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Wolmer's Boys School, Kingston, Jamaica. 8,079 likes. Tradition, Class and Excellence! Wolmer’s can boast of being the oldest school in the West Indies
13 de may. de 2019 · l Since 1904, the Wolmer’s Schools have educated 23 Rhodes Scholars, the most for any school in the Caribbean. Just a few noted Wolmerians. l Past Governor General Sir Florizel Glasspole. l Edward Seaga, fifth prime minister (1980-1989) and former leader of the Jamaica Labour Party.
25 de nov. de 2016 · Wolmer’s was located on Church Street at what is still known as the Wolmer’s yard, ... In 1896, the schools were separated and independent heads appointed for the boys’ and girls’ schools.
26 de jul. de 2021 · Wolmer's can boast of being one of the oldest schools in the Caribbean having been founded on May 21, 1729. This was the day John Wolmer made his last will and testament, leaving the bulk of his estate for the foundation of a free school in the parish of his death. Little is known of John Wolmer except that he was a goldsmith in Kingston for ...
Wolmer's Preparatory strives to fulfil its motto 'Age Quod Agis' by insisting on excellence in all its undertakings. Children are provided with a well-rounded education that will equip them for life. Equal emphasis is placed on the development of the intellectual, emotional and physical needs of the child.
The Wolmer's Schools are considered among the Caribbean's most prestigious schools, and the most prestigious in Jamaica, with traditional British-style uniform and a strong Christian ethos. The schools more closely resemble British schools of the 1950s than of today, a trend that can be noted of the entire Jamaican schooling system.
In 1957, when the Government changed the age for admissions to high school to 11 years old, the two lowest forms which constituted the preparatory department moved from the high school to the independent Wolmer’s preparatory department, which would later incorporate the preparatory department of the Boys’ School and become the very successful third member of the Wolmer’s group of schools.
