Hoërskool Jim Fouché is a

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Afrikaans medium co-educational high school situated in the suburb of Gardeniapark in

Bloemfontein Bloemfontein ( ; ), also known as Bloem, is the capital and the largest city of the Free State (province), Free State province in South Africa. It is often, and has been traditionally, referred to as the country's "judicial capital", alongsi ...

in the Free State province of

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...

. It is one of the top academic schools in the Free State. It was founded in 1959. The school is a successor to Wilgehof Hoërskool, and was named after Jacobus "Jim" Fouché, who became President of South Africa in 1968.

Sports

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Badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...

Chess Chess is a board game for two players. It is an abstract strategy game that involves Perfect information, no hidden information and no elements of game of chance, chance. It is played on a square chessboard, board consisting of 64 squares arran ...

Cricket Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...

Cycling Cycling, also known as bicycling or biking, is the activity of riding a bicycle or other types of pedal-driven human-powered vehicles such as balance bikes, unicycles, tricycles, and quadricycles. Cycling is practised around the world fo ...

* Drum Majorettes *

Duathlon Duathlon is an sports, athletic event that consists of a running leg, followed by a cycling leg and then another running leg in a format similar to triathlons. The World Triathlon governs the sport internationally. Distance and format Duathlon ...

Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various Golf club, clubs to hit a Golf ball, ball into a series of holes on a golf course, course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standa ...

Gym A gym, short for gymnasium (: gymnasiums or gymnasia), is an indoor venue for exercise and sports. The word is derived from the ancient Greek term " gymnasion". They are commonly found in athletic and fitness centres, and as activity and learn ...

Hockey ''Hockey'' is a family of List of stick sports, stick sports where two opposing teams use hockey sticks to propel a ball or disk into a goal. There are many types of hockey, and the individual sports vary in rules, numbers of players, apparel, ...

Netball Netball is a ball sport played on a rectangular court by two teams of seven players. The primary objective is to shoot a ball through the defender's goal ring while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own. It is one of a ...

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Subjects

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and

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Afrikaans Afrikaans is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language spoken in South Africa, Namibia and to a lesser extent Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe and also Argentina where there is a group in Sarmiento, Chubut, Sarmiento that speaks the Pat ...

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*Computer Application Technology *

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*Engineering Graphics and Design * English *

Geography Geography (from Ancient Greek ; combining 'Earth' and 'write', literally 'Earth writing') is the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. Geography is an all-encompassing discipline that seeks an understanding o ...

Information Technology Information technology (IT) is a set of related fields within information and communications technology (ICT), that encompass computer systems, software, programming languages, data processing, data and information processing, and storage. Inf ...

*Life Orientation *

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Mathematics Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes methods, Mathematical theory, theories and theorems that are developed and Mathematical proof, proved for the needs of empirical sciences and mathematics itself. There are many ar ...

* Mathematical Literacy *

Music Music is the arrangement of sound to create some combination of Musical form, form, harmony, melody, rhythm, or otherwise Musical expression, expressive content. Music is generally agreed to be a cultural universal that is present in all hum ...

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Tourism Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the Commerce, commercial activity of providing and supporting such travel. World Tourism Organization, UN Tourism defines tourism more generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as ...

South African Computer Olympiad

The

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is an annual contest with Programming and Applications sections, based on Grade 11 and Grade 12 work in CAT and IT.

Programming Olympiad

2012

In 2012 Jan De Wet Linde, a Grade 11 student, came second in the Free-State in the Programming Olympiad.

2013

In 2013 Jan De Wet Linde, Grade 12, was a runner up in the Programming Olympiad, in the top 20 in the country and first in the Free-State.

2014

In 2014 Walter Heymans, Grade 11, was second in the Free-State and Josiah Meyer, Grade 12, was third in the Free-State.

2015

In 2015 Walter Heymans, Grade 12, was first in the Free-State.

2016

In 2016 Shaun Roselt, Grade 12, was first in the Free-State.

Notable alumni

Leon Schuster Leon Ernest "Schucks" Schuster (born 21 May 1951) is a South African filmmaker, comedian, actor, prankster and singer. Early life Schuster was drawn to the filmmaking process at an early age. As a child he and his brother would play practical ...

(1968, teacher 1973–75)"Leon Schuster kom kuier by Alma Mater"
, Hoërskool Jim Fouché, February 2013 * Brendan Peyper (2014),singer *

Jamba Ulengo Jamba Isaac Ulengo (born 7 January 1990) is a South African rugby union player for the Tel Aviv Heat, which competes annually in the Rugby Europe Super Cup. His regular position is wing. Career Youth and Varsity Cup rugby He was chosen to r ...

(born 1990), rugby union player for the

Tel Aviv Heat The Tel Aviv Heat () is the first professional Israeli rugby union team. Based in Tel Aviv, the team competed annually in the Rugby Europe Super Cup until 2023. The team is also called the Israeli Springboks, on account of the number of South Afri ...

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References

External links

Official site

''JF Oester''
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