Hoërskool Jim Fouché
Hoërskool Jim Fouché | |
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Saai Om te oes! Sowing to harvest! | |
Address | |
Lilac Street, Gardenia Park Bloemfontein Bloemfontein, Free State, 9311 South Africa | |
Coordinates | 29°07′44″S 26°10′34″E / 29.129°S 26.176°E |
Information | |
School type | Public school |
Religious affiliation(s) | Christian |
Principal | Schalk Malherbe |
Teaching staff | 47 |
Years offered | 8-12 |
Number of students |
1064 (2011)[1] 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.[1] It was founded in 1956.[upper-alpha 1]
The school is a successor to Wilgehof Hoërskool, and was named after Jacobus "Jim" Fouché, who became President of South Africa in 1968.[upper-alpha 1]
Sports
- Athletics
- Badminton
- Chess
- Cricket
- Cycling
- Drum Majorettes
- Duathlon
- Golf
- Gym
- Hockey
- Netball
- Pool
- Rugby
- Swimming
- Table Tennis
- Tennis
Subjects
- Arts and Culture
- Afrikaans
- Business Studies
- Computer Application Technology
- Economics
- Engineering Graphics and Design
- English
- Geography
- Information Technology
- Life Orientation
- Life Science
- Mathematics
- Mathematical Literacy
- Music
- Information Technology
- Physical Science
- Technology
South African Computer Olympiad
The Computer Olympiad is an annual contest with Programming and Applications sections, based on Grade 11 and Grade 12 work in CAT and IT.
Programming Olympiad
2012
In 2012 Jan De Wet Linde, a Grade 11 student, came second in the Free-State in the Programming Olympiad.
2013
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.
2014
In 2014 Walter Heymans, Grade 11, was second in the Free-State and Josiah Meyer, Grade 12, was third in the Free-State.
Alumni
- Leon Schuster (1968, teacher 1973–75)[2]
Notes
- 1 2 "Ons Geskiedenis" (in Afrikaans). Hoërskool Jim Fouché. Retrieved February 24, 2014.
References
- 1 2 "2011 Q1 Ordinary School FS (July 2011)".
- ↑ "Leon Schuster kom kuier by Alma Mater", Hoërskool Jim Fouché, February 2013 (Afrikaans)
External links
- Official site (Afrikaans)
- JF Oester, school newspaper, on Facebook