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Pretoria High School for Girls

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    • Pretoria, Gauteng P. W. U., South Africa
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    • +27 (0)12 430 7341
    • +27 (0)12 342 1955 (fax)
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• History & Memorable Moments

In the 1880s the South African Republic Government built a Staatsmodelskool on the corner of Skinner and van der Walt Streets. The school had only been functioning for a short while, when the Second Boer War broke out in 1899 - many staff members and pupils joined the commandos. The building was used as a prison, and it was at this time that Sir Winston Churchill was captured and imprisoned there. Later, he made his famous escape from the building. As the war dragged on, it became apparent to Lord Milner, the colonial secretary at the time, that better education was needed. There was no school for English speaking pupils, so the Staatsmodelskool was refurbished. It was renamed Pretoria Boys High School and became the first 'Milner' school in the Transvaal. The school opened on 3 June 1901 under the headmaster Charles Hope, MA. The initial enrolment was 32 pupils, both boys and girls, which increased to 132 by August of that year. Mr Hope left the school 15 months later, the girls leaving at the same time. They moved to the old building of the Staatsmeisieskool and named it the Pretoria High School for Girls. The remaining classes were split into primary and high school and remained like this until 1905.

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  • Lall, Namrita (March 2004 - December 2020)
  • Peters, Wendy (February 2000 - March 2017)
  • Smith, Dinkie Stan (January 1947 - December 1951)
  • Terblanche, Angelique (January 2004 - January 2014)
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