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Die Hoërskool Menlopark (Menlo Park High School) is a public Afrikaans medium co-educational high school located in Menlo Park, Pretoria, in the Gauteng province of South Africa. Some learners call themselves ''Parkies''. History== The school was established in 1963, starting with 12 class rooms and 372 learners in grades 8, 9 and 10 (then called Standards 6, 7 and 8).〔(School website, accessed 9 September 2008 )〕 ==Menlopark today== The Student Representative Council (SRC) is called the "Parkieraad" which consists out of two learners (boy and girl) from every class. The council consists out of approximately 100 learners (50 boys and 50 girls). Menlopark sports include: *Athletics§ *Rugby - FNB Classic Clashes champions *Hockey - first school ever to win the Noordvaal Cup for two consecutive years – 2010 and 2011. The girls' first team is the title holder of the Noordvaal Cup, City Cup and League winners.) *Cricket - winners of the National Standard Bank Pro20 Schools Challenge 2010 *Netball - National Wildeklawer and Schools Coke Tournament champions) *Tennis *Squash *Chess - Menlopark's girls' team is the South African champion for the second year in a row *Horseback riding - won the Gauteng Schools Championships for the fourth year in a row *Mountain biking *Golf *Swimming *Water polo *Underwater hockey *Sky hockey *Cross country Menlopark is the title holder of the Jacaranda Prestige Inter High Athletics Competition (A-league) champions and has won this title for the twelfth consecutive year. The girls' competition was won by the Menlopark girls 17 out of 18 times. Menlopark is the title holder of the Swimming Inter High Competition (A-league) champions for the fifth consecutive year. Menlopark's swimming academy is part of Olympic gold medalist, Ryk Neethling's Players Academy. The school owns a 50m (Olympic size) heated swimming pool (one of only two schools in South Africa) on campus. Menlopark has a soccer league called the Menlo Soccer League (MSL) where students of any age group in the school can apply to play in the league and compile their own teams. This was a student initiative that was established in 2006. (Logo: ()) Other activities that Menlopark offers are: *Music (violin, cello, flute, piano, keyboard, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, drums, saxophone, clarinet) *Choir‡ *Orchestra *Flute Choir (Winners of the Pretoria Eisteddfod) *Orators *Debate *Drama *Voortrekkers *School newspaper (called "Die Eggo") The Menlo-choir was announced as the best school choir in South Africa at the National ATKV Applous Choir Competition July 2012 and being the only choir at the competition to achieve a Cum Laude award (90%+). They are the title holders of the best mixed choir in South Africa for the fifth consecutive year now (2009–2013). They are also known as the "Van Papendorp-Engeltjies" (Van Papendorp Angels in English) which comes from their director, Jeanmari van Papendorp's surname. The choir consists out of approximately 110 members and has participated on provincial, national, as well as international levels. The piano accompanist is Willem Luitingh. The choir has undertaken national and international tours and visited many countries, including Slovenia, Slovakia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Turkey, Austria, Germany and Egypt. During their 2013 European tour, they were crowned as the best mixed choir at the Summa Cum Laude Music Festival. Menlopark has a theatre on campus, called "Die Blou Teater" (The Blue Theatre in English), where productions are performed by students. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hoërskool Menlopark」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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