We are saddened to announce that Ryan Mathenge Kigo, Form Three, passed away on Monday, 25th October 2021 at around 12:15pm. Fr. Francis, the School Chaplain spent time with him the same morning and gave him the Anointing of the Sick.
Same Monday afternoon, the Principal and some teachers held a special session with Ryan’s classmates. Fr. Francis gave a short talk to them and led the Form 3 class in prayers for Ryan’s soul.
We are also very grateful to Mrs. Pauline Kamuti, a counsellor and a past parent of the school for graciously agreeing to offer Ryan’s classmates group counselling on short notice. We appreciate the strong bonds that Ryan had forged with his classmates and the need to keep the class positive and encouraged.
We would like to offer our sincerest sympathies to Jennifer Kigo, Ryan’s mother, his brother and the entire family. We pray that God will give them peace and consolation during this very difficult period.
We thank God for the gift of Ryan. We also thank the Form 3 parents, for standing with Ryan’s family during his hospitalisation. We thank you for your prayers, moral support and financial contributions. In a special way, we thank all those parents who accompanied their sons to donate blood for Ryan on Sunday. Your love was overwhelming to the family.
As you are aware, ICU hospitalisation is usually very costly. We continue to appeal for financial support to help the family offset Ryan’s hospital bill which currently stands at KES 2 Million. The contributions will also go a long way in enabling us give Ryan a befitting send-off.
Donations can be sent by M-Pesa:
PAYBILL NUMBER: 561550 ACCOUNT NUMMBER: RYAN
We keep praying for the repose of Ryan’s soul and for the family.
On Saturday 16th October 2021 the Form 4 class of 2011 had their reunion. From 10am to 5pm they were in school together like in the old times in school. They were 35 who physically attended.
They had a get together in the common room. Each had a chance to speak and give an update on what they are up to.
The teachers were represented by Mr. Maina, Mr. Gortazar, Mr. Muthiora and Fr. Joe. Fr. Joe led with prayers for the deceased members of the class. The class has 4 members deceased: Paul Korros, Brian Kiambati, Patrick Maina and Kevin Muthee.
Mr. Muthiora spoke of his memories of the class, marriage and commitment in marriage.
They had lunch and played rugby, soccer and basketball to recap the good memories spent together in school.
On Friday 15th October 2021 afternoon, 59 Primary Pupils, 8 Secondary students and 1 Staff member received the sacrament of Confirmation.
The ceremony was at St Austins Church celebrated by His Eminence John Cardinal Njue; Bishop Emeritus of the Arch Diocese of Nairobi. There were communicants from other schools and parishes in the ceremony who also had the sacrament conferred on them.
On Saturday 2nd of October 2021 at St. Austins Church 2 students received their Baptism and First Holy Communion.
Gatai Mwaura Form 1 Alpha and Myles Wangai Form 2 Alpha. Mr. Were from the Primary Section sponsored Myles Wangai and Gatai Mwaura Was Sponsored by Mr. Gatai his uncle.
Fr. Francis conferred on the students the sacraments. The students were also accompanied in the ceremony with their parents and family members.
For the 1st Holy Communion there were 4 students:
1. Gatai Mwaura
2. Myles Wangai
3. Christopher Ngili Form 1 A
4. Adrian Kinyanjui Form 1 A
It started off with mass at the lawn between the library and the Secondary Section block. Later there was break and soon we were out in the sports fields for another exhilarating sports day!
The following are the activities that featured:
1. Sprint Challenges 100M(Grade 1 to Form 4)
2. Festival Relays which included Sack race, Spoon race, Tyre race, Skipping race and 12 by 100M
3. 4 by 100M relay Challenges (Grade 1 to Form 4)
4. Tug of War
5. Free Throw masters Competition
6. Penalty masters competition
7. Drop Goal Challenge
8. 5 on 5 Basketball Challenge
9. 8 aside Football
10. 7 aside Touch Rugby
11. 6 aside Volleyball
12. 7 aside Handball
On the 15th September 2021, Fr. Clavin Akunga celebrated the usual 11.50am mass in school. He is an alumnus of the class of Form 4 2002. He was accompanied by his brother Conrad Akunga alumnus class of Form 4 1998. Fr. Clavin Started his journey in Strathmore School from Standard 1 in 1991 and ended it in Form 4 2002. He was ordained to the priesthood at the Our Lady Queen of Peace Church South B on Sunday 22 August 2021 at the 11.30am mass. He was ordained priest by the Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya Archbishop Van Megen.
Fr. Calvin is a priest of the Missionaries of Africa.
We accompany Fr. Calvin with prayers and wish him blessings and fruitfulness in his Pastoral duties.
The whole month of August 2021 was dedicated solely to the memory of our school’s sports legend the late Mr. Kevin O’byrne; a former teacher, tutor, rugby coach and rugby referee. Also a Co-founder of the school.
The secondary section had all the classes represented for the memorial tournament and Form 4 A emerged winners of the one month intense and high paced Touch Rugby Tournament.
2021 KEVIN O’BYRNE TOUCH 10s INTERCLASS RUGBY TOURNAMENT
From the 2nd July to the 30th of July 2021 the Secondary section had the annual interclass Volleyball Challenge. After a month of captivating Volleyball games Form 4A won the challenge
On August 30th 2021 and September 6 2021; Form 1 and Grade 1 parents respectively, had a virtual orientation meeting.
Strathmore School places a lot of emphasis on the participation of parents in the education process of their children. This goes a long way in strengthening the partnership between parents, teachers and students.
In these meetings the Educational philosophy of Strathmore School, Discipline procedures in the school, the role of the chaplaincy, and how the tutorial system – individual mentorship – works in Strathmore were explained.
