Lomagundi College
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Shona: Togetherness
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Old Strip Road Chinhoyi, Mashonaland West Zimbabwe |
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Type | Independent, boarding and day school |
Opened | 14 February 1983 |
Headmaster | Marius Erlank |
Teaching staff | 42 |
Gender | Co-educational |
Pupils | 369 (2015)[1] |
Language | English |
Houses | 4 |
Colour(s) | Green and yellow |
Tuition |
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Feeder schools | Lomagundi College Primary School |
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Website | college |
Lomagundi College (or simply Lomagundi) is an independent, co-educational, boarding and day, senior school in Zimbabwe which is situated about 110 km northwest of the capital Harare along the Harare-Chirundu highway on the outskirts of Chinhoyi (formly known as Sinoia) the provincial capital of Mashonaland West. Lomagundi was ranked as one of the Top 10 High Schools in Zimbabwe in 2014.[2]
Lomagundi College is a member of the Association of Trust Schools (ATS) and the Headmaster is a member of the Conference of Heads of Independent Schools in Zimbabwe {CHISZ).[3]
History
Lomagundi College was opened in 1983. The school was built in a valley, over an abandoned coal mine named Shengwidsee.
The senior school boarding hostels were named after areas around Zimbabwe, namely Sebakwe, Mana (the two boys hostels) with Vumba and Charara being the girls hostels.
Notable alumni
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Lomagundi has produced some great sportsmen and women over the decades, such as Greg Lamb (Cricket), Sean Ervine (Cricket), Brendan Taylor (Cricket) and Margaret Odendaal (Athletics).
See also
References
External links
- Lomagundi College Official website
- Articles containing Shona-language text
- Chinhoyi
- Schools in Zimbabwe
- Co-educational schools in Zimbabwe
- Private schools in Zimbabwe
- Cambridge schools in Zimbabwe
- Buildings and structures in Mashonaland West Province
- Education in Mashonaland West Province
- Educational institutions established in 1983
- 1983 establishments in Zimbabwe
- Member schools of the Association of Trust Schools