Lenana School

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Lenana School is a high school in Nairobi, Kenya. It was formed in 1949 by colonial governor Philip Euen Mitchell in 1949, known then as the Duke of York School. The first students briefly housed at the then British colonial Governors House which is the current State House as they waited for the school's completion. The founding principal/headmaster was RH James. Originally the school was reserved for white students only within the racial system of colonial Kenya Colony. All teachers, were also white. The students were drawn from the sons of British settlers, most of whom were farmers in outlying areas. This required a primarily boarding facility for the students, although originally there were a few day students who came daily. The school system was modeled after the English public school system. By the early 1960s the school was fully developed with its own well kept 9 hole golf course, rifle range, horse stables, a cricket oval with a cricket pavilion and ample sports fields for rugby, football, hockey, swimming, tennis, squash, and other sports.