Hillcrest High School

The original school badge was designed by the school's first principal, Mr CJ Talbot, and members of his Parents' Advisory Committee. The book in the badge speaks for itself; the wildebeest formed part of the old Natal coat-of-arms; and the stone wall symbolises a wall built long ago by the Gillitt family to mark the boundary of their land which at that time included most of the village of Hillcrest. It is an extremely long "dry" stone wall, much of which still exists today and forms a prominent feature of the region. The Latin motto "Adspirat Fortuna Labori", taken from Virgil's "Aeneid", means "Fortune Favours Endeavour".

In 2001, to coincide with the school's 25^th Anniversary, a new badge was adopted. It was felt that the badge needed to be more relevant to the era in which we find ourselves. To the original badge were added the leaves of the tree cussonia spicata (the kiepersol or cabbage tree) which are, appropriately, silver and indigenous to the area. The badge is crowned with the brown-hooded kingfisher, also indigenous to the area and part of Hillcrest's coat of arms. The new badge was officially adopted on 1 January 2002.