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Wolmer's Schools, also referred to as Wolmer's Trust Group of Schools, is located in Kingston, Jamaica and currently consists of Wolmer's Pre-School, Wolmer's Preparatory School and two high schools: Wolmer's Trust High School For Boys and Wolmer's Trust High School for Girls. Both high schools are popular choices among Jamaican students taking ...
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.
St Jago was the third oldest school in Jamaica, after Wolmer's Boys', one of the Wolmer's Schools (1729) and Manning's School (1738). In the 18th century, these schools originated from their benefactors’ concerns for the education of the country's poor, usually the children of poor whites, as there was no system in place for the education of ...
Mother Cabrini High School (Manhattan) The Girls' Commercial High School (became coeducational as Prospect_Heights_High_School and then closed) St. Michael Academy (Manhattan) Stella Maris High School (Queens) St. Peter's High School for Girls (Staten Island) Academy of Saint Joseph (Long Island; Coed K-8, Girls' 9-12)
St Andrew High School was founded on September 21, 1925, [4] through a partnership between the Presbyterian Church and the Wesleyan Synod of Jamaica. [5] A fund of £6,000 was initially established to found the Jamaica High School for Girls, a fee-paying institution.
In 1925, the Deaconess Home School and the Deaconess Home High School for girls (founded 1913) amalgamated to become the Deaconess High School, starting with 90 students. In 1926, the Jamaica Schools Commission recommended that the school's name be changed. The name selected was St Hugh's High School.
Montego Bay High School was established in 1935 by the Government of Jamaica to fill the need of an all-girls high school in St. James. It was the first government-owned high school for girls established in the country. The school is owned by the Ministry of Education and administered by a local Board of Management.
She was home-schooled from the age of two until six then attended Wolmer's High School for Girls, and then went on to the University of West Indies at Mona. She initially began studying medicine, but later switched courses and graduated with a B.Sc. in mathematics and physics, [2] achieving "Student of the Year" [1]