Hoërskool Jim Fouché

Public & boarding school in Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa

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Hoërskool Jim Fouché is a public Afrikaans medium co-educational high school situated in the suburb of Gardeniapark in Bloemfontein in the Free State province of South Africa. It is one of the top academic schools in the Free State.^[1] It was founded in 1959.^[A]

The school is a successor to Wilgehof Hoërskool, and was named after Jacobus "Jim" Fouché, who became President of South Africa in 1968.^[A]

Sports

Athletics
Badminton
Chess
Cricket
Cycling
Drum Majorettes
Duathlon
Golf
Gym
Hockey
Netball
Pool
Rugby
Swimming
Table tennis
Tennis

Subjects

South African Computer Olympiad

The Computer Olympiad is an annual contest with Programming and Applications sections, based on Grade 11 and Grade 12 work in CAT and IT.

Programming Olympiad

2012

In 2012 Jan De Wet Linde, a Grade 11 student, came second in the Free-State in the Programming Olympiad.^{[citation needed]}

2013

In 2013 Jan De Wet Linde, Grade 12, was a runner up in the Programming Olympiad, in the top 20 in the country and first in the Free-State.^{[citation needed]}

2014

In 2014 Walter Heymans, Grade 11, was second in the Free-State and Josiah Meyer, Grade 12, was third in the Free-State.^{[citation needed]}

2015

In 2015 Walter Heymans, Grade 12, was first in the Free-State.

2016

In 2016 Shaun Roselt, Grade 12, was first in the Free-State.

Notable alumni

Leon Schuster (1968, teacher 1973–75)^[2]
Brendan Peyper (2014),singer
Jamba Ulengo (born 1990), rugby union player for the Tel Aviv Heat

Notes

^ ^a ^b "Ons Geskiedenis" (in Afrikaans). Hoërskool Jim Fouché. Retrieved 24 February 2014.

References

^ "2011 Q1 Ordinary School FS (July 2011)".
^ "Leon Schuster kom kuier by Alma Mater" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, Hoërskool Jim Fouché, February 2013 (in Afrikaans)