Hoër Meisieskool Bloemhof is a

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Afrikaans medium high school for girls, located in

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in the

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province of

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History

It was established in 1875 as an English girls' school. In 1903 three houses were acquired with the intention of accommodating more boarding and day students. In 1925 the school became an Afrikaans-medium girls school. As of 2017, the school principal is Wilna van Heerden. The school is located next to the

Rhenish Girls' High School Rhenish Girls' High School is a boarding school for girls in Stellenbosch in the province of Western Cape The Western Cape is a province of South Africa, situated on the south-western coast of the country. It is the fourth largest of the n ...

and opposite the

Paul Roos Gymnasium Paul Roos Gymnasium is a public, dual medium (Afrikaans & English) high school for boys in the town of Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa, and opened on the 1st of March 1866 as Stellenbosch Gymnasium. It is the 12th oldest school in the c ...

for boys. It is further next to the Eerste River and Markotter sports grounds.

Students

There are currently (2017) 715 girls enrolled in grade 8 through 12. The number of grade 12 students obtaining A symbols in their final year has increased from 38.6% in 2010 to 49.6% in 2016. The school's motto is Semper Fidelis, which means "always loyal" in

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References

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