Funding type Public Grades 8-12 Phone +27 21 887 0017 Number of students 1,200 Hour in school day 7 | Established 1866 Hours in school day 7 Founded 1866 Staff 120 | |
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Rector Dr. Jannie van der Westhuizen Houses Braid, Hofmeyer, Murray, Neethling Address Suidwal Rd, Stellenbosch, 7600, South Africa Motto Semper Splendidior (Always More Splendid) Similar Bloemhof High School, Hoërskool Stellenbo, Rhenish Girls' High School, Parel Vallei High School, Paarl Boys High School | ||
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Paul Roos Gymnasium is a government school for boys in the town of Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa, founded in 1866 as Stellenbosch Gymnasium.
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- Paul roos gymnasium musical 2017
- Paul roos gymnasium drumline vs paarl boy s high 2012
- Associations and facilities
- Notable attainments
- Notable alumni
- Rhodes Scholarship
- References
The school was renamed three times, Stellenbosch Boys High, Victoria College (after the Queen) and in 1940 Paul Roos Gymnasium. Paul Roos, a former captain of the Springbok rugby union team, was himself a former pupil and teacher at the school, and was the school's rector from 1910 to 1940, after which the school was renamed in his honour.
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Associations and facilities
Though Paul Roos Gymnasium is a school for boys from grade 8 to 12, the curriculum includes some subjects presented in conjunction with the two sister schools, Bloemhof Hoër Meisieskool and Rhenish. The school is dual medium; Afrikaans- and English-speaking pupils study under one roof, but classes are largely separated according to mother tongue. The school shares sport and internet facilities with Stellenbosch University.
School facilities include a library and computer labs.
Sports facilities include hockey fields, the Markötter rugby fields, a swimming pool, an Olympic Waterpolo Aquatic Centre, tennis courts, and a gymnasium.
The main residential facilities are the two school hostels (dormitories) called Prima and Prima Nova. They accommodate some hundreds of boarders, mainly from Southern Africa.
Notable attainments
Paul Roos was classified as a 'prestige' school, being among the best-performing schools. In the first 39 years in which the Chancellor's Medal has been awarded at Stellenbosch University, nine (23%) of the recipients have been Paul Roosers.
Paul Roos has produced more Springbok rugby union rugby players than any other school.
Notable alumni
Rhodes Scholarship
The Rhodes Scholarship was instituted in 1903, and Paul Roos is one of four schools in South Africa entitled to award a Rhodes Scholarship annually to an ex-pupil to study at the University of Oxford.