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- it opened as the Rhenish Institute on 1 May
1860 to provide schooling for the daughters
of the Rhenish missionaries who were stationed
in South Africa and would otherwise have had
to send their daughters to school in Germany;
- in the first year there were only 8 pupils
in the school but by 1866 there were already
47 girls, of whom many were from the wider Stellenbosch
community, and not just the daughters of the
German missionaries;
- the first school was housed in a cottage
in Alexander Street;
- In 1862 the school was moved to larger premises
owned by Rev. Terlinden (now the P.J. Olivier
Art Centre);
- by 1874 Rhenish was training teachers and
in 1877 the first candidates from Rhenish entered
for the university examinations;
- in 1901 the Rhenish Institute was taken over
by the government;
- in 1904 the school badge was designed;
- in 1906 the main building of the Rhenish
Institute became the administrative and boarding
complex, and the new school building was officially
opened on the Braak;
- in 1958 the school split into high and primary
sections and the High School moved to the present
premises in Krigeville;
- in 1960 Rhenish celebrated its centenary;
- in 1991 Rhenish Girls' High School was one
of the first government schools open to all
races;
- in 1993 the Hostel matric annexe was opened
- now called the Pat Starke Wing;
- in 1995 the new school wing, incorporating
the computer centre was opened;
- in 1997 a centre for the teaching of third
languages in Rhenish, Bloemhof and Paul Roos
was established;
- in 1999 the Stellenbosch I.T. Academy was
established, operating from Paul Roos and Rhenish;
- in 2005, thanks to the co-operative
teaching programme between Rhenish Girls'
High School and Paul Roos Gymnasium, our
girls became eligible to apply for Rhodes Scholarships
upon completion of their first degrees;
- in 2006 saw the launch of Rhenish
150, as well as the establishment
of the Ebenezer
150 Trust;
- we have our annual carol service in the Rhenish
Church on the Braak every year as one way of
maintaining our links with our past.
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