St George's College, Harare
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The Crest of St. George's College
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3 Borrowdale Road, Borrowdale Harare Zimbabwe |
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| Coordinates | 17°48′05″S 31°03′31″E / 17.801507°S 31.058498°ECoordinates: 17°48′05″S 31°03′31″E / 17.801507°S 31.058498°E |
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| Type | Private, day and boarding school |
| Motto |
Ex Fide Fiducia (Latin: From Faith Comes Confidence) |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Established | 1896 |
| Founder | Fr. Marc Barthelemy SJ |
| Sister school | Dominican Convent High School |
| Rector | Fr. Joe Arimoso SJ |
| Headmaster | Kevin Atkinson |
| Forms | 1-4, Sixth Form |
| Gender | Boys |
| Pupils | 765 (2015) |
| Campus type | Suburban |
| Houses | 4 |
| Colour(s) | Red and white |
| Mascot | Dragon |
| Nickname | Saints, Wolves and Dragons |
| Publication | The Chronicle |
| Newspaper | Saints Weekly |
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| Feeder schools | Hartmann House Preparatory School |
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| Alumni | Old Georgians |
| Postal address | P. Bag 7727, Causeway Harare Zimbabwe |
| Website | www |
 Saint George's College, Harare, Zimbabwe |
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St George's College, is a private Catholic boys high school in Harare, Zimbabwe. The school is located in a Harare suburb, Alexandra Park. The land was donated to the Jesuits. This led to the relocation of the school site from Bulawayo to Harare. This was the beginning of Saint George's College. On the same site, a preparatory primary school was established called Hartmann House. This site is next to the official Zimbabwe State House, and the official president's house called Zimbabwe House. The school motto is Ex Fide Fiducia, a Latin phrase meaning "From Faith Comes Confidence".
St. Michael's Preparatory School (Grades 1–3) in Borrowdale often starts a pupil's journey to St. George's. Boys attend kindergarten there before joining Hartmann House, where they complete (Grades 4–7).
St George's College was ranked 5th out of the top 100 best high schools in Africa by Africa Almanac in 2003, based upon quality of education, student engagement, strength and activities of alumni, school profile, internet and news visibility. St George's College was also ranked as one of the Top 10 High Schools in Zimbabwe in 2014.
St George's College is a member of the Association of Trust Schools (ATS). The Headmaster is a member of the Conference of Heads of Independent Schools in Zimbabwe (CHISZ) and an international member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC).
The school was founded in 1896 by a French Jesuit, Father Marc Barthélemy, who opened the doors to a small corrugated-iron, two-windowed hut to admit the first six pupils to Bulawayo Boys' School in Bulawayo, the second largest city in Zimbabwe (then Southern Rhodesia). In 1898 a more permanent building was erected, and in December of that year, at the first prize-giving, the school assumed the title St. George's Boys' Public School. In 1899, Fr. Francis Johanny joined the staff and set up the Cadet Corp. Three years later Fr. Thomas Gardner the first English Jesuit arrived. In the same year, 1902, the first Rhodes Scholarships were awarded in Rhodesia, and they went to St. George's boys Albert Bisset and Woodford Gilbert. In 1912 the first permanent buildings were completed and opened by Earl Grey.
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