{"id":2581,"date":"2019-05-20T12:46:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-20T12:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/uncategorized\/may-21-declared-as-wolmers-day-by-gg\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T06:38:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T06:38:34","slug":"may-21-declared-as-wolmers-day-by-gg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/trust-news\/may-21-declared-as-wolmers-day-by-gg\/","title":{"rendered":"May 21 declared as Wolmer\u2019s Day by GG"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

by Jamaica Gleaner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 20, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen and Trust Chair Milton Samuda with the Wolmer\u2019s Day proclamation, King\u2019s House, 17 May 2019. Photo: Rudranath Fraser \/ JIS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Governor General Sir Patrick Allen has declared May 21, 2019 as Wolmer\u2019s Day in honour of the Wolmer’s Trust Schools’ 290th anniversary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The proclamation was made on Friday by Sir Patrick at King’s House. The move makes the Wolmer\u2019s Schools the only Jamaican institution that has a day named in its honour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The proclamation hails the Wolmer’s Trust Schools – Wolmer’s Boys, Wolmer’s Girls and Wolmer’s Prep – as being “among the most distinguished educational institutions in the island, and is recognised not only for its longevity, but also for its sustained excellence in academics, sports and creative arts.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It also applauded the school for producing “outstanding sons and daughters of Jamaica in many fields” including 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 \u2013 Jamaica\u2019s longest serving parliamentarian; 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\n\n\n

The school\u2019s contribution to the creative arts was also recognised as mention was made of actor Harry Belafonte, entertainer Sean Paul as well as novelists, Kei Miller and Marlon James.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Wolmer\u2019s Trust Group of Schools owns the title as the oldest school in the English-speaking Caribbean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: Jamaica Gleaner<\/a>, 20 May 2019. 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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