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, colours = Blue and white , nickname = Saints , sister_school = Loreto Convent Msongari , website = Saint Mary's School, commonly known as Saints, is a

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school for boys located in Nairobi, Kenya. Administered by the

, the school offers KCPE, KCSE, IGCSE and

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certification. The school admits female students for the IB Diploma Programme. The school's motto is ''"Bonitas, Disciplina, Scientia"'', which is Latin for "Goodness, Discipline, Knowledge".

History

St. Mary's School was founded in 1939 in the Parklands area of Nairobi, from Blackrock College in Dublin, Ireland. In September 1945, the school was moved to a temporary structure on an site on the land belonging to the St. Austin's Mission in the

area of Westlands. The present-day school buildings were completed in 1954, including the twin towers that stand at the school's quadrangle and the older St. Austin's Catholic Church, which sits beside the school's parking area. In between the towers is the staff room where teachers convene for meetings and take their breaks, which used to be the school's library.

Present day

From the outset, Saints has always had a combined primary and secondary school. Although only boys are admitted to the primary and secondary schools, girls (along with boys) are admitted to the International Baccalaureate diploma course which is a post- O-level programme offered by the school since 1982. Entrants are chosen on the basis of their KCSE and IGCSE results. The school year runs from January to November. The school is near its neighbouring

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, Loreto Convent Msongari, separated only by a fence and a gate, and is situated approximately away from its rival,

Strathmore School Strathmore School is Kenya's first multi-racial school, established in 1961 in the Lavington area of Nairobi. It began as a residential Sixth Form College offering British-styled A-level courses and in 1963 switched from the Cambridge School Certi ...

. Students are encouraged to participate in extra-curricular activities, which include sports, clubs, music and drama. All the school's sports teams are nicknamed "Saints", also the school's nickname.

Theatre

Since 1971, the school has been staging a musical every year, open to the general public. The musical week runs on specific dates from Tuesday to Saturday. The school has staged its own productions of famous plays such as '' The Mikado'', '' The Yeomen of the Guard'', '' The King and I'', ''

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'' (often colloquially known as ''Joseph'') is a sung-through musical with lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the character of Joseph from the Bible's Book of Genesis. Thi ...

'', '' The Sound of Music'', '' Sarafina!'', '' Cinderella'', '' Oklahoma!'', '' The Music Man'', '' Ipi N'tombi'', '' Aida'', '' Zambezi Express'', ''

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''. Notable guests who have attended the school's shows in the past include former Prime Minister of Kenya Raila Odinga.@RailaOdinga on Twitter: "Arriving at St. Mary's School to watch the musical play "Aida" performed by the students."
(6 March 2014). Retrieved 21 April 2014.

Principals

* Fr. Laurence Murren (1939) * Fr. Kevin Devenish (1939–1941) * Fr. Thomas O'Sullivan (1941–1948) * Fr. James Kavanagh (1949–1950) * Fr. James Barrett (1951–1953) * Fr. John Horgan (1954–1956) * Fr. Paul Cunningham (1956–1968) * Fr. Thomas Farrelly (1968–1970) * Fr. Oliver Ellis (1971–1977) * Fr. Michael Malone (1977–1980) * Fr. Sean O'Connell (1980–1982) * Fr. Cormac O'Brolchain (1982–1984) * Fr. Eddie O'Farrell (1984-1990) * Fr. Thomas Hogan (1990–1995) * Fr. John McMahon (1996–2002) * Mr. Simon Otieno (2003–2005) * Fr. Boniface Kariuki (2006–2010) * Fr. Francis Mburu (2011–2014) * Br. Moses Wafula (2015–2016) * Mr. Benedict Otieno (2016–2018) * Mr. Peter M. Macharia (2019–present)

Notable alumni

* Ian Duncan, rally driverDaily Nation, 26 December 2009
Duncan's mustang ride to victory
/ref> * John Githongo, anti-corruption journalistThe EastAfrican, 14 February 2009
'Traitor' who stayed true to Kenya
/ref> *

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, Kenyan businessman * Uhuru Kenyatta,

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, journalist and news anchor * Gideon Moi, senator for Baringo County * Lupita Nyong'o, award-winning actress and film director * Mohammad Sheikh, former Kenyan international cricketer *

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, Kenyan singer-songwriter *

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, Kenyan businessman

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Mary's School, Nairobi Schools in Nairobi International Baccalaureate schools in Kenya Educational institutions established in 1939 Catholic primary schools in Kenya Catholic secondary schools in Kenya Spiritan schools 1939 establishments in Kenya