Falcon College
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Falcon College Badge
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| Location | |
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Esigodini, Matabeleland South Zimbabwe |
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| Coordinates | 20°12′S 28°58′E / 20.20°S 28.97°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Independent, boarding school |
| Motto |
Sic itur ad astra (Latin: Reach for the stars) |
| Denomination | Interdenominational |
| Established | 3 February 1954 |
| Opened | 10 April 1954 |
| Headmaster | Reginald W. Querl |
| Gender | Boys |
| Age | 12 to 18 |
| Pupils | 384 (2016) |
| Campus type | Rural |
| Houses | 6 |
| Publication | The Falcon |
| Tuition | US$4000.00 |
| Affiliations | |
| Alumni | Falcon Old Boys |
| Website | www |
Falcon College (or simply Falcon) is an independent boarding school for boys aged 12–18 in the southern Matabeleland region of Zimbabwe. It was founded in 1954 near Essexvale, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (now Esigodini, Zimbabwe), 55 km southeast of Bulawayo on the remains of the Bushtick Mine. The college's graduates include a British member of parliament, surgeons and doctors, leaders of industry and commerce, soldiers and educators.
The college has 40 km² of Matabeleland bush, 10 km² approximately is game fenced and houses Quiet Waters game park. The park contains examples of most of Zimbabwe’s plains game species, including zebra, giraffe, kudu, impala, tssessebe, bushbuck and warthog. The campus is surrounded by an electric fence (a reminder of the bush war of pre-1980). An air strip is nearby.
The school's motto is Sic itur ad astra and the school badge is a representation of a Lanner Falcon designed by the wife of a former Headmaster.
Falcon College was ranked as one of the Top 10 High Schools in Zimbabwe in 2014.
Falcon College is a member of the Association of Trust Schools (ATS) and the Headmaster is a member of the Conference of Heads of Independent Schools in Zimbabwe (CHISZ).
Originally Bushtick Mine, and with 36 boys and a handful of staff, the college was founded on Wednesday 3 February 1954. It was opened by the Governor General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Lord Llewellin, on Saturday 10 April 1954. Much has changed since then but the college has some remains of its founding days.
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