Jeppe High School for Boys
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Good Hope & Roberts Avenue Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa 2101  South Africa
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| Coordinates | 26°12′0″S 28°5′58″E / 26.20000°S 28.09944°ECoordinates: 26°12′0″S 28°5′58″E / 26.20000°S 28.09944°E |
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| Type | Public & Boarding |
| Motto | "Forti Nihil Diffilcilius" |
| Established | 1890 |
| Founder | Sir Julius Jeppe |
| School board | National Senior Certificate |
| School district | D9 |
| School number | GDE No. 130633 |
| Principal | Anton Dempsey |
| Grades | 8–12 |
| Enrollment | 950 |
| Average class size | 33 |
| Color(s) | Black White Gold |
| Song | [Jeppe School Song] |
| Rivals | King Edward VII School, Parktown Boys' High School |
| School fees | R22 500 |
| Affiliation | International Boys' Schools Coalition |
| Alumni | Jeppe Old Boys |
| Dayboy Houses | Duiker, Eland, Impala, Koodoo, Roan |
| Boarding Houses | Oribi, Tsessebe, Sable |
| Website | www.jeppeboys.co.za |
Jeppe High School for Boys is a public secondary school is located in Kensington, a suburb of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, one of the 23 Milner Schools.
The school's motto is the Latin Forti nihil difficilius, meaning "Nothing is too difficult for the brave", also translated as "For the brave, nothing is too difficult". Jeppe High School for Boys is the oldest known school in Johannesburg.
St. Michael's College was the predecessor of all the Jeppe Schools. This was an Anglican private school on the corner of Commissioner and Crowns Street in Fairview. There were 25 students when the school first opened. The headmaster of the school was Rev. H B Sidwell. His successor was Rev. George Perry, in 1891.
The buildings of the college and the site on which its grounds lay were bought by the Witwatersrand Council for education, in 1896, as the school was struggling to function. The school was re-opened, in April 1897, by the council as Jeppestown Grammar School. 15 boys enrolled into the school and the first headmaster of the school was Mr. H Hardwick. However, financial issues of the school forced the council to reduce its disbursement. As a result, Mr. Hardwick and the rest of the schools staff were given notice. On the 1st of October, 1898, a group of Jeppestown parents bought th school from the council for £2 500. the staff had been replaced, but Mr. Hardwick remained the headmaster of the school.
In 1899, the outbreak of the Anglo-Boer War forced the school to close down. the amount of students slowly decreased. Mr. Harwick left in 1899, in September.
The school re-opened, after the war, as Jeppestown High School for Girls and Boys. The land was donated by Sir Julius Jeppe. It was opened in the same building of the Grammar School, and was one of the first co-educational schools, opened by the Transvaal Education Department (T.E.D). The precise date of the re-opening is unknown. it is believed to be during the first quarter of the year 1902, as a letter sent to the Department of education by the school about the teachers being unwilling to teach under the conditions of the unfinished building as well as there not being enough space for the number of children, was sent on April 9 of that year.
The Parents' Committee experienced financial hardships at the same time of the school's construction. In September 1902, the Education Department was presented with an ultimatum, which stated that either they purchase the premises or vacate it, by October that year. The Public Works Department advised for. Purchase to be made, until a new school building could be constructed.
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