St. Stanislaus College (Guyana)

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St. Stanislaus College
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St. Stanislaus College (Guyana)
4 (Demerara-Mahaica)

Georgetown

Guyana
Coordinates 6°48′30″N58°09′56″W / 6.80842°N 58.16546°W / 6.80842; -58.16546
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School typeSenior Secondary
MottoAeterna Non Caduca
("Not for this life only, but for eternity")
Established1 May 1866 (1866-05-01)
FounderFr. Theobald Langton, SJ
Oversightm
Superintendentm
AdministratorMr. Hart
HeadmistressMs. Donna Lewis- Isles
Faculty45
Grades7-12
Gender Coeducational
Age range11-17
Enrollment500-600
Average class size25-40
LanguageEnglish
Hours in school day7
Classrooms3-4 classrooms per form
HousesEthridge, Butler, Galton, Weld
Colour(s)   Royal blue and silver
Song"Saint of our Youth"
Nickname Saints
Team nameSaints United (basketball)
RivalSaint Roses (basketball)
National rankingthird
School feesNone
Alumni Andrew Morrison
Website www.st-stanislaus-gy.com
Toronto Alumni Chapter - http://www.torontosaints.com/

St. Stanislaus College is a Grade-A senior secondary school in Georgetown, Guyana. It has a student population of 600 and a teaching staff of about 40. Admission to the school is normally through the Secondary Schools' Entrance Examination. It is the third highest school in the country, following Queen's College and Bishops' High School.

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In 2018, St. Stanislaus College students attained a 96.23% passing rate in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate examinations and 96.03% in the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination. [1]

History

St. Stanislaus Grammar School was established on 1 May 1866 as a Jesuit all-boys school. It was founded by Father Langthon and named after Stanislaus Kostka. The school moved to Brickdam 1907, and in 1913 survived a fire. It was expanded with a new wing in 1954 and earned government funding 1957. The Hopkinson was added in 1973. In 1975 the school became co-ed, and it was made a public school in 1976. [2] The Jesuits stopped running the college in 1980. A board of governors was installed in the school in 2005. [3]

Facilities

The college has three science laboratories. There is a library, a geography room, Home Economics department and an Industrial Arts department. The campus has two computer laboratories, a bursary (which sells school supplies) and a sick bay. The school has a hard court that is used for cricket, football and volleyball. It also has a basketball court It also has a forum called the Marian Forum which is used as a small indoor hockey court.

A playing-field near the Sea Wall to the north of the city on Carifesta Avenue is owned by the college and serves as a common location for the annual school sports. [4]

In 1975, the government under president Forbes Burnham initiated a focus on domestic agriculture so the headmaster of the college established a farm in Sophia for school use. It is a mixed-use farm, equipped with a laboratory for students’ use, and owned by the St Stanislaus Alumni Association. Hydroponics were set up in 2005. The farm is for public use, but is also used by various organizations including Partners of the Americas and Caribbean Self-Reliance International and the Guyana School of Agriculture. The farm also has livestock and produces paneer for the local market. [5]

Athletics

The college has participated in inter-school, inter-zones and inter-nationals sports. The school has cricket, [6] volleyball, basketball, [7] hockey and football [8] teams. They have a representative team in chess [9]

House system

There are four houses — Galton (green), Butler (blue), Weld (yellow) and Etheridge (red).Weld and butler have competed neck and neck but with weld holding the title the most since the beginning of the school.

Notable alumni

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References

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  2. ↑ "Historic Stabroek | National Trust of Guyana". 2015-11-25. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
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  4. ↑ "Hikers remain unbeaten, closes in on another title". Stabroek News. 2019-03-10. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  5. ↑ "The evolution of the St Stanislaus farm". Stabroek News. 2017-01-22. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  6. ↑ "Inter Secondary Schools cricket competition on today". Stabroek News. 2019-11-30. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
  7. ↑ "Kwakwani in 50-9 drubbing of St Stanislaus". Stabroek News. 2019-07-04. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
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  9. ↑ "Juma, Taylor, Alijohn lead St Stanislaus to chess title". Stabroek News. 2019-10-23. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
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