St. Mary’s Lwak Girls School Details and History
St. Mary’s Lwak Girls School is a girls-only boarding school located in West Asembo location, Rarieda Sub County, Siaya County. The school was started in 1965 by The visionary Franciscan Sisters of St.Anna-Oudenbosch.
It began as a Harambee school with a population of 30 students. It became an A level school in the ’70s offering Arts and Sciences. Following the introduction of the 8.4.4 system, the school started a third stream in 1987 and a fourth stream in 1999.
In 2008, it started the fifth stream and the sixth stream in 2011. The school population currently stands at 1,370 students served by a teaching staff of 68 and 61 support staff.
The school has enjoyed relative stability because of the competence exhibited by the leadership, the hard work of the staff, the generosity of parents and donors and the focused students.
The school has the following facilities which are fully utilized. It has 20 classrooms, 4 laboratories, 13 dormitories, 3 dining halls, 2 libraries and references section, an Assembly hall, staffroom, administration block, French room, computer room, Home science rooms, departmental offices, 60 flush toilets, 17 pit latrines.
Lwak Girls High School was built in the 1960s with around 300 girls and has around 800 girls. Computer Studies was introduced as an examinable subject in the year 2002. In 2007, with support from Teach a man to fish, an apiary was installed to aid the teaching of bee-keeping, thus extending the school’s agricultural science department. The school operates a nursery where mangoes trees are grown, with the aim of reducing the occurrence of Vitamin A deficiency.
School Motto, Vision, and Mission
Motto: In pursuit of excellence and integrity
Vision: A Center of excellence for an all-round citizen
Mission: To Nurture excellence by imparting Knowledge, Skills, Spiritual values and sharpening talents to move an all-round citizen for individual growth and national development.
St. Mary’s Lwak Girls School Contacts
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School Name: St. Mary’s Lwak Girls’ School
Physical Location: West Asembo
Address: P.O. Box 40611, NYALIMA
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County: Siaya
School Category: Public
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Phone Number: 0723304171, 0710312049
Email: info@lwakgirlshigh.ac.ke
Website: lwakgirls.ac.ke
St. Mary’s Lwak Girls School School Fees and Account Number
For details on school fees and school account number concerning this secondary school, kindly contact the school’s principals office.
St. Mary’s Lwak Girls School Highlights
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St. Mary’s Lwak Girls School Facilities
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Angelic Voices of St. Mary’s Lwak Girls High School
Seventeen-year-old Joyce Safari, in form three and 18-year-old Merit Achieng, in form four are a pair of friends with angelic voices. The two have got voices that once merged brings out the best of musical taste. They have a common taste for musical instruments such as violins and guitars.
Lwak Girls School Angelic Voices