[2] Gayaza High School covers an area of 104.76 acres on a flat-topped ridge with gentle slopes and lies at an average height of 3,800 feet above sea level.

Christian missionaries belonging to the Church Missionary Society of England founded Gayaza High School on the land that was donated to the Church by Kabaka Daudi Cwa II (King of Buganda) in January 1905 with 4 pioneer students and hence became Uganda's first girls’ boarding school.

[3] The purpose of the school's establishment was to train girls, especially the daughters of chiefs of the Kingdom of Buganda, in those skills that would make them better wives but his was only a basis of security approval from the traditional leaders of that time.

[3] In the beginning, the school's curriculum included agriculture, handiwork, child-care and needlework, as well as scripture, reading, writing, arithmetic and geography.

[citation needed] Gayaza High School was built on a 140-acre piece of land, with 3 houses; Kikko, Kyawakati and Manga.

Alfreda Allen (the founding headmistress) designed a new uniform with a round-neck, with short Magyar sleeves, an embroidered badge and different colours used to distinguish classes.

[3] From 4 girls, the twin-schools have gone on to become two of Uganda's academic giants, increasing enrollment at both schools to more than 1,000 pupils and students respectively.

Originally, any girl, as long as she was a daughter of a chief in the Buganda Kingdom, was admitted to Gayaza but later, even those from rich families were able to join the school.

[5] It consists of about 15 people representing all the major stake holders namely; foundation body, parents, teachers, non-teaching staff, local government and Alumni.

The responsibilities of the respective management staff are listed in the Gayaza High School Human Resource Manual.

Sent by the Church Missionary Society (CMS) to fast-track girls' education in the country, she arrived in Buganda with Janet Smith, later followed by Dorothy Allan, Nancy Corby and Irene Steintz to start the school.

These fears were however swept aside when a CMS ladies' conference, convened in England, resolved that a girls' school be started near the Gayaza mission land, which was donated by the King.

Prior to this, there had been a few boys' schools, while the girls were only receiving church instruction in the scriptures and catechism in preparation for baptism.

[3] "Being the first African headmistress of Gayaza High School and staying there for 11 years was perhaps my greatest achievement" Kavuma writes in one of her memoirs.

Ms. Warren had documented every activity in an exercise book which she handed to me, giving all the guidelines of what is done during which months of the year.

[4] Joy Male became headmistress of Gayaza High School in August 2002 after Ruth Kavuma left and stayed until April 2006 when she retired from the Civil Service on reaching 60 years of age.

[4] Victoria Sserunkuuma Kisarale, fondly known as Kisa came to Gayaza High School in 1998 as deputy head teacher under Mrs. Ruth Kavuma and later Mrs. Joy Male.

It was during her time that the school gate was given a face lift, dining room expanded, swimming pool pavilion constructed and the new administration block started on by the Old Girls.

Cox house (formerly Tulip Tree) and Kivebulaya (formerly Canna Lily) were constructed with funds from The World Bank around 1970.

[3] Due to space shortage, students from Cox and Kivebulaya dormitories have traditionally been distributed to other houses when they return for A-level.

Kaggwa under Kabaka Daudi Cwa II in 1904 requested the Church Missionary Society to open a girls' school at Gayaza.

It is named after Sir Joseph and Lena Hutchinson who were staff of Namulonge Cotton Research Station that was located a few kilometers from the school.

During the house's construction, the then Gayaza girls wanted to honor him for defending the rights of the black people.

In 1896 he was sent to Boga, in current day Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as a missionary, when the chief there requested for a Christian teacher.

As a result of how he patiently bore his trials, his testimony won over the people of Boga, and eventually even the then chief converted.

[3] Evidently, the table tennis (recreation) room was also built with the money collected in memory of their Head Girl who died in an accident.