{"id":928,"date":"2022-12-12T09:46:06","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T09:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.peterhousegroup.co.zw\/petrean\/?page_id=928"},"modified":"2022-12-12T09:54:19","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T09:54:19","slug":"our-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dev.peterhousegroup.co.zw\/petrean\/our-history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"928\" class=\"elementor elementor-928\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ddc45cf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ddc45cf\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-544d655\" data-id=\"544d655\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7371b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b7371b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.8.0 - 30-10-2022 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">History<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-254716b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"254716b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d881a58\" data-id=\"d881a58\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cf4b0b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8cf4b0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.8.0 - 30-10-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"980\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.peterhousegroup.co.zw\/petrean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1955-5-View-from-Monkey-Hill-836x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.peterhousegroup.co.zw\/petrean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1955-5-View-from-Monkey-Hill-836x1024.jpg 836w, https:\/\/dev.peterhousegroup.co.zw\/petrean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1955-5-View-from-Monkey-Hill-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/dev.peterhousegroup.co.zw\/petrean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1955-5-View-from-Monkey-Hill-768x941.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dev.peterhousegroup.co.zw\/petrean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1955-5-View-from-Monkey-Hill.jpg 938w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e572237 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e572237\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Peterhouse Boys<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a914462 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a914462\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.8.0 - 30-10-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>In September 1951, Edward Paget, Bishop of Southern Rhodesia, wrote to the Rector of Michaelhouse in Natal, offering him the headship of a school that did not exist. Six months later, Fred Snell started working with Canon Robert Grinham and the Ruzawi School Board toward the creation of an independent senior school.<\/p><p>Peterhouse opened in 1955 under the rectorship of Fred Snell with 55 boys and within five years the number had risen to 360.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1488928 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"1488928\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dev.peterhousegroup.co.zw\/petrean\/history-of-peterhouse-boys\/\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read more<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-bf5c37e\" data-id=\"bf5c37e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4776e76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4776e76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"552\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.peterhousegroup.co.zw\/petrean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/From-Sarah-Shoesmith-5-1-1024x706.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.peterhousegroup.co.zw\/petrean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/From-Sarah-Shoesmith-5-1-1024x706.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dev.peterhousegroup.co.zw\/petrean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/From-Sarah-Shoesmith-5-1-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dev.peterhousegroup.co.zw\/petrean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/From-Sarah-Shoesmith-5-1-768x529.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dev.peterhousegroup.co.zw\/petrean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/From-Sarah-Shoesmith-5-1-1536x1058.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dev.peterhousegroup.co.zw\/petrean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/From-Sarah-Shoesmith-5-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7bc0288 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7bc0288\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Peterhouse Girls<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2240d3f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2240d3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When Peterhouse was founded, as a boys-only secondary school, by Fred Snell in 1955 there was no intention of it becoming the Peterhouse Group of Schools (a boys\u2019 school, a girls\u2019 school and a preparatory school).\u00a0<\/p><p>In the early 1980s, however, it became apparent that there was a demand for the re-opening of Springvale School (under the name Springvale House) and the establishment of a secondary girls\u2019 school.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e03431 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"6e03431\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dev.peterhousegroup.co.zw\/petrean\/history-of-peterhouse-boys\/\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read more<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-8275b7b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8275b7b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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House<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c65d54 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c65d54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The history of the Springvale Estate is the story of people and vision and hard work. Many hands and hearts have created the thriving schools that press forward energetically into the twenty-first century. Yet the struggle to create the original Springvale School, to sustain it, protect and develop it through even the most trying circumstances, is one that cannot be forgotten \u2013 or should not be.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad84fda elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"ad84fda\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dev.peterhousegroup.co.zw\/petrean\/history-of-springvale-house\/\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read more<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6a51436\" data-id=\"6a51436\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-573c94a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"573c94a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"609\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.peterhousegroup.co.zw\/petrean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Eagle-School-1953-The-Queen-Mothers-Visit-8-1024x780.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.peterhousegroup.co.zw\/petrean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Eagle-School-1953-The-Queen-Mothers-Visit-8-1024x780.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dev.peterhousegroup.co.zw\/petrean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Eagle-School-1953-The-Queen-Mothers-Visit-8-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dev.peterhousegroup.co.zw\/petrean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Eagle-School-1953-The-Queen-Mothers-Visit-8-768x585.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dev.peterhousegroup.co.zw\/petrean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Eagle-School-1953-The-Queen-Mothers-Visit-8-1536x1170.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dev.peterhousegroup.co.zw\/petrean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Eagle-School-1953-The-Queen-Mothers-Visit-8.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93f0714 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"93f0714\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Eagle School<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-835381b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"835381b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eagle Preparatory was a private boarding school founded in 1948 with 22 boys, in the picturesque Vumba Mountains, near Umtali, Rhodesia (now Mutare, Zimbabwe.) Journalist Geoffrey Nyarota described it as a &#8220;prestigious institution for wealthy white boys.&#8221;\u00a0Besides Rhodesians, the school also attracted students from neighbouring Mozambique, Malawi and Zambia&#8230;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b121d29 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"b121d29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dev.peterhousegroup.co.zw\/petrean\/history-of-eagle-school\/\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-sm\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read more<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History Peterhouse Boys In September 1951, Edward Paget, Bishop of Southern Rhodesia, wrote to the Rector of Michaelhouse in Natal, offering him the headship of a school that did not exist. 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