Bishops' High School, Guyana

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Bishops' High School, Georgetown, Guyana

Bishops' High School is a prestigious secondary school in Guyana. It was established in 1870 by the Anglican Church as a ladies' school.

The school later merged with Mrs. Vfyhuis's school, also founded in 1870, and then with the DeSaffon school. Mrs. Vfyhuis was offered headship of the combined schools in 1875. The school's first home was at Brickdam and Manget Place, and then at "Minto House" on Waterloo Street. It later moved to "Lamaha House" at Carmichael and Lamaha Streets, the property of Bishop E.A. Parry.

In 1907 Bishop E.A. Parry moved the school to "Woodside House" (now known as "Transport House") on Main Street, and it became known as "Woodside House School". In 1921 the school moved to its present location at Carmichael and Murray (now known as Quamina) Streets.

In 1922 Bishop E.A. Parry retired and the school then became known as "The Bishops' High School".

Bishop Parry died in 1936 and the "Oswald Parry Hall" was opened at the School.

In January 1936, the School was handed over to the Government of British Guiana. The new building was opened on January 5, 1946.

In 1970 the School celebrated its centennial.

The Bishops' High School became a co-educational institution in 1975.

The school's motto is "Labor Omnia Vincit".

There are five houses in The Bishops' High School: Allen House, Baskett House, Dewar House, Vyfhuis House and Wearn House; each named after a former headmistress of the school.

Mrs. Elizabeth Isaacs Walcott is the current head mistress of the school.

The 2006 Inter-House Drama Competition is over. These results are: 1st- Vyfhuis House 2nd- Dewar House 3rd- Allen House

4th and 5th were not revealed.

~The 2006 Christmas Term exams are over. School was closed on 8th December 2006 and scheduled to re-open on 2nd January 2006. The marks of all the 70% students could not have been obtained but the pupils who achieved 70% and over in Form Four are:

Four Arts: 1st- Veronica Albadar Four Business: 1st- Joanne Stoby 2nd- Dellyssa Edinboro 3rd- Subrina Jainarine 4th- Savannah Barnwell Four Science: 1st- Gavin Mendonca, 73.6% 2nd- Sharlene Goberdhan, 73.4% 3rd- Vidur Singh, 73.3% 4th- Rizwan Saffie, 73.0% 5th- Juliana Johnson, 73.0% 6th- Leonie McGarrell, 73.0% 7th- Tracy Forris, n/a 8th- Keitisha Bynoe, n/a 9th- Timothy Ramkissoon, 70.0%