Titchfield High School is a secondary high school in Port Antonio, Jamaica,[1] in the northern part of Portland Parish.[2] The school was established in January 1786, and is the fifth-oldest high school in the country, after Wolmer's Boys', one of the Wolmer's Schools (1729), Manning's School (1738), St. Jago High School (1744), and Rusea's High School (1777). In the 18th century, these schools originated from their benefactors’ concerns for the education of the country’s poor, usually the children of poor whites, as there was no system in place for the education of the children of slaves.[3][4]
| Titchfield High School, Jamaica | |
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| Location | |
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22 Fort George Street, Port Antonio, Jamaica Surrey Jamaica | |
| Coordinates | 18°11′03″N 76°26′58″W / 18.1841°N 76.4494°W |
| Information | |
| School type | Trust/Public |
| Motto | Virtute et eruditione (Latin to English: By virtue and by learning.) |
| Established | 1786 |
| Chairman | Mrs. Fay Neufville |
| Principal | Richard A. Thompson |
| Teaching staff | 101 |
| Grades | 7-13 |
| Language | English (British) |
| Hours in school day | 8.5 |
| Color(s) | Blue and Gold |
| Song | Follow up! Follow up! |
| Nickname | Titch |
| Accreditation | Ministry of Education, Jamaica |
| Newspaper | The Titchfield Peninsular |
| Website | www.titchfieldhigh.com |
In 1883, the Jamaica School Commission took over the management of the school from the school's trust.[3] According to the Alumni Association of Titchfield High, South Florida chapter, as of January 2008, there were 99 teachers for 1949 students in grades 7-13.[5]
Titchfield was the first school to win Inter-Secondary Schools Girls Championships back to back, in 1963 and 1964 (its only two titles).[6] In both 2011 and 2012, the school placed second in Television Jamaica's School Challenge Quiz.[7] In 2016, the team which included Demario Asquitt, Zedan Martin, Tajay Edwards and Rajae Chambers and coached by Mr C. Roberts and Mr A. Sparks won the competition, defeating Campion College in the final match. This was the first win by a rural school in almost two decades and also made them only the 13th school to ever win the competition.[8]
The school has six extra-curricular houses named after the school's past principals and/or outstanding benefactors. They are: Brown, Chin, Geddes, Grossett, Plant and Sherlock.
Alumni
edit- Edward Baugh (born 1936), professor at UWI Mona, poet and scholar[9]
- Donald J. Harris, economist and father of U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris[10]
- Michael Lee-Chin, OJ (born 1951), billionaire business magnate, investor and philanthropist[11]
- Bryan Sykes, OJ, Chief Justice of Jamaica since 2019[12]
- Dever Orgill (born 1990), footballer[13]
References
edit- ^ Jamaica Directory of Educational Institutions 2012-2013 (PDF). p. 11. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ "Titchfield Peninsula". Jamaica National Heritage Trust. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
- ^ a b "5 Oldest High Schools In Jamaica". The Jamaica Gleaner. May 20, 2015. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
- ^ "Titchfield High Celebrates 220 Years". Jamaica Information Service. January 22, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
- ^ "Our Alma Mater". Alumni Association of Titchfield High, South Florida chapter. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
- ^ "Champs School Profile – Titchfield High School". digJamaica.com (Gleaner Company). March 10, 2015. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
- ^ "Titchfield High gracious in defeat". The Gleaner. April 4, 2012.
- ^ "Titchfield High claims 2016 SCQ title". Jamaica Observer. March 31, 2016. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
- ^ Basil Walters (February 2, 2014). "Poetic justice for Baugh". Jamaicaobserver.com. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
- ^ "Kamala Harrus' Jamaican Heritage – Updated – 14.01.2019". Jamaica Global (via archive). Archived from the original on 24 January 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ^ "the man...the mom...the myth". Globeadvisor.com. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
- ^ "Jamaica Observer Limited". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
- ^ "Dever Orgill scores brace, sends IFK Mariehamn top - Sport - JamaicaObserver.com". Jamaicaobserver.com. May 10, 2016. Retrieved January 11, 2017.
External links
edit- Titchfield's Facebook page
- Alumni Association of Titchfield High, South Florida chapter
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