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| Our school badge
is derived from the family crest of Baron Pieter van Reede van
Oudtshoorn, an aristocrat of the latter half of the 18th century
and appointed governor to the Cape. Unfortunately, he died before
taking up office. |
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| The three horns are not gunpowder caskets as is generally
surmised, but hunting horns. In earlier times hunting horns were used
to assemble people for important announcements, e.g. the arrival of
the mail coach. The hunting horn was thus a valuable harbinger of
messages. The important message in our case is the motto of Oudtshoorn
High School: |
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| PER
LABOREM AD ASTRA |
| Honest
hard labour leads to great heights / success. |
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| Our school badge is, therefore, between four and five
centuries old. It is a cherished heritage and, quite possibly, in
its original form, the oldest used by any school in the Republic of
South Africa. |
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