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444:. The school had approached the Springvale School board "in general terms" on a previous occasion about the possibility of a move and, in March 1976, met specifically to ask if Springvale would consider taking on the pupils and staff who remained after Eagle had officially closed in the Vumba Mountains. Eagle Headmaster Michael Hammond, who had taught at Springvale for many years before moving to Eagle, was faced with an agonising decision: to close completely or to move the school somewhere where "we could continue to preserve our identity for the rest of the year". Thus, Eagle joined the ranks of Springvale at the opening of the second term 1976. Springvale temporarily benefitted from the influx of seventy Eagle boys but circumstances beyond the school's control forced it to close in 1979. 22: 288: 131: 500: 299: 1228: 1208: 727: 1233: 1178: 398:
The school had sports facilities and participation in rugby, cricket, soccer, athletics and swimming was compulsory with tennis being the exception. Rival schools were
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described the school as a "prestigious institution for wealthy white boys". Eagle was one of the nine founding members of the
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The school was founded in 1948 and closed in 1976. The remaining pupils were then integrated into
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phrase which means "Striving towards the Sun". The school shared the motto with the former
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and the Young Farmers Club. Plays, film screenings and concerts were regular term events.
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Eagle was precariously placed in its mountainous home because of the
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Between 1948 and 1976, the school had only four headmasters:
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Conference of Heads of Independent Schools in Zimbabwe
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