Naivasha Girls High School took a unique mode of celebrating Valentine’s Day in a colourful event that focused on self-love, self-belief and self-appreciation as a way of achieving the most in life through optimizing what they have at their disposal for excellence.
And the theme spoke it all in one breath: showing girls how to love themselves to understand their academic potential that can make them to better their grades.
In a mighty show of unity and love, teachers, students, parents, support staff and other guests, the girls were encouraged to view themselves as important in society.
Speaker after speaker rose to irradiate their love, with the Chief Principal Wambui Njoroge leading by example to teach the girls how to appreciate themselves through their positive actions towards physical, psychological and spiritual growth.
She said this will determine their knowledge of what they can achieve in the journey of life and career.
“We have the responsibility to love our girls, to maximize their potential and help them to know that they are important human beings who can achieve positive results in their character, academic and moral development,” said Njoroge.
She urged the students to actualize self-love in their daily academic activities to achieve quality grades that will make them useful people in society.
The principal also encouraged teachers to be a beacon of hope for the girls by giving them the best instructions that will build their character as this will lead to academic excellence.
Njoroge told the girls to always set higher goals and lay strategies to achieve them, knowing that they have the capability to excel.
“We encourage you girls to accept yourselves for your physical, emotional and mental well-being and focus on getting the best in all that you do,” she added.
Parents representative Kennedy Munjeru urged the girls to know that they (parents) love them and that is why they are paying the price to educate them.
He beseeched them to respect their teachers at all times and follow their instructions as they mean well for them.
“As parents, we encourage you to love yourself first and set your academic goals that will enable you to get good grades, which will be like a bridge to good careers,” said Munjeru.
He also told the girls to judge themselves positively and know that they have the potential, ability, and energy to get the best in their studies in all subjects, be they Sciences, Humanities or Languages.
Munjeru encouraged the girls to set high standards of discipline and respect themselves, their teachers, support staff and their parents, asking them to be ready to forgive themselves for past mistakes and focus on improving each day.
Naivasha Girls High School is one of the best-performing schools in Nakuru County and Rift Valley region in general, having produced many prominent people in Kenya and abroad.
School Motto:
Diligence and Discipline for Excellence
Vision:
To make Naivasha Girls a Global Centre of Excellence in Girl Child Education
STEM Vision:
To equip the girl child with innovative skills for sustainable development
Mission:
To prepare the girl child for total integration and participation in national and international life through holistic and quality education
Core Values:
Honesty and Transparency, Punctuality and Consistency, Obedience and Accountability, Teamwork and Professionalism, Diligence and Perseverance, Fairness and Courtesy, Loyalty and Patriotism, and Respect for Diversity.
By Peter Otuoro
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