Chinhoyi High School (formerly Sinoia High School) is a Government high school located in
Chinhoyi
Chinhoyi, previously known as Sinoia during the colonial era, is a city in central northern Zimbabwe in the Makonde District. It has a population of 90,800 and is primarily a college town, although it was originally founded as an Italian group ...
,
Mashonaland West province,
Zimbabwe
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Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Bots ...
.
The school was established in 1960. The school is located 2 km north of Chinhoyi town centre on the A1 road to
Karoi and
Kariba. The school is about 122 km north-west of
Harare
Harare ( ), formerly Salisbury, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Zimbabwe. The city proper has an area of , a population of 1,849,600 as of the 2022 Zimbabwe census, 2022 census and an estimated 2,487,209 people in its metrop ...
.
It is
co-educational
Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together. Whereas single-sex education was more common up to ...
, with approximately 1000 students in 6 forms: Form one, Form two, Form three, Form four, Lower sixth, and Upper sixth. About 600 of the students are boarders with the remaining 400 being day students.
There are six boarding hostels each called after a British Royal house. The three girls' boarding houses are called Tudor, Windsor and Angevin. The three boys houses are called Stuart, Norman and Hanover. For inter-house sports, day scholars (non-boarders) compete for Dendera and Rukodzi). The motto of the school is ''Pietas'' which means "service to the community".
Notable alumni
*
Rozalla Miller, singer
See also
*
List of schools in Zimbabwe
*
List of boarding schools
This list includes WP:NCORP, notable boarding schools (where some or all pupils study and live during the school year).
Africa
Cameroon
*Our Lady of Lourdes College Mankon, Our Lady of Lourdes College, Mankon
*Saker Baptist College, Limbe, C ...
References
External links
Official incomplete website developed in 2010
Facebook group for Chinhoyi High School
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Chinhoyi
High schools in Zimbabwe
Boarding schools in Zimbabwe
Buildings and structures in Mashonaland West Province
Education in Mashonaland West Province
Educational institutions established in 1960
1960 establishments in Southern Rhodesia