Hampton School (Jamaica)

Hampton School
Address
Malvern, St. Elizabeth, Jamaica Hampton School
Coordinates	17°57′41″N 77°41′31″W / 17.96136°N 77.69207°W / 17.96136; -77.69207Coordinates: 17°57′41″N 77°41′31″W / 17.96136°N 77.69207°W / 17.96136; -77.69207
Information
Motto	Suma virtute et humanitate (With utmost courage and courtesy)
Founded	1858
Status	Open
School number	1-876-966-5161/3
Head of school	Heather Murray
Gender	Female
Language	English, Jamaican English
School colour(s)	Blue, White

Hampton School, also known as Hampton school for girls is an all-girls boarding school located in Malvern, Jamaica. It was founded in 1858 with the funds received from the will of plantation owners Caleb Dickenson and Hugh Munro.

School bio

The uniform consists of a light blue apron with a white blouse beneath it. The sixth form uniform consists of a royal blue skirt and a white blouse along with a navy blue tie.

There have been noteworthy improvements to the physical structure in the past few years. A modern residential block has been constructed, at a convenient distance from the original historic buildings. Officially, the new dorm is the Donna Parchment Boarding Complex, named for the present chairman of the school board.

Heather Murray has been Headmistress of Hampton from 2004 to the present.

Related schools

The founders of the school also gave the money to form a boys school created two years before Hampton. This all-boys school is best known as Munro College and is the only all-boys boarding school left in the country of Jamaica. Their motto is "In arce sitam quis occultabit- A city upon a hill cannot be hid", This is in Latin exactly like Hampton's own "Suma virtute et humanitate- With utmost courage and courtesy" These schools are brother and sister schools and have always been involved in each other's activities. Their six form programs were similar as well where each school would send over some sixth formers to their brother/ sister school, however since September 2010 Munro no longer accepts Hampton 6th formers because there are more Hamptonians opting for the Sciences than Munro can accommodate. However, up to 2011 Hampton still accepts Munronians interested in pursuing careers in Business and Humanities (including Law).

Notable Hamptonians

Una Marson,
Olive Lewin,
Aviz Glaze,
Gloria Wesley Gammon

References

External links

http://www.hamptonschool.edu.jm/

Schools in Jamaica

Primary	Watsonville

Preparatory	St Jago Cathedral Wolmer's

Primary & Junior High	Linstead

Secondary High	Ardenne Ascot Black River High School Calabar Campion College Charlemont Clarendon College Cornwall College Ferncourt Glenmuir Guy's Hill Hampton Holy Childhood Immaculate Jamaica College Kingston College Knox College Lacovia Marymount Meadowbrook Morant Bay Munro College Oberlin Queens St Catherine St George's College St Jago St Mary St Mary's College Wolmer's York Castle

Technical High	Dinthill Dunoon Park Frome Herbert Morrison Holmwood Jose Marti Kingston Knockalva Marcus Garvey St Andrew St Elizabeth St Mary St Thomas Vere

Agricultural High	Knockalva Sydney Pagon

Private High	Alpha Boys School

International schools	American International School of Kingston

Former	Priory Tranquility Bay

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