In the decade of the eighties, the parent-teacher association and past-students asSt.ciation spearheaded the construction of another building and so the aluminum structure gave way to the building which houses a library, physics and computer laboratories, a cafeteria and the bursar’s office, along with sanitary facilities and store-rooms.[2] The Ministry of Education recently added two classrooms to make room for a large number of grade nine students who were admitted in 2019.[3]
House system
Upon initial enrollment in the school, each student is assigned to one of six houses. The house system was implemented in the fifties. Originally there were three houses: Jeffrey-Smith (named after the first Headmistress); Harrison (named after Archdeacon Harrison - the first board chairman); Denham (named after Sir Edward Denham, Governor of Jamaica at the time the school was established). Subsequently, three more houses were added for a total of six: Lightbody (named after Phillip Lightbody, member of the Legislative Council) , Holness (named after Florence Holness, a former teacher and alumna); and Lindsey (Named after Helen Lindsey, a past principal and extra-ordinary teacher of mathematics).[4]
Enrollment
The school's official capacity is 800 students. As of the 2018-2019 academic year, there were 813 students enrolled with a staff complement of forty-five (45) teachers, including a guidance counselor and a school nurse.[1]
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