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Founders High School

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Founders High School
Founders High School Crest
Address
Dundee Drive


Information
School typePublic boarding/day
MottoTruth is ever simple
OpenedJanuary 1952; 72 years ago (1952-01)
HeadmistressMrs D.Moyo
LanguageEnglish and Ndebele
Colour(s)White, Yellow, Maroon

Founders High School is a public high school in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. It includes both day and boarding students.

History

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Founders High School was founded in January 1952 as Southern Rhodesia's first secondary school for Coloured and Asian students.[1][2] It was established at the Herbert Stanley Hostel on Dundee Drive in the Barham Green area of Bulawayo.[1] Today, most of its students are black Africans from suburbs including Emganwini, Nketa, Tshabalala, Southwold, Bellevue and Nkulumane.

In 2016, the school received an award called the Secretary's Bell

Notable people

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Alumni

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Faculty

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Founders High School, Bulawayo Province, Zimbabwe | Phone: +263 9 463 012". placesmap.net. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  2. ^ a b Chung, Fay (2006). Re-living the Second Chimurenga: Memories from the Liberation Struggle in Zimbabwe. African Books Collective. p. 34. ISBN 9781779220462.
  3. ^ "Rashid Gatrad". The Memon. World Memon Organisation. July 2015. pp. 3–4.
  4. ^ "Noel Kaseke clocks record 15 years in Europe". The Sunday News. 11 June 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2018.