{"id":7839,"date":"2022-06-12T17:06:28","date_gmt":"2022-06-12T15:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ashtoncollege.co.za\/site\/?page_id=7839"},"modified":"2025-09-17T10:33:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T08:33:50","slug":"our-beginning","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ashtoncollege.co.za\/site\/our-beginning\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Beginning"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u223c 1998 \u223c<\/h4>\n

Excellence has to start somewhere \u2013 and for Ashton is started in 1998, on what was previously a small farm\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Our Grounds<\/strong>
\nThe first few buildings at Ashton and what is today London Quad in the Senior College<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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A Classroom in 1998<\/strong>
\nStep inside one of our first classrooms<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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The Founding Class of 1998<\/strong>
\nIn January 1998, we\u00a0opened\u00a0our\u00a0doors to\u00a0our\u00a0very first students<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

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The Pond<\/strong>
The pond in this photo can still be seen at Ashton \u2013 it is the pond outside the Grace Hall. In the background, you can also see what is now our Ashlings Early Learning Centre and top field.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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The Driveway<\/strong>
\nThis is what our driveway looked like in 1998, if you had been looking out the gate towards Beryl Street. It is almost unrecognisable!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Our First Open Day<\/strong>
\nMany traditions, such as experiments in the Biology and Science labs, can still be seen at our Open Days<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

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Our First Tuckshop<\/strong>
Our first tuckshop was located in what is today a Senior College classroom in London Quad.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u223c 1998 \u223c Excellence has to start somewhere \u2013 and for Ashton is started in 1998, on what was previously a small farm\u2026 Our Grounds The first few buildings at Ashton and what is today London Quad in the Senior College A Classroom in 1998 Step inside one of our first classrooms The Founding Class...","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7839","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ashtoncollege.co.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ashtoncollege.co.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ashtoncollege.co.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ashtoncollege.co.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ashtoncollege.co.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7839"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"https:\/\/ashtoncollege.co.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19647,"href":"https:\/\/ashtoncollege.co.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7839\/revisions\/19647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ashtoncollege.co.za\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}