Pretoria Boys High School
All-boys public school in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pretoria Boys High School (colloquially known as "Boys High") is a public, tuition-charging, English-medium high school for boys situated in the suburb of Brooklyn in Pretoria in the Gauteng province of South Africa, founded in 1901 by Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner.
Pretoria Boys High School | |
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251 Roper Street, Brooklyn , 0028 South Africa | |
Coordinates | 25°45′38″S 28°13′26″E |
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School type | All-boys public school |
Motto | Latin: Virtute et Labore ("Virtute et Labore”) |
Established | 3 June 1901; 122 years ago (1901-06-03) |
Founder | Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner |
Sister school | Pretoria High School for Girls |
Headmaster | Greg Hassenkamp |
Second master | Craig McBride |
Staff | 100 full-time |
Grades | Forms I-V (grades 8–12) |
Gender | Male |
Age | 13 to 18 |
Number of students | 1,500 |
Language | English |
Schedule | 07:40 - 14:15 |
Hours in school day | 6 h 35 min |
Campuses | 2 |
Campus | Main Campus Pollock Campus |
Campus type | Urban |
Houses | Boarding houses: Rissik House Solomon House School house Dayboy houses: Abernethy House Arcadia House Armstrong House Hofmeyr House Matheson House Sunnyside House Town House |
Colour(s) | Red White Green |
Slogan | The white and red live forever |
Song | 'Tis Here We Learn To Live' |
Nickname | Boys High |
Team name | Rugby 1st XV - “Candies”, Hockey 1st XI - ”Red Socks”, Water Polo 1st VII - ”Chipmunks” , Soccer 1st XI - ”Stripes”, Cricket 1st XI - ”White Caps”, Basketball 1st V - “Timbers” |
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Accreditation | Gauteng Department of Education |
Newspaper | The Phobian The Boys Highlights |
Yearbook | The Pretorian |
School fees | R88,000 (boarding) R63,800 (tuiton) |
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Website | www |
Main school building (1909). |
The school enrols over 1,500 pupils, including 300 boarders, from South Africa and beyond, managed by about 100 full-time staff.
Its neoclassical red-brick style main school buildings date from 1909, maintaining provincial heritage site status. A new media centre, library and music centre was completed in 2016. The school grounds also include a second campus, 'Pollock Campus', as well as sporting and recreational facilities. Three boarding houses are located on the school grounds: Rissik House and Solomon House are part of the original school complex completed in 1909, while School House was built later.
Its sister school is Pretoria High School for Girls, founded in 1902.