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Rustenburg School for Girls

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{{Infobox school

| name = Rustenburg Schools for Girls

| image = Rustenburg School for Girls logo.png

| image_size = 140px

| motto = palmam qui meruit ferat

| street = 44 Campground Road, Rosebank (High). Main Road, Rondebosch (junior)

| city = Cape Town

| state = Western Cape

| country = South Africa

| schooltype = All-girls public (fee-paying) school

| established = {{start date and age|1894}}

| district = District 9

| number = 021 686 4066

| head_name = Headmaster

| head = B. Peterson (junior)
M. Gates (high)

| grades = R–12

| gender = Female

| schedule = 08:00–15:00

| language = English

| lower_age = 5

| upper_age = 18

| website = {{URL|http://rustenburggirls.org.za}}

| campus = Urban Campus

| campus_type = Suburban

| colours = {{color box|Skyblue|border=silver}}{{color box|Navy|border=silver}} Blue & navy

| students = 350 (junior)
863 (high school)

| nickname = RGHS/RGJS

| rivals = {{Plainlist|

}}

| accreditation = Western Cape Education Department

| free_label_1 = High School Houses

| free_1 = {{colour box|blue|border=silver}} Corvus

{{colour box|pink|border=silver}} Cygnus

{{colour box|green|border=silver}} Lacerta

{{colour box|red|border=silver}} Lepus

{{colour box|purple|border=silver}}Pavo

| free_label_2 = Junior School Houses

| free_2 = Wiener,Cambridge,Innes and Michael

| free_label_3 = 2022 Fees (high)

| free_3 = R53,000 – R59,000 pa (tuition)
R62,939 pa (boarding)

| free_label_4 = 2022 Fees (junior)

| free_4 = R42,645 pa

| free_label_5 = Brother School

| free_5 = Rondebosch Boys' High School

}}

Rustenburg Girls' High School and Rustenburg Girls' Junior School are two separate public (fee-paying) schools with a shared history, originating in the suburb of Rondebosch in Cape Town, South Africa. Rustenburg was founded in 1894 and divided into separate junior and high schools in 1932.

History

The school was founded in 1894 in the historic Rustenburg House, which dates from the early years of the Dutch settlement at the Cape McIntyre, Josephine (1994) White stoep on the highway In 1932, the school was divided into two schools, and the high school moved into its new buildings on Erinville Estate and Charlie's Hope in the suburb of Rosebank, while the junior school remained in Rustenburg House on Main Road, Rondebosch. Charlie's Hope was subsequently demolished in 1976, before being rebuilt closer to the school. Erinville is now the name of the High School's boarding house. Rustenburg House was declared a National Monument in 1941.

Headmistresses of the Combined School:

  • Miss Alicia Bleby, 1894–1911
  • Miss Jean Donaldson-Wright, 1912–1916
  • Miss Caroline Kemp, 1916–1933

Principals of the High School:

  • Miss Caroline Kemp, 1933–1936
  • Miss Gwen Hazell, 1937–1951
  • Miss Margaret Thomson, 1952–1979
  • Mrs Josephine McIntyre, 1980–1991
  • Mrs Mary van Blerk, 1991–1999
  • Dr Elizabeth Fullard, 1999–2006
  • Mrs Susan Schnetler (Acting), 2006-2007
  • Ms Laura Bekker, 2007–2015
  • Mrs Susan Schnetler (Acting), 2016
  • Mr Michael Gates, 2017–present

Headmistresses of the Junior School:

  • Miss Marion Roper, 1933–1944
  • Miss Zoë Orton, 1945–1967
  • Mrs Ruth Jones, 1968–1977
  • Miss Hazel Lentin, 1978–1998
  • Mrs Joyce Conway, 1998–2007
  • Mrs Di Berry, 2008–2018
  • Mrs Belinda Petersen, 2019–present

Academics

File:Rustenburg High School.JPG

In 2010, Rustenberg Girls' High School was placed third in a list of the top schools in the Western Cape{{Cite web |title=Western Cape Education Department |url=http://wced.wcape.gov.za/index.html |access-date=2023-01-26 |website=wced.wcape.gov.za}} after placing sixth in 2009.{{Cite web |title=Western Cape Education Department |url=http://wced.wcape.gov.za/index.html |access-date=2023-01-26 |website=wced.wcape.gov.za}}

A 2013 survey by Fairlady magazine listed Rustenburg Girls' High School among the top 25 schools in the country.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rghs.org.za/news-article/fairlady-magazine-survey-finds-top-25-government-high-schools-sa|title=Fairlady magazine survey finds top 25 government high schools in SA | Rustenburg High School for Girls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107125216/http://www.rghs.org.za/news-article/fairlady-magazine-survey-finds-top-25-government-high-schools-sa|archive-date=7 January 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=7 January 2014|df=dmy-all}}

In 2014, Rustenburg Girls' High School again qualified for inclusion in the official top 20 schools list and was placed sixth.{{Cite web |url=http://wced.school.za/documents/NSC-results/matricnews/2014-schools.html |title=WCED: 2014 Matric Results |access-date=4 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205030309/http://wced.school.za/documents/NSC-results/matricnews/2014-schools.html |archive-date=5 February 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}

In 2015, the Western Cape Education Department stopped ranking the top schools in order of their performance and instead listed them alphabetically. In this year, Rustenburg Girls' High School was included in the list of the top 22 schools.{{Cite web |url=http://wced.school.za/documents/NSC-results/matricnews/2015-schools.html |title=WCED: 2015 Matric Results |access-date=4 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303182339/http://wced.school.za/documents/NSC-results/matricnews/2015-schools.html |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}

In 2019, a Grade 7 student at Rustenberg Girls' Junior School came first in the Western Cape at the Horizon Maths Competition.{{Cite web |title=Horizon Maths Competition {{!}} Western Cape Education Department |url=https://wcedonline.westerncape.gov.za/news/horizon-maths-competition |access-date=2023-01-26 |website=wcedonline.westerncape.gov.za}}

In 2023, a matriculant from Rustenberg Girls' High School was honoured as the country's top candidate overall as well as in Maths.{{Cite web |title=Western Cape matriculants among ‘best of the best’ |url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2023-01-20-western-cape-matriculants-among-best-of-the-best/ |access-date=2023-01-26 |website=TimesLIVE |language=en-ZA}}

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align=left|Number of candidates127130?142152161154136143151152149171143166163154165
align=left|Pass Rate (%)10010010010010010010010010010010010010010098.8100100
align=left|Matriculation Exemption/
Bachelors Pass		98.4%97%99%97%97.5%98%99.3%97.9%98.7%99.3%99.3%99.4%99.3%100%97.5%98.7%98.2%
align=left|Subject A's |
|262324313373458467430508607581631510614558611647
align=left|Top aggregate |
|106.1%92.3%90.8%90.8%94%93%96%96.7%96.2%97.5%96%97.8%96.0%95.8%96.5%97.8%

Sport

File:Rustenburgtennis.jpg

Rustenburg has historically been well represented in South African and Western Province teams. In 2012, two girls represented South Africa in tennis and artistic gymnastics, while two staff members represented South Africa in sevens rugby and triathlon.{{Cite web |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-02-05-at-61-the-iron-woman-of-sa-triathlons-is-still-a-colossus/ |title=At 61, the iron woman of SA triathlons is still a colossus |access-date=31 May 2023}}

The high school has nine tennis/netball courts, a swimming pool and two hockey/cricket fields. An astroturf playing field was installed during 2014 with floodlights added in 2016

The following sports are offered by Rustenburg Girls' High School: cricket, cross-country, hockey, indoor hockey, netball, running, football, squash, swimming, tennis, touch rugby, waterpolo {{Cite web |url=https://www.rghs.org.za/sports/ |title=RGHS Sports |access-date=31 May 2023}}

Music

The school has an orchestra, choir, chamber choir, jazz band, wind band, string quartet, vocal quartet, string ensemble and savuyisa (marimba band).{{Cite web |url=https://www.rghs.org.za/academics/music/ |title=RGHS Music|access-date=31 May 2023}}

Notable alumni

{{main|Category:Alumni of Rustenburg School for Girls}}

File:Rustenburg House 001.jpg

  • Frances Ames, neurologist, psychiatrist, and human rights activistBateman, Chris (January 2003). [http://www.samj.org.za/index.php/samj/article/viewFile/2030/1288 Frances Ames – Human Rights Champion]. South African Medical Journal, 93 (1): 14–15. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
  • Jodi Balfour, film and television actress{{cite web |title=SUBJECT CHOICE Grade 10 2019 |url=https://www.rghs.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Subject-Choice-Booklet-Grade-10-2019r.pdf |publisher=Rustenburg Girls' High School |access-date=14 June 2020}}
  • Louise Carver, singer[http://www.whoswhosa.co.za/Pages/profilefull.aspx?IndID=6219 Louise Carver] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070502234543/http://www.whoswhosa.co.za/Pages/profilefull.aspx?IndID=6219 |date=2 May 2007 }}
  • Janette Deacon, archaeologist
  • Mabel Malherbe, South African politician{{cite book|title=Women Marching Into the 21st Century: Wathint' Abafazi, Wathint' Imbokodo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YgzGqNhLY1UC&pg=PA254|year=2000|publisher=HSRC Press|isbn=978-0-7969-1966-3|pages=254–}}Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town, Volume 7, page 154, 1972
  • Hlubi Mboya, film and television actress and humanitarian
  • Debora Patta, broadcast journalist and television producer{{cite web|title=Newsletter Number 52|url=http://www.rgjs.co.za/ROGU/Newsletters/52.pdf|date=July 2010|publisher=RGJS|access-date=3 March 2013}}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
  • Leila Reitz, the first woman elected to South Africa's parliament
  • Edith Layard Stephens, botanist{{cite web | url =http://www.s2a3.org.za/bio/Biograph_final.php?serial=2709 | title =Stephens, Miss Edith Layard (botany) | last =Plug | first =C. | date =25 December 2014 | website =S2A3 Biographical Database of Southern African Science | access-date =2019-10-31 }}
  • Désirée Talbot, opera singer[http://www.saoperasingers.homestead.com/Desiree_Talbot_Bio.html Désirée Talbot]
  • Marjorie van Heerden, book illustrator
  • Pauline Vogelpoel MBE, late director of the Contemporary Art Society and member of the International Council of the Tate Gallery
  • Elizabeth Voigt, late director of the McGregor Museum in Kimberley

In popular culture

Scenes in the films Spud 2: The Madness Continues and Spud 3: Learning to Fly were shot at the school.{{cite news|last1=Prince|first1=Natasha|title=Spud 3 brings craziness back to CT|url=https://www.iol.co.za/capeargus/spud-3-brings-craziness-back-to-ct-1546138|access-date=14 June 2020|publisher=Cape Argus|date=12 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118093902/https://iol.co.za/capeargus/spud-3-brings-craziness-back-to-ct-1546138/|archive-date=18 November 2018|url-status=dead}}

See also

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