St Dominic's Catholic School for Girls is a

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n, private

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day school located in

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History

The foundation stone of St. Dominic's Convent and School was laid by Bishop Cox, O.M.I.

Bishop of

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on 14 September 1921. Mother Rose Niland took possession of the buildings on behalf of the Dominican Sisters of Newcastle on 21 June 1923 and on the 31st of July that year the first 28 boarders arrived. They were joined by 32 day pupils the following day. With an enrollment of 60 pupils St. Dominic's Convent School was officially opened and registered with the

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Education Department on 1 August 1923. The school now has around 1,000 pupils and 50 teachers. The original building, with its of land used for recreation, sports and orchard, cost £100,000. The 1923 Mayor of

, Councillor Campbell, described St. Dominic's as a magnificent building where students should find studying a pleasure under ideal conditions. A hall and new wing were built in 1965 to accommodate the growing numbers of students. In 1999 the Jubilee Centre was officially opened. St Dominic's was used as the set for ''

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'', a 2008 film portraying the life of

Sandra Laing Sandra Laing (born 26 November 1955) is a South African woman who was classified as coloureds, Coloured by authorities during the apartheid era, due to her skin colour and hair texture, although she was officially listed as the child of at leas ...

, who was a pupil in 1973, a white South African with darker skin which caused her to be labelled "coloured" during the

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era. She was expelled from school.

Academic life

St Dominic's Matric pupils write the school leaving examination set by the

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(IEB). The IEB is an organisation whose examinations are written by private schools throughout South Africa. These examinations conform to the requirements of the Certification Board and are recognised by all Universities and Technicons. The examinations are set on a syllabus which is virtually identical to the National Core Syllabus although the prescribed literature books for the languages (

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and Zulu) are different from those studied at

Education Department schools. The

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pass rate has remained at 100% since the inception of IEB examinations in 1998.

Sports

Sports available include

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volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

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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and drum majorettes. The school has drum majorette squads in primary and high school; they are known as the Saintees (junior squad) and the Saints (senior squad). As multiple national winners, the senior team has competed overseas and most of the girls achieved Springbok colours, where they represented their country in World championships.

Old Girls

Barbara Hogan Barbara Anne Hogan (born 28 February 1952) is a former Minister of Health and of Public Enterprises in the Cabinet of South Africa. Early life Hogan attended St Dominic's Catholic School for Girls, Boksburg, and gained a degree at the Uni ...

, Minister of Public Enterprise, former Health Minister, activist *

, biracial activist *

Angelique Rockas Angelique Rockas is an actress, producer and activist. Rockas founded the theatre company Internationalist Theatre in the UK with her patron Athol Fugard. The theatre featured multi-racial casts in classical plays."a historic example of theatre ...

, pioneer of multi-racial theatre in London *

Yolandi Visser Anri du Toit (born 3 March 1984), known professionally as Yolandi Visser (stylised as ¥o-Landi Vi$$er), is a South African singer, rapper, and songwriter. She is one of two vocalists in the alternative hip hop group Die Antwoord, along with Wa ...

, rapper, singer, songwriter, actress and music video director *

Senzeni Marasela Senzeni Marasela (born 11 February 1977) is a South African visual artist born in Thokoza who works across different media, combining performance, photography, video, prints, textiles, and embroidery in mixed-media installations. She obtained a ...

, visual artist, author * Tsepiso Makwetla, news and current affairs anchor at SABC

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