OUR SCHOOL
Reagan Memorial Baptist Girls’ Secondary School (RMBGSS) was founded in 1941 by the Southern Baptist Missionary Board, USA. Located on Commercial Avenue Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria.
Our School motto “Love One Another” is the foundation of its core Christian beliefs.
Lucille Reagan, an American missionary, came to Nigeria in 1921. She worked as Vice Principal and later Principal of Baptist Academy from 1924 - 1928. She had a dream to set up a school for training girls but unfortunately died, during the yellow fever epidemic of 1937.
Reagan School was founded in 1941 in her memory. It was initially a co-educational primary school until 1949 when a secondary modern school was started and the girls were transferred to the site.
Reagan Memorial Baptist Secondary School was established in 1952 and remains a ‘girls only’ school to date in fulfilment of Lucille Reagan’s dream.
Ms Cora Ney Hardy was the first Principal and the first African Principal was Mrs Adeola Adegbite. As a Christian institution, the focus is to develop highly intellectual; good spirited; morally sound; and highly cultured women in the society.
School Principals
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Ms Cora Ney Hardy (1952-1965)
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Mrs Adeola Adejumobi Adegbite (1965-1976)
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Mrs P. Soluade/Mrs HN Exeife (1976-1981)
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Mrs O.O. Ofuya (1981-1984)
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Mrs A.O. Akindehinde (1984-1989)
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Mrs Zansi Dada (1989-1994)
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Mrs Tutu Dawudu (1994-2004)
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Mrs Titi Amune (2004 -2018)
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Mrs Olusola Adeyinka (2018-Date)
The School started with one class in 1952, a second one in 1968, a third in 1970, and further three by 1976.
In the 80’s due to the explosion of the school’s roll, another two streams were created making them 8 in total.
Each stream was named in honour of missionaries, distinguished role models and staff who all contributed to the development of our school as follows:
R - Miss Lucille Reagan
A - Mrs Adeola Adegbite
G - Revd BT Griffin
AR - Anita Roper
H - Miss Cora Ney Hardy
M - Mobola Ayorinde
S - Staff
P - Principal
Sports Houses
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Lumbley House
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Saunders House
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Agbebi House
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Reagan House
School Song'
God Bless thee, our Reagan Memorial.
We stand to salute thee today.
May our love for thee, now and ever be.
Shown by living the truth thou hast taught.
May the light, shining bright, in the life of each girl whom thou hast trained.
Light the way to new day , with a noble, loving, Christian Womanhood.