65-567: Montego Bay High School (also known as Montego Bay High School for Girls ) is an all-girls high school in Montego Bay , St. James , Jamaica . The school was established in 1935. Montego Bay High School was established in 1935 by the Government of Jamaica to fill the need of an all-girls high school in St. James. It was the first government-owned high school for girls established in the country. The school
130-408: A "house" referred to a boarding house at the school. In this case, the housemaster or housemistress in charge of the house is in loco parentis to the pupils who live in it, even though the house normally has a separate "private side" in which he or she can live a family life. Such an arrangement still continues in most boarding schools, while in day schools the word house is likely to refer to
195-540: A Spanish-owned, private hospital located in Rose Hall. Education in the city can be found from Pre-K up to Tertiary. The city has many Pre-K and Basic Schools. Beyond this, the city has many Primary and Preparatory Schools. Secondary Education is also provided in the city most notable of which are the Montego Bay High School for Girls , Mount Alvernia High School —a Roman Catholic High School for Girls which shares
260-424: A cafeteria and the bursar’s office, along with sanitary facilities and store-rooms. The Ministry of Education recently added two classrooms to make room for a large number of grade nine students who were admitted in 2019. Upon initial enrollment in the school, each student is assigned to one of six houses . The house system was implemented in the fifties. Originally there were three houses: Jeffrey-Smith (named after
325-512: A grouping of pupils, rather than to a particular building. Schools have different numbers of houses, with different numbers of students in each, depending on the arrangements adopted by the schools. Facilities, such as pastoral care , may be provided on a house basis. Houses may be named after saints , famous historical alumni or notable regional topics (e.g. in international schools, houses are sometimes named in honour of local celebrities). Former British royal houses (dynasties) are also used in
390-472: A house for senior pupils in Sixth Form . One notable feature of the house system is the appointment of house captains , and maybe other house prefects , who exercise limited authority within the house and assist in the organisation of the house. Large schools may have a house captain for each year group (with vice-captains in the largest schools). In boarding schools, the term housemaster or housemistress
455-630: A key role as they operate many gift and jewelry shops in the city which are mostly geared to tourists. There is a minority of Europeans , some descending from immigrants from Germany (the city is a 90-minute drive from German settlements such as German Town in Westmoreland ) and Great Britain (who own most of the land in the city from as far back as the days of the slave trade). The city is home to many immigrants from Hispanic countries such as Mexico, Cuba and Spain as well as many French, Russians and Italians (who mostly own homes or beachfront properties in
520-425: A large auditorium with a seating capacity of approximately one thousand persons. Mrs. Janet Morrison was the incumbent Headmistress when this building was constructed. In the decade of the eighties, the parent-teacher association and past-students association spearheaded the construction of another building and so the aluminum structure gave way to the building which houses a library, physics and computer laboratories,
585-474: A past principal and extra-ordinary teacher of mathematics). The school's official capacity is 800 students. As of the 2018-2019 academic year, there were 813 students enrolled with a staff complement of forty-five (45) teachers, including a guidance counselor and a school nurse. Montego Bay Montego Bay is the capital of the parish of St. James in Jamaica . The city is the fourth-largest urban area in
650-436: A primary purpose of the house system is to provide pastoral care to the students . Separated from parents for long periods, children will rely on the school to fulfil their socio - emotional needs, in addition to meeting their basic physical care. The smaller within-school structure of the house facilitates this, by promoting personalised care, with more frequent interactions, and lower child-to-adult-carer ratios, than within
715-399: A pupil has been assigned to a house, any younger siblings may automatically become members of that house when they arrive at the school, but this varies from school to school. (This tradition sometimes extends to the children of former pupils.) Once a pupil has been allocated to a house they usually stay with that house as they move up through the year groups. In some schools, pupils may move to
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#1732855991020780-434: A series of sporting and arts House competitions and recently added a House Film competition. Pupils are usually assigned to houses randomly, perhaps with the aim of balancing the houses in order to increase competition. Sometimes the assignment is based on the social and emotional needs of the student and to ensure proper peer mentoring is enhanced with the right fit of students within a house. Traditionally, however, once
845-654: A year-long programme of inter-house events, in a variety of fields but most often sports or the arts, in which each house "hosts" an event at which all houses compete, with points contributing to the award of the House Cup at the end of the year. Shrewsbury School and Eton College still maintain an annual bumps race between houses, which was carried on by old boys to Oxford and Cambridge colleges, both of which still race in bumps; Shrewsbury and Eton race in fours, whilst Oxford and Cambridge race in eights. St Bartholomew's School , one of England's oldest state schools, hosts
910-480: Is a free port and cruise line terminal on a man-made peninsula jutting into the bay. Fixed voice and broadband services in Montego Bay is provided by FLOW . FLOW uses a Hybrid Fibre and Coaxial network to provide IPTV, VoIP & POTS and cable broadband capable of speeds up to 100 Mbit/s. FLOW also uses a Copper network to provide POTS and ADSL capable of speeds up to 12 Mbit/s. This copper network
975-583: Is a traditional feature of schools in the United Kingdom . The practice has since spread to Commonwealth countries. The school is divided into units called "houses" and each student is allocated to one house at the moment of enrollment. Houses may compete with one another at sports and maybe in other ways, thus providing a focus for group loyalty. Historically, the house system has been associated with public schools in England, especially boarding schools , where
1040-524: Is also one of two airports in the Caribbean (other being Havana ), that has a non-stop flight to Los Angeles , allowing passengers the ability to connect to flights to Asia , Australia and Oceania . The airport has undergone major expansion since 2003, and has won awards including the coveted World Travel Award for being the Caribbean's Leading Airport, beating airports like Punta Cana International Airport and Grantley Adams International Airport . There
1105-511: Is also used to refer to the residential college systems found in some US colleges and universities, such as Rice University , Caltech , Yale College , Harvard College , Notre Dame , and University of Chicago . These systems are based on the college systems of Oxford and Cambridge Universities in the United Kingdom, which in turn share many similarities with the house systems of British secondary schools. The first boarding-school story
1170-547: Is believed to have originated as a corruption of the Spanish word manteca (" lard "), allegedly because during the Spanish period it was the port where lard, leather and beef were exported. The Arawak tribe of South America are Jamaica's first known inhabitants and were there to greet Columbus when he ventured to the island in 1494. Jamaica was a colony of Spain from 1511 until 1655, when Oliver Cromwell 's Caribbean expedition,
1235-614: Is currently being upgraded to VDSL2, which may allow speeds of over 50 Mbit/s over existing copper lines as well as provide a migration path for the provider to Fibre to the Home . FLOW also has a fibre-optic network in the neighbourhood of Rhyne Park which provides up to 100 Mbit/s as well. There are several other small cable companies such as Cornwall Communications, that provides cable broadband and voice over its cable network; however, they are vastly incomparable in subscriber numbers to FLOW. Mobile voice and broadband services in Montego Bay
1300-412: Is dominated by both incumbents, FLOW & Digicel . Both carriers provide GSM, EDGE, 3G HSPA & HSPA+ connectivity in and around the city. Currently, FLOW offers HSPA+ of up to 21 Mbit/s on 850 MHz and 1900 MHz with speeds of up to 21 Mbit/s. FLOW also offers LTE data in Montego Bay. The company is the currently the only carrier to provide comprehensive LTE coverage within
1365-445: Is fairly short, lasting from January to April. July also sees a dip in precipitation. October, the wettest month, receives 164 millimetres (6.5 in) of rainfall over 14 precipitation days on average. Humidity remains consistently high year-round. Montego Bay receives 2788 hours of sunshine annually (7.6 hours per day) on average, with the sunshine being distributed fairly evenly across the year. House system The house system
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#17328559910201430-772: Is now the headquarters for Island Routes, a company owned by the Sandals-ATL Group , which in the past was affiliated with the airline. The airport is served by several North American and European airlines, connecting the island with the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and South America . The southern U.S. city of Miami can be reached within 70 minutes. The southern U.S. cities of Charlotte , Houston , Atlanta and Tampa can be reached by non-stop flights in less than three hours. Other locations like Philadelphia , New York City , Toronto , Washington, D.C. , and Montreal can be reached in under four hours. The airport
1495-521: Is owned by the Ministry of Education and administered by a local Board of Management. Prior to the establishment of Montego Bay High School, St. Helena’s High School (a private school for girls run by the Anglican Church ) and situated at 46 Market Street in Montego Bay had been closed due to lack of funding. The then Custos of St. James, Sir Francis Kerr-Jarrett , along with Archdeacon E. S. Harrison of
1560-633: Is served by the Donald Sangster International Airport , the busiest airport in the Anglophone Caribbean , which is located within the official city limits. The city is enclosed in a watershed, drained by several rivers such as the Montego River. Montego Bay is referred to as "The Second City", "MoBay" or "Bay". Christopher Columbus named the bay of Montego, Golfo de Buen Tiempo ("Fair Weather Gulf"). The name "Montego Bay"
1625-413: Is the title held by the member of staff responsible for pupils living in a particular house (or dormitory ). In state schools , members of staff are appointed as (or volunteer to become) head of house . However, both terms can be used at either style of school for the sake of formality. In some cases, houses may have their own staff members other than housemaster or housemistress. The term "house system"
1690-609: Is to begin at Westgate and end at Ironshore. The bypass is expected to cost around USD $ 200 Million. The now disused Montego Bay railway station served the Kingston to Montego Bay main line. The railway station opened c. 1894, and closed in October 1992 when all passenger traffic on Jamaica's railways abruptly ceased. Montego Bay is served by Jamaica's largest airport, the Sangster International Airport . The airport has
1755-455: The Harry Potter books had difficulties conveying the "house" concept in languages like Russian or German, because there was no word that could adequately convey the importance of belonging to a certain house, the loyalty owed to one's house, and the pride in the prizes won by one's own house. This forces translators to insert extra explanations in the dialogue, making foreign readers think that
1820-822: The Lawrenceville School , whose house system is itself based on that of Rugby School . Students may also be grouped by year groups or status as boarders or day students. At Winchester College and Eton College , there is a separate house for foundation scholars. Where the school has boarders and day pupils like the King's School, Canterbury or Shrewsbury School , they will often be allocated to separate houses. There have also been cases, for example at Cheltenham College , of pupils being allocated to different houses according to their religion. At traditional full boarding schools such as Radley College and Harrow School , students are grouped by boarding house. In some boarding schools,
1885-556: The Rastafari movement also have a significant following. The city also has a unit of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . The city also has communities of Buddhists , Hindus , and Muslims . Montego Bay is pivotal to Jamaica's economy. The city holds most of the weight of the country's tourism sector. Most of the country's visitors arrive and depart from Montego Bay's airport or port. Many international companies have resorts in
1950-581: The Western Design , drove the Spanish from the island. After the British removed the Spanish rule, along with the majority of all buildings and infrastructure, the colonials established the Parish of St. James which directly influenced the area in becoming a huge contributor of sugar cane. In fact, during this period of British governing, Montego Bay was the largest producer of sugar cane on the island of Jamaica, giving
2015-627: The Anglican Church, and the Hon. Phillip Lightbody, sitting member of the Legislative Council for St. James, successfully petitioned the Government to start a school for girls. The Government subsequently purchased the former Beaconsfield Hotel, located at 51 Union Street. It consisted of a two-storey house and outbuildings situated on approximately two acres of land. Because of the name of the property,
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2080-530: The Cambridge Examinations was conducted at Cornwall College. Like many high schools in Jamaica during that period, most of the teachers at the time were expatriates from the United Kingdom . During the 1940s, the government discussed the idea of amalgamating the school with Cornwall College. However, it was decided to allow the school to continue its independent existence. During that decade, the leadership of
2145-541: The Head Office for Starbucks' operations in Jamaica. The city hosts many financial institutions such as Scotiabank , FCIB , National Commercial Bank, Jamaica National Commercial Bank (JN Bank) and many others. The city also has offices for many auditing firms such as KPMG and PwC . The city is home to many health institutions such as the Cornwall Regional Hospital as well as the recently opened, Hospiten,
2210-622: The Mandela Highway in St. Catherine and into the nation's capital, Kingston . Another major road within the city is the B15 (Montego Bay to Falmouth ) road. The city is also well served by buses, mini-busses and taxis, which operate from the Montego Bay Transport Centre. The Government of Jamaica announced that a tolled bypass to the city has been planned to be built in order to reduce traffic congestion and travel times. The bypass
2275-816: The Montego Bay Community College (MBCC). Most tertiary institutions in the city are accredited. The North Coast Highway runs through the city of Montego Bay, with 2 lanes in each direction within the city, terminating at the Queen's Drive and resuming at the intersection of the Alice Eldemire Drive and Barnett Street. The North Coast Highway connects Montego Bay with the North-South section of Highway 2000 (called T3), which begins at Mammee Bay in Ocho Rios, St. Ann and terminates at an interchange which leads onto
2340-445: The UK. Other more arbitrary names—animal names or colours, for example—are also often used. Houses are also often referred to by the original name of the building or by the name or initials of the housemistress or housemaster. Each house will usually also be identified by its own symbol, logo, or colours. At co-educational boarding schools, there may be separate houses for boys and girls, as at
2405-462: The area). The city also is home to many Americans and Canadians, who work the tourism or business process outsourcing (BPO) industries. There are a wide variety of Christian churches in the city. Most are Protestant , a legacy of British colonisation of the island. The chief denominations are Church of God , Baptist , Anglican , Methodist , Roman Catholic , Seventh-day Adventist and Pentecostal . Afro-Christian syncretic religions such as
2470-549: The average annual low temperature is 23.7 °C (74.7 °F). The hottest time of year is from June to September. August has the highest average high at 31.4 °C (88.5 °F). July and August have the highest average low at 24.8 °C (76.6 °F). January and February have the lowest average high at 27.9 °C (82.2 °F). February has the lowest average low at 22.1 °C (71.8 °F). Montego Bay receives 1,140 millimetres (45 in) of rain over 127 precipitation days, with wetter and drier months. The dry season
2535-418: The boys from that institution. The Higher School Certificate was introduced in 1949, and the first set of students sat their examinations in 1950. At that time, some of the sixth-form students had classes with the students at Cornwall College for some subjects and a number of boys from that school took classes at Montego Bay High School. The school had no science laboratories at the time, so practical work for
2600-479: The city for its subscribers. The network is theoretically capable of speeds up to 75 Mbit/s on 10 MHz of Band 17 spectrum. The city was the subject of a namesake song by Bobby Bloom in 1970, which became a Top Ten hit in the United States for Bloom. It was covered by Jon Stevens in 1980 and by Amazulu in 1986, becoming minor hits for both. Several scenes from the 1973 James Bond film Live and Let Die (in which Roger Moore appeared as Bond for
2665-790: The city including Hyatt , Hilton Hotels , Holiday Inn , RIU Hotels , Royalton and Iberostar . The city is the home to the headquarters of international resort chain Sandals . The Government of Jamaica, through the Ministry of Tourism, has begun to focus on bolstering the city's entertainment and gastronomic offerings. Though the city's airport hosts a number international chains, the city itself does not have access to these restaurants. The city has become home to Usain Bolt's Tracks and Records restaurant and became home to Starbucks ' first Jamaican location, at Doctor's Cave Beach, in November 2017. The city also serves as
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2730-460: The city itself. Coverage also extends out towards to the adjoining rural areas surrounding Montego Bay such as Liliput to east and Hopewell (in the parish of Hanover ) to the west. FLOW 's LTE network uses LTE Band 4, commonly known as AWS . Users can avail themselves of speeds of up to 150 Mbit/s down and 50 Mbit/s up. In some areas in the city, FLOW subscribers are able to access LTE Advanced with speeds up to 225 Mbit/s; making Montego Bay
2795-507: The city's population is of African descent . The city is also home to sizeable minority ethnic groups such as the East Indians and Chinese, who came to the country as indentured servants in the mid-to-late 19th century. The Chinese especially occupy important roles in the city's economy especially in retail where Downtown Montego Bay is home to many shops and supermarkets owned by Chinese immigrants. The city's East Indian population also play
2860-491: The country by population, after Kingston , Spanish Town , and Portmore , all of which form the Greater Kingston Metropolitan Area, home to over half a million people. As a result, Montego Bay is the second-largest anglophone city in the Caribbean, after Kingston. Montego Bay is a popular tourist destination featuring duty-free shopping, a cruise line terminal and several beaches and resorts. The city
2925-516: The deterioration of children's educational and social progress, a common feature of transition from primary to secondary school . A secondary feature of house systems is the competition between houses. For example, the traditional school sports day is usually an inter-house competition. Debating competitions and charity drives are also often organised along inter-house lines. Merit points for behaviour and academic achievement may also be totalled up for comparison between houses. Some schools have
2990-505: The distinction of being the busiest airport in the English-speaking Caribbean, serving 4.3 million passengers in 2017. The airport was the hub of Jamaica's former national airline Air Jamaica . The airline also had its reservations, Western Jamaica sales & ticketing office, as well as its vacations division in the city until its purchase by Caribbean Airlines in 2011, when they moved their offices to Kingston . The site
3055-512: The first Headmistress); Harrison (named after Archdeacon Harrison - the first board chairman); Denham (named after Sir Edward Denham , Governor of Jamaica at the time the school was established). Subsequently, three more houses were added for a total of six: Lightbody (named after Phillip Lightbody, member of the Legislative Council) , Holness (named after Florence Holness, a former teacher and alumna); and Lindsey (Named after Helen Lindsey,
3120-404: The first time) were filmed around Montego Bay. Montego Bay was featured in the song Santechnikas iš Ukmergės by Lithuanian singer Vytautas Kernagis . Montego Bay has a tropical monsoon climate ( Köppen climate classification Am ), with a wet season and a drier season and the temperature being warm or hot year-round. The average annual high temperature is 29.8 °C (85.6 °F), while
3185-501: The half decade emancipation process, Montego Bay and its sugar cane industry took a hit. Therefore, it branched out and took root in expanding into exporting bananas and coffee as well. Montego Bay's city status prior to British rule was debated; however, it had its city status revoked during Jamaica's British colonial period . It was re-proclaimed a city by act of parliament in 1980, but this has not meant that it has acquired any form of autonomy, for it continues to be an integral part of
3250-505: The leadership of the first headmistress, Miss Blanche Jeffrey-Smith. Students at the time prepared for two British-based examinations, the Junior and Senior Cambridge examinations. The Junior Cambridge was taken at the end of the fourth year and Senior at the end of the fifth year. The school could not field a sufficient number of candidates to warrant its own examination centre, so the girls wrote their examinations at Cornwall College along with
3315-440: The most positive aspects. For example, loyalty to one's house is very important in real-life houses, and features prominently in many of these books. The Harry Potter books have updated the boarding school to 21st-century values, for example by depicting mixed-sex education houses. Most Britons never went to a boarding school, but have integrated their values by reading these books. The translators of some foreign editions of
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#17328559910203380-422: The only city in Jamaica to have access to such. Digicel , Jamaica's larger mobile network, also offers 21 Mbit/s HSPA+; however, they also offer DC-HSDPA (commonly known as DC-HSPA+) allowing capable devices speeds of up to 42 Mbit/s on paired 850 MHz spectrum. Digicel 's LTE network is also available in Montego Bay, owing to its commitment to provide an islandwide LTE network, offering LTE in
3445-540: The original buildings and mill-works still standing. The most famous is the White Witch 's Rose Hall which features a world-class golf course . The infrastructure of the city is going through a series of modernizations which once completed, aims to keep Montego Bay as a top destination in the region. The Montego Bay Convention Centre, built on a large site near to the Rose Hall estate, was opened by Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding on 7 January 2011. The majority of
3510-587: The outdoor stage area made way for the teachers' hostel with two classrooms on the ground floor. In 1955, two temporary buildings were erected: one of bamboo and the other of corrugated aluminium. The former was called "Tattoo" and the latter the "Oasis". The "Tattoo" was demolished in the late fifties to make way for what is now the Main Building which contains administrative offices, staff room and lounge, chemistry, biology, as well as food and nutrition laboratories, art room, twelve classrooms, sanitary facilities and
3575-424: The parish of St. James. Today, Montego Bay is known for Cornwall Regional Hospital , port facilities, second homes for numerous upper-class Jamaicans from Kingston as well as North Americans and Europeans, fine restaurants, vibrant night life and shopping. The coastland near Montego Bay is occupied by numerous tourist resorts, most newly built, some occupying the grounds of old sugarcane plantations with some of
3640-487: The region more value than originally anticipated. Throughout the duration of slavery , from the mid-17th century until 1834, and well into the 20th century, the town of Montego Bay functioned primarily as a sugarcane port. The island's last major slave revolt, the Christmas Rebellion or Baptist War (1831–1832) took place in and around the area of Montego Bay. The rebellion set estates and plantations to flame and
3705-556: The same crest, motto and wears a uniform similar to that of sister school of Immaculate Conception High School in Kingston, Herbert Morrison Technical High School and the oldest school in the city, Cornwall College , an all-boys' school . Tertiary Institutions in the city are namely the University of West Indies (UWI) – Western Jamaica Campus, The University of Technology (UTECH) Montego Bay Campus, Sam Sharpe Teachers' College (SSTC) and
3770-426: The school became known as Beaconsfield School and the girls were colloquially called "Beacs" girls. Students from St. Helena were relocated to this new school which was officially named Montego Bay High School for Girls. Archdeacon Harrison became the first board chairman, and the affiliation with the Anglican Church has been maintained to the present day. The school started with forty students and three teachers, under
3835-424: The school was shared between Miss Ritchie (later Mrs. Croskery), Mrs. Marjorie Grahame, and Mrs. Janet Morrison. However, each headmistress would later hold the post for extended periods. As the student body increased, the need arose for new buildings to be erected. The current Needlework room was built in the forties and provided two classrooms. The present-day second-form block was erected soon after and subsequently,
3900-478: The team-spirit engendered by school houses this way: "This camaraderie and solidarity is second to none and the benefits of this vertical interaction, where the young look up to the elder and where the elder look out for and support the younger, are profound." In Britain, the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust [now SSAT (The Schools Network) ], has endorsed use of House systems as one strategy for preventing
3965-412: The wider school. Similar benefits of closer relationships between teachers and students may occur in day schools that use house systems for this purpose. Peer relationships and fostering of community feeling are a similar aim of school house systems, whether in boarding or day schools. One headmaster of an English-style school – Brighton College Bangkok – David Tongue, writing in an editorial, described
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#17328559910204030-417: The world and translated into several languages. The Harry Potter books and films (re)popularized this genre, and resulted in unprecedented awareness of British boarding schools (and their house system) in countries where they were previously largely unknown. These stories depict the popular conception of a British boarding school rather than how modern boarding schools work in reality, and often focus on
4095-409: Was Sarah Fielding 's The Governess, or The Little Female Academy , published in 1749. The genre did not become popular until 1857, with Thomas Hughes ' novel Tom Brown's School Days . The house system has since featured prominently in thousands of school stories books, with many authors writing a whole series of books such as Chalet School and Malory Towers which have been published around
4160-405: Was emancipated on August 1, 1834 which granted all new children born or children under the age of six "free", but held individuals outside of that parameter to be apprentices and work forty hours a week in compensation to their previous or original owners. It was not until four years after these restrictions were put in place that all slave and apprentices were given the status of full freedom. After
4225-402: Was the start of a broader political push toward emancipation. Retribution was quickly sought by British leaders and many were hanged for their attempts at revolt; the leader of the revolt, Samuel Sharpe , was hanged there in 1832. Recognition was later given, and Sharpe was proclaimed a national hero of Jamaica in 1975, and the main square of the town was renamed in his honor. Eventually, Jamaica
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