Jeppe High School for Girls is a public English medium high school for girls situated in the suburb of Kensington in Johannesburg in the Gauteng province of South Africa, The school's address is 160 Roberts Ave, Kensington, Johannesburg, 2094, South Africa (on the corner of Roberts Avenue and Lynx Street).

[4] The buildings of the college and the site on which its grounds lay were bought by the Witwatersrand Council for education, in 1896, as the school was struggling to function.

[5] In 1899, the outbreak of the Anglo-Boer War forced the school to close down as the number of students slowly decreased.

In September 1902, the Education Department was presented with an ultimatum, which stated that either they purchase the premises or vacate it, by October that year.

He was succeeded by Mr. J H Payne, who became a staff member in 1902 and remained headmaster until his death, in 1917, during his service in the First World War.

[12] In 1957, a new building was built on the east block which provided laboratories, geography and art rooms.

The main building of the school was also renovated to provide a bigger library, six music classrooms and an audio-visual room.

When the hall was completed in 1959, a Japanese Maple floor was added along with gold velvet curtains.

[16] A new building was completed in 1987 to accommodate the growing number of pupils at the school and includes an extra 3 science laboratories.

Ross Arden Hostel closed in 1946 after 25 years when Miss Edwards decided to retire.

[18] The hostel was originally a temporary measure until two boarding houses were built on the lower sports grounds by the Education Department but these plans never materialised.

The pool is now inhabited by the pupils at the school during physical education lessons and during the swimming galas.

It was these Old Girls who made the first Scholarship or Bursary Fund for Jeppe High School.

Honoring Ruth First, a prominent political activist in South Africa and a former student at the school, was an idea first thought of in 2008.

This idea became a reality with the launch of The Ruth First Jeppe High School for Girls Memorial Trust in 2010 on 27 October.

Manager Kevin Tait, a former Headmaster of Jeppe High School for Boys, Vice Rector of the Johannesburg College of Education, as well as Secretary of the Jeppe Schools' Trust is the Manager of the Ruth First Memorial Trust.

Where plants and flowers fair With perfume scent the air, Where hills in endless line Inspire with thoughts sublime - There stands amid her glorious trees The Jeppe Girls' High School.

We'll play the game and laud the name Of Jeppe Girls' High School.

When we from memory's store, Recall those days of yore, Those contests keenly fought, On fields or tennis court, Then we shall hymn the glorious praise Of Jeppe Girls' High School Forti nihil difficilius This motto shall us rule.

We'll play the game And laud the name Of Jeppe Girls' High School.

It was sung for the first time in 1940 when Jeppe High School for girls celebrated its 21st birthday.

The first tradition at the school was started when girls would donate eggs to the local Aged Women's Home every Friday.

In 1946, a tradition of placing a fresh bowl of flowers on the Headmistress's table everyday was started by the Garden Club.

Houses To celebrate Jeppe Girls becoming its own unit, the houses were named after flowers when the school opened in 1919 - Crassula (red), Disa (emerald green), Nerine (gold), Gerbera (pink), Harveya (orange), and Protea (royal blue).

[26] Two extra houses - Erica and Morae - were added in 1945 due to the increasing number of enrolment and to stabilise the quality of discipline and personal involvement,[27] but had then returned to six houses in 1960 due to problems faced when participating in joint galas with the boys' school.

The houses were also reversed to six due to a problem with lanes in swimming and athletics and has remained unchanged ever since.

The project to build the clubhouse, in 1945, costed 15 000 pounds to include a hall, dressing rooms, secretary's office and a verandah with a view of the cricket oval.

The Mother's Association has played a prominent part in the development of the school till today.

R2000 was used to improve the tennis court surfaces in 1979 and a similar amount was used to purchase new curtains for the hall.

The girls are required to prepare a presentation of the work they did and what stood out to them during this week the girls are required to bring certain documentation to show proof of their community work to show their educators and fellow learners.