The PAHS community celebrates its origin at a special Founders Day assembly in August each year. Friday, August 18 was a great opportunity for the school, teachers, pupils and past pupils and the greater Port Alfred community to reflect upon how far Port Alfred’s oldest school has come since 1883.
This was the year that the school was officially converted into a government school and it was housed in an Anglican church building in Park Road. The school then had an enrollment of about fifty boys and girls.
Over the intervening years, the school has grown to nearly 1000 pupils from crèche to Matric situated on a beautiful campus formerly known as Alexandra Park on the R72.
Rooted in a proud past, the Port Alfred High staff, governing body and alumni celebrated Founders Day with a special assembly and a special address by 1997 head girl Carlyn du Plessis and 2007 matric graduate councillor MK Raco.
In the evening alumni members, teachers and friends of the school gathered for sun downers and snacks at the PAHS clubhouse where old friends and acquaintances met up for a fun evening.
Saturday, the Founders Day celebrations continued with a derby day between PAHS and Alexandria Road from Port Elizabeth at the PAHS sports-fields.
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