Pinelands High School
| Pinelands High School | |
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| Address | |
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94 Forest Drive Pinelands, 7405 South Africa |
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| Coordinates | 33°56′13″S 18°30′29″E / 33.937°S 18.508°ECoordinates: 33°56′13″S 18°30′29″E / 33.937°S 18.508°E |
| Information | |
| Type | State secondary school |
| Motto | Latin: Fides prudentia labor |
| Opened | July 1952 |
| Authority | Western Cape Education Department |
| Principal | Dave Campbell (as of April 2015) |
| Teaching staff | approx. 75 |
| Grades | 8–12 |
| Number of students | approx. 980 |
| Language | English |
| Website | www |
Pinelands High School is a public school situated in Forest Drive, Pinelands in the city of Cape Town, South Africa. It was opened in July 1952 and the founding principal was Jack Kent. The school now enrols about 950 students.
They offer a broad academic and extra-mural programme and have a rich history of success in many spheres of endeavour. They are strongly motivated and guided by their mission: We strive to be a world-class school, rooted in Africa, that facilitates a quality, all-round education in a caring and disciplined environment.
They are a diverse South African school. Their diversity extends beyond race and ethnicity to embrace culture, religion, socio-economic background, gender, and the physical and intellectual spheres.
They believe in the importance of a disciplined, well-managed and administratively efficient environment, as these elements then allow academic endeavour, creativity and thought to flourish.
In 2004, the school provided filming locations for the motion picture Ask the Dust, with the sets built to simulate Los Angeles in the 1930s.
THE ACADEMIC CURRICULUM
Grades 8 – 9
English Home Language, Afrikaans or isiXhosa First Additional Language, Mathematics, Creative Arts (Art, Music and Drama), Economic Management Sciences, Life Orientation, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences and Technology.
Grades 10 – 12
Compulsory: English Home Language, Afrikaans or isiXhosa First Additional Language, Mathematics or Mathematical Literacy and Life Orientation.
Elective (minimum of three): Accounting, Computer Applications Technology, Consumer Studies, Design (Surface and Textiles), Dramatic Arts, Engineering Graphics and Design, Geography, History, Information Technology (as an additional subject, taught outside the school), Life Sciences, Music, Physical Sciences, Tourism and Visual Arts.
Academic Extension Subjects (optional): Advanced Programme English and Advanced Programme Mathematics.
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