Immaculate Conception High School (Jamaica)

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Immaculate Conception High School (Jamaica) - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 18°02′38″N 76°47′32″W / 18.04395°N 76.79218°W

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Immaculate Conception High School

Location

152c Constant Spring Road Kingston Jamaica
Coordinates	18°02′38″N 76°47′32″W / 18.04395°N 76.79218°W / 18.04395; -76.79218
Information
Motto	Ad Astra Per Aspera (Through Difficulty to Excellence (Literally: Through Difficulties to the stars)
Religious affiliation(s)	Christian
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Patron saint(s)	Our Lady of Immaculate Conception
Founded	1858; 166 years ago (1858)
Founder	Scottish Franciscan Sisters
Status	Open
Principal	Mrs. Reynolds
Gender	Female
Age range	10-19
Enrolment	About 1,500
Language	English
Houses	7
Colour(s)	Blue and White
Yearbook	Our World
Website	www.immaculatehigh.edu.jm

Immaculate Conception High School (ICHS) is a Roman Catholic High School for girls in Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica. About 1500 girls are enrolled.

History

In January 1858, the Scottish Franciscan Sisters set up a Preparatory and Secondary School for girls at Duke Street in Kingston. The School was dedicated to and named after Our Lady of Immaculate Conception. In January 1879, the Scottish Franciscans handed over the school to the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany. Mothers Paula and Veronica set a high standard of achievement which is today still being preserved.

In the summer of 1858, the school moved to Duke Street. On Saturday 23 October 1937, the ICHS was burnt to ashes in a terrible fire that started a block away at a beauty parlor. The school moved to Old Hope Road (temporarily) and then in 1941, the school acquired the Constant Spring Hotel (which was operated by Niagara Falls businessman Frank A. Dudley and the United Hotels Company of America in 1933.^[1]) which is now used for the Immaculate Conception High School, Preparatory School and Convent.

The school was separated into two sections, one section for the English speaking students of Jamaica and the other for French speaking students of Haiti. Due to the lack of Haitian students, the French section has been closed down.

The school was a Boarding and Day School.

Campus

ICHS is located on a large campus with many facilities including:

Administrative Block
Faculty Room
School Chapel
Library
Classrooms
Performing Arts Centre
5 Computer Rooms
Medical Room
Offices of Guidance Counsellors
Book Store
Science Building
2 Home Economics Labs
2 Art Studios
3 Audio-Visual Rooms
Campus Ministry Room
Cafeteria
Music House
School Pool
Tennis Court
Netball Court
Summer House
Sixth Form Lounge
Drama House

Insignia

Motto

Ad Astra Per Aspera "Through Difficulties to Excellence"

Emblem

The Franciscan Coat of Arms.

Houses

There are seven houses:

The Immaculata House - named after Our Lady of Immaculate Conception. The house color is blue.
The Franciscan House named after St. Francis of Assisi. The house color is brown.
The St. Joan of Arc House - named after St. Joan of Arc of France. The house color is yellow.
The St. Clare House - named after St. Clare. The house color is green.
The St. Tekakwitha House - named after the Indian Martyr, St Tekakwitha. The house color is red.
The St. Rose of Lima House - named after the first canonized saint in the Western Hemisphere. The house color is rose-pink.
The Davidica House - named after Sister M. Davidica, former principal of ICHS. The house color is purple.

Notable alumnae

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Politics and Law

Shahine Robinson, MP for St Ann^[2]
Tracy Robinson, Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Law, University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona, Jamaica; Rhodes Scholar 1992; member of the Inter American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).^[3]

Sports

Sanya Richards-Ross, American track and field athlete.
Alia Atkinson, Jamaican swimmer and Olympian.

References

^ "Receivers Name for Hotel Firm" (PDF). The New York Times. 18 November 1933. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
^ "Similar but different stripes". Jamaica Gleaner. 18 June 2007. Archived from the original on 31 December 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
^ Tracy Robinson Profile^{[permanent dead link‍]}

External links

v t e Schools in Jamaica
Primary	Watsonville
Preparatory	St Jago Cathedral Wolmer's
Primary and junior high	Linstead
Secondary high	Ardenne Ascot Black River High School Calabar Camperdown Campion College Charlemont Clarendon College Cornwall College DeCarteret Edwin Allen Excelsior Ferncourt Glenmuir Guy's Hill Hampton Holy Childhood Immaculate Jamaica College Kingston College Knox College Lacovia Manchester High Manning's Marymount Meadowbrook Montego Bay High Morant Bay Mount Alvernia Munro College Oberlin Queens Rusea's St. Andrew St Catherine St George's College St Hugh's St Jago St Mary St Mary's College Tichfield Westwood William Knibb Wolmer's York Castle
Technical high	Dinthill Dunoon Park Frome Herbert Morrison Holmwood Jose Marti Kingston Knockalva Marcus Garvey St Andrew St Elizabeth St Mary St Thomas Vere
Agricultural high	Knockalva Sydney Pagon
Private high	Alpha Boys School
International schools	American International School of Kingston Hillel Academy
Former	Priory Tranquility Bay

v t e Catholic Church in Jamaica
Orders	Missionaries of the Poor
Archdioceses	Kingston
Dioceses	Mandeville Montego Bay
Educational institutions	Alpha Boys School Immaculate Conception High School St. Catherine High School St. George's College St. Michael’s Theological College
Notable Roman Catholics	Alexander Bustamante Gladys Bustamante Sister Mary Ignatius Davies Marcus Garvey Lawrence Aloysius Burke
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