High School for Girls - The High School for Girls Potchefstroom

High School for Girls
Potchefstroom
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Opportunities for LIFE
Girls High Potchefstroom offers opportunities for life. The School’s supportive environment
recognises and nurtures individual talents. Girls seek out challenges to enhance mind, body
and spirit, while broadening their horizons in knowledge, skills and understanding. They
discover that caring for others is a reward in itself, and experience companionship in times of
fun and hard work. They learn to value reason, imagination, truth, compassion, enterprise and
responsibility, while experiencing Christian values and principles as an integral part of daily
life. They stand on their own, growing in confidence and independence, prepared to be major
contributors to tomorrow.
Girls High Potchefstroom is driven by what works for girls and young women. Our core values
are clear – we wish to provide the best academic, physical and spiritual opportunities to
extend knowledge and experience. We expect our girls to be self-assured in leadership and
service, and to give their best.
Our long history and strong traditions have set our path and given us the vision to plan for the
accelerated changes of the new millennium. Girls High girls will administer the challenging
future with confidence. We do more than provide encouragement and set high expectations –
we teach girls how to succeed. Girls High students are hard-working, talented girls who
achieve excellent results, and they are also happy, friendly and fun-loving.
Our teachers are experts and leaders in their fields. Good teachers make a difference. They
know their subjects, how to teach them and how to relate to girls. They understand the critical
factors which determine a young girl’s success. Over the past 105 years, Girls High has
developed vast resources to create a girls’ school where students experience an exceptional
academic programme that fosters critical thinking, independence and strong problem solving
skills.
Based on educational research and our experience, we know that single-sex education offers
girls the greatest chance to ignore stereotypes, develop strong self-worth and grow in
confidence. In a co-education classroom, boys take up more than two thirds of a teacher's
time. We make no apologies for giving girls our undivided attention. Our learning environment
is tailored to their needs and interests, and without the boys, girls show fewer inhibitions and
take more risks. Girls take on all the leadership roles and are surrounded by strong female
role models. Young women graduate from a girls' school not only ready to take their place in
the world as a person of equal intellectual stature, but also knowing that they are capable of
running the show.

Studies have shown that girls in single gender schools are more likely to have:
Higher participation in physics and upper levels of maths courses
High occupational status in terms of acquiring leadership roles
A stronger sense of capability in maths and science courses
Higher achievement test scores
Significant differences in positive attitudes towards science and maths
A decrease in stereotypical views
More student-teacher interaction and increased focus on class work
More engagement during science and maths classes.
Girls High Potchefstroom offers modern boarding facilities and day school for girls, to nourish
their confidence, pride in achievement, energy and enterprise. Boarders live in the heart of
the school, and can take advantage of many opportunities in and out of the classroom.
Capable and confident young women are needed more than ever now; women’s worlds are
wide, their choices many. Research shows that girls in single-sex classrooms exploit the full
range of their talents; they feel assured of their right to be smart, adventurous and good at
anything. The school aims to develop value-driven young women who think for themselves,
and who are not afraid to explore and challenge society’s and their own values.
We understand that choosing a school is an important and critical decision. The school
environment and standard of education will impact on your child's future. We offer our
students opportunities for life. Whether academic, practical, the arts, sport..…at The High
School for Girls Potchefstroom, the possibilities are infinite. There’s a certain energy, an
uncommon confidence and a pride of accomplishment that empowers even the youngest
ladies at Girls High. It’s what makes our school special. Our website provides general
information, but can in no way capture the spirit of our school. We invite you to come and
experience it for yourself.
Opportunities for Life
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132 Beyers Naude Ave, Private Bag X1217, Potchefstroom 2520 Tel: (018) 294 3228 Fax: (018) 293 1052
www.potchgirlshigh.co.za Email : marketing@girlshigh.co.za