Rustenburg High School For Girls

Description

Rustenburg High School for Girls is a public school for girls in Rondebosch, Cape Town. The school was rated one of the top schools in South Africa and incorporates both a junior and high school. Rustenburg High School teaches from Grade 8 to 12 and has close to 800 students. Younger girls are accommodated in the junior school.

HERITAGE

In 1893, a group of people led by Rev BP Marchand decided that a girls’ school was needed in the suburb of Rondebosch. The school opened with 76 pupils, including 7 boarders and 11 boys - despite attempts to channel the boys to the nearby Rondebosch Boys’ High School.

Rustenburg High School for Girls was founded in 1894 in the historic Rustenburg House, dating back to the early years of the Dutch settlement in the Cape. In 1932, the high school moved to its new building on Erinvale Estate and Charlie’s Hope. Charlie’s Hope was demolished in 1976 and rebuilt closer to the school. Rustenburg House was declared a national monument in 1941 and still houses the Junior School.

ACADEMICS

In 2014, Rustenburg Girls’ placed 6th in the top 20 schools in the Western Cape. The 2014 Matrics achieved a 100% Matric pass rate and a 98.7% Bachelors Pass.

The school motto is Palmam Qui Meruit Ferat which means “Let Whoever earns the Palm Bear It”.

SPORTS & CULTURE

Rustenburg has been well presented in South African and Western Province teams for a variety of sports.

SPORTS

• Artistic gymnastics
• Football
• Gymnastics
• Hip Hop
• Hockey
• Swimming
• Squash
• Synchronised swimming
• Ten pin bowling
• Tennis
• Touch rugby
• Triathlon
• Water polo
• Cricket
• running

CULTURE

• Afrikaans Society
• AfriTwin
• Art & Design Society
• Blood Donor Clinic
• Bug Magazine
• Cheerleading
• Cultural society
• Debating
• Earth Children
• Habitat for Humanity
• Photographic Team

SCHOOL FACILITIES

• 9 tennis courts
• Swimming pool
• 2 hockey/cricket fields
• Music department
• Media centre
• School shop
• Tuckshop
• AstroTurf
• Hostels

SCHOLARSHIPS

Academic, music and sport scholarships are available for students entering into Grade 8.

NOTABLE GRADUATES

• Nicky Greenwall
• Desiree Talbot
• Louise Carver
• Gaby Lomberg
• Debora Patta