Alexander Sinton Secondary School
School in Athlone, Cape Town, South Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alexander Sinton Secondary School, also known as Alexander Sinton High School, is an English-medium school in Athlone, a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. The school is located in the Cape Flats, an area designated as non-white under the Group Areas Act during apartheid. The school was involved in the anti-apartheid student uprisings of the 1970s and 1980s. Staff and students at the school made headlines when they barricaded the police into their school in September 1985.[1] The following month, three youths were killed near the school by police officers who opened fire on protesters in the Trojan Horse Incident.[2] It was the first school to be visited by Nelson Mandela after his release from prison.[3] As of 2014, the school has 1,100 pupils, half boys and half girls. The school employs 40 teachers and six non-teaching staff.[4]
Alexander Sinton Secondary School | |
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Address | |
Thornton Road, Crawford South Africa | |
Coordinates | 33.9759°S 18.5125°E / -33.9759; 18.5125 |
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Motto | Vel Primus Vel Cum Primis ("If not the best, amongst the best") |
Established | 1951 (1951) |
Founder | Alexander Sinton |
Status | Open |
Principal | Michael D Peterson |
Number of students | 1,100 |
Website | sintonhs |