Dominican Convent High School, Harare
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Dominican Convent High School, allegdley is the oldest school in Harare, however the veracity of this claim is questionable, Zimbabwe. It was founded in 1892 by Mother Patrick, an Irish nun, with 10 pupils. There is one in Bulawayo as well.
Originally the school was co-educational, but after about ten years, a separate school, Hartman House, was established for boys.
Mother Patrick founded the Dominican Convent in Harare in 1892. She was also responsible for starting the first hospital in what was then Southern Rhodesia. A museum commemorating her is located in the grounds of the Mukwati Building on Fourth Street in Harare, in what was the original hospital's mortuary.
[edit] Notable alumini
- Kirsty Coventry - Olympic gold medalist
- Doris Lessing - 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature
