Marondera High School is a

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high school located one and half miles from the

Marondera Marondera (known as Marandellas until 1982) is a city in Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe, located about 72 km east of Harare. History It was first known as Marandella's Kraal, corrupted from Marondera, chief of the ruling Rozvi Empire, VaRozv ...

town centre, in

Mashonaland East Province Mashonaland East, informally Mash East, is a province of Zimbabwe. It has an area of 32,230 km2 and a population of approximately 1.35 million (2012). Marondera is the capital of the province. Geography Districts Mashonaland East i ...

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. The school was established in 1960.This school is one of the first schools in

. It lies opposite Nagle House Girls High School. Previous headmasters have been Mr.

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, Mr. Mutsigwa, Mr. Mufambisi, Mr. Chinake and Mr. Nyamayaro. The current acting headmaster is Mr. Madyangove who has just joined from St Ignatius College. Founded in 1960 as

Marandellas Marondera (known as Marandellas until 1982) is a city in Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe, located about 72 km east of Harare. History It was first known as Marandella's Kraal, corrupted from Marondera, chief of the ruling VaRozvi people who ...

High School, the school catered for the

farming community and the surrounding towns. The school has five boarding houses named after

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. The boarding houses are

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(The Sables),

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(The Kings) and

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College (The Bulls) for boys and

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and

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for girls. The school also includes day schooling with Stallion House for the girls and Tiger House(dhebhan'a) for the boys. The school uses the symbol of the lion on its badge. The most notable event on the school calendar is the annual Chinamasa Inter-hostel rugby tournament held in the March. Cumberland, Sussex, Hampshire and the tigers go head to head where winner gets a trophy and aid to an annual celebratory braai (bbq). The tournament also serves purpose to identify and select players who go on to form the schools' Rugby first team and represent the school at the annual Dairy Board Rugby School Festival. The games houses ( Nehanda,

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, Tongogara and Mutapa) are named after popular

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. The houses are represented with the colors red, green, yellow and blue respectively . The school offers a variety of sports which include soccer, rugby, cricket, netball, handball, basketball, volleyball, badminton, tennis, hockey and swimming. Also included are a variety of clubs which enrich the students culturally and socially.

Notable alumni

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