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Wolmer’s Preparatory School began on September 16, 1941 on the Wolmer’s Girls’ School campus. Mrs. Evelyn Skempton, the principal of Wolmer’s Girls’ School, was responsible for starting it. Initially, it served as a feeder school for young girls moving into the Girls’ School, with boys joining the Preparatory School after 1957.
Patsy Robertson (née Pyne) [7] [8] was born in the Malvern district of Saint Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica, the fifth child of eight. [1]In 1945, she won a coveted scholarship to attend Wolmer's Girls' School in Kingston (where her sisters Kathleen and Helen were also educated).
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[2] [3] She attended Wolmer's Girls School in the 1940s, where she learned English country dance. Around this time, she also converted to Catholicism. During the 1930s and 40s, Baxter studied classical ballet, tap, and character dancing at a Kingston dance studio.
The ISSA Grace Kennedy Boys and Girls Championships (better known as Champs) is an annual Jamaican high school track and field meet held by Jamaica's Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association. The five day event, held during the last week before Easter in Kingston , has been considered a proving ground for many Jamaican athletes.
[18] [19] Throughout her time at the Wolmer's High School for Girls, she was uncertain about pursuing a career in track and field. [20] However, she was active on the youth athletics scene, competing in the famous Inter-Secondary Schools Boys and Girls Championships (known locally as "Champs"), and winning 100 m bronze at age 16.
During her younger years, Chambers enjoyed track and field, netball and cricket, but her true calling was soccer. [2] She was introduced to her greatest thrill of being competitively involved after she strolled through the gates of Wolmer's Girls School.
She attended St. Catherine High School and undertook Sixth form studies at Wolmers' Girls' School. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in accounting and economics, and a master's degree in accounting, from the University of the West Indies, Mona. [3]