Meadowbrook High School, Jamaica
Encyclopedia
Meadowbrook High School is a government-aided, co-educational, first-to-sixth form, secondary school located in the community of Meadowbrook in the parish of St. Andrew, Jamaica. It was founded on March 13, 1958 by the United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands
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Meadowbrook High School has particular interest in the sports of volleyball, football, basketball, netball, track & field, cricket, softball and table tennis.
(Jamaica Combined Cadet Force was founded in November 1943 as an all-male civic movement)
Rhodes Scholars:
United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands
The United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands is a united church formed on 1 December 1965 as the "United Church of Jamaica and Grand Cayman" by bringing the Protestant denominations "Presbyterian Church in Jamaica" and "Congregational Union of Jamaica" together...
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Curriculum
The school offers a broad educational curriculum which encompasses academics, vocational training, sports, and various clubs and societiesHouses
The school has 4 houses.- Ward (Red)
- Saunders (Green)
- Gartshore (Blue)
- Rothnie (Yellow)
Extracurricular activities
Clubs and societies that students of Meadowbrook High School are involved in include: 4-H Club, Jamaica Combined Cadet Force , ISCF, Netball, Debate, Girl Guide,Quiz Club, Environmental, Sign Language , Cheer Leading, Aviation, Key Club D-Math Club and Science Club.Meadowbrook High School has particular interest in the sports of volleyball, football, basketball, netball, track & field, cricket, softball and table tennis.
Uniform
- As is the case with Jamaican public schools, uniform is worn by all students. For girls this is a tunic with the Black WatchBlack WatchThe Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland. The unit's traditional colours were retired in 2011 in a ceremony led by Queen Elizabeth II....
tartan with a white blouse, and for boys khaki pants and shirt, with the school's crest. - Female sixth-form students wear a variant of the tunic, with the Black WatchBlack WatchThe Black Watch, 3rd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland. The unit's traditional colours were retired in 2011 in a ceremony led by Queen Elizabeth II....
tartan included. Male sixth form student wear a white shirt and a tie of the school's colours as their uniform. - The tartan was chosen to symbolise the school's solidarity with the Presbyterian Church (Church of Scotland), which would later be amalgamated with the Congregational Union of Jamaica and The Disciples of Christ to form the United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman IslandsUnited Church in Jamaica and the Cayman IslandsThe United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands is a united church formed on 1 December 1965 as the "United Church of Jamaica and Grand Cayman" by bringing the Protestant denominations "Presbyterian Church in Jamaica" and "Congregational Union of Jamaica" together...
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Firsts
- First high school to enter a visually impaired student in the TVJ School's Challenge Quiz Competition.
- First high school to recruit female cadets for the Jamaica Combined Cadet Force (in 1980).
- First high school to have a female cadet achieve the rank of Warrant Officer Class Two, in 2008. The rank was previously held by males only.
(Jamaica Combined Cadet Force was founded in November 1943 as an all-male civic movement)
- First high school to have an aviation club through Club Aviation Jamaica.
Principals
| Name | Year |
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| Margaret Gartshore | 1958–1960 |
| T.M. Whitmarsh-Knight | 1960–1963 |
| Donald Bogle | 1963–1967 |
| Warren Thorpe | 1967–1979 |
| Carlotta McLennon | 1979–1986 |
| Dr. Margaret Morris | 1986–1994 |
| I. P. Headlam(Acting) | 1994–1996 |
| Alice Lowe | 1996–2003 |
| Winsome Reid | 2003–2011 |
| Michael Peart | 2011-Present |
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Notable Past Students
- Claude DavisClaude DavisClaude Davis is a Jamaican footballer who plays as a centre back. He currently plays for Crawley Town F.C. in English League Two.-Portmore United:...
, Jamaican National footballer. - Colin ChannerColin ChannerColin Channer is a Jamaican writer, often referred to as "Bob Marley with a pen," due to the spiritual, sensual, social themes presented from a literary Jamaican perspective. Indeed, his first two full length novels, Waiting in Vain and Satisfy My Soul, bear the titles of well known Marley songs...
, Jamaican-American writer. - Archibald McDonald, Dean of the Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the West IndiesUniversity of the West IndiesThe University of the West Indies , is an autonomous regional institution supported by and serving 17 English-speaking countries and territories in the Caribbean: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Dominica,...
, Mona. - Red RatRed RatWallace Wilson , better known by the stage name Red Rat, is a Jamaican dancehall reggae recording and performing artist. He was born in Saint Ann's Bay, Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica...
, Jamaican dancehall reggae recording and performing artist. - AidoniaAidoniaAidonia is a Jamaican musician and head of the musical partnership "J.O.P." Which has a contract under The Alliance...
, Jamaican dancehall recording and performing artist. - Constance White, Editor-in-Chief of Essence magazine.
- Rajiv MaraghRajiv MaraghRajiv Maragh is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. An Indo-Jamaican, he is the son of a jockey who rode in Jamaica before relocating to Florida where he began a career as a horse trainer....
, Jamaican-American jockey.
Rhodes Scholars:
- 1987 Creightney, Cavelle (Nuffield) Educ. Meadowbrook High School; M. Phil. In Economics..
- 1989 Wright, Andrea (Templeton). Educ. Meadowbrook High School; Univ. of the W. Indies, B.Sc. 1st Cl. Hons. Computer Science. D. Phil. in Management Studies.