Hoërskool Jim Fouché

Hoërskool Jim Fouché
Hoërskool Jim Fouché
	Hoërskool Jim Fouché school crest
Address
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	Lilac Street, Gardeniapark; Bloemfontein, Free State, 9311; South Africa
Coordinates	29°07′44″S 26°10′34″E / 29.129°S 26.176°E
Information
Type	Public & Boarding
Motto	Saai Om te oes!; (Sowing to harvest!)
Religious affiliation(s)	Christian
School district	District 4
Principal	Schalk Malherbe
Teaching staff	47
Grades	8–12
Gender	Boys & Girls
Age	14 to 18
Enrollment	1,064 (2011) ; 950 (2013)
Language	Afrikaans
Schedule	07:20 - 13:40
Hours in school day	6 hours, 20 minutes
Campus	Urban Campus
Colour(s)	Black ; Green ; Orange ; White
Mascot	Jimmy ; Jenny
Rival	Hoërskool Sentraal ; Hoërskool Fichardtpark
Accreditation	Free State Department of Education
Newspaper	JF Oester
Website	jf.co.za

Hoërskool Jim Fouché is a public Afrikaans medium co-educational high school situated in the suburb of Gardeniapark in Bloemfontein in the Free State province of South Africa, It is one of the top and most academic schools in Free State.^[1] It was founded in 1959.^[A]

The school is a successor to Wilgehof Hoërskool, and was named after Jacobus "Jim" Fouché, who became President of South Africa in 1968.^[A]

Sports[]

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
Tourism

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

2014[]

In 2014 Walter Heymans, Grade 11, was second in the Free-State and Josiah Meyer, Grade 12, was third in the Free-State.^{[citation needed]}

2015[]

In 2015 Walter Heymans, Grade 12, was first in the Free-State.

2016[]

In 2016 Shaun Roselt, Grade 12, was first in the Free-State.

Notable alumni[]

Leon Schuster (1968, teacher 1973–75)^[2]
Brendan Peyper (2014) - Singer

Notes[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Ons Geskiedenis" (in Afrikaans). Hoërskool Jim Fouché. Retrieved February 24, 2014.

References[]

^ "2011 Q1 Ordinary School FS (July 2011)".
^ "Leon Schuster kom kuier by Alma Mater" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, Hoërskool Jim Fouché, February 2013 (in Afrikaans)

External links[]

Official site (in Afrikaans)
JF Oester, school newspaper, on Facebook

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[WP:ABOUTSELF-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Ons Geskiedenis" (in Afrikaans). Hoërskool Jim Fouché. Retrieved February 24, 2014.

[edu.gov.za_2011-1] "2011 Q1 Ordinary School FS (July 2011)".

[3] "Leon Schuster kom kuier by Alma Mater" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, Hoërskool Jim Fouché, February 2013 (in Afrikaans)

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