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Wolmer's is the second-oldest high school in the Caribbean, having been established in 1729 by John Wolmer, a goldsmith, who bequeathed £2,360 for the establishment of a Free School. However, it did not come into existence until 1736, when the Wolmer's Trust was set up.
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.
In 1876, this school was to merge with St Jago de la Vega Free School to form Beckford and Smith's Boys School. In 1956, the final merger to form the present day St. Jago High School took place. [2] At that time, Cathedral High School for Girls was amalgamated with Beckford and Smith's Boys School and a new building housing the new St Jago High ...
The school's motto is rendered in latin "Vita sine litteris mors est "its English translation being "Life without learning is death." There is often debate whether Manning's or Wolmer's Trust School for Boys, one of the Wolmer's Schools [2] is the oldest in Jamaica or the oldest continuously operating high school in Jamaica. Thomas Manning (who ...
Norwich High School for Girls is a private day school for girls aged 3 to 18 in Norwich, England. The school was founded in 1875 by the Girls’ Public Day School Company (now the Girls' Day School Trust ), which aimed to establish schools for girls of all classes by providing a high standard of academic, moral and religious education.
Harrow County School for Girls, sometimes called Harrow County Grammar School for Girls, was a grammar school located in Lowlands Road in Harrow, now part of Greater London but in Middlesex at the time of construction. It was established in 1914.
The school was made a Grade II listed building on 14 March 1975. [1] It was based in Blackburne House that is now the Blackburne House Centre for Women. [2] By the 1970s it had around 350 girls, with 50 in the sixth form, being administered by the City of Liverpool Education Committee.
Throughout the year there are six Lunchtime Concerts, held on Thursdays in the Concert Hall of King Edward's School. These concerts give the musicians, both girls and boys, the opportunity to perform in front of a smaller audience. The boys' school and KEHS now share the newly finished Performing Arts Centre (PAC), completed in July 2012.