen", Cape Argus, October 12, 2011
- ↑ Jermaine Craig, "Harrell brothers pitch in to help SA's cause", Independent Online, September 6, 2000.
- ↑ "Most South African Test Cricketers by School since 1992". School Sports News. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- 1 2 Pinelans School, Ngopulse, retrieved 22 August 2014
- ↑ Siv Ngesi "Siv Ngesi is Dekaf(firnated)... " accessed April 2014,
- ↑ Benita Enoch, "SA’s costly loss of Tony Twine", Independent Online, March 12, 2012.