Graeme College
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Grahamstown, Eastern Cape South Africa |
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| Type | Public high school |
| Motto | Virtute et Opera (Courage and toil) |
| Established | April 1873 |
| Headmaster | Kevin Watson |
| Staff | 33 Teachers 13 Support Staff |
| Grades | 00 - 12 |
| Gender | Male |
| Enrolment | 600 students |
| Color(s) | Navy blue and old gold |
| School fees | R10,100 p.a. (Day Scholar) R32,900 p.a. (Boarding Fee) (Calculation based on a Grade 10 Pupil, 2011) |
| Website | www |
Graeme College is a public school located in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. It caters for boys from Grade 00 to Grade 12 and offers both boarding and day options to its pupils. It was founded in April 1873.
Education in Grahamstown in the second half of the 19th century tended to divide the population along denominational and economic lines and, with few exceptions, was not altogether of a satisfactory standard. At a public meeting held in 1872 a resolution was moved to the effect that: "It is highly desirable to establish a high class nondenominational school in Grahamstown, with a view to providing an education which is not furnished by any of the present schools." And so in April 1873, with an enrolment of 25 boarders and 45 day boys, under the headmastership of the Rev. Robert Templeton, the Grahamstown Public School opened its doors in the Drostdy Barracks and the Drostdy House, newly vacated by the Colonial military authorities. Both these buildings have since been swallowed up in the Rhodes University campus.
The new school grew rapidly and within ten years the enrolment had reached 200. The first candidate for the matriculation examination was entered in 1874, and the school began preparing candidates for the examinations of the University of the Cape of Good Hope.
The political troubles at the end of the nineteenth century saw the British Army wanting their buildings back and the school moving to new premises in Beaufort Street in 1898. It occupied this site until moving to its present campus in Somerset Heights in 1974. The site in Beaufort Street has since been renovated and taken over by Victoria Girls' High School.
Over the years the name of the school has undergone several changes. During the period in which it offered matriculation classes to young ladies, it was known as Victoria High School, and finally in 1938 it adopted the name "Graeme College".
Graeme College is currently the only male school from Grade 00 to Matric in South Africa. The school is divided into a pre-primary (Grades 00-R), a foundation phase (Grades 1-3), a junior school (Grades 4-7) and a high school (Grades 8-12). It consists of approximately 600 boys and 33 teachers. The majority of the boys that attend the school are day scholars. A hundred or so boys populate the hostels of Grant House (Grades 4-12) and Wallace House (Grades 1-3). Graeme College has four houses: Wiles, Vernal, Nielson and Hutton, each named after previous headmasters of the school. The school's vision statement is: "To strive for excellence by developing all to their full potential."
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