Parktown Convent

Holy Family College
Location
Parktown, Gauteng South Africa
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	hfc-jhb.co.za

Parktown Convent was built in 1905 and in 1991 it became Holy Family College and the formerly girls school.

History

The convent was founded by Mother Ambrose Farren who came from a noble and extremely wealthy family in England.

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 being 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 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.

Fire

Part of the school was destroyed by fire in 2013

External links

Official website