St Andrew High School

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St Andrew High School
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St Andrew High School
Kingston

Jamaica
Coordinates 18°00′35″N76°47′43″W / 18.00972°N 76.79528°W / 18.00972; -76.79528
Information
Type Public school (government funded)
Motto Life More Abundant
Patron saint(s) Saint Andrew
EstablishedSeptember 21, 1925;98 years ago (1925-09-21)
School code02062 [1]
ChairpersonRadley Reid [2]
PrincipalKeeva Ingram [3]
Years offered 7–13
Genderall-female
Age range10–19
Enrolment1,558 [1]  (2018)
Student to teacher ratio17:1
LanguageEnglish
Houses  Anderson
  Arc
  Cavell
  Darling
  Gartshore
  Stockhausen
Colour(s)Dubonnet, Egyptian Grey,
   
SportsHockey, track and field, volleyball, badminton, table tennis, swimming, netball, basketball
Website sahs.edu.jm

St Andrew High School (also known as St Andrew High School for Girls) is an all-girls high school in Saint Andrew, Jamaica. The school was founded on September 21, 1925.

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History

1925–1929

St Andrew High School was founded on September 21, 1925, [4] through a partnership between the Presbyterian Church and the Wesleyan Synod of Jamaica. [5] A fund of £6,000 was initially established to found the Jamaica High School for Girls, a fee-paying institution. Under the terms of the agreement, the school enrolled both boarders and day girls and was to be located near Kingston. In early 1925, the parties secured the former Cecelio Lodge House on eight acres of land—with gardens, tennis courts and a hockey field—from Kingston businessman Cecil Vernon Lindo. The house was refurbished, and dormitories, classrooms and staff rooms were added. On September 21, 1925, the Jamaica High School for Girls opened with 21 scholars (10 "day girls" and 11 "boarders"). September 21 continues to be celebrated annually as the school's Founder's Day. The first headmistress was Miss Jenny Gartshore, who served for only one term. Her sister, Miss Margaret Gartshore, assumed the position and served the school for 31 years with Miss Doris "Stocky" Stockhausen as Vice-Principal. [5]

1929–1957

In October 1929, the school qualified to become a government grant-aided secondary school. There were 153 students, of whom 51 were boarders. The Jamaica Schools' Commission recommended that the name be changed to St. Andrew High School for Girls. In 1940, the school had 270 students—68 boarders and 202 daytime attendees. A building and expansion programme was initiated, which would take several years to complete and was estimated to cost £6,000. The school population changed from exclusively fee-paying students to include students who had gained "free" or "grant-aided" places as a result of their performance in the Common Entrance Examination. [5]

1957–1968

In 1957, Miss Mary Dawson became the second principal of the school. In 1958, the Common Entrance Examination was introduced, resulting in an increase in government grant-in-aid to cover the tuition fees for those students awarded "free places" and "grant-aided places". In the same year, St. Andrew High School separated into two schools - St. Andrew High School (a secondary education institution) and St. Andrew Preparatory School for children aged 4 to 11 years. Principal Dawson spearheaded the development of science, initiating the teaching of physics by arranging for girls to attend classes at Calabar High School until the school's physics lab was ready in 1963. In 1965, the school closed its boarding facilities to create space for additional classrooms to facilitate newly introduced subjects—craft, commercial and home economics. [5]

1968–present

In 1968, Mrs. Fay Saunders became the first Jamaican headmistress of the school. In 1974 she resigned to take up an appointment as Senator and Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Education. In 1974, Miss Joan Reader became the second Jamaican headmistress of the school. She oversaw the implementation of the second shift in 1978—a Ministry of Education initiative to cope with a burgeoning post-independence school population, and an increasing expectation that secondary education would be provided for the entire 12–16 year old cohort of the population. [5]

House system

Upon initial enrollment in the school, each student is assigned to one of six houses. Originally there were four houses: Anderson (named after Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, the first woman to qualify as a physician and surgeon in Britain); Arc (named for the heroine and saint, Joan of Arc), Cavell (named for Edith Cavell, a British World War I nurse), and Darling (named for Grace Darling, the daughter of a lighthouse keeper who helped to rescue sailors from a shipwreck in 1838). In 1973, two more houses were added for a total of six: Gartshore (named after Margaret Gartshore, the first headmistress); and Stockhausen (named after Doris Stockhausen, the first vice-principal). [6]

Enrollment

The school's official capacity is 1,600 students. As of the 2018–2019 academic year, there were 1,558 students enrolled with a staff complement of ninety-five (95) teachers, including a guidance counselor and a school nurse. [1]

School Profile
School YearEnrollmentStudent-Teacher
Ratio
2018–20191,55817:1
2017–20181,57119:1
2016–20171,54522:1
2015–20161,56422:1
2014–20151,56721:1
2013–20141,52021:1
2012–20131,55021:1

Headmistresses and principals

Notable alumnae

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Ministry of Education, Youth & Information School Profiles 2018-2019". Ministry of Education, Jamaica. 1 May 2019. p. 20. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  2. ↑ "Board of Management". St Andrew High School for Girls. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  3. ↑ "New principal for St Andrew High". Jamaica Observer. 18 August 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  4. ↑ Judith A. Hunter (21 September 2015). "St. Andrew High School for Girls Celebrates 90 Years". Jamaica Information Service . Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Our History" (PDF). St Andrew High School for Girls. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  6. ↑ Dorothy Kew (10 June 2013). "A Jamaican Childhood -- My High School Days" . Retrieved 1 October 2020.
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