Rhenish Girls' High School is a
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English medium high school for girls situated in
Stellenbosch
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in the province of
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in
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. It was founded in 1860, thus making it the oldest girls' school in South Africa (tied with
La Rochelle Girls' High School in Paarl).
History
The school was founded by a German mission on 1 May 1860 for the education of the daughters of the missionaries, and had 8 pupils in its first year. The school grew rapidly, as girls from the wider Stellenbosch community joined the missionaries' daughters (by 1866 47 pupils attended the school)
.
After a new site had been developed on farmland next to Krigeville, the high school moved there in 1958, whilst the primary school continued in the old premises on the Braak. The two sites with their separate age groups remained a single school, and celebrated the centenary in 1960.
The primary school moved to the Doornbosch estate in 1984 and turned coeducational in 1985, coinciding with the 125th anniversary of the school.
In 1991, the school became one of the first government schools open to all races.
The History of Rhenish Girls' High School
Retrieved 2007-11-13
In 2006, a committee called Rhenish 150 was founded to coordinate the 150th anniversary celebrations of the high school.
Notable alumnae
* Lydia Baumbach, classical scholar
* Dominique Scott-Efurd, long-distance runner
External links
School websiteRhenish Primary SchoolWestern Cape Education Department profile
References
Girls' schools in South Africa
Boarding schools in South Africa
Educational institutions established in 1860
Schools in the Western Cape
1860 establishments in the Cape Colony
Buildings and structures in Stellenbosch
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