Hoërskool Strand

Hoërskool Strand () is an Afrikaans high school located in Strand, South Africa. 1 097 students attend the school, mostly residents of Strand, although students from as far as Gordon's Bay, Somerset West, and even Grabouw attend the school. The school is the major provider of secondary education in the area and is headmastered by Mr Christo Vorster.

With the post-war growth of the Hottentots Holland district, in 1963 a second High School (Afrikaans medium) was opened, which mainly served the Strand.

Hoërskool Strand has four quarters in a school year, stretching from January to December. The school provides classes from grade eight to grade twelve (the latter also known as matric).

Sport

Hoërskool Strand competes in inter-schools activities with neighbouring schools Parel Vallei High School and Hottentots Holland High School, and it also competes against tour groups, such as the Bablake School from England, which last toured Strand in mid-2006. The sports in which it competes include rugby, cricket, hockey, netball, squash, tennis and chess. Sports activities which the school provides but which is not limited to inter-school competition includes swimming and surfing.

The school also has a strong academical focus, but it is considered by most to be concentrating on excelling in the sports-world. A school rule requiring students to take part in at least one winter- and one summer activity, introduced at the beginning of...
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