Penryn College (South Africa)
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| Penryn | |
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| Coordinates | 25°24′31″S 30°58′32″E / 25.40849°S 30.97560°E |
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| Former name | Penryn College |
| Type | Preparatory & College |
| Motto | One and All |
| Established | 1991[citation needed] |
| Website | http://www.penryn.co.za/ |
Penryn is a co-educational, English-medium private school situated in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga, South Africa. It is also a global member of Round Square. Penryn was officially founded in 1991 in an Methodist church in Plaston, Mpumalanga. Since then, the college has changed its venue to a large space on the Boschrand Farm.[citation needed]
Name
Penryn is named after Penryn, Cornwall.[citation needed] The name Penryn means "Top of the Hill" in the Cornish language. The college is indeed situated on top of a hill. This is often used as a metaphor by Penryn when it refers to itself as the light on the hill. A reference to it seeing itself as being a light of hope on the hill. Penryn was renamed from Penryn College in 2018.
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