Welcome Message
Welcome to Gatanga Girls’ High School’s website. It is designed for parents,
students, Old Girls, staff, sponsors, friends of the school and prospective
A WELCOME MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL
I take this opportunity to congratulate the teachers students and non teaching staff of
Gatanga Secondary school for good work done over a couple of years .The school has
over the years continued to produce many students (girls) who have qualified for
entry in universities for various degree courses.
School location
The school is located in gatanga Location of Gatanga constituency of Muranga
county 7km to the west from the thika centre. The school is a four-streamed school
with a student population of 800 students drawn from central and Nairobi province.
However, with effect from 2012, a fifth stream will be due to demand. The school sits
on a ten-acre plot which contains the hostels, classrooms, science laboratories, staff
houses (24), kitchen, school hall, computer lab and playing fields.
MANAGEMENT
Gatanga girls is a provincial public school run by the catholic dioceses of Muranga ,
The Board of Governors in conjunction with a supportive PTA. At the school level
the management is as shown above.
ADMINISTRATION
The administration of the school comprises of the following: Non-teaching staff,
discipline committee, tender committee, staff welfare committee, academics
committee, careers/ guidance & counselling and co-curricular committee. With the
exception of the non-teaching staff, the others are standing committees made up of
teachers.
The non-teaching staffs include the secretaries, accounts clerks, bursar, cooks,
watchmen, drivers and grounds men are there, principally to perform the respective
duties which are beyond the scope of the students.
LIST OF THE TEACHING STAFF
Mrs Angeline Kuria (Principal – CRE)
Miss Winnie Ngaruiya (Deputy Principal – History and CRE)
Mrs. Josephine Audrey Kirubi (Senior Teacher – CRE and Kiswahili)
Mrs. Catherine K. Ringeera (HOD – Mathematics, Mathematics and Chemistry)
Mrs. Edith Njiru (HOD – Science, Biology and Chemistry)
Mrs. Millicent A Onyango (HOD – Humanities, CRE and Kiswahili)
Mrs. Lucy Mwaura (HOD – Technical Subjects, Business Studies)
Mrs. Rose Mbinga (HOD – Languages, English and History)
Mrs. Margaret Osii (Head of Guidance and Counselling – English and Kiswahili)
Mrs. Grace Kinyua (Head of Boarding – Home Science)
Mr. Anthony Thumbi (Head of Academics – Mathematics and Geography)
Mr. Pius O. Odida (Mathematics and Physics)
Mr. Bernard Kamendi (Games Master – Mathematics and Physics)
Mr. Francis Waweru (Biology and Chemistry)
Mr. Dishon Macharia (Mathematics and Chemistry)
Mr. Michael Mburu (Mathematics and Physics)
Mrs. Nelius Kinyua (German)
Mrs. Nancy Munyua (Mathematics and Business Studies)
Sr. Hellen Wathika (English)
Mrs. E Mokaya (English)
Mrs. Judy Muli (History and CRE)
Mrs. Hilda Sumba (Music)
Mrs. Agnes Warui (Home Science)
Mr. Francis Mutema Munyithya (Geography and History)
Mrs. Rose Osero (Computer Studies)
Mr. Thephilus Ndolo Kanuna (Maths and Physics)
Mr. Andrew Kimani (Biology and Chemistry)
Clubs and movements
JOURNALISM CLUB.
Journalism club is a recently founded club in the school. It consists of about fifteen
students who are the pioneers of the club. With the increasing number of current
events and the easy accessibility of information from the various resources supplied in
the school, the future journalists compile reports ranging from educative,
entertainment and relaxation.
Environmental club
This is a club that consists of people passionate about the environment and all its
entails. Each year, it comes up with a new theme or subject matter to tackle.
This year’s theme is THE CLIMATE CHANGE CHALLENGE. The club looked at
the use of plastic bags sustainably to tackle the possible local causes of climate
change.
The club is actively involved in sharing ideas with not only the young people but also
the old in making the environment better.
CHAMA CHA KISWAHILI
Unique and one of its kind, the club is determined to remind people to embrace their
mother language Kiswahili. A few passionate young girls have discovered the
inability of most students, though fluent in English and other languages, to effectively
communicate grammatically correct Kiswahili. We have taken it into our stride to
encourage them to speak Kiswahili on specific days in school i.e. Monday and
Wednesday.
It is our motive that the positive minded students will by the end of the year have
improved their communication skills and vocabulary in the language through their
own efforts.
Christian union
The Young Cristian Society [YCS] is an International Society focussed on developing
and strengthening the spread of the word of God to the young, especially those in
schools. It is made of a great number of Catholic youth all bent on inspiring the word
in people's hearts. YCS GATANGA GIRLSThe need to nurture spirituality in
today's youth is great, despite the social or economic background. It is with this in
mind that the Gatanga girls communinity decided to include all its Christian students
into the society, and not only the Catholic, as was previosly the case. All members of
the school community therefore belong to this society and are welcome despite their
religious affiliations. POLITICAL STRUCTUREThe society has a committed
patron Sr. King'ori, through whom any guidance, help or support is very readily
available for each student. The society also has a committee in place for smooth
running of activities with annual elections, held to freshen ideas. This committee
assists in leading in events, organisation and development of creativity in these
youth. ACTIVITIESThe members of the club hold fortnght meetings on sundays in
the school to share experiences,worship, fellowship and support each other spiritually.
Frequent prayer guidance and empowerment are observed in these refreshing
meetings so dearly loved by all where everyone leaves re-energised.
The school has various facilities which makes a condusive environment for
learning and better academic perfomance. This includes:
5 Science laboratories
3 Computer laboratories
A well stocked library
Music room
1 Art room
1 Home science room
Playing fields
Kitchen
33m Swimming pool
Large Dining cum multipurpose hall