This year we are celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the opening of Strathmore. As a sign of our thanksgiving for this celebration,we decided to celebrate the feast of St. Josemaría this year with a special one-week challenge.

Guided by the maxim: “To begin is for everyone, to persevere is for saints.” We took on Seven Days, with Seven Challenges and Seven Quotes for each day. All this led to the feast of Saint Josemaría on the 26th June 2021.

We steered on with the challenge of putting into practice the spirit that St. Josemaría wanted for Strathmore.

On the afternoon of 27th May Don Mariano Fazio visited us and had a get together with teachers and students. Don Mariano is the current Auxiliary Vicar of Opus Dei.

He got a surprise welcome cheer from Grade 3 pupils and later had a get together with the staff of the school, Form 4 and Grade 2.

At the get together with the staff members of the school; he mentioned that the Vicar Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz, Prelate of Opus Dei prays for us everyday since they have a painting of Strathmore School in their house in Rome.

Some take away pointers from him were:
1. We should have broad horizons.
2. We try to work professionally but above all we should try to remember that it is a real service.
3. To remember that I maybe teaching the lowest class but I will work well if I am putting love in my work.
4. I may be teaching a particular subject but must remember that I have to transmit values through my work.
5. As a school we need to work with unity despite differences in our opinions.
6. To remember that we have the souls of young men in our hands and we can affect them positively.
7. That the best mode of teaching is by our example.

Mr. Michael Robert Lyford-Pike Peirano, a long-serving teacher at Strathmore School, peacefully departed this life into God’s presence on Monday, 23rd November 2020 at the Nairobi Hospital after a short illness.

Son of the late John Francis Victor Lyford-Pike and the late Maria Teresa Peirano, Michael arrived in Kenya from his home country, Uruguay in 1988. He started working at Strathmore School in 1989. He has served in the school in various capacities. At the time of his demise, Michael was on a sabbatical leave in Kampala, Uganda from 2017.

Michael was also involved in numerous apostolic initiatives of Opus Dei in Uruguay, Kenya and Uganda. He will be remembered by many for his simplicity, cheerfulness and generous heart.

Since December last year there has been lots of construction work happening in school:

1. Extension of the tuition block: There will be a 2nd floor in the secondary block (Tuition Block). The floor will have 4 classrooms with a capacity of 40 students each, students’ restroom, staff room, laboratory, teachers offices, cleaning store and a lift!

2. Public Washrooms at the parking lot next to the generator room at bus washing bay: There will be gents and ladies sections. In the gents’ section there will be 2 urinals, 2 regular size toilets, 1 toilet for the handicapped and 1 toilet for children. In the ladies’ section there will be 4 regular size toilets, 1 toilet for the handicapped, 1 toilet for children and a baby changing station.

Starting this year 2019 Grade 1 to Grade 3 classes have a new seating arrangement.

The boys are seated in groups of 4, unlike the past where they were seated in rows of 10 facing the chalk board.

The structure of seating resembles a big box with 4 boxes inside where the 4 pupils with their desks sit facing each other.

During lessons, the pupils are assisted by the teacher to learn in their group arrangement. The teacher introduces a topic and he gives an activity to the different groups. In some learning areas, the pupils select a leader of the group to present what the group has been working on. Later, the teacher helps in harmonizing the content learnt.

The new seating arrangement is in line with the new CBC curriculum which has teamwork as one of its hallmarks.

The Parents of Form 1 2019 and Grade 1 2019 were welcomed to the school with an introductory meeting. Grade 1 parents met on 1st February 2019 and Form 1 parents met on 8th February 2019.

We welcome the new parents to the Strathmore family!

The man who has been The Chief Maintenance Officer of Strathmore School, Mr. Paul Mwangi retires after spending more than 25 years of service in the school.

For more than 25 years Paul, with lots of skills, hard work and cheerfulness gave himself in the task of ensuring that the school, though old, still had a new look.

The entire Strathmore family thanks Mr. Paul Mwangi and wish him all the best in his retirement.