Mt St Mary's Mission School

Mt St Mary's Mission School

Mt St Mary's Mission School is a secondary school with a related primary school branch in Wedza, Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe. The school is located at the foot of Mt Rusunzwe. The mission was established in 1954 by Father Beckenhoff, a German Jesuit who worked as a missionary in Wedza and other areas in Zimbabwe.

The primary school was established alongside the mission and a transition to a secondary school followed gradually. The Jesuits and later the Franciscans ran the mission from its inception to 1994 and passing it on to the Archdiosece of Harare under the control of Father William Makusha and subsequently Father Regis Chikuni.

Mt St Mary's has been one of the more competitive schools from Wedza and was the second school in the district to introduce GCE Advanced level classes with the inception of Management of Business, Accounting and Geography classes in 2000. Classes have expanded to include English literature and science subjects.

Sports

Athletics, football, netball and volleyball are the main sports played by the school. Their greatest accomplishment was winning the NASH Mashonaland East football tournament in 1989.

Notable Alumni

General Constantine Chiwenga - Commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces

Perrance Shiri - Air Marshall

Dr Stephen Mahere - Education, Sport, Arts and Culture secretary

Louis Masakara - Rainbow Towers general manager

Mrs Rosemary Goto - Hwedza South Member of the House of Assembly

Raymond Majongwe - Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe secretary general

Primary School

The primary school, also referred to as Chikohonono after the hill in its backdrop, serves the area surrounding the mission with day schooling services.


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