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The day is observed each year. Wolmer\u2019s is the only Jamaican school so recognised.<\/p>\n    <p>The Governor-General hailed the Wolmer\u2019s Trust schools \u2014 Wolmer\u2019s Trust High School for Boys, Wolmer\u2019s Trust High School for Girls, and Wolmer\u2019s Preparatory, Learning and Enrichment Centre \u2014 as being<\/p>\n    <blockquote>among the most distinguished educational institutions in the island, recognised not only for longevity but also for sustained excellence in academics, sports and creative arts.<\/blockquote>\n    <p>The proclamation also applauded the schools for producing<\/p>\n    <blockquote>outstanding sons and daughters of Jamaica in many fields.<\/blockquote>\n    <p>They include former head of state Sir Florizel Glasspole, the third and longest-serving Governor-General of Jamaica and a former minister of education; former Prime Minister Edward Seaga; Amy Jacques Garvey, journalist, publisher and activist; Avis Henriques in business and voluntarism; and Dr Phyllis McPherson Russell in public service and the teaching of mathematics.<\/p>\n    <p class=\"press\">Press of the day, on this site: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/trust-news\/may-21-declared-as-wolmers-day-by-gg\/\">Jamaica Gleaner, 20 May 2019<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/trust-featured\/wolmers-schools-have-their-very-own-day\/\">22 May 2019<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/trust-news\/governor-general-declares-may-21st-wolmers-day\/\">Jamaica Observer, 19 May 2019<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/trust-news\/gg-declares-may-21-wolmers-day\/\">Loop News<\/a>. Photographs: <a href=\"https:\/\/jis.gov.jm\/photos-wolmers-day\/\">JIS<\/a>.<\/p>\n    <div class=\"facts\">\n      <div class=\"fact\"><small>Proclaimed<\/small><b>17 May 2019<\/b><span>King\u2019s House<\/span><\/div>\n      <div class=\"fact\"><small>Observed<\/small><b>21 May<\/b><span>John Wolmer\u2019s will, 1729<\/span><\/div>\n      <div class=\"fact\"><small>At 290<\/small><b>2019<\/b><span>The only Jamaican school so recognised<\/span><\/div>\n      <div class=\"fact\"><small>At 297<\/small><b>2026<\/b><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/300-in-3\/\">The road to 300<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div><\/section>\n\n  <section style=\"padding-top:0\"><div class=\"wrap split\">\n    <figure>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jis-wolmers-day-2019.jpg\" alt=\"Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen and Trust Chair Milton Samuda with the Wolmer\u2019s Day proclamation, King\u2019s House, 17 May 2019\" \/>\n      <figcaption>King\u2019s House, 17 May 2019. Left to right: Karla Small-Dwyer, Milton Samuda, Sir Patrick Allen, Lincoln McIntyre. Photo: Rudranath Fraser \/ JIS.<\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n    <figure>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/proclomation.png\" alt=\"The signed Wolmer\u2019s Day proclamation, 16 May 2019\" \/>\n      <figcaption>The signed proclamation. Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen, 16 May 2019.<\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n  <\/div><\/section>\n\n  <section style=\"padding-top:0\"><div class=\"wrap\">\n    <h2>The years since<\/h2>\n    <div class=\"rule\"><\/div>\n    <p>Thanksgiving, a road march, a lecture, and \u2014 at 297 \u2014 the torch for 300. The official films are on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@WolmersGroup\">@WolmersGroup<\/a>.<\/p>\n    <div class=\"years\">\n      <div class=\"year\"><small>2019 \u00b7 290<\/small><b>Proclaimed<\/b><p>King\u2019s House. The day is named.<\/p><\/div>\n      <div class=\"year\"><small>2020 \u00b7 291<\/small><b>Virtual<\/b><p>Thanksgiving on YouTube. The first filmed observance.<\/p><\/div>\n      <div class=\"year\"><small>2021\u201323<\/small><b>Thanksgiving<\/b><p>The Trust invited the schools to church. No official film survives on the channel.<\/p><\/div>\n      <div class=\"year\"><small>2024 \u00b7 295<\/small><b>Road march<\/b><p>Heroes\u2019 Park. Wynter announces the 300 programme.<\/p><\/div>\n      <div class=\"year\"><small>2025 \u00b7 296<\/small><b>Lecture<\/b><p>Thanksgiving, then the Class of \u201985 lecture series.<\/p><\/div>\n      <div class=\"year\"><small>2026 \u00b7 297<\/small><b>The torch<\/b><p>Douglas Orane Auditorium. The road to 300 is set in motion.<\/p><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div><\/section>\n\n  <section style=\"padding-top:0\"><div class=\"wrap\">\n    <h2>The films<\/h2>\n    <div class=\"rule\"><\/div>\n    <div class=\"yt-grid\">\n      <div class=\"panel\">\n        <iframe title=\"Wolmer\u2019s Day 2020 Virtual Thanksgiving Service\"\n          src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2vea2nqBB6Q\"\n          height=\"360\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\"\n          allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"yt-side\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TareY3thw0w\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/TareY3thw0w\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n          <div>\n            <small>21 May 2024 \u00b7 @WolmersGroup<\/small>\n            <h3>295th Thanksgiving Service<\/h3>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/a>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zFmMZ6-7rY4\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/zFmMZ6-7rY4\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n          <div>\n            <small>June 2024 \u00b7 highlight<\/small>\n            <h3>The Legacy of Excellence Continues<\/h3>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/a>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=POKXB4Zr0AI\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/POKXB4Zr0AI\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n          <div>\n            <small>20 May 2025 \u00b7 @WolmersGroup<\/small>\n            <h3>296 Thanksgiving Service<\/h3>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/a>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=R0Ic4AQwRZM\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/R0Ic4AQwRZM\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n          <div>\n            <small>21 May 2025 \u00b7 Class of \u201985<\/small>\n            <h3>Wolmer\u2019s Day Lecture Series<\/h3>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <p class=\"note\" style=\"margin-top:14px\">The 2020 service is the first official film of the day. The later streams are the thanksgiving services of 2024 and 2025, a 295 highlight cut, and the 2025 lecture. There is no finished @WolmersGroup film of 2026.<\/p>\n  <\/div><\/section>\n\n  <section style=\"padding-top:0\"><div class=\"wrap\">\n    <h2>295 \u00b7 the road march<\/h2>\n    <div class=\"rule\"><\/div>\n    <p>On 21 May 2024 the three schools marched maroon and gold around National Heroes\u2019 Park. Thanksgiving was at 8 a.m. in the Girls\u2019 Lower School Hall. Courtney Wynter, chairman of the joint board of management, announced the Wolmer\u2019s 300 Technology and Multimedia Expansion Programme \u2014 sixteen rooms, a lecture hall, ICT laboratories, a studio, a STEAM centre. He called it the largest single investment in the schools\u2019 infrastructure.<\/p>\n    <p>The Jamaica Observer filmed the march and printed the announcement the next day.<\/p>\n    <a class=\"acard\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/trust-news\/maroon-and-gold-pride-wolmers-schools-celebrate-295-years\/\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/pride295-2024-feat.jpg\" alt=\"Wolmer\u2019s Girls\u2019 teacher Nadine Clarke celebrates Wolmer\u2019s Day and the 295th anniversary. Photo: Karl McLarty \/ Jamaica Observer\" \/>\n      <div class=\"pad\">\n        <small>22 May 2024 \u00b7 Jamaica Observer<\/small>\n        <h3>Maroon and gold pride<\/h3>\n        <p>The 295th anniversary, the road march, and the 300 programme. Reprint on this site. Observer film: <span>Proud Wolmerians celebrate 295 years<\/span>.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/a>\n    <p class=\"note\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/trust-news\/watch-proud-wolmerians-celebrate-295-years\/\">WATCH: Proud Wolmerians<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C7N4wqOuU2Y\/\">@wolmersschools, 20 May 2024<\/a><\/p>\n  <\/div><\/section>\n\n  <section style=\"padding-top:0\"><div class=\"wrap\">\n    <h2>296 \u00b7 thanksgiving and a lecture<\/h2>\n    <div class=\"rule\"><\/div>\n    <p>Wolmer\u2019s Week ran 20\u201325 May 2025. Thanksgiving was streamed on 20 May. On Wolmer\u2019s Day itself the Trust held a lecture by the Boys\u2019 Class of 1985. Both films are on the official channel. The national press did not print a 296 write-up.<\/p>\n    <p class=\"note\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=POKXB4Zr0AI\">296 Thanksgiving Service<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=R0Ic4AQwRZM\">Lecture Series<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wolmersgroup\/posts\/fellow-wolmerians-friends-join-us-for-wolmers-week-may-2025we-are-proud-to-celeb\/1089455233228402\/\">wolmersgroup \u00b7 Wolmer\u2019s Week<\/a><\/p>\n  <\/div><\/section>\n\n  <section style=\"padding-top:0\"><div class=\"wrap\">\n    <div class=\"split\">\n      <div>\n        <h2>297 \u00b7 the torch<\/h2>\n        <div class=\"rule\"><\/div>\n        <p>On 21 May 2026, inside the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/auditorium\/\">Douglas Orane Auditorium<\/a>, Wynter set the expansion in motion. Construction on a third storey of the Sixth Form Block began in July 2026, toward the 300th year, 2029. Douglas Orane passed the 300 torch to Principal Dwight Pennycooke. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/sixth-form-block\/\">The work<\/a>.<\/p>\n        <blockquote>\n          Given the local trends in skills development driven by rapid technology changes, the rise of artificial intelligence as a daily necessity, an investment in our economy, Wolmer\u2019s must now position itself for the next 300 years.\n          <div class=\"cite\">Courtney Wynter \u00b7 joint board of management \u00b7 Wolmer\u2019s Day 2026 \u00b7 Jamaica Observer, 22 May 2026<\/div>\n        <\/blockquote>\n        <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/trust-news\/wolmers-celebrates-297-years-with-bold-vision-for-the-future\/\">297 years \u00b7 the road to 300<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/300-in-3\/\">300 in 3<\/a><\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <figure>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/years297-2026-feat.jpg\" alt=\"Douglas Orane takes the torch to Principal Dwight Pennycooke on Wolmer\u2019s Day 2026\" \/>\n        <figcaption>Douglas Orane and Principal Dwight Pennycooke, 21 May 2026. Photo: Garfield Robinson \/ Jamaica Observer.<\/figcaption>\n      <\/figure>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div><\/section>\n\n  <section style=\"padding-top:0\"><div class=\"wrap\">\n    <h2>From the press<\/h2>\n    <div class=\"rule\"><\/div>\n    <p>On this site:<\/p>\n    <a class=\"acard\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/trust-news\/wolmers-celebrates-297-years-with-bold-vision-for-the-future\/\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/years297-2026-feat.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n      <div class=\"pad\"><small>22 May 2026 \u00b7 Jamaica Observer<\/small><h3>297 years<\/h3><p>The torch. The expansion is set in motion.<\/p><\/div>\n    <\/a>\n    <a class=\"acard\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/trust-news\/maroon-and-gold-pride-wolmers-schools-celebrate-295-years\/\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/pride295-2024-feat.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n      <div class=\"pad\"><small>22 May 2024 \u00b7 Jamaica Observer<\/small><h3>Maroon and gold pride<\/h3><p>The road march. Wynter announces the 300 programme.<\/p><\/div>\n    <\/a>\n    <a class=\"acard\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/trust-news\/watch-proud-wolmerians-celebrate-295-years\/\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/pride295-2024-x0.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n      <div class=\"pad\"><small>21 May 2024 \u00b7 Jamaica Observer<\/small><h3>WATCH: Proud Wolmerians<\/h3><p>The 295th anniversary march, with the Observer film.<\/p><\/div>\n    <\/a>\n    <a class=\"acard\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/trust-news\/may-21-declared-as-wolmers-day-by-gg\/\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jis-wolmers-day-2019.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n      <div class=\"pad\"><small>20 May 2019 \u00b7 Jamaica Gleaner<\/small><h3>May 21 declared as Wolmer\u2019s Day<\/h3><p>The proclamation at King\u2019s House.<\/p><\/div>\n    <\/a>\n    <a class=\"acard\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/trust-news\/gg-declares-may-21-wolmers-day\/\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/proclomation.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\n      <div class=\"pad\"><small>20 May 2019 \u00b7 Loop News<\/small><h3>GG declares May 21 Wolmer\u2019s Day<\/h3><p>The signed proclamation, as Loop printed the day.<\/p><\/div>\n    <\/a>\n    <a class=\"acard\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/trust-news\/governor-general-declares-may-21st-wolmers-day\/\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jis-wolmers-day-2019-greet.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n      <div class=\"pad\"><small>19 May 2019 \u00b7 Jamaica Observer<\/small><h3>Governor-General declares May 21st Wolmer\u2019s Day<\/h3><p>Sir Patrick Allen greets Karla Small-Dwyer at King\u2019s House.<\/p><\/div>\n    <\/a>\n    <a class=\"acard\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/trust-featured\/wolmers-schools-have-their-very-own-day\/\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/wolmersa.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n      <div class=\"pad\"><small>22 May 2019 \u00b7 Jamaica Gleaner<\/small><h3>Wolmer\u2019s Schools Have Their Very Own Day<\/h3><p>The hall on the Sunday after the proclamation.<\/p><\/div>\n    <\/a>\n  <\/div><\/section>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wolmer&#8217;s Day Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen (second right) and Chairman of the Wolmer\u2019s Trust, Milton Samuda (second left), holding a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1375","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1375"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1742,"href":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1375\/revisions\/1742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}