St. Mary's College Kisubi

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St. Mary's College Kisubi
Location
St. Mary's College Kisubi
Kisubi
,
Wakiso District

Uganda
Information
Type Public All Boys high school (13-19)
MottoDuc in Altum
(Launch in the Deep)
Religious affiliation(s) Catholic Church
Established1906
FounderFr. Raux Modeste [1]
Number of students1,400+ (2018)
Houses4
Colour(s)Blue and gold
Athletics Football, Rugby, track, Tennis, Volleyball, Basketball, Hockey and Swimming
Nickname SMACK, Eagles,Weevils
Rivals Namilyango College, King's College Budo
PublicationThe Eagle
AlumniSmackists
Website

St. Mary's College Kisubi (SMACK) is a private, boarding, middle and high school located in Wakiso District in the Central Region of Uganda. It was established in 1906.

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Location

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SMACK Campus

The school is in Kisubi along the Kampala–Entebbe Road, approximately 24 kilometres (15 mi), by road, south of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city. [2] This is approximately 14 kilometres (8.7 mi), by road, north of Entebbe International Airport, the main civilian and military airport in Uganda. [3] The coordinates of the college are 0°07'17.0"N, 32°32'00.0"E (Latitude:0.121389; Longitude:32.533333). [4]

History

St. Mary's School was founded by Reverend Raux Modeste of the White Fathers Congregation in 1906 and was named after its patroness, Saint Mary. Today, the Catholic Archdiocese of Kampala owns St. Mary's College Kisubi (SMACK). At the beginning of 1899, the Catholic chiefs in the Buganda Kingdom, under the leadership of Chief Stanislas Mugwanya, raised the question of higher education for Catholic youths in the kingdom. Their request was laid for consideration by the August Assembly of the White Fathers' General Chapter at Algiers in 1900. Out of those efforts, SMACK was founded. [5]

Reputation

According to a 2018 published report, St. Mary's College Kisubi is the most prestigious school in Uganda, owing to its excellent academic performance and all round nurturing of its students. The school offers education that encourages independent thinking and development. [6]

St. Mary's started out occupying only about 10 buildings. The oldest of them was the two-storeyed dormitory for Senior One and Two students that was later brought down and replaced by the current Chemistry Laboratory. The administration block remains unchanged from back in the day. Standing at the centre of the college, it serves as the most centralised block on campus.

Houses of Residence

Throughout its history, St. Mary's College Kisubi has maintained four houses of residence. A fifth residential house, the Centenary HSC Hostel, is occupied by A'Level students.

  1. Lourdel House - named after Fr. Simon Mapeera Lourdel, the first Roman Catholic Missionary in Uganda
  2. Mugwanya House - named after Stanislaus Mugwanya, former Mulamuzi (Chief Justice) of Buganda and a leading Catholic regent to Kabaka Daudi Chwa II
  3. Kakooza House - named after a former student of the College
  4. Kiwanuka House - named after Archbishop Joseph Kiwanuka, the first native African to be appointed Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church in East Africa

Uniform

The SMACK students from 1906 to the early 1960s wore a pair of shorts and a white shirt as their uniform. Those who could afford a pair of shoes did wear them and others stayed barefooted. With many years of development, the uniform and the badge inclusive have had to succumb to many changes in design. The students today don a white shirt with a plain navy blue tie for ordinary level students, a striped tie for the advanced level students and a pair of grey trousers. Blazers have since become mandatory for all higher school certificate students.

Lord Snowdon, in 1964, commissioned the SMACK memorial library, after the death of 12 students in a motor accident. Some of these students were part of the school football team that had gone to participate in a tournament at which they emerged victors. Cheering on the way back from the match, Milton Obote’s army suspected them to be rebels and the school lorry, which with the school bus was carrying the students, was knocked down by the army truck. In addition to the 12 deaths, an even greater number was injured that day. Today, the twelve trees planted also in memory of these students still stand tall right next to the Senior Six block.

The ever growing college, alongside its infrastructural developments, saw the introduction of a number of sports like basketball, football, swimming and hockey.

St. Mary's youngest building sits atop Kisubi hill as the tallest one yet. The new three-storied building, valued at Ugandan Shs.2.9 billion, serves as the new HSC block, replacing and outcompeting the older single-storied S5 block which stood erect since the introduction of the Higher School Certificate in SMACK in the recent past.

Alumni

The SMACK Old Boys’ Association (SMACKOBA), founded in 1918, has been involved in the running of the school in one way or another right from its foundation in the latter half of the 20th century. Called upon in the 60s, the Old Boys took charge of the c of a circular profile, but because of cost, the current plan was taken up depicting a gallant eagle in flight.

Notable alumni of St. Mary's College Kisubi (Old Smackists) include three Vice Presidents of Uganda, four Prime Ministers of Buganda Kingdom, two Attorney Generals, a Speaker of Parliament, Cabinet ministers, judges, lawyers, entrepreneurs, renown creative artists and distinguished academics.

Politics

Buganda Kingdom

Law and judiciary

Academia

Sports

Writers

Innovation

Military

Pilots

Businessmen / Managers

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References

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Further reading

Kituuka, William Kiwanuka, A History of St. Mary's College College (1906–2006) (Kampala, St. Mary's College Kisubi Alumni, 2006 ED57224)

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