Sutherland High School is a publicEnglish medium co-educational high school situated in the suburb of Eldoraigne, Centurion in the Gauteng province of South Africa, It is one of the top academic schools in the Gauteng province. The school was established in 1987.
School houses
Upon registration at Sutherland High School, students are divided among the following eight houses:
Argyll
Bays
Cameron
Dunrobin
Freskin
Lindley
Roberts
Seaforth
These houses compete in various sporting and cultural competitions throughout the year.
Leadership programmes
The School of Leadership is a youth leadership development initiative.[citation needed]
Red blazer programme
Learners at Sutherland High School can sign up for the "Red Blazer" programme. The main characteristics of a red blazer recipient are respect, integrity and accountability.
Desert walk
Desert walk is the first event that the School of Leadership offered. Learners are expected to endure a walk through the desert through challenging physical activities and limited food and sleep.
Sports activities
Sutherland High School is part of the Pretoria English Medium High School Athletics Association (PEMHSAA), and has won the association's inter-highschool events 20 consecutive times from 1991 to 2011.
In September 2011, the school set a world record for the most solved Rubik's Cubes in one hour: 711, exceeding the previous record of 300 in an hour. Five years later in 2016, this record was surpassed by nine students in India–2,454 in one hour.
