Hoërskool Florida
Hoërskool Florida is a public Afrikaans medium co-educational high school situated in Florida, Roodepoort, South Africa. It is known for its academic achievers. It produced the highest number of top achievers in the country in 2007.
History
The cornerstone was laid in 1944 and it was opened two years later as a dual medium school with 345 pupils and 15 teachers under the first headmaster B. G. Lindeque. The school emblem was instated in 1954 by Charles Grevelink.Headmasters
- Mr B.G. Lindeque
- Dr H.P. Van Coller
- Mr P.D.A. Roux
- Mr H.S. Diederiks
- Mr K.S König
- Mr M.S Schutte
- Mr J.J Katzke
Notable alumni
- Garth April - Professional rugby player
- Wahl Bartmann - Springbok rugby player and CEO of Securitas
- Steven Bosch - visual artist;
- Quinne (Brown) Huffman, Actress, e.g. Connie in 7de Laan
- Joseph Dweba - Springbok rugby player;
- Elton Jantjies - Springbok rugby player;
- Lise Korsten Professor of plant pathology at the University of Pretoria.
- Riku Lätti - singer and entertainer;
- Clinton Theron - professional rugby player
- Celine Lemaitre - French-Afrikaans inventor
- Ingrid Winterbach - Writer and winner of the Hertzog literature prize
- Prof. Vasti Roodt - Dean, University Stellenbosch