Wolmer's Schools, located in Kingston, Jamaica consists of Wolmer's Pre-School, Wolmer's Preparatory School and two high schools: Wolmer's Trust High School For Girls and Wolmer's Trust High School for Boys. While acknowledged as separate institutions, each school carries the same crest and motto, "Age Quod Agis", a Latin phrase which translates to 'whatever you do, do it to the best of your abilities'. The school is the oldest high-school in the Caribbean, being established in 1729 by John Wolmer. The Wolmer's Schools are considered among the Caribbean's most prestigious schools, and the most prestigious in Jamaica, with traditional British-style uniform and a strong Christian ethos. The schools more closely resemble British schools of the 1950s than of today, a trend that can be noted of the entire Jamaican schooling system.
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Curriculum
At the secondary school level, Wolmer's Schools follows the traditional English grammar school model used throughout the British West Indies, which incorporates the optional year 12 and 13, collectively known as Sixth Form. The first year of secondary school is regarded as first form, or year seven, and the subsequent year groups are numbered in increasing order up to sixth form. The school offers a wide range of CSEC and CAPE subjects done at the fifth and sixth form levels respectively. It has been known for being the only all-boys school in Jamaica to be ranked in the top ten highs schools on the island; the girls' school is also ranked in the top ten high schools on the island. The high schools have been known to perform well in the sciences.
School crest
The Wolmer's Schools Crest is a replica of the original School Seal from the 1700s and represents "The Sun of Learning bursting through the Cloud of Ignorance". There are a lot of high achieving students that attend the Wolmer's Preparatory School and they have achieved because they have followed the meaning of the school's crest.
Rhodes Scholars
Since 1904, Wolmer's Schools has educated 23 Rhodes Scholars, the most for any individual school in the Caribbean.
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Cricket
Wolmer's Boys School is among the worlds great cricketing schools and has been referred to locally as the "University of Cricket" having the most wins of the Sunlight Cup for Inter Scholastic Under 19 Cricket. Moreover, the school continues to produce cricketers that have represented Jamaica and the West Indies Cricket Team. The School is noted in cricket in the West Indies for having produced six test wicket-keepers. The Daily Telegraph once wrote: "One school: six Test wicket-keepers. There has never been any nurturing like it.".
Notable alumni
Arts, culture and Entertainment
- Cherine Anderson, International Recording Artiste, Actress, President of The Reach One Child R.O.C. Foundation
- Harry Belafonte OJ, actor
- Diana King, international recording artiste
- Sean Paul, artiste
- Kei Miller, Novelist and Poet
- Wayne Marshall, artiste
- Aston Cooke, Playwright
- Peter Ashbourne CD, Composer
- Paul Williamson, Tenor
- Marlon James (novelist)
- Latifa 'Tifa' Brown, Jamaican recording artist
- Henry Wilcoxon, actor
- Francois St.Juste, Media Personality
- Norma Brown-Bell, Media Personality
Business, finance and Politics.
- Florizel Glasspole, Governor General of Jamaica 1973-1991
- Norman W. Manley, Chief Minister of Jamaica (1955-1959), Premier of Jamaica (1959-1962).
- Edward Seaga, Prime Minister of Jamaica 1980-1989
- Amy Jacques Garvey, wife of Marcus Mosiah Garvey
- Keble Munn, former Minister of Agriculture and Minister of National Security.
- Lloyd Carney, American Businessman
- K.D Knight, Jamaican Politician.
- Milton Samuda, Attorney-at- Law
- Douglas Orane, Former Chief Executive Officer of Grace Kennedy
- Adrian Thompson, Chief Executive Officer of Credit Union Fund Management Company.
- Carlo Redwood, Head of Marketing at FLOW Jamaica.
- Ryan Foster, Chief Executive Officer of Tastee Jamaica
- Rocky Meade, Jamaica Defence Force, Chief of Staff
- Lascelles Chin, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Lasco Jamaica
- John Mahfood, Business Magnate
Sports
- Karl Nunes, Cricketer
- Ivan Barrow, Cricketer
- Gerry Alexander, Cricketer
- Allan Rae, cricketer
- Jackie Hendriks, Cricketer
- Jeff Dujon, Cricketer
- Carlton Baugh, Cricketer
- Patrick Patterson, Cricketer
- Peter Isaacs, Footballer
- Paul Young, Footballer
- Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Track athlete - double Olympic Gold medallist in the 100m
- Lindel Frater, Track athlete
- Michael Frater, Track athlete - Olympic Gold Medallist in the 4 x 100m
- Ricardo Gardner, Footballer - English Premier League Bolton Wanderers
- Luton Shelton, Footballer - record holder for most goals for Jamaica in International Football
- Germaine Mason, Olympian
- Bruce James, President MVP Track Club
- Gareth Breese, Cricketer
- Khari Stephenson, Footballer
- Christoff Bryan - National High Jump Record holder
- Julian Forte - Track athlete
- Ashani Fairclough - Footballer
- Omar Holness - Footballer
- Germaine Mason- Olympian
- Jaheel Hyde- Olympian
- Sir Herbert Macdonald - Footballer, Tennis player and Sports Administrator and Promoter.
- Roy Anthony Bridge - Sports Administrator and IOC member.
Houses
There are seven houses at Wolmer's Boys' School:
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