Hoërskool Menlopark

Die Hoërskool Menlopark (colloquially known as Menlo or Parkies) is a public Afrikaans medium co-educational high school situated in the suburb of Menlo Park in Pretoria in the Gauteng province of South Africa.

Die Hoërskool Menlopark
Die Hoërskool Menlopark school crest
Location
412 Atterbury Road, Menlo Park Pretoria , Gauteng South Africa
Coordinates	25°45′53″S 28°15′30″E
Information
School type	Public & Boarding
Motto	Excelsa petamus (Latin: "We strive for the highest values")
Religious affiliation(s)	Christianity
Established	29 January 1963; 62 years ago (1963-01-29)
Founder	Bettie Cilliers-Barnard
Headmaster	Kobus Hartman[1]
Staff	approx. 50 full-time
Grades	8–12
Gender	Boys & Girls
Age	14 to 19
Number of students	1,700 pupils
Language	Afrikaans
Schedule	07:30 - 14:00
Hours in school day	6h30
Campus	Urban Campus
Campus type	Suburban
Houses	Atheners   Millers   Spartane   Trojane
Colour(s)	Blue   Red   White
Song	Hou Hoog Die Vaandel Wit en Blou
Fight song	Ons Skool Sal Saamstaan
Nickname	Menlo or Parkies
Rivals	Hoërskool Garsfontein Hoërskool Waterkloof
Accreditation	Gauteng Department of Education
Newspaper	The quarterly Die Eggo, the weekly Menlo-Insig
Yearbook	Die Eggo
School fees	R53,295 (boarding) R52,500 (tuition)
Feeder schools	Laerskool Lynnwood Laerskool Menlopark Laerskool Pretoria-Oos
Alumni	Menlobond
Website	www.menlopark.co.za

The school was founded in 1963 by the painter Bettie Cilliers-Barnard.^{[citation needed]} When established it had 12 classrooms and 372 students in grades 8, 9 and 10 (then called Standards 6, 7 and 8).^[1] Cilliers-Barnard also designed the school emblem.^{[citation needed]}

Headmasters

List of headmasters at Die Hoërskool Menlopark.^[2]

Name	Started	Finished
G.P.L van Ziji	1963	1973
F. Gerber	1973	1980
F. Booysen	1980	1984
C.I.S. van der Merwe	1984	2013
S. Reynders	2013	2024
K. Hartman	2024	present

Sport

The sports that are offered at the school are:

• Athletics
• Chess
• Cricket
• Cross country
• Equestrian
• Golf
• Hockey
• Mountain biking
• Netball
• Rugby
• Squash
• Swimming
• Table tennis
• Tennis

Notable alumni

In order of final year at Hoërskool Menlopark (date in brackets)

• Jana Cilliers (1965), actress^[3]
• Laurie Dippenaar (1966), founder FirstRand Group^[4]
• Calie Pistorius (1975), Vice Chancellor of University of Pretoria; now VC at University of Hull, United Kingdom
• Marita van der Vyver (1975), author
• Johan Marais (1976) - rugby union player
• Reggie Holmes (1976) - squash player
• Anneli van Rooyen (1978) - singer/musician
• Rudolf Straeuli (1981) - Springbok and Lions rugby player, and Springbok coach during the Kamp Staaldraad affair
• Jacques Olivier (1985) - rugby union player
• André de Ruyter (1985) - businessman
• Amalia Uys (2002) - Soap opera actress
• Yolandi Visser (2002) - singer
• Gideon Louw (2005) - swimmer in the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics and 2010 Commonwealth Games^[5]
• Rassie van der Dussen (2007) - cricketer
• Heinrich Klassen (2009) - cricketer
• Theunis de Bruyn (2010) - cricketer
• Charné van Biljon (2011) - hockey player
• Willem de Beer (2010) - painter
• Inge Viljoen (2011) - heptathlon athlete
• Lenize Potgieter (2012) - netball player
• Lenke van Aarde (2012) - chess player
• Suné Luus (2014) - cricketer
• Jacques Snyman (2014) - cricketer
• Delmi Tucker (2015) - cricketer
• Andell Loubser (2015) - rugby player
• Stean Pienaar (2015) - rugby player
• Bernard van der Linde (2018) - rugby player
• Lohan Potgieter (2019) - rugby player
• Hanrie Louw (2019) - field hockey player^[6]