Pinelands High School

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Pinelands High School
Address
Pinelands High School
94 Forest Drive


7405

South Africa
Coordinates 33°56′13″S18°30′29″E / 33.937°S 18.508°E / -33.937; 18.508
Information
School type Public & Boarding
OpenedJuly 1952
Authority Western Cape Education Department
PrincipalDave Campbell (as of April 2015)
Teaching staffapprox. 70
Grades8–12
GenderBoys & Girls
Age14to 18
Number of studentsapprox. 980
Language English
Colour(s)  Blue
  White
Website www.phs.org.za

Pinelands High School is a public English medium co-educational high school situated in Forest Drive, Pinelands in the city of Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It was opened in July 1952 and the founding principal was Jack Kent. The school now enrolls approximately 980 students.

Contents

In 2004, the school provided filming locations for the motion picture Ask the Dust , with the sets built to simulate Los Angeles in the 1930s. [1]

Academics

Grades 8 – 9

English Home Language, Afrikaans or isiXhosa First Additional Language, Mathematics, Creative Arts (Art, Music and Drama), Economic Management Sciences, Life Orientation, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences and Technology.

Grades 10 – 12

Compulsory: English Home Language, Afrikaans or isiXhosa First Additional Language, Mathematics or Mathematical Literacy and Life Orientation.

Elective (minimum of three): Accounting, Computer Applications Technology, Consumer Studies, Design (Surface and Textiles), Dramatic Arts, Engineering Graphics and Design, Geography, History, Information Technology, Life Sciences, Music, Physical Sciences, Tourism and Visual Arts.

Academic Extension Subjects (optional): Advanced Programme English, Advanced Programme Mathematics and IT.

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