Victoria Girls' High 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.

Victoria Girls' High School
Location
Grahamstown
,
Eastern Cape

South Africa
Coordinates33°18′52″S 26°31′31.3″E
Information
Typestate high school
MottoVirtute et Opera
(Courage and toil)
StaffPrincipal: Mr Schmidt
Enrolment425 girls from Grade 8 - 12
ColoursNavy blue and Emerald Green
Websitewww.vghs.co.za

School Hymn

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

Notable Alumnae
  • Unathi Msengana[4]
  • Zola Nombona - Actress
  • Samela Tyelbooi - Actress[5]
  • Rachel Kolisi
  • Lunathi Mampofu
  • Vuyiseka Cawe - Actress

References
  1. "ProudlySA - Nca!tion Newsletter - July 2008". July 2008. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
  2. http://members.proudlysa.co.za/area/marketing/flagships/homegrown.html
  3. http://www.allangrayorbis.org/about-us/partners/
  4. Favour, Adeaga. "Unathi Msengana biography, husband, kids and age". ru.ac.za. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  5. "Victoria Girls' High School". Travel Ground. Retrieved 24 April 2020.


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