Morant Bay High School

School

17°53′03″N 76°24′12″W / 17.8843°N 76.4032°W / 17.8843; -76.4032InformationSchool typeSecondaryMottoCarpe Diem
(Seize the Opportunity)Religious affiliation(s)MethodistFoundedJanuary 1961FounderMr. Winston ClarkeSister schoolExcelsior High School (Jamaica)School districtHighbury Rd.Local authorityMinistry of Education & Youth (JM)School number+1 (876) 479-0367ChairmanBishop Christine Gooden-BenguchePrincipalMs. Kerry-Ann Coombs (acting)Head teacherMs. Beverley McDermott (Vice-Principal)Acting headteacherMrs. Marsha Ford-Bryan (Vice-Principal)ChaplainReverend BuchananFaculty10Grades7 to 13GenderCo-EdAge range11-18Enrollment~1300^[1] (2012)Sixth form studentsover 100 • {{{other_grade_label}}}Grades 12 and 13Classes6Average class size40Student to teacher ratio1 : 40LanguageEnglish

French

SpanishHours in school day7hr 10mCampuses1Houses Parkins
Hayden
Jackson
JonesColor(s) Green and WhiteSongLight of the world, from whom all truth proceeding,

Dawns on each heart that humbly seeks thy face, Lowly we wait on Thee, and Thine hand leading, Follow thy guidance to thy holy place.

In thee O lord, had all things find their beginning In thee, at last, shall all things find their end. Thou knowest all; and we our knowledge winning, By thee alone its widening bounds extend.

How marvelous the wonders, Thou has taught us, And still dost teach us each succeeding day! From darkness into light, Thine hands hast brought us, To fuller light directed all our way.

Not ours to know all truth; there lie around us, Unmeasured heights above and depths below, Thee would we know, Thy love which sought and found us, Shall teach all else ‘tis meet that we should know.

Not ours to know all truth; there lie around us,

Unmeasured heights above and depths below,AthleticsYesSportsfootball, netball, track and fieldNicknameMBHSNational ranking14th (88%) (2014)Feeder schoolsLyssons PrimaryGraduates250+AlumniThe Morant Bay High Alumni AssociationWebsitehttps://morantbayhigh.com/v2/Last updated: 2/21/2024

Morant Bay High School in Morant Bay, St Thomas, Jamaica was founded in 1961.^[2]^[3]

At the time of its opening, St Thomas was the last Jamaican parish without a high school.^[3]

The original site was situated on seven or eight acres of land bought from the Methodist Church.^[3] An old manse on the site was the first school building with sixty one students attending on the first day of opening in January 1961.^[3]

(accurate as of 3/2024)

Principals

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (November 2012)

William Hayden Middleton 1961 - 1966^[3]^[4]^[5]
Stanlie Parkins 1966 - 1988^[3]^[6]
Howard Jackson 1988 - 1990^[4]^[7]
Lebert Jones
Grace Spence
Valrie Marshall-Lodge 1991 - 2009
Mohan Kumar (acting) 2010 - 2014^[1]
Dr. Dalton Shaw 2014 - 2020^[8]
Lorveen Bell-Coates (acting) 2015
Alice Kumar (acting) 2015 - 2017
Marsha Ford-Bryan (acting) 2021 - 2023
Alicia King (acting) Sept 2023- Dec 2023
Kerry-Ann Coombs (acting) 2024- present

References

^ ^a ^b Thaffe, Nedburn (2 October 2012). "Morant Bay High Grads Urged To Be Agents Of Change". Jamaica Gleaner. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
^ "History". Morant Bay High School Alumni Association. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Moyston, Louis EA (10 January 2011). "Morant Bay High at 50 and Mr Winston Clarke". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
^ ^a ^b "History". Morant Bay High School. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
^ "William Hayden Middleton | Morant Bay High School". morantbayhigh.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03.
^ "Stanlie Parkins | Morant Bay High School". morantbayhigh.com. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02.
^ "Howard Jackson | Morant Bay High School". morantbayhigh.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03.
^ "Dismissal of Morant Bay High principal upheld". Jamaica Gleaner. Retrieved 28 January 2023.