John Mackenzie School

John Mackenzie School
Location
John Mackenzie School, 623 Lobengula Ave, Francistown

Francistown, North-East District

Botswana

21°09′54.43″S 27°30′43.13″E / 21.1651194°S 27.5119806°E / -21.1651194; 27.5119806
Information
Former namethe Francistown European School
School typeDay school and Boarding school
MottoThe Best I Can
Established16 August 1899
FounderReverend Nelson Fogarty
GradesTransition (Standard 0) to A-Levels
Education system
Independent
LanguageEnglish
Campus size
Area: 2.53 ha / 25,337.34 m²
Perimeter: 734.56 m / 0.73 km
Campus type
Urban
Houses  Shashe
  Tati
  Ntshe
Colors   Royal Blue & White
AthleticsTrack & Field
Field & Team Sports
Court & Aquatic Sports
Athletics conference
Independent Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSSA)
Independent Schools Association of Botswana (ISAB)
Conference of Heads of Private Primary and Secondary Schools of Botswana (CHOPS)
Botswana Integrated Sports Association (BISA)
Mascotthe Blue Rhino
NicknameThe Blue Rhinos
RivalClifton College(Francistown, Botswana)
Mophato Private School
Maru a Pula School(MAP)
Rainbow High School
Westwood International School
Gaborone International School(GIS)
Legae Academy
Livingstone Kolobeng College(LKC)
Morula Private School
Flamingo International School
AccreditationCambridge International Examinations
Websitejms.ac.bw

John Mackenzie School is a historic private school situated in Francistown, Botswana.

It caters for the education of boys and girls from Transition (Standard 0) to A-Levels in a multi-cultural, interdenominational environment. The school is Francistown's first English-medium education institution for primary and secondary education. A Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) accredited institution, it is highly regarded as the school of choice in Northern Botswana and the country at large, and as a gateway to the best local and international institutions of higher education.[1]

It is named in honour of Scottish missionary John Mackenzie (1835–99), who spent his working life among, and who argued for the rights of, the Tswana people.

A photograph of the original school premises in the church hall of what is now St. Patrick's Anglican Church, Francistown.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ngakane, Gale. "Will John MacKenzie move?". Mmegi online. Retrieved 23 October 2014.

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