Students and teachers at Benedict Secondary School celebrated their 2011 graduation on the 24th of September. Girls and boys of the graduating class were congratulated for completing their four years of secondary school education. After their graduation they had their National Examinations in October which marked their conclusion of their secondary education. We pray and hope that these young men and women will be salt to where they will be going having acquired good moral upbringing in this school run by the Benedictines.

Photos of the graduating class

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

Graduating students receiving their leaving certificates from the guest of honor Jane Mapunda

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

Hanga Religious Seminary Brass Band leads the procession to the Hall for ceremony (left) & Traditional dance being performed during the graduation ceremony (right)

Teachers and students at St. Benedict Secondary school are happy to learn that their first High School graduates did quite well in their national examinations they sat for in February 2011. There were only three graduating students. In the four divisions scale of the National Examination Council of Tanzania, Mary Mwanyika earned Division Two, Clementina Nziku and  Alpha Komba both scored Division Three. We express our hearty congratulations to them. Congratulations too to the administration and teachers. May St. Benedict Secondary School flourish ever more!!

In the photos find from left, Fr. Mugaga , OSB, (headmaster), Clementina Nziku, Alpha Komba, Mary Mwanyika, and Abbot Thadei Mhagama, OSB

It was on February 16th 2011 when St. Benedict Secondary School teachers and students witnessed the first graduation of students of Advanced level secondary education. There were three graduating students namely Alfa Komba, Clementina Nziku and Mary Mwanyika. Of the three Clementina Nziku had previously completed her Ordinary Level Secondary education at St. Benedict School. We extend our congratulations to the three students and we are proud of them. Being a pioneer class they might have  had a lot of difficulties and doubts, yet they prevailed to the end. Now that they have paved the way, there will be more applications than the school can handle. We also thank the teachers for the support they gave to these students. In photo above from right Fr. Mugaga,OSB, Clementina Nziku, Alfa Komba, Mary Mwanyika, and Abbot Thadei Mhagama, OSB.

Hanga Abbey is proud to be able to provide such education opportunity and will continue to do so with great pride.

In the left photo: from left Clementina Nziku, Alfa Komba, Prior Odo Nanyanje, OSB, and Mary Mwanyika.

Below left Fr. Angelo Mugaga, OSB (in white cassock), the headmaster of St. Benedict, poses a picture with students on the graduation day.

Graduate students with some staff members, relatives and friends who were present for the graduation ceremony

On graduation days students have the opportunity to have better food than they have on ordinary school days. They get delicasies of rice with beef with stew and soda. They line up for food, get their shares, sit down and enjoy!

St. Benedict Secondary school celebrated their Form IV graduation on the 21st October this year 2010. Worth noting in this graduation is the fact that two nuns of the Camaldole Congregation from Mafinga – Iringa (in southern highlands of Tanzania) were among the graduates and were the firts nuns to graduate at the school. Such is the aim of the school to be able to accommodate even people of relatively advanced age! At the graduation ceremony were, among many, the Headmaster Fr. Mugaga Meselle, OSB, and the guest of honor Fr. Eliyo, also Fr. Chrysostom the rector at Hanga Seminary. In the photos: Above: The guest of honor handing over a leaving certificate to a student (Frt. Angelo Mugaga the headmaster is standing on the left and Fr. Chrysostom is on the right). Below: Most Rev. Placidus Nkalanga, OSB, is congratulating the two nuns as first nun graduates from St. Benedict Scondary School.

Some of the Form IV graduates of the 2010 graduating class. Bottom: our reporter Br. Lucius Matembo, OSB, is posing with the  graduates.

Saint Benedict’s Secondary School celebrated Form Four gradation on the 26^th of September 2009. The students of Form Four sang skillfully at holy mass, which started the day of celebration. The choir’s enthusiasm added excitement to the celebratory mass. After mass, the ceremony continued at St. Benedict. The main hall was decorated for the occasion and the Seminary’s Brass Band preformed.

There was a rich program with a lot of singing and dancing performances by the St. Benedict students. Many relatives attended the celebration.

It was a joyful day for everyone!

Sunday, March 8 was the premiere of a new football ground in Hanga, reserved for the girls of St. Benedict Secondary School. The students worked hard, under direction of Fr. John Chrisostum, to clear the field and build goal posts for this special opening day.

The ground’s first match was an exciting one between the Form III and Form IV girls. After a tough battle, the Form IV girls triumphed 1-0. The sidelines were completely filled with shouting, laughing, and cheering fans.

Here in Tanzania, a girls sports program is hard to find. Only a few female football teams exist, so the girls at St. Benedict are thankful for this opportunity. Last year, German volunteers Anne Schacht and Lennart Burau helped coach the girls. It didn’t take long for these new footballers to become comfortable with the sport. We look forward to many more exciting matches from these talented girls.