Paarl Boys' High School
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School typeAll-boys public school
MottoTandem Fit Arbor Surculus
(From a twig to a tree)
(From a twig to a tree)
Religious affiliationChristianity
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| Coordinates | 33°44′21″S 18°57′37″E / 33.73917°S 18.96028°E |
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| School type | All-boys public school |
| Motto | Tandem Fit Arbor Surculus (From a twig to a tree) |
| Religious affiliation | Christianity |
| Established | 18 May 1868 |
| Sister school | Paarl Girls' High School |
| School district | District 9 |
| School number | +27 (021) 872 2875 |
| Headmaster | Derek Swart |
| Grades | 8–12 |
| Gender | Male |
| Age | 14 to 18 |
| Enrollment | 950 boys |
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| Schedule | 07:35 – 14:15 |
| Campus | Urban Campus |
| Campus type | Suburban |
| Houses | Berlyn Bellevue Imhoff Montebello Villeria Werda Zederberg |
| Colours | Navy Sky Blue White |
| Nickname | Galpille |
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| Accreditation | Western Cape Education Department |
| Website | paarlboyshigh |
Paarl Boys' High School, known in Afrikaans as Hoër Jongenskool Paarl (or Boishaai), is a public dual-medium high school for boys and is one of the oldest schools in South Africa,[1] built in 1868. The school is situated in Paarl, a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. The first headmaster of the school was George Jeffreys. Effective as of 2007, the headmaster of the school is Derek Swart.
Headmasters
| Name | Started | Finished |
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| G Jeffreys | 1868 | 1873 |
| J Hoffman | 1873 | 1876 |
| T Walker | 1876 | 1877 |
| H Nixon | 1878 | 1882 |
| B le Roux | 1882 | 1887 |
| J Zahn | 1887 | 1888 |
| J Rettie | 1889 | 1895 |
| CEZ Watermeyer | 1896 | |
| MC Fourie | 1897 | 1901 |
| PJ du Pré le Roux | 1901 | 1924 |
| SJ Malherbe | 1924 | 1940 |
| GJ Pretorius | 1941 | 1958 |
| Dr JAC Visagie | 1959 | 1960 |
| HA Lambrechts | 1961 | |
| Dr PS Meyer | 1962 | 1966 |
| CD Koch | 1967 | 1974 |
| TW Engela | 1975 | 1989 |
| L Knoetze | 1990 | 2007 |
| D Swart | 2007 | present |
