Boarding and Student Life
Boarding and Student Life
Presbyterian High School is a mission boarding school. For most of our learners, this is not simply where they study — it is where they live, worship, eat, play and grow up.
That carries a responsibility we take seriously. Our boarding environment is structured, supervised and built around the welfare of every learner in our care.
Our Boarding Community
The school accommodates over 700 boarding learners alongside 100 day learners.
Boarding life at Presbyterian High is organised around a settled daily rhythm of devotions, lessons, supervised study, meals, sport and rest. Learners are supervised by resident staff, with the Senior Master and Senior Woman carrying direct responsibility for learner welfare, discipline and pastoral care.
A Balanced Daily Rhythm
Devotions
Lessons
Supervised study
Meals
Sport
Rest
Learner Welfare and Boarding Team
Mr J. Mashiringwani
Ms D. Gamariel
Ms P. Musakasa
Boarding Master
Mr C. Kawanzaruwa
Dining and Nutrition
The school has completed a state-of-the-art dining hall large enough to accommodate 800 learners. This has been a mega project which has tremendously improved the standard of service provision for boarding learners.
From Our Farm
Our dining hall is supplied in significant part by the school's own agricultural production. Maize harvested from the school farm is milled into mealie-meal on site using our own grinding mill and dehuller, and our poultry projects contribute directly to learner nutrition.
Clean Cooking Energy
The kitchen is fuelled by our biogas plant, which supplies clean and reliable cooking gas.
Food Safety
Food safety inspections in the kitchen and dining hall are carried out by our Environmental Health Technician as part of the school clinic's public health responsibilities.
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Health and Welfare
Presbyterian High School has a registered school clinic on campus, operating 24-hour emergency and first aid cover.
Learners have immediate access to primary health care without the long and costly trips to Mubaira Hospital or Watyoka Clinic that were once necessary. The clinic also manages hostel hygiene, safe drinking water, sanitation of ablution facilities and the prevention of communicable disease outbreaks.
Pastoral Care and Counselling
A resident School Chaplain oversees spiritual matters within the school and is responsible for psychosocial support to learners.
The Chaplain's office operates an open-door policy for any learner requiring guidance and counselling, and works in partnership with the Guidance and Counselling department and the clinic on adolescent health, personal hygiene, nutrition and substance abuse prevention.
Discipline and Character
Presbyterian High School is widely recognised for high moral standards and discipline.
Our Chaplain's office runs a vibrant Scripture Union programme, organises prefect training retreats and holds spiritual camp meetings. In a society facing serious social challenges — including the abuse of drugs and harmful substances — we regard the moulding of character and positive attitude as central to our work, not incidental to it.
Faith in Daily Life
- Scripture Union
- Prefect training retreats
- Spiritual camp meetings
- Guidance and counselling
Life at Presbyterian High
To find out more about boarding life, learner welfare or the daily routine at Presbyterian High School, get in touch with us.