Religious affiliation(s) Christian Headteacher Catherine W. Maina Age 3 to 14 Phone +254 20 3542587 Motto Knowledge is Power | Director Stephen Kimang'a Gender Mixed Address 11490, Kajiado, Kenya Founded 2001 | |
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Acacia Crest Academy is a learning institution that is located in Kitengela, Kenya. It was opened in the year 2001 by Mr. & Mrs. Maina after 12 months of construction. It is located 5 km from Kitengela town on tarmac and 3 km off tarmac road i.e. 8 km from Kitengela town. The school started from baby class up to class 4 initially and as a day school. Later on boarding facilities were put up to cater for class 5 to 8 pupils, since they required a lot of teacher-pupil contact hours. It is a Christian school in faith and this is the foundation of its morals. It currently celebrated its 10th Anniversary last year. It is a member of the Kenya Private Schools Association (KPSA) in which the class eights every year sit for the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE). The first KCPE sat for by the candidates was in the year 2005 where the first student got an outstanding 435 marks out of 500.
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Beginning of the school
Before the couple thought of building the school in that place,most of Kitengela was nothing but a bushy grassland. It is by great hope and non-despair they started building the school. Kitengela was not such a Nairobi Metropolitan like it is today. It has grown rapidly for the past few years and has been cited as one of the fastest growing towns in Kenya. For the first days after the school was set up, Catherine Maina (mostly called Mrs Maina) experienced a very hard and rough time. Most of the pioneers' parents were removing their children since they didn't want them to be the first ones in the school. For instance, in 2002 the then class two only held two students.
Dormitories
Initially, there was only one dormitory which consisted of only two girls and one boy. The boy, who was known as Adams slept all alone as the girls who were sisters slept at the upper storey. There was only one matron who went around making sure everything was right. Soon after, the school began admitting more and more pupils into the "dorms". Apparently they were forced to build more dorms and to date, we are having four major dorms, two for girls and two for boys. The ones for the boys are namely,"Mara Dorm" which was the initial and oldest dorm and "Samburu Dorm" which was built later on. For the girls, there is "Amboseli Dorm" and "Tsavo Dorm". By now there are six matrons along with the patron, who is called Mr Edward(he is also known as Chief Justice since he deals with cases that affect the school). He is also the games teacher and began working for the school since the beginning.
Boarding department
The school has a boarding department in which over 200 pupils are left in school to study and to sleep in the dormitories available.
The dining hall that is not far away from the classes is used in various issues in different days. In the every-day schedule, it is used for meals. In special days such as Sundays, it is converted into a Church where the preacher gives out the word of God. In other occasions, (usually the day before closing day), it is converted into a cinema.
Other progress
The school participates in Drama, Music festivals up to Provincial level and offers other subjects like French, Computer, Music, Educational trips and swimming.
Examination progress
Acacia Crest Academy did its first KCPE in the year 2005 attaining a mean score of 385.2, and took position 49 nationally. Year 2006 a mean score of 378.6 marks and took position 62 nationally and 2007 with a mean score of 381.86 took position 60 nationally and number 10 in Rift valley Province. 2008 mean score of 381.88 and position 3 in Kajiado district. Here is a table of the performance since then.