| Hoërskool Bellville | |
|---|---|
 Hoërskool Bellville in 2018 | |
| Location | |
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17 de la Haye Avenue , | |
| Coordinates | 33°53′34.23″S18°38′55.06″E / 33.8928417°S 18.6486278°E /-33.8928417; 18.6486278 |
| Information | |
| School type | Public school |
| Motto | Paratus Ad Omnia (translated: "Be ready for all") |
| Religious affiliation | Christianity |
| Established | 25 January 1937; 88 years ago (1937-01-25) |
| School district | District 4 |
| Principal | T. Mc Geer |
| Staff | 100 full-time |
| Grades | 8–12 |
| Gender | Boys & Girls |
| Age | 14 to 18 |
| Number of students | 1,500 pupils |
| Average class size | 28 |
| Language | Afrikaans |
| Schedule | 07:40 - 14:30 |
| Classrooms | 60 |
| Campus | Urban Campus |
| Campus type | Suburban |
| Colours | Gold Maroon Navy White |
| Nickname | Bellville |
| Rival | |
| Accreditation | Western Cape Education Department |
| Newspaper | Sapiens |
| School fees | R3750 per month |
| Feeder schools |
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| Alumni | Hennie Bosman Dawie de Villiers |
| Website | http://www.hsbellville.co.za |
Hoërskool Bellville (Bellville High School) is apublicAfrikaans medium co-educational high school situated inBellville in theWestern Cape province ofSouth Africa, It is one of the top schools in the Western Cape province, It was founded in 1937.
The school was established in 1937.
The school had the following principals: C.J. Grové 1937- 1949, R. Coetzee –1949-1970, D.L. van den Berg 1971- 1973, G.F.P. Kellerman 1974–1983, C.E. van Staden 1983–1985, A.C. Lombard 1986- 1996, J.P. Crous 1997- 2010, D. du Plessis 2011 - 2024, and currently T. Mc Geer.
Hoërskool Bellville annually participates in theMTBS athletics competition, along with three other schools from the Bellville area:D.F. Malan,Tygerberg andStellenberg. MTBS is especially well known for the performance of these schools' non-participating pupils on the pavilion as they perform songs and cheers to encourage their athletes during the day - for which a trophy is also awarded. Bellville has won this singing section in 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2019.
In 2006 the school's team won the national SAGE competition in entrepreneurship when they made and sold items from pillow cases to tissue boxes. The final was in China and despite the contestants parents sometimes being unemployed the team of six flew off to compete after sponsorship was identified by ministerTasneem Essop.[1]
The school also participates in a yearly Interschools event (week long derby) with its local rivalD.F. Malan, in which the schools contest on most platforms - includingField hockey,Rugby,Netball,Cross country,Chess andDebate. The first team rugby, hockey and netball matches are the main events. In recent years, Bellville has strongly dominated the rugby (although D.F. Malan has won twice in the last 3 years), with D.F. Malan strongly dominating both Boys' and Girls' hockey (although Bellville won the 2012 girls hockey match). In 2017, the school produced Janke van Dyk, the top achieving matriculant in South Africa.
Gene Louw, politician and cabinet minister. († 2015)[2]
Dawie de Villiers, Springbok rugby player - scrumhalf and captain, preacher, ambassador in London, Minister of Trade and Industry.[3] († 2022)
Hennie Bosman, karate expert and stunt man.
Carlü Sadie, Lions Rugby Union player - prop, represented South Africa U20 in 2016 and 2017 in the Junior Rugby World Cup.
Francois van Coke, lead vocalist in the bandFokofpolisiekar andVan Coke Kartel, and solo artist.
Janke van Dyk, the top achieving matriculant in South Africa in 2017.
