The school transport system will face a major overhaul. A raft of changes were announced by former Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i in a bid to guarantee safety of minors as they commute between learning institutions and their homes.

 School bus yellow is a colour that was specifically formulated for use on school buses in North America in 1939. The color is now officially known in Canada and the U.S. as National School Bus Glossy Yellow and was originally called National School Bus Chrome. The pigment used for this color was, for a long time, the lead-containing chrome yellow.

 The color was chosen because it attracts attention and is noticed quickly in peripheral vision, faster than any other color. Scientists describe this as follows: “Lateral peripheral vision for detecting yellows is 1.24 times greater than for red.

 In April 1939, Dr. Frank W. Cyr, a professor at Teachers College, Columbia University in New York organized a conference that established national school-bus construction standards for the U.S., including the standard color of yellow for the school bus. It became known officially as “National School Bus Chrome”. The color was selected because black lettering on that hue was easiest to see in the semi-darkness of early morning.

 The conference met for seven days. The color was adopted by the National Bureau of Standards (now the National Institute of Standards and Technology] as Federal Standard No. 595a, Color 13432.

 The conference approach to school bus safety, as well as the yellow color, have endured into the 21st century. Dr. Cyr became known as the “Father of the Yellow School Bus.” Nowadays the color is used by almost all countries in the world.

The color the school chose to use is Panton 012C School Bus Yellow, Lead and Chrome free.

Following the resignation of the Deputy Principal, Mr John Paul Siboe, with effect from Wednesday, 31^st May, we are pleased to announce that the Strathmore School Board has made the following appointments:

Mr Frederick Mogusu has been appointed the new Deputy Principal. Mr Mogusu, who is currently serving as Head of Secondary Section, joined Strathmore School in 2000. In 2008, he left Strathmore School to help in the founding of Bozindo School in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo, an institution run along the same lines as Strathmore School. He returned to Strathmore in 2013 and was appointed Head of Secondary Section. Mr Mogusu, a Bachelor of Arts (French & Economics) holder from the University of Nairobi, will also continue with his duties as a teacher of French.

Replacing Mr Mogusu as Head of Secondary Section is Mr Alfred Odisa, currently serving as Deputy Head of Secondary Section. Mr Odisa, also Head of Kiswahili Department, has 19 years of teaching experience. He joined Strathmore School in 2009. Mr Odisa holds Bachelor of Education and Master of Education (Educational Administration) degrees from the University of Nairobi. He is also currently a Doctoral candidate in Educational Administration in the same university.

Mr Andrew Karani will replace Mr Odisa as Deputy Head of Secondary Section. Mr Karani, currently serving as Sports Director and a past student of the school (Sportsman of the Year 2005), holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering (First Class Honours) from the University of Nairobi. He joined Strathmore School as a Computer Studies teacher in 2012.

These appointments will take effect on Thursday, 1^st June 2017.

We  invite you to join us in wishing these gentlemen all the best in their new positions.

We would also like to most sincerely thank Mr Siboe for his invaluable contribution to the school as an assistant teacher, teacher, tutor and administrator. As a Deputy Principal, Mr Siboe proved to be an extremely hardworking, efficient, reliable and dependable Teacher, often going beyond his call of duty in service of the school. His services and presence in the school will be sorely missed.

We wish Mr Siboe God’s blessings and the best of luck in his new endeavours.