Montego Bay High School

Montego Bay High School

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==House system==
==House system==


Upon initial enrollment in the school, each student is assigned to one of six [[House system|houses]]. The house system was implemented in the fifties. Originally there were three houses: Jeffrey-Smith (named after the first Headmistress); Harrison (named after Archdeacon Harrison - the first board chairman); Denham (named after [[Edward Brandis Denham|Sir Edward Denham]], [[Governor of Jamaica]] at the time the school was established). Subsequently, three more houses were added for a total of six: Lightbody (named after Phillip Lightbody, member of the Legislative Council) , Holness (named after Florence Holness, a former teacher and alumna); and Lindsey (Named after Helen Lindsey, a past principal and extra-ordinary teacher of mathematics).
Upon initial enrollment in the school, each student is assigned to one of six [[House system|houses]]. The house system was implemented in the fifties. Originally there were three houses: Jeffrey-Smith (named after the first Headmistress); Harrison (named after Archdeacon Harrison - the first board chairman); Denham (named after [[Edward Brandis Denham|Sir Edward Denham]], [[Governor of Jamaica]] at the time the school was established). Subsequently, three more houses were added for a total of six: Lightbody (named after Phillip Lightbody, member of the Legislative Council), Holness (named after Florence Holness, a former teacher and alumna); and Lindsey (Named after Helen Lindsey, a past principal and extra-ordinary teacher of mathematics).


==Enrollment==
==Enrollment==