Howard High School, Zimbabwe is a Salvation Army private boarding school located 94 kilometres Northeast of Harare in Glendale, Zimbabwe.
History
Howard High School was founded in 1923 by Major James Barker and Captain Leonard Kirby of the Salvation Army as the Howard Institute. The school was started when the educational facility that was at Pearson Farm was moved to Nyachuru in the Chiweshe Communal Lands Approximately 90km north of what was then Salisbury (now Harare). The new mission was built on over 100 acres of land granted by the British South Africa Company and named after the Salvation Army's second Chief of Staff, T. Henry Howard who died in 1923. Howard Institute would become the Salvation Army's primary education center in Southern Rhodesia, with a "Practicing School" where student teachers could practice in a classroom. The Howard Institute comprised: A combined Central Primary School with boarding section Theological Training School for Salvation Army Officers Howard Hospital (opened in 1928) Teacher Training School (established by Captain Thomas Lewis in 1933) Nurses Training School (which began in 1939).
Sports
The Howard High School Handball team made their debut international handball tournament at the Umlazi Invitational Tournament Durban, South Africa from 3-5 December 2012.
The Howard Handball Team proceeded to the Partille Cup, Sweden in July 2013 where it represented Zimbabwe in the U16 category.
Notable alumni
Politicians
Joseph Wilfred Msika, a Zimbabwean politician who served as Vice President of Zimbabwe from 1999 to 2009. Joyce "Teurai-Ropa" Mujuru, former Vice-President of Zimbabwe Solomon Mutsvairo, the songwriter and composer of the Zimbabwe National Anthem
Other Notable Alumni
Eva Burrows, the second female and world's first youngest General of the Salvation Army Church in 1986.