The annual Talent Show is continually gaining more popularity in the school. This year, the annual event has been introduced in the primary section. A number of pupils were auditioned in March in various performances such as Photography, Dances, solo presentations, rap songs, instrumentals etc. The inaugural Primary Talent Show qill be held on Friday, 2nd June 2017.
| EVENT | FIRST | SECOND | THIRD |
| 25 M Freestyle | Jabari Areri (S2) | Aidan Muiga (S1) | Muriithi Mwangi (S2) |
| 25 M Breaststroke | Jabari Areri (S2) | Muriithi Mwangi (S2) | Stephen Ogembo (S2) |
| EVENT | FIRST | SECOND | THIRD |
| 50 M Freestyle | Curtis Kamotho (S3) | Leishery Munene (S4) | Frank Mwenje (S3) |
| 50 M Breaststroke | Leishery Munene (S4) | Curtis Kamotho (S3) | John Peter Ngala (S4) |
| 50 M Backstroke | Leishery Munene (S4) | Khidhr Esmail (S4) | Rafael Nzoka (S3) |
| 50 M Butterfly | Curtis Kamotho (S3) | Leishery Munene (S4) | Frank Mwenje (S3) |
| EVENT | FIRST | SECOND | THIRD |
| 50 M Freestyle | Adam Otieno (S5) | Emmanuel Otieno (S6) | Mukiama Kimathi (S6) |
| 100 M Freestyle | Adam Otieno (S5) | Emmanuel Otieno (S6) | Roman Mburu (S5) |
| 50 M Breaststroke | Adam Otieno (S5) | Ndung’u Kimani (S6) | Emmanuel Otieno (S6) |
| 100 M Breaststroke | Adam Otieno (S5) | Emmanuel Otieno (S6) | Ndung’u Kimani (S6) |
| 50 M Backstroke | Ndung’u Kimani (S6) | Jason Ngugi (S5) | Kwame Kimani (S5) |
| 50 M Butterfly | Emmanuel Otieno (S6) | Ryan Khafafa (S5) | Alex Onyonka (S6) |
| EVENT | FIRST | SECOND | THIRD |
| 50 M Freestyle | Jomo Muigai (S7) | Ngondo Kimemia (S7) | Evans Kanja (S7) |
| 100 M Freestyle | Ngondo Kimemia (S7) | Jomo Muigai (S7) | Evans Kanja (S7) |
| 50 M Breaststroke | Ngondo Kimemia (S7) | Evans Kanja (S7) | Joseph Ngala (S8) |
| 100 M Breaststroke | Ngondo Kimemia (S7) | Joseph Ngala (S8) | Jermaine Arwa (S7) |
| 50 M Backstroke | Evans Kanja (S7) | Jomo Muigai (S7) | Ngondo Kimemia (S7) |
| 50 M Butterfly | Ngondo Kimemia (S7) | Joseph Ngala (S8) | Andrew Kamami (S8) |
| CLASS | NAME |
| Standard 3 | Curtis Kamotho |
| Standard 4 | Leishery Munene |
| Standard 5 | Adam Otieno |
| Standard 6 | Emmanuel Otieno |
| Standard 7 | Ngondo Kimemia |
| Standard 8 | Joseph Ngala |
The Swimming Gala for the Primary section was held on Saturday, 25th March 2017 at the swimming pool. The event attracted many pupils from Standard 1 to 8 while many others came to cheer their friends. All participants who emerged 1st, 2nd and 3rd were awarded medals.
The Basketball competitions for Westlands Sub County began in January. Strathmore School prepared well for this year’s competitions after they lost narrowly in 2016 to St. Austins School. One of their best performances was at the semi finals where they beat Nairobi School 78-48. They won against Hospital Hill and emerged the champions in Westlands Sub County.
In the preliminaries stage of Westlands Sub Region, Strathmore won all their matches but lost narrowly against Starehe Boys. They met Hospital Hill in the playoffs and emerged victorious.
Strathmore School proceeded to represent Westlands Sub Region in the Regional competitions. The matches at this level were very competitive both physically and mentally. The team played well and they won against Lenana School but lost to Highway School. This made them emerge position 2 and had to face the most competitive side from the other group that was Upperhill School. They were eliminated at the semi finals but managed position 4 in the entire region. The full scores and photos can be found below.
Congratulations to the basketball team!
| HOME | SCORE | VS | SCORE | AWAY |
| Strathmore | 55 | 04 | Kangemi | |
| Strathmore | 43 | 11 | St. Marys | |
| Strathmore | 28 | 06 | French School | |
| Kangemi | 15 | 37 | Strathmore | |
| St. Marys | 09 | 60 | Strathmore | |
| French School | 17 | 40 | Strathmore | |
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SUB COUNTY SEMI FINALS |
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| Strathmore | 78 | 48 | Nairobi School | |
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SUB COUNTY FINALS |
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| Hospital Hill | 25 | 52 | Strathmore | |
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NAIROBI WEST SUB REGION |
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| Strathmore | 49 | 18 | Jamhuri | |
| BGE | 09 | 54 | Strathmore | |
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NAIROBI WEST SUB REGION SEMI FINALS |
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| Strathmore | 18 | 26 | Starehe Boys | |
| PLAY OFFS | ||||
| Strathmore | 18 | 08 | Hospital Hill | |
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NAIROBI REGION |
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| Strathmore | 54 | 43 | Lenana School | |
| Highway | 57 | 35 | Strathmore | |
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NAIROBI REGION SEMI FINALS |
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| Upper Hill | 86 | 26 | Strathmore | |
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PLAYOFFS |
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| Eastleigh | 34 | 32 | Strathmore | |
The Kenya Association of Independent International Schools Sports Organization (KAIISSO) Basketball season began in January and ended with all the finals on Friday, 10th March 2017. Strathmore School was represented by three teams i.e Team A, B and C. These teams comprised of players of under 19, 17 and 15 respectively. The Patrons for the teams were Mr. Githaiga – Team A, Mr. Kerongo – Team B and Mr. Muttai – Team C.
All the teams played well in their preliminaries even though they didn’t manage to qualify for the semi finals. The full scores and photos of the season can be found below.
| DATE | HOME | SCORE | VS | SCORE | AWAY |
| 30-01-17 | Strathmore | 25 | 21 | Premier | |
| 02-02-17 | Rusinga | 30 | 18 | Strathmore | |
| 06-02-17 | Strathmore | 46 | 05 | St. Christophers | |
| 07-02-17 | Strathmore | 32 | 40 | Peponi | |
| 25-02-17 | Turi | 35 | 27 | Strathmore |
| DATE | HOME | SCORE | VS | SCORE | AWAY |
| 24-01-17 | ISK | 41 | 27 | Strathmore | |
| 26-01-17 | Strathmore | 27 | 23 | St. Christophers | |
| 03-02-17 | Strathmore | 19 | 11 | BGE | |
| 08-02-17 | Peponi | 48 | 43 | Strathmore | |
| 15-02-17 | Strathmore | 15 | 20 | Rosslyn |
| DATE | HOME | SCORE | VS | SCORE | AWAY |
| 18-01-17 | Strathmore | 32 | 35 | RVA | |
| 24-01-17 | ISK | 57 | 37 | Strathmore | |
| 26-01-17 | Brookhouse | 68 | 24 | Strathmore | |
| 01-02-17 | NIS | 49 | 27 | Strathmore | |
| 15-02-17 | Strathmore | 24 | 59 | Rosslyn | |
| 25-02-17 | Turi | 20 | 0 | Strathmore |
This event filled with pomp and colour took place on Saturday, 11th March 2017. The venue of the inaugural championship was the indoor arena at the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani.
Schools started streaming into the venue as early as 12:00pm for a 2:00pm kick off. A total of 30 schools turned out for the event. These 30 schools will represent the 30 teams that make up the actual NBA tournament in the United States.
Before this day, three coaches, namely Mr. Brian Njoroge, Mr. John Thomas Nyakundi and Mr. Brian Abuto, were taken through rigorous coaching courses at USIU on Thursday and Friday to enlighten them on the tactical, technical and physical facets of the game.
The Under 12 School Team comprising of 13 Standard 6 boys namely James Kiumi, Terema Matiko, Benedict Mbalu, Michira Mbugua, Philip Mugambi, Sean Muiga, Victor Nzoka, Paul Ochieno, Edwin Okwach, Mark Towett and Jeremy Wachira arrived at the venue shortly after 1:00pm.
Lunch was served by 1:30pm. At 2:00pm the speeches were given namely by the US ambassador to Kenya, the Director of Operations of the NBA, a basketballer for the women’s version of the NBA (WNBA) and a representative from Ford Company, Ryan Majiwa, who is an old boy of the School (F4 2003). Ford is sponsoring the Championship.
After the speeches the crowd was entertained by professional dunkers from the United States who left the crowds mesmerized at their athletic prowess.
The event concluded with an exhibition match.
Each of the teams was to be given a kit of one of the 30 NBA teams through a kind of draft selection. Strathmore School selected the Phoenix Suns kit. The team has received 10 training balls.
The Nairobi Region Research Club of Africa (R.C.A) competitions were held on Saturday, 18th March 2017 at State House Girls High School, Nairobi. Strathmore School was represented by 20 students drawn from The Research Club. They were led by their Club Patron Mr. Kerongo.
This year, the theme was “Citizenship” and the Strathmore School sub-theme was “Community Service”. The main objective was “How community service makes a student a good citizen”. It was a good and relevant exercise for a Strathmore student to research on a topic of an activity in which their F2 & F3 students participate during April, August & December holidays. The presenters had SMART objectives and were able to answer good questions from the audience. The presenters were: Kanyua Waweru (F3 Alpha), Sifa Irungu (F3 Alpha), Storm Gachoki (F3 Alpha) and Kalya Tuwei (F1 A). The other schools were the hosts State House Girls, Lenana School, Moi Girls Nairobi, Alliance Boys, Corner Brook from Juja and Makongeni School.
Strathmore School competed well and garnered 70 points out of 100 and emerged position 4 out of the 7 schools that participated in the event.
Congratulations to the Research Club!
On Saturday, 11th March 2017, 23 pupils of the Tae-Kwon-Do club attended the Makini Annual Tae-Kwon-Do tournament led by their Club Patron Mr. Otieno. The tournament helped the participants to practice the skills they have been learning and practicing in the club. This was a good opportunity to compete with pupils from other schools and learn more skills from them. The participants competed very well and the following pupils were awarded medals for their exemplary performance: Silver – Aidan Muiga (Std. 1) and Bronze – Gabriel Mwathi (Std. 4), Charles Abuodha (Std. 2), Jabari Kuria (Std. 3).
Congratulations to the Tae-Kwon-Do club!
On Saturday, 11th March 2017, 60 Form 3 students visited Machakos Secondary School for the Deaf. Mr. Muhia, Mr. Haggai and Mr. Githaiga accompanied them. They began their journey at around 8:45 a.m and reached Machakos at around 11:30 a.m.
The Deputy Principal of Machakos Secondary School for the Deaf welcomed the visitors and went ahead to introduce the members of staff present. The Strathmore group went ahead to introduce themselves and further explained the purpose of their visit. Being a school for the deaf, an interpreter was used.
The students were then divided into two groups. The first group was to engage in peer teaching while other group was to have an inter-school debate.
During peer teaching the students of both schools were divided into smaller groups and worked through a mathematics paper. Any student who didn’t understand a certain concept was encouraged to ask questions so that his peers may help him understand. This was the essence of peer teaching.
It was a unique and enjoyable experience for the Strathmore students. One of the students, David Omondi commented: “It is my first time being in a room where there is so much communication yet no sound is being made.”
The debate motion was “City Life or Village Life. Better which?” It was a face-off kind of debate where a student was to give one point to support their stand before allowing the opposer to counter. Village Life emerged victorious.
After the peer teaching and debate the Strathmore students were taught simple sign language such as the alphabet, simple family terms like mother and father, food terms like ugali and fish and the signs for various places like Nairobi and Nakuru. The Kenya sign language session ended at 1:30 pm and the students went for lunch.
The students gathered in the main assembly ground at 1:40 pm for the presentation of the items donated by the students.
After a brief photo session, the students boarded the buses at 2:20 pm and began the journey back to school where they arrived in school at around 4:15 pm.
Strathmore’s Tutorial Department exists precisely to remind each learner, parent and teacher that it is worthwhile complicating our lives for the sake of a single individual. It is for this reason that every year, the department thrives in its programmes to ensure that boys are guided in the right way and prepared to cope with everyday life dynamics. This year, the Tutorial Department has extended its programme to Standard 5 pupils in a bid to give the boys more time of 4 years receiving personalized attention through mentorship.
On Saturday, 11th January 2017, Form 4 students went to Kabete Rehabilitation centre situated on Lower Kabete. The group comprised of 61 students and four teachers namely Mr. Karani, Mr. Onyango, Mr. Kerongo and Mr. Maina. A good number of those absent were representing the school in a basketball tournament in Upper Hill School.
Kabete Rehabilitation Centre is a government run institution with a current population of 62 pupils and 26 members of staff. This is a drop from 2016 by almost 50%. The population will go up during the course of the year when the new batch of students is dispatched. The institution is considered a medium risk institution since it accommodates petty offenders between the ages of 11 to 17 years who are sent by the Children’s courts. It offers primary education for classes 5 to 8 and also vocational training such as tailoring, masonry, cookery and metal work.
We were received by Pastor Stephen Nganga, who was on duty, in the company of five staff members and the 62 students. This reception took place in the assembly grounds.
They assigned a Mentor (Strathmore student) to each Kabete student. Activities of the day included trimming and slashing, sweeping and cleaning the assembly grounds, raking and piling the trash in a pit, splitting firewood using axes, helping in the kitchen and helping the IT department (2 students)
Sports was the highlight of the day with a captivating football match that ended 3 – 0 in favor of Strathmore.
The class managed to donate the following items: tissue, bar soap, toothbrush, petroleum jelly, maize flour, wheat flour, cooking fat, cooking oil, sugar, salt, rice, green grams, beans and other cereals, slippers, shoes, exercise books, pencils, baking powder, tea leaves, revision books, milk and mangoes.
At around 4:35 pm, they arrived at School safely.
