Milton Samuda, chairman of the Wolmer\u2019s Trust, in declaring the academic year 2019 to 2020 officially open for the Wolmer\u2019s Boys\u2019 School, last week, reminded parents that \u201cnothing except salvation is free\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Wolmer\u2019s Trust governs Wolmer\u2019s Boys\u2019 and Girls\u2019 Schools as well as Wolmer\u2019s Preparatory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Samuda, an advocate for the optimal delivery of education, exhorted all stakeholders of the Wolmer\u2019s family that \u201cin order to maintain the Wolmer\u2019s tradition of excellence, support in time and financial resources is imperative\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Samuda said this particularly in view of the policy of the Ministry of Education that financial contribution is not compulsory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe will not turn away your child for non-payment. However, what is equally clear is that the Wolmer\u2019s standard exceeds the national standard, and, therefore, we require more money than is provided by the ministry,\u201d Samuda said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trumpet fanfares, solemn oaths taken by parents, teachers, and students for \u201cthe greater glory of Wolmer\u2019s Boys\u2019 School and Jamaica land we love\u201d, a drill performed by white-uniformed marine cadets of the Caribbean Maritime University, and the raising of the national and Wolmer\u2019s flags characterised the opening-of-school ceremony and was a fitting start to the academic year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Samuda, in articulating the position of the school, charged the parents: \u201cYou have sent your son here (Wolmer\u2019s Boys) because of our standards. So if he falls short of them, don\u2019t come here seeking to have us lower them to accommodate him. Rather, work with us to ensure that he improves to meet our standards.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wolmer\u2019s Boys\u2019 School is the oldest school in the Caribbean, having been founded on May 21, 1729, and is the product of John Wolmer, who left the bulk of his estate for the establishment of a free school in the parish of his death.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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