Die Hoërskool Menlopark (colloquially known as Menlo or Parkies) is a public Afrikaans medium co-educational high school situated in the suburb of Menlo Park in Pretoria in the Gauteng province of South Africa.
The school was founded in 1963 by the painter Bettie Cilliers-Barnard. When established it had 12 classrooms and 372 students in grades 8, 9 and 10 (then called Standards 6, 7 and 8). Cilliers-Barnard also designed the school emblem.
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Headmasters
List of headmasters at Die Hoërskool Menlopark.
Sport
The sports that are offered at the school are:
Athletics
Chess
Cricket
Cross country
Equestrian
Golf
Hockey
Mountain biking
Netball
Rugby
Squash
Swimming
Table tennis
Tennis
Notable alumni
In order of final year at Hoërskool Menlopark (date in brackets)
Jana Cilliers (1965), actress
Laurie Dippenaar (1966), founder FirstRand Group
Calie Pistorius (1975), Vice Chancellor of University of Pretoria; now VC at University of Hull, United Kingdom
Marita van der Vyver (1975), author
Stefan Swanepoel (1975) – American business executive and author.
Johan Marais (1976) - Springbok rugby union player
Reggie Holmes (1976) - Springbok squash player
Anneli van Rooyen (1978) - singer/musician
Rudolf Straeuli (1981) - Springbok and Lions rugby player, and Springbok coach during the Kamp Staaldraad affair
Jacques Olivier (1985) - Springbok rugby union player
André de Ruyter (1985) - businessman
Amalia Uys (2002) - Soap opera actress
Yolandi Visser (2002) - singer
Gideon Louw (2005) - swimmer in the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics and 2010 Commonwealth Games
Rassie van der Dussen (2007) - Protea cricketer
Heinrich Klassen (2009) - Protea cricketer