Glenmuir
Glenmuir
City:
May Pen, Clarendon
Address: 10 Glenmuir Rd, May Pen
Motto: Flagrans Veritatis Studio
Song: Semper Flagrans (Flagrans Forever!)
Founded: September 15, 1958
Colors: White, Maroon
Glenmuir High School (GHS) is a Jamaican secondary school located in May Pen, Clarendon Parish, Jamaica. It is among the top performing secondary schools in the country. In 2011 it was among the top 3 preferred schools for students who sat the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT). In 2012 it placed 3rd in the country in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) exams, and in 2013 placed 4th for academic performance in the Secondary Schools Guide. Glenmuir educates over 1,700 pupils, aged between 12 and 18 years and was founded in 1958 by the Rt. Reverend Percival William Gibson, the Bishop of Jamaica, as a private co-educational secondary school of the Anglican Diocese, on a 25-acre site in an upper income residential road in May Pen. The school motto is "Flagrans Veritatis Studio" ("Burning with the Zeal for Truth").
Glenmuir has a sporting tradition dominated by athletics and football. Apart from inter-house competitions, which culminate each year on Sports Day, Glenmuir competes in the annual schoolboy football competitions. The school were DaCosta Cup champions in 2004, 2006, and 2012, the Ben Francis Cup champions in 1993, 1994, 1999, 2004, 2005 and 2009, and the Oliver Shield champions in 2004 and 2006.