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'''Queen's College''' is the top [[secondary school]] in [[Guyana]];Situated at the South-Easterly Junction of Camp Street and Thomas Lands. Alumni can enter the school through the Secondary School Entrance Examination (SSEE) and at the Lower 6th Form Level if the academic performance of the student is satisfactory. The school strives to maintain high standards with emphasis being placed on the all round development of the students.


'''Queen's College''' ('''QC''') is a [[secondary school]] in [[Georgetown, Guyana]].
==History==


== History ==
In 1951, a history of the school [http://qcalumnitoronto.com/images/history.pdf History of Queen's College] was published by Senior Master, N.E. Cameron [[N. E. Cameron|N.E. Cameron]]. It was updated and re-published in 2009 by the QC Alumni Association in Toronto [http://www.qcalumnitoronto.com Toronto Alumni Association].
It was established in 1844 by [[William Austin (bishop)|Bishop William Piercy Austin]] as an [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] grammar school for boys<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=QC is more than a school'|url=https://guyanachronicle.com/2019/10/30/qc-is-more-than-a-school/|access-date=2020-12-21|website=Guyana Chronicle|language=en-US}}</ref> and was aimed at educating the colonial elite.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2009-10-30|title=Education...Something to celebrate:|url=https://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/10/30/guyana-review/education-something-to-celebrate/|access-date=2020-12-21|website=Stabroek News|language=en-US}}</ref> The school was temporarily quartered at what is the current location of the High Court before moving to another property at Main and Quamina Street until 1854.<ref name=":1" /> The current site of [[Bishops' High School, Guyana|Bishops' High School]] was the location of Queen's College from 1854 to 1918. From there it moved to another property at Brickdam and Vlissingen Road, until 1951, when it moved to its current location. The final move saw significant expansion of classrooms and facilities, however an arson attack destroyed 1997.<ref name=":1" />


In 1876, the Compulsory Denominational Education Bill secularized education and it became Queen's College of British Guiana as a national institution funded by the government. and in 1975 became [[Mixed-sex education|co-ed]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-10-22|title=QC hosting grand reunion to mark 170th anniversary|url=https://www.stabroeknews.com/2014/10/22/news/guyana/qc-hosting-grand-reunion-mark-170th-anniversary/|access-date=2020-12-21|website=Stabroek News|language=en-US}}</ref>
Queen's College was established in 1844 as the Queen's College Grammar School for boys by William Percy Austin, D.D., Bishop of the Anglican diocese of then British Guiana. The female equivalent was the [[Bishops' High School, Guyana|Bishops' High School]].


The library was opened in 1880 and the school produced a variety of student papers, starting in 1881 as Our College Gazette, QC Gazette, the Queen's Chronicle and, the QC Lictor newspaper in 1950. The school also produced The Queen's College Magazine yearly from about 1912 to the 1974-76 edition.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2009-12-17|title=Education|url=https://www.stabroeknews.com/2009/12/17/guyana-review/education-3/|access-date=2020-12-21|website=Stabroek News|language=en-US}}</ref>
The first assembly was held on 5 August 1844 with an enrollment of fifteen boys. Although the school started out as an Anglican Church School, Bishop Austin was interested in making it a more broad-based institution to include non-Anglicans. Its first administration, however, consisted only of members of the Church of England.


== Accomplishments ==
Formal classes commenced on 15 August 1844 in the Old Colony House (situated in the compound of what is now the Guyana High Courts, previously known as the [[Victoria Law Courts]]). The original fifteen students had two tutors, with Bishop Austin himself becoming the first Principal. In 1845 the school moved to Main and Quamina (then Murray) Streets. Its population was rapidly expanding and, with a student body of seventy and three tutors, another move was made in 1854 to its first formal building at Carmichael and Quamina Streets.
The school has received the Dennis Irvine Award for academic excellence in the Caribbean 3 times and the [[Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate]] examinations premier science award 6 times.<ref name=":0" />


== Traditional Organization ==
In 1876, the school became a "Colonial Institution" and was renamed "Queen's College." Several additional changes in location took the school to the site of the present Ministry of Health building (Vlissengen Road and Brickdam) in 1918, and then to its present location in Thomas Lands (Camp and Thomas Roads), where the facilities were formally opened on 3 December 1951. The school had a reputation for maintaining a rigorous academic environment with intense competition and graduated students who were eligible for admission to elite public and private universities around the globe, including the Sorbonne, Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, and London University colleges. The school became co-educational in 1975. This was accomplished by transferring approximately one hundred and fifty girls into the 2nd, 3rd, Upper 5th and Lower 6th forms from the Bishops' High School, which institution was also a single-sex institution. Girls were also admitted into the first form.
The school has a [[House system]] of 10 houses, named in honor of famous people to the history of Guyana; William Exley Percival, [[Walter Raleigh]], Bishop Austin, [[Benjamin D'Urban]], Edward Oliver Pilgrim, Frederick Thomas Weston, [[Edwin Moulder]], Charles Campbell Woolley, [[John Cunningham (Royal Navy officer)|John Henry Dacres Cunningham]], and Captain Howard Nobbs. By convention, siblings are often put into the same house, and could also apply to other relatives and the children of previous students.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2010-03-07|title=The Houses of Queen’s College|url=https://www.stabroeknews.com/2010/03/07/news/guyana/the-houses-of-queen’s-college/|access-date=2020-12-21|website=Stabroek News|language=en-US}}</ref>


==1997 Fire==
== Notable alumni ==
<!--alphabetically by surname-->
* [[Michael Abbensetts]], playwright
* [[Norman Beaton]], actor
* [[E. R. Braithwaite]], novelist
* [[Forbes Burnham]], former president
* [[John Carter (ambassador)|John Carter]], politician, lawyer and diplomat
* [[Martin Carter]], poet
* [[Guy E. L. de Weever]], author of ''The Children's Story of Guyana''
* [[Phil Edwards (runner)|Phil Edwards]], athlete, physician
* [[Tommy Eytle]], actor and calypso musician
* [[Rhona Fox]], actress
* [[David A. Granger|David Granger]], former president
* [[Roger Harper]], former West indies cricketer
* [[Wilson Harris]], novelist
* [[Sam Hinds|Samuel Hinds]], Prime Minister
* [[Cheddi Jagan|Dr. Cheddi Jagan]], former president
* [[Jack London (athlete)|Jack London]], athlete
* [[Lionel Luckhoo|Sir Lionel Luckhoo]], lawyer
* [[Trevor Phillips]], British politician
* [[Robert Cyril Gladstone Potter]], educator and composer of ''[[Dear Land of Guyana, of Rivers and Plains]]''
* [[Walter Rodney]], historian, politician
* [[Arthur J. Seymour]], literary critic, poet, biographer


== References ==
On 16 November 1997, the school was partially destroyed in a fire. The three-story centre block, housing the auditorium, offices and dining hall were destroyed. Damage was estimated at G$200 million (around US$1,000,000). Extensive reconstruction has been carried out, starting six years after the fire. Phase I of the rebuilding - the Administrative Block and Auditorium - has been completed and was dedicated on 19 September 2003.
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== Further reading ==
==School houses==
* N.E. Cameron, ''A History of the Queen's College of British Guiana'', F.A. Persick, printers, 1951. (OCLC: 26572549)


== External links ==
The school's traditions included features that were characteristic of an English public school with a head boy and subsequently after co-education, a head girl and prefects picked from students who were determined to have the respect of their peers and to have displayed an appropriate standard of conduct. They provided student leadership. Additionally, students were placed in cross-grade groups called "houses" with a house master or house mistress, who was teacher and a head-of-house, who was a student. The house was essentially a school team. The school's ten houses are named after past Headmasters and masters (teachers), members of the school, members of the British Guiana colonial government, and historical figures significant to the former British Guiana. These ten houses also possess their own colours. The houses are as follow:
* {{Official website|https://www.queenscollege.edu.gy/}}

* [http://www.qcguyanaalumny.org/ Queen's College alumni association]
A House - Percival (red)<br>
B House - Raleigh (royal blue)<br>
C House - Austin (emerald green)<br>
D House - D'Urban (brown)<br>
E House - Pilgrim (purple)<br>
F House - Weston (light blue)<br>
G House - Moulder (pink)<br>
H House - Wooley (dark green)<br>
K House - Cunningham (yellow)<br>
L House - Nobbs (white; presently gold)

I House - Isaacs (black)(This house however is no longer in existence)

==Alumni==
Noted alumni include:
* Former president [[Forbes Burnham]]
* Former president [[Cheddi Jagan|Dr. Cheddi Jagan]]
* Playwright [[Michael Abbensetts]] (1952-1956)
* Novelist [[E.R. Braithwaite]]
* Poet [[Martin Carter]]
* Novelist [[Wilson Harris]]
* Lawyer [[Lionel Luckhoo|Sir Lionel Luckhoo]]
* Historian [[Walter Rodney]]
* NASA/JPL physicist [[Dr. Keith E. Wilson]]
* UWI Professor of Surgery (1961-1979) Sir [[Harry Annamunthodo]]
* McMaster University (Canada) IT Professor [[M. Jamal Deen]] FRSC FCAE FINAE
* Dr [[Laurence Clarke]], who chronicled the school's history to 1994 in the book, "Queen's College of Guyana - Records of a Tradition of Excellence (1844-1994)".

==Sports==

Queen's College is famous for its excellent cricketing skills with the most recent even being a match at the National Stadium versus Berbice High School. Former West Indies Player Roger Harper also attended Queen's College.
The school also participates yearly in the Barbados Relay Fair in which they excel.

==Recent Achievements==

Queen's College has continued to upkeep the tradition of being the best school in the country and the Caribbean.It has produced top performers in the Caribbean on numerous occasions in categories awarded by Caribbean Examination Council; Best Overall Student in the Caribbean, Best Science Student in the Caribbean, Best Business Student in the Caribbean, Best Agricultural Science Student in the Caribbean and Best CAPE Performers


==References==
<references />

==External links==
*[http://www.qcguyanaalumny.org/ Queen's College Alumni Associations]

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Latest revision as of 19:36, 22 October 2024

Queen's College
Location
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Georgetown

Guyana
Coordinates6°48′51″N 58°09′49″W / 6.8142848°N 58.1637347°W / 6.8142848; -58.1637347
Information
Other nameQC
TypePublic secondary school
MottoLatin: Fideles Ubique Utiles
(Faithful and Useful Everywhere)
GenderCo-educational
Websitewww.queenscollege.edu.gy

Queen's College (QC) is a secondary school in Georgetown, Guyana.

History

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It was established in 1844 by Bishop William Piercy Austin as an Anglican grammar school for boys[1] and was aimed at educating the colonial elite.[2] The school was temporarily quartered at what is the current location of the High Court before moving to another property at Main and Quamina Street until 1854.[2] The current site of Bishops' High School was the location of Queen's College from 1854 to 1918. From there it moved to another property at Brickdam and Vlissingen Road, until 1951, when it moved to its current location. The final move saw significant expansion of classrooms and facilities, however an arson attack destroyed 1997.[2]

In 1876, the Compulsory Denominational Education Bill secularized education and it became Queen's College of British Guiana as a national institution funded by the government. and in 1975 became co-ed.[3]

The library was opened in 1880 and the school produced a variety of student papers, starting in 1881 as Our College Gazette, QC Gazette, the Queen's Chronicle and, the QC Lictor newspaper in 1950. The school also produced The Queen's College Magazine yearly from about 1912 to the 1974-76 edition.[4]

Accomplishments

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The school has received the Dennis Irvine Award for academic excellence in the Caribbean 3 times and the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate examinations premier science award 6 times.[1]

Traditional Organization

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The school has a House system of 10 houses, named in honor of famous people to the history of Guyana; William Exley Percival, Walter Raleigh, Bishop Austin, Benjamin D'Urban, Edward Oliver Pilgrim, Frederick Thomas Weston, Edwin Moulder, Charles Campbell Woolley, John Henry Dacres Cunningham, and Captain Howard Nobbs. By convention, siblings are often put into the same house, and could also apply to other relatives and the children of previous students.[5]

Notable alumni

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References

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  1. ^ a b "QC is more than a school'". Guyana Chronicle. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Education...Something to celebrate:". Stabroek News. 30 October 2009. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  3. ^ "QC hosting grand reunion to mark 170th anniversary". Stabroek News. 22 October 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Education". Stabroek News. 17 December 2009. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  5. ^ "The Houses of Queen's College". Stabroek News. 7 March 2010. Retrieved 21 December 2020.

Further reading

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  • N.E. Cameron, A History of the Queen's College of British Guiana, F.A. Persick, printers, 1951. (OCLC: 26572549)
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