About Maryhill

The School offers a full and varied curriculum where students study Agriculture, Computer, Typing and Office Practice, Home Management, Needlework, Commerce and Art & Craft apart from the traditional subjects. We hold Music, Dance and Drama Intercolour competitions annually where students compete in various items: Speech, Drama, Singing (Western Choral Singing, African Composition) Dancing, African Instrumental Composition, Solo. The Competitions take place during the first term of the year. In Second Term, the school holds Sports and Games Competitions annually where students also compete in different games and sports activities such as indoor games like Drafts, Table Tennis, Scrabbles, Chess.., Track Events and field Events, Netball and Volleyball. Third Term is always left free, for students to concentrate on their academic work because of the Uganda National Examinations Board which take place in the months of November /December.

The sole objective of the Academic department is to achieve a 100% performance through developing positive attitude towards the teaching-learning process for both the staff and students. For the above reason therefore, Maryhill has continuously provided for staff development in both teaching methods which comply with the challenges of the 21st century, that could be termed as the digital era. Our library is well stocked with all book to enable students do their private reading and revision in a quite atmosphere. This evnironment enables our students concentrate and allows them to compare text-note with class notes to get the clear understanding of the subject/topic their reading/revising. Maryhill High School instills discipline, positive attitude and innovativeness in the students and this has led to the good performance. It has also helped the students to "learn to say no to good things so that they can have a chance to say yes to better things" as John Maxwell said. Irrespective of how nice sleep can be, students have to wake up and read books. Maryhill staff and students have been equipped with computer skills and the school is hooked on Internet where vast knowledge can be obtained in microseconds. Because of its unique and competitive academic environment, Maryhill stood out of the crowd and Cyber School Uganda, in partnership with Ministry of Education and it was made a regional training centre for training teachers how to use Science and Mathematics soft wares, which display animated scientific concepts that make it easy for the 21st Century student to conceptualize Science and Mathematics. We have various departments who carryout daily task to ensure smoooth running of the school and to achieve the greater goals for all our students. Our curriculum does not only stop at what is taught in class, but we also have many other off-class activities that help students to take the best options in life. We also have other several trainings to equip the students with the technological advancements. Like CNNA or Cisco to help the stuents appreciate the values technology.

In order to ensure effective discipline for a better school management; prayer, teamwork and positive attitude are paramount We thank God who has guided us and protected us from extreme forms of indiscipline. We also believe that the school with populatuion over 1000 students one can not achieve anything except for “team work”. Remember “United we stand, divided we fall”. The discipline and the welfare of the school to a greater extent improve because individuals play their parts effectively. Due to increased enrolment over the years from 600 -1000 plus, several changes have taken place to accommodate the said increase. Thus, the managerial challenges we face include: additional accommodation, Extra classrooms, Health and sanitation issues, Dining space and facilities to mention but a few.

What a joy it is to find right words for the right occasion” (Proverbs 15:23) I have never particularly liked publishing what we do. I tend to find our work too personal and a little sentimental. But if anything deserves mention, it is about the community of Maryhill High School where I shepherd. And so when reading this article, you may between the lines see yourself in the story, illustration or situation. if you have not been mentioned don't be discouraged, it could be the mercy of God! Today our chaplaincy is meeting the overwhelming challenge of foster parenting, not that our community is corporately orphaned, but that there is a growing revelation of insecurity and even a rejection complex among our adolescent student population. We are gradually uncovering an enormous credibility gap between what the parents ought to do, and what they actually do, where the majorities are involved. Some because of their 'tight schedules' devote no time at all to the children, and others are displacing their personal anger on the innocent children, sometimes after mental disappointments, some are just too unfriendly to be true, others have failed to give God their children, plus... as a result, some of the children have sought their own group who do not know what they believe in others have moved or left quietly to the edge of things, feelings hopelessly let down disillusioned, hurt and some what lost. Others believe that, “you have kissed your brains goodbye if you claim to have a personal relationship with God” They are utterly confused. Making people smile at themselves is no easy task, especially when you have to give credit for the outlook on life which has been shaped by so many friendships, incidents, experiences and challenges. Yet there is always a constant need to have an insight in the things that should not divide God's people. And so when reading this article, you may between the lines see yourself in the story, illustration or situation. if you have not been mentioned don't be discouraged, it could be the mercy of God! Such is sadly the public face of our modern families. but there are deeper issues behind this image. The efforts of this departure from the authentic ideal parenting as it has been viewed down through the years, are now creeping not only across the face, but behind the heart of the community dimensions and breaking lives. I suppose by now I have already offended some individuals, but if our efforts merely consists of goodwill, religious concepts and strategy to offend nobody, then whatever else it is, it has little to do with the truth that we stand for, irrespective of whether our present life is related to the cause of that hope. Where to now? Where as it is risky to abandon our security blankets in order to penetrate the lives of others, our option is not to sit back and do nothing, rather to be generous with our time and compassion to love, identify need and create deep impression among people for change. Our goal is to live with in the balance of freedom and complete openness, so that we can help our young generation to allow people inside themselves to see who they are, with their plans and problems, as well as successes. By this and through our spiritual and psychological counseling ministry, we want to heal things that prevent joy and beauty, freedom and justice. We also try to encourage a life which demonstrates that only two things in this life matter that is God and people. and so through careful and sensitive efforts to reconstruct the broken lives of our student populace, we hope that the rewards will infiltrate their different families so that we gradually regain those ideal families whose lives demonstrate holiness, responsibility, obedience and a sense of priority. More so although often in our lives we feel that circumstances are a complete mystery to us, and often let doubts creep into our minds as to why certain things should happen, experience has taught me that, "all things work together to those who love God" (Romans 8:28) There have been hundreds of fully validated cases of healing of persons in this community by spiritual means when other more conventional means have failed. Others have benefited from sponsorship of several kinds, regardless of their faith affiliations, while others have continued to benefit from the charity initiative of the chaplaincy to minimize the vast economic gap of the students; in terms of availing basic needs to disadvantaged students, such as soap, sanitary wear and in some cases, even school uniforms, among others. The chaplaincy is also working to help the community appreciate that even with the struggles, God can make a difference. He has called us special to be very special people and our stories, our lives are a testimony of HIS goodness and His forgiveness. We do this through conducting termly spiritual retreats that are sensitive to the specific and general needs of the community. Here we enable people to express their insights, concerns, personalities without stifling their their gifts or allowing for manipulation. Thus, we do not aim to build ecclesiastical name for personal significance, but rather, allow our students to acquire a sense of belonging and personal security that they desire, by creating for them an enabling environment to ask questions and draw worthy conclusions. Rev. Fr. Charles Tumusiime

We have Guidance activities to help students analyze the situation in relation to culture, environment and career trends and to be able to select relevant subjects or courses. This involves teachers helping the students to adopt effective behavior for personal development so as to attain skills in: completing course application, job applications and job interviews. Sharing session This has enable our students to achieve academic excellence over a long period of time. We're so pround that this is working wery well. The academic office, staff and students have made some positive steps towards participatory mode of career development which includes: Creating awareness of the possibility of one-to-one opportunity or career guidance on appointment basis. This enables students to face their personal struggles honesty on safe guard without external influence. A termly timetable is drawn where students are met in their respective year to discuss issues like choice of O'Level subjects, HSC combinations, university course choices, etc followed by input from external facilitators at the end of the term. The careers' office together with the Directors of Study and Academic Deputy work as a team on stipulated occasions to assist students in making proper choices and filling relevant forms for different levels in their career paths. Termly academic days for each class are organized by Administration. Whereby the careers' desk has been included to avail parents and students a chance to consult further or discuss issues regarding their children' career development. Please feel free to comment or suggestions in order to help us guide the students better making relevant career choices in rapidly changing and competitive society.