Marondera High School is a co-educational high school located one and half miles from the Marondera

Marondera

Marondera is a town in Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe, located about 72 km east of Harare; population 39,384...

 town centre, in Mashonaland East Province, Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...

. The school was established in 1965.

This school is one of the first schools in Marondera

Marondera

Marondera is a town in Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe, located about 72 km east of Harare; population 39,384...

. It shares fences with its neighbour

Neighbourhood

A neighbourhood or neighborhood is a geographically localised community within a larger city, town or suburb. Neighbourhoods are often social communities with considerable face-to-face interaction among members. "Researchers have not agreed on an exact definition...

 the Nagle House Girls High School.. Previous Headmasters have been Mr Aeneas Chigwedere

Aeneas Chigwedere

Aeneas Chigwedere is a Zimbabwean politician, historian, educationist, and traditional leader. He served as the Minister of Education, Sports, & Culture since August 2001, and was appointed as the Resident Minister and Governor of Mashonaland East Province in August 2008...

, Mr Mutsigwa, Mr Mufambisi and Mr Chinake, a former St Ignatius Chishawasha student.

Students of the school are nicknamed the Shumbas. The school uses the symbol of the Lion on its badge and hence the name "shumba" for its students. The most notable event on the school calendar is the annual Chinamasa Inter-hostel rugby tournament held in the first term. Sussex hostel are the current holders of the shield. The hostel is headed by Mr Tapfumaneyi most affectionately known as "Tsvimbo".
The current headmaster Mr Nyamayaro also known as "Bhuru" to the students. Deputy head Mr Makuvaza.
Founded in 1960 as Marandellas High School, the school catered for the Marandellas

Marondera

Marondera is a town in Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe, located about 72 km east of Harare; population 39,384...

 farming community and the surrounding towns. The school has five boarding houses named after English

England

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 counties. The boarding

Boarding school

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 houses are Cumberland

Cumberland

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, Hampshire

Hampshire

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 and Sussex

Sussex

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 for boys and Kent

Kent

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 and Cornwall

Cornwall

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 for girls.

The games houses (Nehanda

Nehanda Nyakasikana

Nehanda Charwe Nyakasikana was a svikiro, or spirit medium of the Zezuru Shona people. As one of the spiritual leaders of the Shona, she provided inspiration to the Hwata Dynasty for their revolt against the British South Africa Company colonisation of Mashonaland and Matabeleland .She was a Hera...

, Chaminuka

Solomon Mutswairo

Solomon Mangwiro Mutswairo also spelt Mutsvairo, is a Zimbabwean novelist and poet. A member of the Zezuru people of central Zimbabwe, Mutswairo wrote the first novel in the Shona language, Feso....

, Tongogara

Josiah Tongogara

Josiah Magama Tongogara was a commander of the ZANLA guerrilla army in Rhodesia. He attended the Lancaster House conference that led to Zimbabwe's independence and the end of white minority rule...

 and Monomotapa) are named after popular heroes

Hero

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 from Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

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.

The school celebrates its golden jubilee next year.