Greenside High School
Greenside High School is a public co-educational high school in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
| Greenside High School | |
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| Location | |
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| Coordinates | 26°09′07″S 28°01′09″E |
| Information | |
| Motto | Individuality through community |
| Established | 30 January 1961 |
| School district | D10 |
| Principal | N. Whyte |
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| Grades | 8–12 |
| Campus type | Government high school |
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| Website | www |
Greenside High School (Top Public School in Gauteng 2007) is situated in the suburb of Greenside.
Academics
| English | Compulsory |
| Afrikaans | Elective |
| Zulu | Elective |
| Life Orientation | Compulsory |
| Maths and Maths Literacy | Compulsory |
| Accounting | Elective |
| Business Studies | Elective |
| Life Science | Elective |
| Physical Science | Elective |
| History | Elective |
| Geography | Elective |
| Computer Applications Technology | Elective |
| IT | Elective |
| Dramatic Arts | Elective |
| Visual Art | Elective |
| Engineering, Graphics, and Design (EGD) | Elective |
| Consumer Studies | Elective |
| Electrical Technology | Elective |
The school also offers an AP English course, which is taught mostly by the school's principal, Ms N. Whyte. An external company offers AP Maths as an additional subject at a cost to the student.
Facilities
Greenside High School increased the size of its swimming pool in 2013/14. The main sport field is used for cricket, rugby, touch rugby, soccer, and athletics. Their hockey fields, which run adjacent to Parkview Golf Club, are mainly used for hockey, but have also been used for cricket, soccer and rugby. Greenside has four basketball courts which also double up as netball courts. There are eight tennis courts.
Extra-curricular activities
Greenside's extra-curricular programmes include:
- Art
- Athletics
- Basketball
- Chess
- Cricket
- Charity Club
- Dance (traditional and contemporary)
- Debating
- Model United Nations (MUN)
- Drama
- First aid
- French
- Hockey
- Netball
- Photography
- Public speaking
- Robotics
- Rugby
- Soccer (boys and girls)
- Squash
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Touch rugby
The school competes in RAPS, FEDA, EADS, and (as of 2017) GRADS.[1] In 2013, students launched a production of Fame.
In 2017, students from the Greenside High School robotics team traveled to Costa Rica to take part in the WRO Global Robotics Tournament. Greenside High School was the only public school from South Africa to represent the country in this tournament.[2]
Notable alumni
- Jani Allan, columnist
- James Small, rugby[3]
- Claire Johnston, lead singer of Mango Groove
- Candîce Hillebrand, actress and singer-songwriter
- Trenton Birch, singer of Trenton and Free Radical
- Alistair Cragg, is an international track and field athlete[4]
- Matthew Buckland is an Internet entrepreneur
- Ivan Stegic, Founder and CEO of TEN7, a US-based Drupal web development firm.
- Bonnie Mbuli, South African Television host and actress
- Mmabatho Montsho, Actress
- Stephen 'Sugar' Segerman, Oscar winner - Searching For Sugar Man
See also
References
- http://www.greensidehigh.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Volume-3-30-June-2017.pdf
- http://www.greensidehigh.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Volume-5-10-October-2017.pdf
- "SA Rugby - Official Home of the Springboks". www.sarugby.co.za. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
- Anne (2005-11-27). "Boerewors Express - news for South African expats world-wide: For the Green, and winning Gold". Boerewors Express - news for South African expats world-wide. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
