Dominican Convent High School, Harare

Dominican Convent High School, is the oldest established school in Harare. It was founded in 1892 by Mother Patrick, an Irish nun, with 10 pupils. There is also a Dominican Convent High School in Bulawayo.

The school was co-educational, but after ten years, a separate school, Hartmann House, was established for boys.

Mother Patrick founded the Dominican Convent in Harare in 1892. She also started the first hospital in what was then Southern Rhodesia. There is a museum commemorating her in the grounds of the Mukwati Building on Fourth Street in Harare, in what was the original hospital's mortuary.

Academic

Three streams from Form 1 to Form 4.Form 1 to Form 2 follow the same curriculum consisting of English, Mathematics, Religious Education, Science, French, Shona, History, Geography, Art, Food & Nutrition, Fashion & Fabric, Computers and Physical Education. Form 3 and 4 have a variety of subject options.

• Cambridge International for both IGCSE, O Level, AS and A Level
• ZIMSEC O Level
• City and Guilds

Sports Overview

Dominican Convent offers a wide range of sporting activities. These include basketball, diving, field hockey,golf, karate, soccer, swimming, tennis and squash. Appointment of coaches was done professionally. Those with relevant qualifications with regard to a particular sport and experience made it this season. This is so because our endeavour as a school is to equip every child with relevant skills and fitness. Every sport has a coach who is highly skilled and able to handle pupils. Our facilities afford all pupils the opportunity to participate in sport regardless of their abilities.

Notable alumnae

• Kirsty Coventry - 2008 Olympic gold medalist
• Doris Lessing - 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature

See also

• Dominicans in Ireland

External links

• Official Website - Domincan Convent Harare
• Pictures of Dominican Convent High School, Bulawayo Zimbabwe
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