{"id":2003,"date":"2024-05-22T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/uncategorized\/maroon-and-gold-pride-wolmers-schools-celebrate-295-years\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T06:26:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T06:26:54","slug":"maroon-and-gold-pride-wolmers-schools-celebrate-295-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/trust-news\/maroon-and-gold-pride-wolmers-schools-celebrate-295-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Maroon and gold pride \u2014 Wolmer\u2019s Schools celebrate 295 years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

by Jerome Williams | Reporter<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 22, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Wolmer\u2019s
Wolmer\u2019s Girls\u2019 teacher Nadine Clarke celebrates Wolmer\u2019s Day and the 295th anniversary. Photo: Karl McLarty \/ Jamaica Observer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

AS part of its 295th anniversary celebrations, marked by a road march around National Heroes\u2019 Park on Tuesday, the Wolmer\u2019s Group of Schools announced plans to enhance the technological facilities in the group as they look towards the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Established in 1729 by founder and former goldsmith John Wolmer, the educational institution, comprising Wolmer\u2019s Boys and Girls, is renowned as the oldest high school in the English-speaking Caribbean. It is also distinguished as the only school to have received a proclamation from Governor General Sir Patrick Allen in 2019, designating May 21 as Wolmer\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As students, teachers and alumni donned their maroon and gold colours and chanted the schools\u2019 motto around National Heroes\u2019 Park, patrons remained in a celebratory mood despite the persistent heat, frequently proclaiming Wolmer\u2019s as the best all-round school in Jamaica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chairman of the Wolmer\u2019s joint board of management Courtney Wynter announced during a thanksgiving ceremony plans to improve facilities as the group approaches its 300-year milestone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGiven the global trends for certain skills brought on by the rapid change of technology, the advent of artificial intelligence as a mainstay in our daily lives, and the investment in the orange economy, Wolmer\u2019s must now pivot to the next 50 years and prepare its young men and women to meet those demands,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is why within the next couple of months, the Wolmer\u2019s Trust will launch the Wolmer\u2019s 300 Technology and Multimedia Expansion Programme to add a minimum of 16 rooms, including additional classrooms on the sixth form block, a lecture hall, additional ICT labs, a studio and a multimedia STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) centre, all to be outfitted with state of the art learning tools to accommodate an academy,\u201d he announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said these advancements will be the largest single investment in the schools\u2019 infrastructure development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wynter, who described Wolmer\u2019s as the \u201ccr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me\u201d among high schools in Jamaica due to its accomplishments, noted that the schools\u2019 resilient spirit has been the key driving force behind their success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur beloved school [group] is rich in history and has built resilience. We have survived earthquakes, storms, fires and two of the worst pandemics in our history\u2026 Over the last 295 years our beloved school [group] has faced and overcome many challenges. Today, like other educational institutions, we face new challenges with compliance issues, teacher migration and retention, resource constraints and the fast pace of technology, to name a few. The two consistent survival factors, however, are [our] pure culture of resilience and our culture of excellence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added: \u201cDespite our many challenges, the state of the Wolmer\u2019s Group of Schools, ladies and gentlemen, is strong. This is evident with the prep school achieving an average of 85 per cent of their first choice in the PEP examination, while both secondary schools consistently attain top 10 status in CSEC and CAPE examinations while excelling in many extra-curriculum and sporting activities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Wolmerians
Wolmerians celebrate the 295th anniversary, May 21, 2024. Jamaica Observer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Watch related video<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: Jamaica Observer<\/a>, May 22, 2024. Republished for the Wolmer\u2019s Trust community with attribution.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Trust keeps the day here: Wolmer\u2019s Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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