{"id":684,"date":"2019-05-17T04:05:07","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T04:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.agequodagis.org\/wp\/?p=684"},"modified":"2021-06-02T01:03:03","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T01:03:03","slug":"wolmers-schools-have-their-very-own-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/trust-featured\/wolmers-schools-have-their-very-own-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolmer\u2019s Schools Have Their Very Own Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Wolmer\u2019s Trust schools celebrated their 290th anniversary in fine style yesterday, which was declared Wolmer\u2019s Day by Governor General Sir Patrick Allen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The proclamation was made on Friday, May 17, at King\u2019s House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To the delight of those in attendance at the \u00adcelebratory service held at the Kingston Parish Church on Sunday, the proclamation was read by chairman of the Wolmer\u2019s School Board, Lincoln McIntyre. It hailed the Wolmer\u2019s Trust schools \u2013 Wolmer\u2019s Boys\u2019, Wolmer\u2019s Girls\u2019 and Wolmer\u2019s Prep \u2013 as being \u201camong the most distinguished \u00adeducational institutions in the island, recognised not only for longevity but also for sustained excellence in academics, sports and creative arts\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The proclamation also applauded the schools for producing \u201coutstanding sons and daughters of Jamaica in many fields\u201d, 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, one of Jamaica\u2019s longest-serving parliamentarians; 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<p>The Wolmer\u2019s Trust Group of Schools is the oldest school body in the English-speaking Caribbean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Originally Published: <a href=\"http:\/\/jamaica-gleaner.com\/article\/news\/20190522\/wolmers-schools-have-their-very-own-day#slideshow-1\">http:\/\/jamaica-gleaner.com\/article\/news\/20190522\/wolmers-schools-have-their-very-own-day#slideshow-1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jamaica-gleaner.com\/article\/news\/20190520\/may-21-declared-wolmers-day-gg\">http:\/\/jamaica-gleaner.com\/article\/news\/20190520\/may-21-declared-wolmers-day-gg<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img src=\"http:\/\/www.agequodagis.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/wolmersb-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"686\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/www.agequodagis.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/wolmersb-1.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.agequodagis.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=686\" class=\"wp-image-686\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wolmer\u2019s Trust schools celebrated their 290th anniversary in fine style yesterday, which was declared Wolmer\u2019s Day by Governor General [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1502,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[113],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=684"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1503,"href":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684\/revisions\/1503"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}