St Andrew's School - Nassau, Bahamas
- St Andrew's School - Nassau, Bahamas
St Andrew's School is a primary and secondary school in Nassau, Bahamas. The school enrols approximately 725 students, of whom 75 per cent are Bahamian.
St Andrew's has high academic standards and holds internationally accredited status with both the Council of International Schools and the
New England Association of Schools and Colleges.
St Andrew's was the first school in the Bahamas to be authorised to offer the International Baccalaureate Organisation's Primary Years Programme (PYP) and the Pre-University IBDiploma curriculum.
History
St Andrew's School first opened its doors in 1948 with an enrolment of 24 students. Its first headmaster was Reverend J. H. Poole, the Minister then in charge of St Andrew's Presbyterian Kirk. For the next two years, the students were accommodated in the Kirk Hall, and the name St Andrew's was permanently adopted.
The School was founded by a group of parents who wanted their children to be prepared for admission into private boarding schools by the age of 13. In the 1940s, other institutions on the island did not offer some of the subjects (including Latin, Greek, French, Algebra or Geometry) required for admission.The school now offers BGCSE (Bahamas General Certificate of Secondary Education) courses in Years 10 and 11, as well as International Baccalaureate courses in Years 12 and 13. The curriculum is very intensive.
Notable alumni
* Debbie Ferguson - Olympic Gold Medalist
External links
* [http://www.st-andrews.com/ St Andrew's School Website]
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