Meadowbrook High School, Jamaica

Meadowbrook High School
Motto : Ita Splendeat Lux Vestra Let Your Light So Shine
Address
2 Meadowbrook Avenue, Kingston 19, Jamaica Meadowbrook High School
Coordinates	18°02′52″N 76°48′51″W / 18.0476949°N 76.8141049°W / 18.0476949; -76.8141049Coordinates: 18°02′52″N 76°48′51″W / 18.0476949°N 76.8141049°W / 18.0476949; -76.8141049
Information
School type	Public school (government funded)
Denomination	United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands
Established	1958
Founded	March 13
Opened	September 16
Founder	Reverend Henry Ward and Reverend Margaret 'Madge' Saunders
Status	Open
Principal	Michael Peart
Vice principal	Lynden Burke & Jean Jackson
Grades	7-13
Pupils	1400
Campus type	Suburban
Colour(s)	Blue and Green
Song	"As We Glorify Our Father"
Nickname	M'Brook
Team name	" All-Stars"
Accreditation(s)	Ministry of Education, Jamaica
Alumni	Meadowbrookians

Meadowbrook High School is a government-aided, co-educational, first-to-sixth form, secondary school located in the community of Meadowbrook in the parish of St. Andrew, Jamaica. It was founded on March 13, 1958 by the United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands.

Curriculum

The school offers a broad educational curriculum which encompasses academics, vocational training, sports, and various clubs and societies

Houses

The school has 4 houses.

• Ward (Red)
• Saunders (Green)
• Gartshore (Blue)
• Rothnie (Yellow)

Extracurricular activities

Clubs and societies that students of Meadowbrook High School are involved in include: 4-H Club, Jamaica Combined Cadet Force , ISCF, Netball, Debate, Girl Guide,Quiz Club, Environmental, Sign Language , Cheer Leading, Aviation, Key Club D-Math Club and Science Club. Meadowbrook High School has particular interest in the sports of volleyball, football, basketball, netball, track & field, cricket, softball and table tennis.

Uniform

The Black Watch tartan, also known as the "Government sett", or the Campbell tartan. The tartan was used, and is in current use, by several military units throughout the Commonwealth.^[1]

• As is the case with Jamaican public schools, uniform is worn by all students. For girls this is a tunic with the Black Watch tartan with a white blouse, and for boys khaki pants and shirt, with the school's crest.
• Female sixth-form students wear a variant of the tunic, with the Black Watch tartan included. Male sixth form student wear a white shirt and a tie of the school's colours as their uniform.
• The tartan was chosen to symbolise the school's solidarity with the Presbyterian Church (Church of Scotland), which would later be amalgamated with the Congregational Union of Jamaica and The Disciples of Christ to form the United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands.

Firsts

• First high school to enter a visually impaired student in the TVJ School's Challenge Quiz Competition.^[2]

• First high school to recruit female cadets for the Jamaica Combined Cadet Force (in 1980).^[3]

• First high school to have a female cadet achieve the rank of Warrant Officer Class Two, in 2008. The rank was previously held by males only.

(Jamaica Combined Cadet Force was founded in November 1943 as an all-male civic movement)^[4]

• First high school to have an aviation club through Club Aviation Jamaica.^[5]

Principals

Name	Year
Margaret Gartshore	1958–1960
T.M. Whitmarsh-Knight	1960–1963
Donald Bogle	1963–1967
Warren Thorpe	1967–1979
Carlotta McLennon	1979–1986
Dr. Margaret Morris	1986–1994
I. P. Headlam(Acting)	1994–1996
Alice Lowe	1996–2003
Winsome Reid	2003–2011
Michael Peart	2011-Present

School Song

Verse 1: We build our foundation sure and strong on truth and love, bulwarks 'gainst all wrong , on hard work and exemplary behaviour , as we glorify our father	Refrain: O Meadowbrook, we hail thee now Your sons and daughters here We seek to make our lights so shine, in service true to all mankind Holding the flag of honour high, as we glorify our father
Verse 2: The meadow and the brook once claimed the sphere Resound with human voices in the air Scholastic disciplines find their place as we glorify our father (Repeat refrain)	Verse 3: The daily round of games, the science, the arts, music , studies social play their part preparing us our place in life to take, as we glorify our father (Repeat refrain) Verse 4: Thank God for parents, friends, good teachers who daily sacrifice to make us fit partakers of the light and help us to serve each other, as we glorify our father (Repeat refrain)

Notable Past Students

• Claude Davis, Jamaican National footballer.
• Colin Channer, Jamaican-American writer.
• Archibald McDonald, Dean of the Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of the West Indies, Mona.
• Red Rat, Jamaican dancehall reggae recording and performing artist.
• Aidonia, Jamaican dancehall recording and performing artist.
• Constance White, Editor-in-Chief of Essence magazine.
• Rajiv Maragh, Jamaican-American jockey.

Rhodes Scholars

• 1987 Creightney, Cavelle (Nuffield) Educ. Meadowbrook High School; M. Phil. In Economics..
• 1989 Wright, Andrea (Templeton). Educ. Meadowbrook High School; Univ. of the W. Indies, B.Sc. 1st Cl. Hons. Computer Science. D. Phil. in Management Studies.

See also

• Jamaica High School Football Champions

References

1. ^ [http://www.treefrogtreasures.com/reference/ttmmrblinesMC10006.html, Retrieved on September 19, 2011
2. ^ [http://jamaica-star.com/thestar/20060128/news/news1.html, Retrieved on September 19, 2011
3. ^ [http://www.youthlinkjamaica.com/extracurriculum.html, Retrieved on September 20, 2011
4. ^ [http://www.youthlinkjamaica.com/extracurriculum.html, Retrieved on September 19, 2011
5. ^ [http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/teenage/-p-Aviation-Jamaica--p---_7575737, Retrieved on September 19, 2011

External links

• Aerial view
• Meadowbrook High School Past Students Association-Facebook
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