''Labor omnia vincit'' or ''Labor omnia vincit improbus'' is a

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meaning "Work conquers all". The phrase is adapted from

Virgil Publius Vergilius Maro (; traditional dates 15 October 7021 September 19 BC), usually called Virgil or Vergil ( ) in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He composed three of the most famous poems in Latin literature: t ...

's ''

Georgics The ''Georgics'' ( ; ) is a poem by Latin poet Virgil, likely published in 29 BCE. As the name suggests (from the Greek word , ''geōrgika'', i.e. "agricultural (things)") the subject of the poem is agriculture; but far from being an example ...

'', Book I, lines 145–6: ''...Labor omnia vicit / improbus'' ("Steady work overcame all things"). The poem was written in support of

Augustus Caesar Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian, was the first Roman emperor; he reigned from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. He is known for being the founder of the Roman Pri ...

's "Back to the land" policy, aimed at encouraging more

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to become farmers. . The actual meaning of the phrase can be obtained as the following: "anything can be achieved if proper work is applied".

Labor movement

A frequent motto within the U.S labor movement, the phrase is a historically significant

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. Used by the earliest U.S labor unions such as the

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and other precursors to the modern AFL-CIO, the motto continues to be a traditional and defining statement of purpose on contemporary labor union emblems including the

International Union of Operating Engineers The International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) is a trade union within the United States-based AFL–CIO representing primarily construction workers who work as heavy equipment operators, mechanics, surveyors, and stationary engineers (also ...

and the

United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America The United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, often simply the United Brotherhood of Carpenters (UBC), was formed in 1881 by Peter J. McGuire and Gustav Luebkert. It has become one of the largest trade unions in the United State ...

. The motto also appears on the original 1925 flag of the

Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Founded in 1925, The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP) was the first labor organization led by African Americans to receive a charter in the American Federation of Labor (AFL). The BSCP gathered a membership of 18,000 passenger railwa ...

, the labor union of African-American

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porters founded by civil rights leader

A. Philip Randolph Asa Philip Randolph (April 15, 1889 – May 16, 1979) was an American labor unionist and civil rights activist. In 1925, he organized and led the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the first successful African-American led labor union. In ...

. The College of Engineering, Guindy in Chennai, India and founded in the year 1794 has the phrase "Labor Omnia Vincit" in its logo. This may be the earliest adoption of the phrase by any organization. The motto is used by the Geelong Trades Hall Council in Australia.

Cities, states, and recreation

The phrase is also a frequent motto across many townships, cities, and states. Currently the

state motto Most of the United States' 50 states have a state motto, as do the District of Columbia and 3 of its territories. A motto is a phrase intended to formally describe the general motivation or intention of an organization. State mottos ca ...

of the State of

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and incorporated into its state seal in 1907, the slogan originally appeared on the territorial seal of

Oklahoma Territory The Territory of Oklahoma was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 2, 1890, until November 16, 1907, when it was joined with the Indian Territory under a new constitution and admitted to the Union as th ...

. In addition, it has been known to be the motto of the city of

El Eulma El-Eulma ( ar, العلمة) is a city in Algeria, located 210 miles east of the capital Algiers. It is the second-largest city in Sétif Province with a population of 305,130 (1998 census). In the French colonial period the city was known as ''S ...

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as shown on its

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, of the towns and cities of

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West Bromwich West Bromwich ( ) is a market town in the borough of Sandwell, West Midlands, England. Historically part of Staffordshire, it is north-west of Birmingham. West Bromwich is part of the area known as the Black Country, in terms of geography, ...

, and

Ilkeston Ilkeston is a town in the Borough of Erewash, Derbyshire, England, on the River Erewash, from which the borough takes its name, with a population at the 2011 census of 38,640. Its major industries, coal mining, iron working and lace making/texti ...

in England, the motto of

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and the state motto of

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granted by King Phillip II in 1588 and the city of León,

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, and in the city of Presidente Prudente,

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as well as the city of Polokwane, formerly known as Pietersburg in South Africa. It is the motto of

Carlton Cricket Club Carlton Cricket Club is an Australian cricket team that competes in the Victorian Premier Cricket competition. The club was formed in 1864 and plays its home matches at Princes Park in North Carlton. Known as the Blues, Carlton has won ten First ...

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. It is also the motto of

Kajang High School The Kajang High School (Malay: ''Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Tinggi Kajang''), better known by its abbreviation of KHS in English and SMKTK in Bahasa Malaysia, is a national secondary school (''Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan'') in Kajang, Hulu La ...

and St Jago High School (Jamaica) as well as Mitchell High School in Durban, South Africa. It is a slogan of the football clubs Rasta IL in Norway and Luton Borough Youth in England. The phrase can be seen written in the golden letters on the so-called ''Kroch-Hochhaus'' in the center of German city

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. It is also the motto of

West Bromwich Albion FC West Bromwich Albion Football Club () is an English professional football club based in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. The club was formed in 1878 and has ...

• In cinema this slogan was used in a landmark French picture "Le Voyage dans la lune" or "A Trip To The Moon" a silent film brought to life in 1902 by director Georges Méliès. This is a classic vision about a group of men venturing to the moon and back. The scene in which the slogan is depicted comes at the end when they return to earth. Celebrating the triumph, a statue is brought forth with a scholar pointing to the heavens with the word SCIENCE surrounded by olive branches on the base, above this states the term LABOR • OMNIA • VINCIT

Educational institutions

Many educational institutions have adopted the phrase as a motto, including:

Africa

*Bhujoharry College (Boys), Port Louis, Mauritius *Flintstone Engineering,

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Addis Ababa (; am, አዲስ አበባ, , new flower ; also known as , lit. "natural spring" in Oromo), is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. It is also served as major administrative center of the Oromia Region. In the 2007 census, t ...

*Universidade A Politecnica, Maputo, Mozambique ;Angola *Moçâmedes, est. 1840, Angola ;South Africa *H. T. S. Loiue Botha,

Bloemfontein, South Africa Bloemfontein, ( ; , "fountain of flowers") also known as Bloem, is one of South Africa's three capital cities and the capital of the Free State province. It serves as the country's judicial capital, along with legislative capital Cape Town ...

*High School Westonaria,

Westonaria Westonaria is a town in the west of Gauteng province of South Africa. It is situated in the Rand West City Local Municipality, part of the West Rand District Municipality. During the apartheid era, Africans lived outside town in Bekkersdal, Gaute ...

, Gauteng, South Africa Mitchell High School, Durban, South Africa ;Ghana (West Africa) * St. Augustine's College (Cape Coast), Ghana ;Kenya ( Eastern Africa) *Menengai High School, Nakuru Kenya *Mombasa Technical Training Institute, Mombasa Kenya ;Lesotho (Southern Africa) *Mamathe High School, Teya-teyaneng, Berea, Lesotho ;Nigeria (West Africa) *Offa Grammar School, Offa, Kwara State, Nigeria ;South Africa *Robert Carruthers Primary School, Witbank, Mpumalanga, South Africa *Tshepagalang High School Northwest

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;Zambia (Southern Africa) *St Paul's Mulungushi Secondary School, Kabwe, Zambia, founded in 1960 by Marist Brothers.

Asia

*The Elite's Co-Ed School, Kathmandu, Nepal *

Greenwich University, Karachi The Greenwich University or GU ( ur, ) is a private research university located in the residential beach neighborhood DHA Karachi, Karachi, Sindh in Pakistan. It is recognized by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) as an autonomous degree-a ...

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

;Hong Kong *

Queen's College, Hong Kong Queen's College () is a sixth form college for boys with a secondary school and the first public secondary school founded in Hong Kong by the British colonial government. It was initially named The Government Central School () in 1862 and la ...

*St. Simon's Lui Ming Choi Secondary Technical School ;India *Albany Hall Public School, Kolkata, India *

College of Engineering, Guindy The College of Engineering, Guindy (CEG) is a public engineering college in Chennai, India and is Asia's oldest technical institution, founded in 1794. It is also the oldest technical institution to be established outside Europe. History Due ...

, Chennai, India * Government Aizawl College, Aizawl, India *

Grant Medical College The Grant Government Medical College, Mumbai, is a public medical college, affiliated to the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences. Founded in 1845, it is one of the oldest institutions teaching medicine in South Asia. Its clinical affil ...

Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...

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* Indus Academy, Hyderabad, India *

Kohima Science College The Kohima Science College, Jotsoma (KSCJ) is an autonomous government institute for undergraduate and postgraduate science education located at Jotsoma in the state of Nagaland, India. The college was established in 1961 with science educatio ...

, Jotsoma, India *St. John's Senior Secondary School,

Meerut Meerut (, IAST: ''Meraṭh'') is a city in Meerut district of the western part of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The city lies northeast of the national capital New Delhi, within the National Capital Region and west of the state capital ...

* St. Joseph's Higher Secondary School, Cuddalore, India *St. Jude's School, Amritsar, India * St. Kabir Public School, Chandigarh, India *

St. Mary's Convent High School, Nainital St. Mary's Convent College, often informally referred to simply as Ramnee, is an all-girls boarding school located in Nainital, Kumaon at an altitude of above MSL amidst the Kumaon Hills, that provides private school education to girls from ...

, India *

St. Sebastian Goan High School St. Sebastian Goan High School is co-ed English language, English medium school in Mumbai, recognized by the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, Maharashtra State Board of Education. A Christian school founded i ...

, Mumbai, India *

Sydenham College Sydenham College of Economics is a college located in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is affiliated to the Dr. Homi Bhabha State University. The college offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in management. It was awarded a re-accreditat ...

, Mumbai, India ;Malaysia *Gajah Berang Secondary English School,

Malacca Malacca ( ms, Melaka) is a state in Malaysia located in the southern region of the Malay Peninsula, next to the Strait of Malacca. Its capital is Malacca City, dubbed the Historic City, which has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site si ...

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Kajang Kajang is a town in Hulu Langat District, Selangor, Malaysia. Kajang, along with much of Hulu Langat District, is governed by the Kajang Municipal Council. Kajang town is located on the eastern banks of the Langat River. It is surrounded by ...

Selangor Selangor (; ), also known by its Arabic language, Arabic honorific Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity", is one of the 13 Malaysian states. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the east ...

, Malaysia *Sekolah Menengah Gajah Berang, Melaka, Malaysia *

St. Xavier's Institution , motto_translation = Labour Conquers All , streetaddress = Farquhar Street, , city = George Town , state = Penang , postcode = 10200 , country = Ma ...

Penang Penang ( ms, Pulau Pinang, is a Malaysian state located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia, by the Malacca Strait. It has two parts: Penang Island, where the capital city, George Town, is located, and Seberang Perai on the Malay ...

, Malaysia ;Singapore *Montfort Secondary School *

Outram Secondary School Outram Secondary School is a co-educational government secondary school in Singapore. Founded in 1906 as Outram Road School, and later Outram School, it is one of the oldest schools in Singapore. It is also the only government school in Singapore ...

* St. Gabriel's Secondary School ;Sri Lanka *

Royal College Colombo Royal College, Colombo is a selective entry boys' school located in Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Started as a private school by Rev Joseph Marsh in 1835, it was established as the Colombo Academy by Sir Robert Wilmot-Horton in Janua ...

Royal College Wayamba, Kurunegala Royal College Wayamba, Kurunegala ( si, වයඹ රාජකීය විද්‍යාලය; also known as Wayamba Royal College) is a national school in Kurunegala, Established in February 1993 Sri Lanka. Current students of the school are k ...

;Thailand *Assumption College Lampang, Thailand *Assumption College Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand *Assumption College Rayong, Thailand *

Assumption College Samutprakarn Assumption College Samutprakarn ( th, โรงเรียนอัสสัมชัญสมุทรปราการ) (formerly Assumption College Samrong th, โรงเรียนอัสสัมชัญสำโรง) is a private ...

, Thailand *

Assumption College Sriracha Assumption College Sriracha (ACS) is a private, Catholic-run school on the Eastern Seaboard of Thailand, in Si Racha District, Chonburi Province. The campus covers , and has play spaces, football pitches, a swimming pool, and a sports stadium. ...

, Thailand *

Assumption College Assumption College may refer to these educational institutions: Australia * Assumption College, Kilmore, Victoria * Assumption College, Warwick, Queensland Canada * Assumption University (Windsor, Ontario) (formerly Assumption College) * Assumpt ...

, Thailand *

Assumption College Thonburi Assumption College Thonburi ( th, โรงเรียนอัสสัมชัญธนบุรี) is a private Catholic school located in Bangkok, Thailand. It is the eighth private school founded by the St. Gabriel Foundation in Thailand. ...

, Thailand *Assumption College Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand *Assumption Commercial College, Thailand *Assumption Technical School Nakhon Phanom, Thailand *

Assumption University of Thailand Assumption University (Thaiมหาวิทยาลัยอัสสัมชัญ RTGS: Mahawitthayalai Assumption, abbreviated ABAC) also referred to by its acronym AU is a private, Catholic, research higher education institution in Ban ...

, Thailand *

Montfort College Montfort College ( th, มงฟอร์ตวิทยาลัย) is a private Catholic school in Chiang Mai, Thailand. History The Brothers of St. Gabriel came to Chiang Mai and established Montfort Primary School in 1932 along Charoen Pr ...

Chiang Mai Chiang Mai (, from th, เชียงใหม่ , nod, , เจียงใหม่ ), sometimes written as Chiengmai or Chiangmai, is the largest city in northern Thailand, the capital of Chiang Mai province and the second largest city in ...

Thailand *

Saint Gabriel's College Saint Gabriel's College ( th, โรงเรียนเซนต์คาเบรียล) is a private Catholic all-boys school in Bangkok, Thailand. The school was founded by the Brothers of Saint Gabriel in 1920. The school educates stud ...

, Thailand *St. Louis College Chachoengsao, Thailand

Europe

;Finland *Hämeenlinnan Lyseo,

Hämeenlinna Hämeenlinna (; sv, Tavastehus; krl, Hämienlinna; la, Tavastum or ''Croneburgum'') is a city and municipality of about inhabitants in the heart of the historical province of Tavastia and the modern province of Kanta-Häme in the south of F ...

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*Iisalmen Lyseo,

Iisalmi Iisalmi (; sv, Idensalmi) is a town and municipality in the region of Northern Savonia in Finland. It is located north of Kuopio and south of Kajaani. The municipality has a population of (), which makes it the second largest of the five towns ...

, Finland ;Romania *

Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy ( ro, Universitatea de Medicină și Farmacie „Carol Davila”) or University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest, commonly known by the abbreviation UMFCD, is a public health sciences university i ...

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...

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Superior Economic School (College), Bucharest, Romania ;Spain *Academia Cots,

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*Academia Cots,

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, Spain *Academia Cots,

Lleida Lleida (, ; Spanish: Lérida ) is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital city of the province of Lleida. Geographically, it is located in the Catalan Central Depression. It is also the capital city of the Segrià comarca, as ...

, Spain *Academia Cots,

Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, Valencia and the Municipalities of Spain, third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is ...

, Spain *, (UDIMA), Madrid, Spain ;United Kingdom *

Altrincham Grammar School for Boys Altrincham Grammar School for Boys is a boys' grammar school in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England. Admissions The school is a fully selective non-fee paying grammar school with admission via an entrance exam. Its previous status as a fo ...

, Altrincham, Greater Manchester *Barnardiston Hall Preparatory School, Nr Haverhill, Suffolk *

Cheltenham College ("Work Conquers All") , established = , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent School Day and Boarding School , religion = Church of England , president = , head_label = Head , head = Nicola Huggett ...

, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire *Collingwood School, Wallington, London Borough of Sutton, South London *

Elmfield College Elmfield College, York (1864–1932), originally called Connexional College or Jubilee College (or School) in honour of the Primitive Methodist Silver Jubilee in 1860, was a Primitive Methodist college on the outskirts of Heworth, York, Engla ...

(1863–1932), Heworth, York *

Hamilton Academy Hamilton Academy was a school in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The school was described as "one of the finest schools in Scotland" in the Cambridge University Press County Biography of 1910, and was featured in a 1950 Scottish Seconda ...

, Hamilton, Lanarkshire *

Ilkeston Grammar School Ilkeston is a town in the Borough of Erewash, Derbyshire, England, on the River Erewash, from which the borough takes its name, with a population at the 2011 census of 38,640. Its major industries, coal mining, iron working and lace making/texti ...

, Ilkeston, Derbyshire * Kettlethorpe High School, Maths And Computing College, Wakefield, West Yorkshire. *

Midhurst Grammar School Midhurst Grammar School was a grammar school and later a comprehensive upper school in Midhurst, West Sussex. The school served pupils aged 11 to 18 who usually joined the school from one of the local intermediate schools. It was replaced in 200 ...

, Midhurst, West Sussex *

Strathallan School Strathallan School is an independent boarding and day school in Scotland for boys and girls aged 7–18. The school has a campus at Forgandenny, a few miles south of Perth. School roll The school has 73 full-time staff, and 18 part-time staff ...

, Forgandenny, Perthshire *

Strathaven Academy Strathaven Academy is a non-denominational secondary school in Strathaven, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. History In 1902, Avondale School Board decided to merge two local primary schools; Crosshill and Ballgreen and create a new "Academy". The ...

, Strathaven, Lanarkshire *

The Eastwood School The Eastwood Academy (formerly The Eastwood School) is a secondary school in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. Notable pupils Celtic Celtic, Celtics or Keltic may refer to: Language and ethnicity *pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peo ...

, Leigh On sea, Essex *Tredworth Junior School, Tredworth, Gloucester, Gloucestershire *

Villiers High School Villiers High School is a co-educational 11–18 school and sixth form in the Southall area of the west London borough of Ealing. The school is situated in Boyd Avenue, in the heart of Southall. Aruna Sharma was appointed Headteacher in September ...

, Southall, London Borough of Ealing, West London *

Ysgol Bro Gwaun Ysgol Bro Gwaun (formerly Fishguard County Secondary School) is a secondary comprehensive school in the town of Fishguard in north Pembrokeshire. It is a predominantly English-medium school with significant use of Welsh, and has a catchment area ...

, Fishguard, Pembrokeshire Turkey *

American Collegiate Institute Founded in 1878, the American Collegiate Institute ( tr, Özel İzmir Amerikan Koleji), referred to by the acronym ACI, is a private co-educational high school in Goztepe, İzmir, Turkey. ACI was founded, and is now run, by the charity foundation ...

Debate Club, Izmir

North America

;Canada *Ashton College, Vancouver, BC *

Barrie Central Collegiate Institute Barrie Central Collegiate Institute was a public secondary school (Grades 9-12+) located in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. It was the oldest secondary school in Simcoe County. The school provided a variety of curricular and extracurricular activities, i ...

, Barrie, Ontario *

Brockville Collegiate Institute Brockville Collegiate Institute (BCI) is a Brockville public intermediate and high school that follows the Ontario curriculum. The French immersion and extended core French programs involve approximately 125 students in grades 9–12. Business, ma ...

, Brockville, Ontario *Brooks Composite High School, Brooks, AB *Elliot Lake Secondary School - ELSS, Elliot Lake, Ontario *Gloucester High School, Ottawa, Ontario *Hamiota Collegiate Institute, Hamiota, MB *Hants East Rural High School, Milford, NS *Hartland High School, Hartland, New Brunswick * Huntsville High School, Huntsville, ON *

Liverpool Regional High School Liverpool Regional High School (LRHS) is a secondary school located in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada. LRHS is part of the South Shore Regional School Board The South Shore Regional Centre for Education (SSRCE) is the public school board res ...

, Liverpool, Nova Scotia *Naicam High School, Naicam, Saskatchewan *

Newmarket High School Newmarket High School is a secondary school located in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada. It is one of four high schools in Newmarket under the jurisdiction of the York Region District School Board and currently educates approximately 1400 students from ...

, Newmarket, Ontario *

North Toronto Collegiate Institute North Toronto Collegiate Institute (North Toronto CI, NTCI, NT, or North Toronto) is a non-semestered, public high school institution with over 1,200 students located in North Toronto area of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The school is operated and ...

, Toronto, Ontario *

Paris District High School Paris District High School (PDHS) is a regional high school in Paris, Ontario, Canada. The school was built in 1923, replacing the previous grammar school which had been built in 1858, and was known officially as Paris High School until a large ad ...

, Paris, Ontario *

Queen Elizabeth Junior and Senior High School (Calgary) Queen Elizabeth High School (QEHS) is a Canadian public combined junior and senior high school in Calgary, Alberta, which teaches grades 7 through 12. The junior (7–9) and senior high (10–12) programs share a common principal, many teachers ...

, Alberta *Rosemount High School, Montreal, Quebec *Saugeen District Secondary School, Port Elgin, Ontario *St. Catharines Collegiate, Ontario *St. John's School, St. Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec *Whitehorse High School, Whitehorse, Yukon (closed in 1962) *W.L. Seaton Secondary School, Vernon, BC ;Caribbean and Central America *Bahamas Baptist Community College,

Nassau, Bahamas Nassau ( ) is the capital and largest city of the Bahamas. With a population of 274,400 as of 2016, or just over 70% of the entire population of the Bahamas, Nassau is commonly defined as a primate city, dwarfing all other towns in the country. ...

*Escuela Agrìcola Panamericana

Zamorano The Zamorano Pan-American Agricultural School ( es, link=no, Escuela Agrícola Panamericana Zamorano), generally known as ''El Zamorano'' or ''Zamorano'', is a private, coeducational university located in the valley of the Yeguare river, Hond ...

Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...

Zamorano Pan-American Agricultural School The Zamorano Pan-American Agricultural School ( es, link=no, Escuela Agrícola Panamericana Zamorano), generally known as ''El Zamorano'' or ''Zamorano'', is a private university, private, coeducational university located in the valley of the ...

* Merl Grove High School

Kingston, Jamaica Kingston is the capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and the Norman Manley Inter ...

*Rusea's High School, Lucea, Jamaica *

Saltus Grammar School Saltus Grammar School, founded in 1880, is an independent school in Pembroke Parish, Bermuda. It was a boys' school until 1992, when it became co-educational. It has two campuses, one for the Lower Primary (Foundation - Year 2) and one for the U ...

, Pembroke,

Bermuda ) , anthem = "God Save the King" , song_type = National song , song = " Hail to Bermuda" , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , mapsize2 = , map_caption2 = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = , e ...

*San Juan Senior Comprehensive, Trinidad *

St. Jago High School St. Jago High School (formerly Beckford & Smith) in Spanish Town, St Catherine, Jamaica, founded in 1744, is one of the oldest, continuously operated schools in the Western Hemisphere. It is renowned for graduating some of Jamaica's senior mil ...

Spanish Town Spanish Town ( jam, label=Jamaican Creole, Panish Tong) is the capital and the largest town in the parish of St. Catherine in the historic county of Middlesex, Jamaica. It was the Spanish and British capital of Jamaica from 1534 until 1872. Th ...

, Jamaica *The Convent High School, Roseau,

Commonwealth of Dominica Dominica ( or ; Kalinago language, Kalinago: ; french: Dominique; Dominican Creole French: ), officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. The capital, Roseau, is located on the western side of the island. It ...

*Zeta Mu Gamma Fraternity,

Mayagüez, Puerto Rico Mayagüez (, ) is a city and the eighth-largest municipality in Puerto Rico. It was founded as Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria de Mayagüez, and is also known as ''La Sultana del Oeste'' (The Sultaness of the West), ''Ciudad de las Aguas Pura ...

;Mexico *Benemérita Escuela Normal Federalizada de Tamaulipas (BENFT),

Ciudad Victoria Ciudad Victoria () is the seat of the Municipality of Victoria, and the capital of the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. It is located in the northeast of Mexico at the foot of the Sierra Madre Oriental. It borders the municipality of Güémez to ...

Tamaulipas Tamaulipas (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tamaulipas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas), is a state in the northeast region of Mexico; one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal Entiti ...

*Instituto Salvatierra, A.C.,

Mexicali Mexicali (; ) is the capital city of the Mexican state of Baja California. The city, seat of the Mexicali Municipality, has a population of 689,775, according to the 2010 census, while the Calexico–Mexicali metropolitan area is home to 1,000, ...

Baja California Baja California (; 'Lower California'), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California), is a state in Mexico. It is the northernmost and westernmost of the 32 federal entities of Mex ...

;United States *Alpha Phi Tau Fraternity,

Heidelberg College Heidelberg University is a private university in Tiffin, Ohio. Founded in 1850, it was known as Heidelberg College until 1889 and from 1926 to 2009. It is affiliated with the United Church of Christ. History Heidelberg University was founded b ...

, Tiffin, Ohio *Beverly High School Lacrosse Team,

Beverly, Massachusetts Beverly is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, and a suburb of Boston. The population was 42,670 at the time of the 2020 United States Census. A resort, residential, and manufacturing community on the Massachusetts North Shore, Beverly incl ...

Centenary College of Louisiana Centenary College of Louisiana is a private liberal arts college in Shreveport, Louisiana. The college is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Founded in 1825, it is the oldest chartered liberal arts college west of the Mississippi Rive ...

, Shreveport, Louisiana *

Columbia City High School Columbia City High School is a public high school located in Columbia City, Indiana. Notable Alumni * Jim Banks - U.S. representative for Indiana's 3rd congressional district * Hannah Schaefer - Christian musician * Cleon H. Foust - Thirty-s ...

, Columbia City, Indiana *

Fessenden School The Fessenden School is an independent day (Pre-K – Grade 9) and boarding school (Grades 5 – 9) for boys, founded in 1903 by Frederick J. Fessenden as a school for the intellectually gifted, and located at 250 Waltham Street, West Newton, ...

, West Newton, Massachusetts *Gardner High School, Gardner, Massachusetts *

Loudon High School Loudon is a city in and the county seat of Loudon County, Tennessee, United States. Its population was 6,001 at the 2020 census. It is included in the Knoxville, Tennessee Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city is located in East Tennessee, so ...

, Loudon, Tennessee * Mount Saint Joseph Academy, Brighton, Massachusetts * Peter Donahue

Mechanics Monument The ''Mechanics Monument'', also known as ''The Mechanics'', ''Mechanics Statue'', or ''Mechanics Fountain'' since it originally featured as the centerpiece of a pool of water at the base during the first five years, is a bronze sculpture group ...

, San Francisco, California * The Potomac School, McLean, Virginia *

Prosser Career Academy Charles A. Prosser Career Academy (formerly known as Charles A. Prosser Vocational High School) is a public 4–year vocational high school located in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood on the northwest side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Pro ...

, Chicago, Illinois *

Puyallup High School Puyallup High School is a high school in the Puyallup School District in Pierce County, Washington, commonly referred to as PHS. History Founded in 1890 as Central High School, the first nine students graduated from the school in 1893. In 1902, ...

Puyallup Puyallup may refer to: * Puyallup (tribe), a Native American tribe * Puyallup, Washington, a city ** Puyallup High School ** Puyallup School District ** Puyallup station, a Sounder commuter rail station ** Washington State Fair, formerly the Puya ...

Washington Washington commonly refers to: * Washington (state), United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A metonym for the federal government of the United States ** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered on ...

Storer College Storer College was a historically black college in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, that operated from 1867 to 1955. A national icon for Black Americans, in the town where the 'end of American slavery began', as Frederick Douglass famously put i ...

Harpers Ferry, West Virginia Harpers Ferry is a historic town in Jefferson County, West Virginia. It is located in the lower Shenandoah Valley. The population was 285 at the 2020 census. Situated at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers, where the U.S. stat ...

(closed in 1965) *

Sumter High School Sumter High School is a co-educational four-year public high school serving grades 9 through 12 in Sumter School District located in the south side of Sumter, South Carolina, United States. With an enrollment of approximately 2,300 students, Sumt ...

, Sumter, South Carolina

Oceania

*Suva Sangam College,

Suva Suva () is the capital and largest city of Fiji. It is the home of the country's largest metropolitan area and serves as its major port. The city is located on the southeast coast of the island of Viti Levu, in Rewa Province, Central Divi ...

, Fiji Islands ;Australia * Birdwood High School, SA Australia *Bourke High School, Australia *Captains Flat Public School, NSW Australia *Dubbo Public School, NSW, Australia *

Glenunga International High School Glenunga International High School (GIHS), formerly Glenunga High School (GHS), is a publicly-funded international school in Adelaide, South Australia. It is located approximately south-east of the Adelaide city centre in the suburb of Glenun ...

, Australia *Hagley Farm Primary School, Tasmania, Australia *

Hampton Senior High School Hampton Senior High School is an Independent public co-educational high day school, located in the Perth suburb of Morley, Western Australia. History In August 1965, the Department of Education announced that a school would open in Hampton ...

, Morley, Western Australia *Kapunda High School, Kapunda, SA, Australia *

Liverpool Boys High School , motto_translation = Work conquers all , location = ,South Western Sydney, New South Wales , country = Australia , coordinates = , pushpin_map = Australia Sydney , pushpin ...

, NSW Australia *

Liverpool Girls High School Liverpool Girls High School (LGHS) is a public high school for girls in Liverpool, Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east ...

, NSW Australia * Maitland Grossmann High School, Australia *Malanda State High, QLD Australia Maleny State School, QLD Australia *Muswellbrook High School, New South Wales, Australia *Paddington Public School, Sydney, Australia. *Panania Public School, Sydney, Australia *Peterborough High School, Peterborough, SA - Australia * Princes Street Primary School, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia *

Roseville College , motto_translation = Truth Conquers All , established = 1908 , type = Independent, single-sex, day school , denomination = Anglican , slogan = , principal = Deb Magill , city = Rosevill ...

, Sydney, Australia *

Shepparton High School Shepparton High School (SHS) was a public high school in Shepparton, Victoria, Australia. It opened in 1909 as Shepparton Agricultural High School – the first high school in Shepparton and one of the first public high schools in Victoria. It c ...

, Victoria, Australia *

Sydney Girls High School , motto_translation = Work Conquers All , location = Moore Park, Sydney, New South Wales , country = Australia , coordinates = , pushpin_map = Australia Sydney#New South Wales#Australia , established = , type = Governmen ...

, Australia *Wellington High School, Wellington, NSW - Australia *Windellama Public School, New South Wales, Australia ;New Zealand *

Geraldine High School Geraldine ( mi, Heratini) is a town in the Canterbury region in the South Island of New Zealand. It is about 140 km south of Christchurch, and inland from Timaru, which is 38 km to the south. Geraldine is located on State Highway 79 b ...

South America

*The Bishops' High School, Guyana ;Argentina *Balmoral College, Buenos Aires, Argentina *Escuela Nº 1 Dalmacio Vélez Sarsfield, Concordia,

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

*Instituto San José de Morón, Buenos Aires,

;Brazil *Instituto Mairiporã - Thomaz Cruz,

Mairiporã Mairiporã is a Brazilian municipality in São Paulo state. It is part of the São Paulo metropolitan area. The population is 101,937 (2020 est.) in an area of 321 km². History It became a municipality in 1889, separating from Guarulhos, ...

Macarani Macarani is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil. As of 2020, Macarani had a population of 18,909. See also *List of municipalities in Bahia This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Bahia (BA), loc ...

Brasília Brasília (; ) is the federal capital of Brazil and seat of government of the Federal District. The city is located at the top of the Brazilian highlands in the country's Central-West region. It was founded by President Juscelino Kubitsche ...

, Brazil ;Chile *City of

Punta Arenas Punta Arenas (; historically Sandy Point in English) is the capital city of Chile's southernmost region, Magallanes and Antarctica Chilena. The city was officially renamed as Magallanes in 1927, but in 1938 it was changed back to "Punta Aren ...

Chilean Gendarmerie The Chilean Gendarmerie ( es, Gendarmería de Chile), (abbreviated to ''GENCHI'') is the title of Chile's uniformed national prison service military . The title is historic, Shorter Oxford English Dictionary describes a gendarme as "a soldier wh ...

Instituto Nacional General José Miguel Carrera Instituto Nacional General José Miguel Carrera, often shortened to Instituto Nacional (National Institute), is a public boys' school in downtown Santiago, Chile which teaches 4.400 students between 7th and 12th grade. 170 teachers are employed. ...

, Santiago, Chile *Liceo de Hombres Manuel Montt, Puerto Montt, Chile *Primera Compañia de Bomberos, Concepción, Chile (A firefighters company) *Saint Peter's School,

Viña del Mar Viña del Mar (; meaning "Vineyard of the Sea") is a city and commune on central Chile's Pacific coast. Often referred to as ("The Garden City"), Viña del Mar is located within the Valparaíso Region, and it is Chile's fourth largest city w ...

, Chile ;Ecuador *Academia Naval Illingworth, Guayaquil, Ecuador ;Peru *Peruvian Northamerican Abraham Lincoln School,

Lima Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of t ...

Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal , national_motto = "Fi ...

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