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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.
Jamaica College was founded in 1789, making it the sixth oldest continually running high school in the country, [citation needed] after Wolmer's Boys', one of the Wolmer's Schools (1729), Manning's School (1738), St. Jago High School (1744), Rusea's High School (1777) and Titchfield High School (1786). [6]
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 ...
Two teens challenging New Hampshire's new law banning transgender girls from girls' sports teams, Parker Tirrell, third from left, and Iris Turmelle, sixth from left, pose with their families and ...
[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.
The school was evacuated to Denbigh during the Second World War, [4] and was a centre for children to sit the eleven-plus in the 1940s and 1950s. [5] [6] In the 1970s, the school became Holly Lodge Comprehensive School, with the addition of the site at Bankfield, following the closure of Bankfield Secondary Modern School. [7] [8]
In January 1858, the Scottish Franciscan Sisters set up a Preparatory and Secondary School for girls at Duke Street in Kingston. The School was dedicated to and named after Our Lady of Immaculate Conception. In January 1879, the Scottish Franciscans handed over the school to the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany. Mothers Paula and Veronica set a ...