The first Catholic School in George was founded in 1843 by Rev. Fr. A Devereux and consisted of 30 pupils. In 1895 six Holy Cross sisters came to George to take over the running of this school and to open a boarding school and high school. This school became known as St. Joseph’s Convent and later its name was changed to Holy Cross Convent. Boarding School: The first boarder was received in 1895 and by 1920 there were over 100 boarders coming not only from the surrounding districts, but also from Cape Town, Johannesburg, South West Africa, Rhodesia, Kenya and the Congo. The boarding establishment continued for 93 years and was gradually phased out. It closed in 1988 with the last Std 5. boarders. High School: The oldest part of the Convent High School was built before 1900. In 1902 the second wing was added. Finally the wing adjoining the Church was completed in 1920. From the beginning it was a private school and was staffed mostly by Sisters. It was an English medium school and soon acquired a reputation far afield as a school which “provided an excellent education, training pupils with meticulous care.” In 1968 the Holy Cross authorities decided that, because of the lack of religious personnel and the lack of funds to pay secular teachers, they could no longer staff the Convent High School. It was closed after serving the people of George for 73 years.                                                             PAGE 2

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