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Holy Childhood High School is a Catholic school in Kingston, Jamaica.[1] It is a well-ranked all-girls school for academics and sports.[2] Pupils of the institution go on to careers in, among other areas, law, business, education, medicine and the arts.
| Holy Childhood High School | |
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| Address | |
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9 Skibo Avenue Kingston 10, Jamaica Jamaica | |
| Coordinates | 18°00′27″N 76°47′54″W / 18.00746°N 76.79820°W |
| Information | |
| Motto | "Post Proleium Praemium" "After the battle, the reward" |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Christian |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Founded | 1937 |
| Founder | Franciscan Missionary Sisters |
| Status | Open |
| Head of school | Sis. Maxine Marie Mcintosh |
| Grades | 7–13 |
| Gender | Female |
| Number of students | 1700+ |
| Language | English, Jamaican English |
| Colour(s) | Blue and Gold |
| Song | "Let Us Now In Youth Rejoice" |
| Yearbook | "The Shield" |
| Alumni | Jacqueline Bishop, Marcia Douglas, Macka Diamond, Paula-Ann Porter, Tricia "ZJ Sparks" Spence |
The school was named after the Child Jesus, and was founded by the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help of Jamaica (FMS) in Jamaica.[3] Holy Childhood High began as a private school in 1937 with 8 pupils (3 boys 5 girls the boys were later transferred to St. George's College) housed in a building near Holy Cross Rectory. Today the school is located at 9 Skibo Avenue Kingston 10, Jamaica, West Indies. The school is operated by the Ministry of Education in Jamaica and receives financial assistance, which makes it a grant-in-aid school.
As of 2010 the student population stands at over 1700, exclusive of the Holy Childhood Institute, a private institution which caters for approximately 300 students.[4] Both the high school and the Institute are accommodated on approximately 7 acres (28,000 m2) of land which provide space for offices, a playing field, blocks of classrooms, science and language laboratories, a library, bookstore, areas for Home Economics, Music, visual art studios, two tennis courts, a health clinic, gardens, and a large multipurpose hall - Stephanie Hall- named for a past headmistress Sr. Stephanie Grey, FMS, who served as headmistress from 1966-1996.
The school's emblem is a shield, embedded with the school’s motto, Post Proleium Pramieum which translates to "AFTER THE BATTLE THE REWARD". The school’s colours are blue and gold.
Notable alumnae
edit- Tamika Harris, Attorney-at-law
- Jacqueline Bishop, award-winning author and visual artist[5]
- Ann-Marie Campbell, executive vice-president for Home Depot[6]
- Macka Diamond, Jamaican singer and writer[7][circular reference]
- Marcia Douglas, award-winning author and university professor[8]
References
edit- ^ "Home". holychildhoodhighschool.org.
- ^ "Ranking Of High Schools In Jamaica - Jamaica's Top Secondary Schools". My-Island-Jamaica.com.
- ^ Burke, Michael (4 October 2018). "Impact of Franciscans on Jamaica". amp.jamaicaobserver.com. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021.
- ^ / http://www.holychildhoodhighschool.org/html /.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Indelicate truths — an artist's depiction of slavery on fine china". Financial Times. 10 September 2021.
- ^ "Mrs. Ann-Marie Campbell, MBA, B.A. (Class of 1981)". Holy Childhood High School. 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- ^ "Macka Diamond".
- ^ "Marcia Douglas".
External links
edit- Holy Childhood High School on Go Jamaica Archived 11 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine