Westwood High School, Jamaica
The Westwood High School is a school located in Stewart Town, Trelawny, Jamaica. It was founded in 1882 by Baptist Minister Reverend with the aim to provide unsegregated education for girls. The school also set up a board of trustees to represent the different Protestant denominations.[1] It caters to secondary students and after 36 years reopened its sixth-form programme in 2014. Westwood is among the five boarding remaining in Jamaica and has been the only school to retain the tradition of wearing a jippi-jappa (Panama) hat.[2]
Amy Ashwood Garvey, a Pan-Africanist activist and the first wife of Marcus Mosiah Garvey, was a student of the school.[3] Iris Collins, the first woman elected to the House of Representatives, also attended the school.[4] Gwendolyn Spencer, a nurse and midwife who co-founded the Jamaican Midwives' Association, also attended the school.[5] Anne Walmsley, an editor, scholar, critic and author, taught at the school for three years.[6] :)
References[]
- ^ Jensen, Peta Gay (2005). The Last Colonials: The Story of Two European Families in Jamaica. I.B.Tauris. p. 39. ISBN 9781845110338.
- ^ "Hats Off To Westwood! - Trelawny School Rises From Humble Beginnings To Take Place Among Jamaica's Best". The Gleaner. 28 July 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- ^ Martin, Tony, "Garvey, Amy Ashwood (1895/1897–1969)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2006. Accessed 22 July 2015.
- ^ "Westwood celebrates 130 years". Jamaica Observer. 21 June 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ^ Lim, Ann-Margaret (September 2012). "Remembering Gwendoyln Spencer, OD Midwife extraordinaire". Kingston College Times. Kingston, Jamaica: Kingston College Old Boys' Association. 9. Archived from the original on 25 March 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017. Reprint from The Jamaica Observer
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: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ "About the author (1989)", The Sun's Eye: West Indian Writing for Young Readers.
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