Parktown Convent
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| Holy Family College | |
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| Information | |
| Type | Private school |
| Motto | Latin: Quid Retribuam (What shall I give back?) |
| Established | 1905 |
| Principal | Mark Potterton |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Colour(s) | Black and red |
| Website | holyfamily |
Parktown Convent for Girls (now Holy Family College) was a private girls' school founded in 1905. It is located in Parktown, South Africa. The school falls within Johannesburg East in Gauteng. In 1991, the school became Holy Family College.
History
The convent was founded by Mother Ambrose Farren, [citation needed] who came from Moville, Co Donegal, Ireland.[according to whom?]
Notable alumni
Helen Suzman, a liberal South African, anti-apartheid activist and notable politician, attended the convent and matriculated from the school in 1933. Later becoming an eloquent public speaker with a sharp and witty manner, Suzman was noted for her strong public criticism of the governing National Party's policies of apartheid at a time when this was atypical of white South Africans.
Margaret Scott graduated from the convent school in 1939, went to London, and continued her training as a ballet dancer. She performed with Sadler's Wells Ballet and Ballet Rambert in England and Australia in the 1940s. She moved to Australia in 1953 and became the first director of the Australian Ballet School, a post she held for twenty-six years.
Moira Lister, later Viscountess of Orthez, attended the school before her London stage debut on 12 April 1937 at Golders Green Hippodrome. She became a film, stage and television actress and writer. She starred in Peter Ustinov's long-running 1951 play The Love of Four Colonels in the West End.
Fire
Part of the school was destroyed by fire in 2013.
Notes
- ^ Shimoni 2003, p. 95.
- ^ Roane 2013.
References
- Shimoni, Gideon (2003). Community and Conscience: The Jews in Apartheid South Africa. University Press of New England. ISBN 978-0-86486-620-2.
- Roane, Brendan (23 May 2013). "Historic hall gutted". Independent Online. Retrieved 2014-09-25.
