Alexandra High School
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("I strive to work with diligence")
| Alexandra High School | |
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| Location | |
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| , South Africa | |
| Coordinates | 29°37′02″S 30°23′18″E / 29.61721°S 30.38836°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Semi-Private, Co-Educational |
| Motto | Summa Diligentia Laboro ("I strive to work with diligence") |
| Established | 1960 |
| Locale | Suburban |
| Principal | Mrs. A. Pillay |
| Grades | 8–12 |
| Enrollment | Approximately 1000 pupils - Girls: 378, Boys: 622 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 1:32 |
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| Sports | Rugby, Netball, Cricket, Hockey, Soccer, Choir, Debating, Swimming, Basketball |
| Mascot | Ellie the Elephant |
| Tuition | School fees: R 21 000 p.a Boarding Fees: Full Time - R 70 000 p.a Weekday - R56 000 p.a |
| Website | www |
Alexandra High School (AHS) is a semi-private public high school in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.[1] The school offers a co-educational environment and boarding facilities. The principal is Anusha Pilay, the first woman and person of colour to head the school.[2][3]
The School opened on 23 February 1960, with the headmaster Mr F. H. Udal, leading the boy's first school assembly under a Jacaranda tree.[4] The same month in which Harold Mc Millan delivered his Wind of Change speech in Capetown.[5]
The school takes its name from Alexandra of Denmark, Queen Consort and Princess of Wales from 1863 to 1901. She was a popular figure from a century prior, when the neighbouring park was laid out in 1860 and named in her honour in 1863, called Alexandra Park. [6] She married Albert Edward Prince of Wales in that year, and later became Queen Alexandra with King Edward VII. A portrait of Queen Alexandra sits in the school library.
