Victoria Girls' High School Explained

Victoria Girls' High School
Motto:Virtute et Opera
Motto Translation:Courage and toil
Pushpin Map:South Africa
Coordinates:-33.3144°N 26.5254°W
Type:state high school
Enrolment:425 girls from Grade 8 - 12
Staff:Principal: Mr Schmidt
Free Label:Colours
Free Text:Navy blue and Emerald Green
Free Label2:Brother School

Victoria Girls' High School is a state (public) school in Grahamstown, South Africa with a 100% pass rate and 94% endorsement. It is a girls-only school that caters for learners from Grade 8 to Grade 12. Victoria Girls' High School is a leading school in the province. It has repeatedly produced the top matric pupil in its educational district of Cacadu. VGHS has twice, in 2007 and again in 2011, been the winner of the PetroSA Proudly South African HomeGrown Awards, "Educational Institute of the Year."[1] [2] The school is also a member of the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation's "Circle of Excellence.[3] Victoria Girls' High has also been placed sixth in the Eastern Cape based on its outstanding Mathematics and Science results.Victoria Girls' High School also offers boarding facilities ranging from small and homely to large and social. Victoria Girls' High offers a wide range of facilities including the Johan Carinus Art Centre, computer centres, three science labs and a ninety-seat audio-visual presentation venue. Currently under construction is a new music centre.

School hymn

The school hymn is adapted from Who Would True Valour See - by John Bunyan.

Notable alumnae

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ProudlySA - Nca!tion Newsletter - July 2008. July 2008. 15 December 2009.
  2. Web site: Proudly South African Marketing . members.proudlysa.co.za . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304082111/http://members.proudlysa.co.za/area/marketing/flagships/homegrown.html . 2016-03-04.
  3. Web site: Allan Gray Orbis Foundation Partners - Circle of Excellence Schools . www.allangrayorbis.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121213205542/http://www.allangrayorbis.org/about-us/partners/ . 2012-12-13.
  4. Web site: Unathi Msengana biography, husband, kids and age . Favour . Adeaga . ru.ac.za . 8 August 2016 . 24 April 2020 .
  5. Web site: Victoria Girls' High School. 24 April 2020. Travel Ground.