Saint Mary's College is a

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located in

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. It was founded in 1955 by its first principal, Father Edmund Cheney S.J. of St. Mary's Mission

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church. Currently, about 1000 students are enrolled. Like other Jamaican secondary schools, Saint Mary's College uses a selection process to accept students starting at seventh grade. Students must pass the

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(formerly known as the Common Entrance Examination), and the Grade Nine Achievement Test.

Communities served

The school serves the communities of: * Golden River * Parks Roads * Rock Hall * Harkers Hall * Cassava River * Glengoffe * Mt. Matthews * Red Hills * Zion Hill * Cavaliers * Red Ground * Mannings Hill * Stony Hill Until 1966, the school accommodated boarders from other

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Campus

The school has numerous facilities, such as an administrative block, a cafeteria, lunch room, library, computer lab, music room and science labs, as well as several classroom blocks and staff rooms, etc. The school also has spacious volleyball and basketball courts. The campus has teachers' residences, as well as apartment-style cottages for foreign or out-of-town teachers having the option to live on campus.

Uniform

Uniforms are worn on campus. Girls in first through third form wear a sky blue double pleated tunic over a short-sleeved gold blouse. Boys wear khaki pants and shirts with blue and gold crest and striped epaulettes. Girls in fourth and fifth form wear a double pleated blue skirt with a gold blouse and a striped tie, while boys wear khaki pants and shirts with a blue and gold striped tie. Sixth form girls wear a short-sleeved gold jacket lined with blue piping over a blue A-lined skirt. Sixth form boys wear long-sleeved white shirts, khaki pants and a gold tie striped with blue. All students wear black shoes with navy blue socks. Prefects' uniforms are the same as other students', but they often feature a white short sleeved blouse or shirt instead of the gold blouse or khaki shirt.

Curriculum

Subjects offered to students include

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and

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. Students take the

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(CSEC) Exam in their 4th or 5th year at the school and the Caribbean Advance Proficiency Exam (CAPE) in their 6th form years.

Sports Activities

Students participate in national school events for the following sports: *

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Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

Head Teachers/Principals

*Fr. Edmund K Cheaney S.J., 1955-1960 *Fr. John Meaney, 1960-1964 *Fr. Peter Burgess (SMA), 1964-1966 *Fr. Maurice Feres S.J., 1966–69 *Mr. Carlylse McKenzie, 1969-1974 *Mr. Audley Morgan, 1974-1977 *Mr. Patrick Donaldson, 1978-1989 *Rev. Micah Marrith, 1989-1996 *Mrs. Monica Green, 1996-2006 *Mrs. Ivy Clarke, 2005-2007 *Mrs. Serphena Davidson, 2007-date *Mr. Ryan Williams

References

External links

St. Mary's College Alumni on the WEB.
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