100 Year Celebration
2017 will be a fantastic year for WHS. All through the year, various activities will form part of the Centenary Celebrations. Please have a look at the program for the year. For more information contact Ben Calitz marketing@whs-edu.com.
About Us
Windhoek High School, a school where
tradition combines with technology to create a wide spectrum of possibilities
and opportunities.
Religious and moral principles,
strict discipline and teaching and coaching of the highest quality, are the
cornerstones of this educational establishment.
Where more than a 1000 learners and
teachers are allies an together we help shape our destinies.
Todays achievements art tomorrows
standards. Our vision is to create a centre of excellence at WHS.
Motto
Virtus Floreat : Virtues Flourish.
The idea of Mr WJG Anderson, the first principal of WHS, and used for the first
time in 1919. The Old Scholars Association Motto is Virtus Semper Floreat:
Virtues will flourish forever.
Our Leaders
Deputy Head boy & Head girl, Dawie Fourie & Larissa Oosthuizen; Head boy & Head girl, Timon Dresselhauss & Saskia Coertzen; Adriaan Venter & Lisa Hamman; Jazz Abrahams & Peter Malobela; Maryke v.d. Merwe & Abrie v.d.Westhuizen; Jeandri Steenkamp & Gerhard Thirion; Albert van der Merwe & Saskia Coertzen; Bianca Airey-Fourie & Dawid Prinsloo; Franco Pretorius & Cornelia Page; Roedeen April & Protasius Neunda; Nicole van Wyk & Dawie Fourie; Frank Bessinger & Delmari Mouton.
Academics
WHS is proud in offer the most
comprehensive subject choice in Namibia. This our learners with the necessary
knowledge and skills to enter the job market, confident to take on the best and
come out on top.
Over and above the normal
subjects, our curriculum also includes the following extra components:
Entrepreneurial skills, Information Technology for learners in grade 8 -10, 24
hour access to Internet, AutuCAD for learners taking Technical Drawing, Turbo
Cash for learners taking Accounting, Word Processing for learners taking Typing
and a special Mathematics programme helping learners to practice the basic skills.
Over the past years WHS has
achieved of the best results in the Grade 10 JSC examination and the Grade 12
Cambridge HIGCSE examination. Learners concluding the Cambridge HIGCSE
examination with success, are well prepared for the needs and challenges of Tertiary
Education in Namibia, South Africa and abroad.
Application dates
Grade 8: June-JulyGrade 9-11: September -October
Applications forms
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