St. Mary's College (popularly known as CIC, which stands for College of the Immaculate Conception) is a government-assisted selective Catholic secondary school situated on Frederick Street in the heart of

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. The school was established in 1863 with only a handful of students, presently, enrollment averages 1200 students inclusive of Forms 1 to Upper 6. The school's motto is "''Virtus et Scientia''" (Manliness and Knowledge). St. Mary's College is a seven-year school that prepares students for the

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(CXC)

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known as "CSEC" at 5th Form and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE) level examinations. The school offers education in a number of fields including the sciences, mathematics, humanities and social sciences. The College also provides opportunities for computer science students, such as artificial intelligence.

Past principals

*Fr. Victor Guilloux 1863–67 *Fr. Francis Xavier Corbet 1867–74 *Fr. Casimir Marcot 1874–76 *Fr. James Brown 1876–92 *Fr. Achilles Lemire 1892–94 *Fr. Nichlas Brennan 1894–95 *Fr. William Carrol 1896–1903 *Fr. John Gerard Neville 1903–10 *Fr. Edward Crehan 1910–20 *Fr. James Lacy 1920–24 *Fr. John English 1925–36 *Fr. James Meenan 1936–50 *Fr. James Brett 1951–59 *Fr. Pedro Valdez 1959–71 *Fr. Arthur Lai Fook 1971–78 *Fr. Anthony de Verteuil 1978–92 *Fr. Anton Dick 1992–99 *Fr. Ronald Mendes 1999–2013 *Nigel Joseph 2013–present

Notable alumni

Ellis Achong Ellis Edgar Achong (16 February 1904 – 29 August 1986) was a sportsman from Trinidad and Tobago in the West Indies. He played cricket for the West Indies and was the first person of known Chinese descent to play in a Test match. Achong was ...

, West Indies Test cricketer * Emmanuel Amoroso, reproductive physiologist and developmental biologist * Sir Ellis Clarke, second and last Governor-General of Trinidad and Tobago and the first President of Trinidad and Tobago. *

Diego Cisneros Diego Jesús Jiménez de Cisneros Bermúdez (September 27, 1911 – July 15, 1980) was a Cuban–born Venezuelan businessman. He founded Grupo Cisneros. Early life Cisneros was born in Havana, Cuba, to parents Diego Jiménez de Cisneros y Go ...

, businessman founder of Grupo Cisneros *

Joshua Da Silva Joshua Da Silva (born 19 June 1998) is a Trinidadian cricketer. He made his domestic debut in 2018 for Trinidad and Tobago, and his international debut for the West Indies cricket team in December 2020. Personal life Da Silva is of Portuguese ...

, West Indies Test cricketer * Wayne A.I. Frederick, MD, President of Howard University *

Ken Gordon Kenneth Gordon (born 1930) is a Trinidadian businessman and former politician. Biography After attending Saint Mary's College in Port of Spain Port of Spain (Spanish: ''Puerto España''), officially the City of Port of Spain (also styl ...

, businessman * Shaka Hislop, football player * John La Rose, publisher and cultural activist * Michael Mooleedhar, filmmaker *

Quintin O'Connor Quintin O'Connor (31 October 1908 – 3 November 1958) was a union leader, activist, and politician in colonial Trinidad and Tobago from the 1930s to the late 1950s. He played an essential role in the institutionalization of unionism in Trinidad ...

, union leader *

George Padmore George Padmore (28 June 1903 – 23 September 1959), born Malcolm Ivan Meredith Nurse, was a leading Pan-Africanist, journalist, and author. He left his native Trinidad in 1924 to study medicine in the United States, where he also joined the Com ...

(1903–1959), pan-Africanist, author * Dr. Joseph Lennox Pawan, MBE, Trinidadian bacteriologist *

Clifford Roach Clifford Archibald Roach (13 March 1904 – 16 April 1988) was a West Indian cricketer who played in West Indies' first Test match in 1928. Two years later, he scored the West Indies' first century in Test matches, followed two matches lat ...

, West Indies Test cricketer * Dr.

Harry Schachter Harry Schachter FRSC (born 25 February 1933 in Vienna, Austria) is a Canadian biochemist and glycobiologist, and professor emeritus at the University of Toronto and the Hospital For Sick Children in Toronto, Canada. Biography Harry Schachter wa ...

, MD, PhD, Canadian biochemist *

Eugene Chen Eugene Chen or Chen Youren (; July 2, 1878, San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago – 20 May 1944, Shanghai), known in his youth as Eugene Bernard Achan, was a Chinese Trinidadian lawyer who in the 1920s became Chinese foreign minister. He was know ...

(1878–1944), Trinidadian-Chinese politician and foreign minister of Republic of China * Jillionaire, DJ and music producer *

Leslie Fitzpatrick Leslie "Tiger" Fitzpatrick (born November 11, 1978 in Port of Spain) is a former Trinidadian soccer player. Career College Fitzpatrick came to the United States to play college soccer, and spent four years at Columbia University, where he was ...

, soccer player.

References

External links

St. Mary's College, College of the Immaculate Conception (CIC)
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