It was indeed an exhilarating moment, a memorable day for the graduands as they both share that moment of joy with each other (maybe for the last time in life) not by death, but for other success stories.
In the valedictory speech: the Senior Prefect of the graduating set (Abolarin Williams Olusegun) congratulated his mates. And as the motto of the school implies in the above image, he ascribe the success of his stay in school to God; he started in JS 1 as a boarder, and ended as a boarder. Indeed, God be praised!
Secondary school days is a moment in life you just can't help but re-visit from time to time; those days might be stressful, full of rigor, and perhaps you committed an offense that you were severely punished and you were just like God let me just finish from this school and excuse all these teachers. But I tell you, a time will come when you would miss those days you were in secondary school. Koko Domain interviewed the Senior Prefect, and from what he said, you could sense that the graduating set are going to miss each other and also miss the school.
"Well, today, on our graduation day, I feel so good, after completing a whole six(6) rigorous years of staying in the Grammar School, and we pray that as we lunch into this diverse world of opportunities: we actualize our dream rapidly, and we pray to God that every member of the set is kept safe" - Grammarian Abolarin.
At the thanksgiving service which held at the school chapel, the president of the Old Grammarians' Society (OGS) Barr. Adedapo Fashanu with no obstruction inducted the class of 2015 set into the Old Grammarians' Society. OGS is an association of past student of the school, which also serve as a platform for the old student to meet and share vision with their colleagues, and also see to how they can help the school grow in some areas that really matters.
At the school hall: the luncheon was indeed a bodacious one, as the Principal of the great citadel of learning (Ven. 'Tunde Oduwole) who is also the vicar of the Church of Nativity Park-view Ikoyi Lagos danced with the Grammarians in such a way that you could never have imagined. Guess the song that made them tore the dance-floor... Godwin by Korede Bello. #lol
@kokodomain also witness a scenario where parents of the graduands were brought forward to dance with their kids, you need to see how those parents were just cruising the RCCG Praise Team's High-praise, it was like the moment should never be bygone.
ABOUT THE SCHOOL
The CMS Grammar School in the Bariga district of Lagos is the oldest secondary school in Nigeria, founded on 6 June 1859 by the Church Missionary Society. For decades it was the main source of African clergymen and administrators in the Lagos Colony.
The seed funding for CMS Grammar School, Lagos was made possible by Captain James Pinson Labulo Davies who in April 1859 provided Reverend Thomas Babington Macaulay with £50 (equivalent of ₦1.34 million as of 2014) to buy books and equipment for the school. With the seed funding Reverend Macaulay opened CMS Grammar School on June 6, 1859. In 1867, Captain Davies contributed another £100 (₦2.68 million as of 2014) toward a CMS Grammar School Building Fund. Other contributors to the CMS Building Fund were non Sarossuch as Daniel Conrad Taiwo AKA Taiwo Olowo who contributed £50. Sarocontributors also included men such as Moses Johnson, I.H. Willoughby, T.F. Cole, James George, and Charles Foresythe who contributed £40. The CMS Grammar School in Freetown, founded in 1848, served as a model.
The school began with six students, all boarders in a small, single story building called the 'Cotton House' at Broad Street. The first pupils were destined to be clergymen. The curriculum included English, Logic, Greek, Arithmetic, Geometry, Geography, History, Bible Knowledge and Latin. The first principal of the school was the scholar and theologian Thomas Babington Macaulay, who served until his death in 1878. He was the father of Herbert Macaulay. When the British colony of Lagos was established in 1861, the colonial authorities obtained most of their African clerical and administrative staff from the school.
The school moved from Broad Street to her permanent location [Bariga] in the year 1959, when the school was going to celebrate her centennial.
PRINCIPALS
- Revd. Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1859–1878.
- Ven. Henry Johnson, 1879 - 1881 (acting).
- Revd. (Later Bishop) Isaac Oluwole, 1881–1893.
- Mr. James Johnson, 1893-1894 (acting).
- Revd. E.A. Godson, 1894-1895.
- Revd. Joseph Suberu Fanimokun, 1896-1914.
- Revd Canon E.J. Evans, 1915-1927.
- Revd A. Hobson, 1927-1929.
- Revd F. Watherton 1929–1932.
- Revd (later Ven) J.O. Lucas, 1932-1935 (acting).
- Revd. C.G. Thorne, 1935-1936.
- Revd.(later Bishop) S.O. Odutola, 1936-1938. (acting)
- Mr.(later Professor) Leonard John Lewis, 1938-1943.
- Revd. (later Bishop) Seth.I. Kale, 1944–1950.
- Revd. Canon (later Ven.) B.A. Adelaja, 1950–1970.
- Mr. T Ojo, 1970-1972, (acting).
- Chief I.A. Olowu 1972-1984.
- Mr. B.A. Nigwo, 1984-1986.
- Mr. J.B.A. Edema, 1986-1997.
- Mr.T.O. Jemilugba – 1997–2001.
- Revd (later Ven) J.O. Onayinka – 2001–2005.
- Ven. 'Tunde Oduwole - 2005 - till date.
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