Hoërskool Jim Fouché | |
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Address | |
Lilac Street, Gardenia Park Bloemfontein Bloemfontein, Free State, 9311 South Africa |
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Coordinates | 29°07′44″S 26°10′34″E / 29.129°S 26.176°E |
Information | |
School type | Public school |
Motto | Saai Om te oes! (Sowing to harvest!) |
Religious affiliation(s) | Christian |
Principal | Schalk Malherbe |
Teaching staff | 47 |
Years offered | 8-12 |
Number of students | 1064 (2011) 950 (2013) |
Language | Afrikaans |
Hours in school day | 6 hours, 20 minutes |
Colour(s) | green, black, orange, white |
Mascot | Jimmy Jenny |
Newspaper | JF Oester |
Website | jf |
Hoërskool Jim Fouché is a secondary school in Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa. It was founded in 1956.
The school is a successor to Wilgehof Hoërskool, and was named after Jacobus "Jim" Fouché, who became President of South Africa in 1968.
The Computer Olympiad is an annual contest with Programming and Applications sections, based on Grade 11 and Grade 12 work in CAT and IT.
In 2012 Jan De Wet Linde, a Grade 11 student, came second in the Free-State in the Programming Olympiad.
In 2013 Jan De Wet Linde, Grade 12, was a runner up in the Programming Olympiad, in the top 20 in the country and first in the Free-State.
In 2014 Walter Heymans, Grade 11, was second in the Free-State and Josiah Meyer, Grade 12, was third in the Free-State.