Clarendon College | |
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Location | |
Middlesex County , | |
Coordinates | 18°05′16″N 77°16′18″W / 18.0878515°N 77.2717166°W |
Information | |
Type | Public |
Motto | Latin: Perstare et Praestare (Persevere and Excel) |
Patron saint(s) | Rev. Lester Davy |
Opened | 1942-02-02 |
Founder | Rev. Lester Davy |
Status | Open |
Chairperson | Mr. Leslie Chung |
Principal | Mr. David Wilson |
Chaplain | Rev. Hyacinth Edwards |
Age range | 12-19 |
Enrolment | 1900 Students |
Language | English/Spanish |
Hours in school day | 7 Hours |
Campus | College |
Campus size | 120 acres (49 ha) |
Houses | Ashberry, Davy, Sharpe, Nichol, Pershadsingh and Harvey |
Colour(s) | Blue/Yellow/White |
Song | We Build Our School |
Athletics | Track and Field, Basketball, Netball, Table Tennis, Football, Cricket |
Sports | Track and Field, Football, Basketball, Netball |
Mascot | A torch |
Nickname | C.C./College |
Rival | Glenmuir High School and Edwin Allen |
Accreditation | Ministry of Education |
Clarendon College, commonly called CC, is a high school in the town of Chapelton in northern Clarendon, Jamaica.
It is the oldest school in the parish and was founded on 2 February 1942 by the Rev'd. Lester Davy, Minister of Religion of the Congregational Church Union of Jamaica.[1]
Lester Robert Davy was born in 1909, son of Ruth-Ann Eliza Davy (nee Phillips) and David S. Davy, of Davyton, Manchester. He originally trained as a teacher at The Mico University College in Kingston, Jamaica. Rev'd. T. Hughes of the Congregational Union of Jamaica convinced Davy to build a school and that he did accomplish at Rose Bank in Chapelton Clarendon.
The school started with only two teachers,[2] Rev. Davy and Mrs. Hyacinth Balford, and ten students, including Davy's nephew, Horace V. Freeman (later, CD, an attorney-at-law). The school was later relocated to its current location on Chapelton Hill. Following Davy'ss tragic death in a train accident at the end of February 1942, the school was administered by Rev'd. and Mrs. T. A. M. Grant. An annual march is held on February 2 to highlight and commemorate the legacy of Rev. Lester Davy.
The current principal of Clarendon College is David Wilson, and its motto reads: "Perstare et Praestare", which means "persevere and excel".
In 2023, the school football team beat Trinidad & Tobago to win the fourth KFC International School Football tournament.[3]
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