JEPPE HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS | 20 Lynx St, Johannesburg 2094, Gauteng

Jeppe High School for Girls will celebrate its centenary in 2019, having separated from the Boys school and acquired its own premises in July 1919.<br/><br/>The new red brick building initially comprised only the central wing of the present main building. By 1930, the Hall and East and West wings had been added, together with a library and laboratories; the gardens had been terraced and the grounds converted into playing fields. Trees had also been planted in the upper and lower grounds and the swimming pool was opened in 1929. A major addition to the Girls School took place in 1957 with the building of the east block that provided laboratories and art and geography rooms. Extensive additions were made from 1984 to 1986 with the erection of the new block south of the main building. Here new laboratories and classrooms were provided. Conversions took place in the main block to supply a larger library, six music rooms and space for an audio-visual room as well as suitable offices for the secretarial staff.<br/><br/>The scho