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Johannesburg High School For Girls - Barnato Park High School
In June 1989 Johannesburg High School For Girls,had been condemned to death after 102 years it finally closed on 31 December 1989. Barnato Park High School as a co-educational non racial secondary school opened its doors in January 1990 as a result of the weakening of the apartheid state under Prime Minister P.W. Botha, who used his policy of Total Strategy to bring about reform and greater repression in the 1980's. The 1990's ushered in the winds of charge in South Africa and the cosmopolitan area of Berea and Hillbrow where it coped well with varied influx of immigrants and the new era school would also now serve fellow South African's if all races, the obvious dwindling enrollment numbers of white female pupils and those moving out of the area Sandton made it possible for many others who had moved away from the townships that meant that the school was going to lose pupils so they decided to change the school name and policies.Barnato Park High School successfully opened its doors in the year 1990 to all races in an attempt to rid South African education system of the apartheid-driven legislation and also in an attempt to fostering interaction between races which had been kept apart. In 1990 the school started with 250 learners and a staff of 10. Tuition was offered from standard 6 to standard 10. Under the leadership of the principal Mrs. Laura Marcis, the first matriculants in 1992 obtained a pass rate of 88% and in 1993 97%. Also from 1998-2000 a 100% pass rate.

DR HJ.S Stone,the Superintendent General of the department of education and culture in September 1993 an address to Barnato Park affirmed the concept of the Model C Schools had come about as a result of the success of Barnato Park.Previously Johannesburg High School For Girls was run by the Transvaal Education Department which restricted entry to whites but an exception was made for children of diplomatic officials

Since the new era 'post apartheid' period of Barnato Park High School, there have been three principals thus far at the helm and they are notable Mrs Laura Marcis, Mrs Agnes Nugent and Mr Mervin Frank (Who is the first male principal since the inception of both the Johannesburg Girls High School and the Johannesburg Girls Preparatory School, our younger sister school

Previous Matric Results
2012-78%

2013-83,3%

2014-87%

Notable Achievements
-In 1993 on the third of September then Miss South Africa Jacqui Mofokeng,the Junior Mayor and the Mayoress visited Barnato Park High School.

-Out reach program linking St.John's College and Rodean Academy that pupils with potential from grade 10-12 for the boys and grade 9-12 for the girls.

-In the past years Barnato Park High School has been participating in the community trying to fight social-economic issues in the community of Hillbrow and Berea.The school has achieved this by encouraging pupils to engage in sport, debate, chess, media, poetry, drama. Olympiads English, Mathematics, Physical science and World Knowledge -Umuzi Photo Club, The dialogues created awareness, around the issues of teenage pregnancy with the Grade 9 learners in a creative way. Part of the dialogues focused on the consequences of being a teen parent, while dispelling some of the misconceptions about having unprotected sex.

-The Barnato Park High School debate team (Akani Khumalo, Kholwani Dube and Ngoyi Kazadi) managed to qualify for the World Scholar's Cup Global Rounds in Kuala.They have been in the Gauteng Schools Debating Board Provincials Championships frequently and many members of the debate team have been selected as members of the Gauteng delegation to the to the SASDB National Championships.

-Notable debaters who are previous members of the Barnato Park High School debate team its Bontle Bopape.

-Recently two Barnato learners Malaika Elliot Motsoai and Professor Godlo were amongst one of the boys who won a CERN Beamline for schools to travel to Switzerland for a science experiment.

Reference
http://home.web.cern.ch/about/updates/2014/06/beam-line-schools-competition-winners-announced

http://www.debate.org.za/?page_id=15