Holy Childhood High
Holy Childhood High is a Catholic school in Kingston, Jamaica. It is the highest ranking all-girls school in Jamaica for academics and sports and is highly selective. Pupils of the institution are known to be smart, athletic and showing school spirit anywhere they are at anytime. Many of the graduates of this noble and well respected institution go on to serve their country in politics, law and medicine.
| Holy Childhood High School | |
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| Address | |
  Holy Childhood High School | |
9 Skibo Avenue Kingston 10, Jamaica Jamaica | |
| Coordinates | 18.00746°N 76.79820°W |
| Information | |
| Motto | "Post Proleium Praemium" "After the battle, the reward" |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Christian |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Founded | 1937 |
| Founder | Franciscan Missionary Sisters |
| Status | Open |
| Head of school | Sis. Maxine Marie Mcintosh |
| Grades | 7–13 |
| Gender | Female |
| Number of students | 1700+ |
| Language | English, Jamaican English |
| School colour(s) | Blue and Gold |
| Song | "Let Us Now In Youth Rejoice" |
| Yearbook | "The Shield" |
| Alumni | Jacqueline Bishop, Marcia Douglas, Macka Diamond, Paula-Ann Porter, Sashakay Fairclough, Tricia "DJ Sparks" Spence |
The school was named after the Child Jesus, and was founded and owned by the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary of our Lady of Perpetual Help (FMS) in Jamaica. Holy Childhood High began as a private school in 1937 with 8 pupils (3 boys 5 girls the boys were later sent to St. George's College) who were housed in a building near where the Holy Cross Rectory is situated. Today the school is located at 9 Skibo Avenue Kingston 10, Jamaica, West Indies. It receives financial assistance from the Government, which makes it a grant-in-aid school. The student population stands at over 1,700, as of 2010. In addition the Holy Childhood Institute, a private institution operated by the FMS, caters for approximately 300 students. Both the high school and the institute are accommodated on approximately 7 acres (28,000 m2) of land which provide space for a playing field, blocks of buildings containing classrooms, laboratories-science and language, a library, areas for Home Economics, Music and two tennis courts and a multipurpose hall-Stephanie Hall, named for a past headmistress Sr. Stephanie Grey, FMS, who served as headmistress from 1966-1996.
The school's emblem is a shield, embedded on which is the motto, "AFTER THE BATTLE THE REWARD". The colours of the emblem are blue and gold.
Holy Childhood High School is operated under the regulations of the Ministry of Education in Jamaica.
Notable alumni
- Jacqueline Bishop, award-winning author and visual artist
- Ann-Marie Campbell (1981), an executive vice-president for Home Depot[1]
- Macka Diamond, a Jamaican singer and writer
- Marcia Douglas, award-winning author and university professor
References
- "Mrs. Ann-Marie Campbell, MBA, B.A. (Class of 1981)". Holy Childhood High School. 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.