Dale College Boys' High School Explained

Dale College Boys' High School
Streetaddress:94 Queens Road
Schooltype:All-boys public school
Motto:Per Ardua ad Astra
Motto Translation:Through hardwork, Reach to the Stars
Sister School:Kingsridge High School for Girls
Number:+27 (043) 707 6549
Headmaster:Mr Craig Hatchers
Houses: Dioscean
Fuller
Langham
Sutton
Students:570 boys
Gender:Male
Schedule:07:30 - 14:00
Lower Age:14
Upper Age:18
Campus:Urban Campus
Grades:812
Colours: Red
Black
White
Accreditation:Eastern Cape Department of Education
Newspaper:The Black and Red
Yearbook:The Dalian
Alumni:Old Dalian Union
Fees:R54,000 (boarding)
R32,000 (tuiton)

Dale College Boys' High School, (commonly referred to as Dale College), is a well-established public English medium high school for boys located in Qonce, a town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. With a rich history, it holds the distinction of being one of the oldest schools in the country and is among the few prestigious high schools in the Eastern Cape.

Formerly established as The King William's Town Public School, it was founded in 1861.[1] It was renamed to Dale College in 1877, in honor of Sir Langham Dale, then Superintendent-General of Cape Province.

Captain Cecil D'Arcy of the Frontier Light Horse, who won the Victoria Cross in the Anglo-Zulu War in 1879, was an Old Dalian.[2]

Dale College has long-standing annual derby days for both summer and winter sports with traditional rivals such as Queens College, Grey College, Muir College, St Andrews College, and Selborne College that stretch back to at least the 1960s

Notable alumni

List of matriculants at Dale College:

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: A brief history of Dale College . 15 December 2018 . Dale College History . Dale College . dalecollege.
  2. Web site: Old Dalians . 30 March 2019.