Partnerships and potential: Building Athlone Institute Paarl's second century

Partnerships and potential: Building Athlone Institute Paarl's second century

In 1974, when the Group Areas Act forced Noorder Paarl High School to vacate its historic home in exchange for asbestos-sheeted classrooms east of the Berg River, the principal likened the exodus to “being spectators at your own funeral”. Barely a month later, a storm tore the roofs from the new buildings, forcing the school back to its original Athlone Institute campus. Many in the community saw more than a storm; they saw the hand of God pres…