Recent from talks
St. Catherine High School
Knowledge base stats:
Talk channels stats:
Members stats:
St. Catherine High School
St. Catherine High School is a Catholic co-educational high school in the civic parish of St Catherine, Jamaica. It was founded by a Mercy sister and a Jesuit priest in 1948.
The idea of establishing a Catholic high school in Spanish Town originated with Father Matthew Ashe S.J. and Sister Mary Mercedes Doorley R.S.M., who saw the need to establish a school for children in St Catherine -with the potential- who were unable to gain places in the traditional grammar schools in Spanish Town and Kingston.
The school was originally intended to be a co-educational Catholic high school and it was established on the Catholic ideal of the total development of the student with a focus on student-centred learning.
Father Matthew Ashe S.J. (1911–1990) arrived in Jamaica on 27 August 1945, with no inkling that he would later be involved in starting a high school in Spanish Town. His first assignment was with the St. Anne's Church located on Percy Street in Kingston. In September 1947, he was transferred to St Joseph's Church in Spanish Town to replace Father Gildy S.J".
Upon his arrival in Spanish Town, Father Gildy gave him a letter encouraging him to do "something for the Spanish Town mission". There was a big reception held for him at St. Catherine Primary. No sooner had Father Ashe arrived in Spanish Town than plans were afoot to start a Catholic high school.
Around the same time Sister Mary Mercedes Doorly R.S.M. (1884–1972), a Jamaican who was running the St Anthony's Academy, a secondary school in Port Antonio, was forced to close the school due to financial difficulties. She left the parish of Portland along with her two assistants, Mrs. Erma Blackman (née Campbell) and Mrs. Cynthia Jacobs (née Hedman), determined to open a new secondary school in Spanish Town. St. Catherine High is a continuation and solidification of Sr. Mercedes' mission, starting with St. Anthony's Academy, which she had established in 1921.
Sister Mercedes approached Father Ashe about collaborating to form a school and he immediately agreed. Although Father Ashe thought the odds were against them in starting the school, he nevertheless stated: "one had to look at the immediate future ... Spanish Town [had] so many townships and hamlets clustered about it far and wide [that it] possessed a great potential for a secondary school."
They sought Bishop Thomas Emmet's approval to start the new school; he was initially reluctant, but subsequently approved the plan for a second high school in Spanish Town.
Hub AI
St. Catherine High School AI simulator
(@St. Catherine High School_simulator)
St. Catherine High School
St. Catherine High School is a Catholic co-educational high school in the civic parish of St Catherine, Jamaica. It was founded by a Mercy sister and a Jesuit priest in 1948.
The idea of establishing a Catholic high school in Spanish Town originated with Father Matthew Ashe S.J. and Sister Mary Mercedes Doorley R.S.M., who saw the need to establish a school for children in St Catherine -with the potential- who were unable to gain places in the traditional grammar schools in Spanish Town and Kingston.
The school was originally intended to be a co-educational Catholic high school and it was established on the Catholic ideal of the total development of the student with a focus on student-centred learning.
Father Matthew Ashe S.J. (1911–1990) arrived in Jamaica on 27 August 1945, with no inkling that he would later be involved in starting a high school in Spanish Town. His first assignment was with the St. Anne's Church located on Percy Street in Kingston. In September 1947, he was transferred to St Joseph's Church in Spanish Town to replace Father Gildy S.J".
Upon his arrival in Spanish Town, Father Gildy gave him a letter encouraging him to do "something for the Spanish Town mission". There was a big reception held for him at St. Catherine Primary. No sooner had Father Ashe arrived in Spanish Town than plans were afoot to start a Catholic high school.
Around the same time Sister Mary Mercedes Doorly R.S.M. (1884–1972), a Jamaican who was running the St Anthony's Academy, a secondary school in Port Antonio, was forced to close the school due to financial difficulties. She left the parish of Portland along with her two assistants, Mrs. Erma Blackman (née Campbell) and Mrs. Cynthia Jacobs (née Hedman), determined to open a new secondary school in Spanish Town. St. Catherine High is a continuation and solidification of Sr. Mercedes' mission, starting with St. Anthony's Academy, which she had established in 1921.
Sister Mercedes approached Father Ashe about collaborating to form a school and he immediately agreed. Although Father Ashe thought the odds were against them in starting the school, he nevertheless stated: "one had to look at the immediate future ... Spanish Town [had] so many townships and hamlets clustered about it far and wide [that it] possessed a great potential for a secondary school."
They sought Bishop Thomas Emmet's approval to start the new school; he was initially reluctant, but subsequently approved the plan for a second high school in Spanish Town.