“You’re off to great places, today is your day, your mountain is waiting, so get on your way!” Dr. Seuss

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Form 2 students taking the Opener Exam.[/caption]Form 2 (10th grade) students returned to Mawewa High School in Naivasha on January 10 to begin the 2017 school year. They found new beds, desks, tables, and chairs filling the previously empty spaces in the dorms and halls - furniture to accommodate the Form 1 students arriving on January 11. However, the sophomores were not on hand to meet the freshmen arrivals the next day. They were taking an Opener Exam to test their memory of last fall’s material.[caption id="attachment_3483" align="aligncenter" width="565"]

Student, Victoria, with mother Joyce.[/caption]Nervous Form 1 students arrived with equally nervous, but very proud parents. There were hugs and tears as mothers and fathers left their beloved children in the hands of others.[caption id="attachment_3484" align="aligncenter" width="377"]

Form 1 student, Teddy, arrives with personal items in hand.[/caption]While our preschool and primary students report to school with only exercise books, pens, and pencils in hand, the students boarding at the high school have heftier requirements. Personal effects, school and sports uniforms, and bedding accompany the young men and women to their home-away-from-home in Naivasha.[caption id="attachment_3485" align="aligncenter" width="565"]

Mawewa High School teaching staff.[/caption]The high school teaching staff were on hand to welcome the 20 Form 1 students to boarding school, bringing the total number of Mawewa secondary school students to 43. A familiar face to our recent Grade 8 graduates, Mr. Lewin Obwora (center), the former primary school English teacher, joins the high school staff this year.[caption id="attachment_3486" align="aligncenter" width="565"]

Form 1 student, Rashid, with mother, Petronilla, a high school staff member.[/caption]The eduKenya team asks God to bless our teachers, staff, and students as they embark upon an adventure of mentoring, serving, learning, and glorifying Him in 2017.[caption id="attachment_3481" align="aligncenter" width="565"]

Form 1 student, Emily, arriving in the company of her mother, Roseland, eduKenya Skills Training tutor.[/caption]

eduKenya operates two Mawewa Schools - preschool and primary grades - in the impoverished community of Mathare slum in Nairobi, Kenya. Our high school is a boarding school temporarily housed in Naivasha, 56 miles northwest of Nairobi. We strive to offer a high quality, holistic, educational experience that addresses the physical, intellectual, social and spiritual needs of students. We provide the children with an excellent curriculum, extracurricular opportunities, Christian education, and nutrition and medical care programs.