Combermere School
Combermere School, is a secondary school, located in Waterford, St. Michael, Barbados.
Reputation
The school also offers a music program and the band has won awards at the National Independence Festival for the Creative Arts (NIFCA). Combermere has 54 teachers including one guidance counsellor. Most hold bachelor's degrees in the subject area they are teaching, with at least three holding doctorates.
Departments
Other than the Principal, the Deputy Principal and 6 Year heads for 1st form through to the Upper Sixth, the School has 12 Departments which are headed by 12 Senior Teachers. They include Chemistry, Mathematics, Geography/Social Studies & Environmental Science, Physics, Biology & Home Economics, English, Music & Fine Arts, Physical Education, Technical & Vocational Studies, History, Foreign Languages and the Business Studies Department. There are dedicated labs/ rooms for Chemistry, Biology, Geography, Physics, Languages, Music, Computer Science and Food and Nutrition. The school has a pavilion equipped with a gym and changing rooms. There are 2 Fields, a cricket pitch, shooting range, basket/netball and tennis/volley ball courts. A meteorological station is also included on the premises, a library as well as an auditorium - The Major Noot Hall.
Notable alumni
- Robyn Rihanna Fenty - recording artist[1]
- The Hon. David J.H Thompson - 6th Prime Minister of Barbados
- Lawson A. Weekes - G.C.M., Justice of the peace J.P., Member of Parliament M.P., Speaker of the House of Assembly of Barbados 1986–1994 [2][3]
- Sir Frank Worrell - former West Indies batsman and captain[1]
- Sir Wesley Winfield Hall - former Barbadian, West Indian cricketer, Chairman of the West Indies Board of Control and Minister for Sports and Tourism
- Owen Alik Shahadah - African historian, filmmaker - 500 Years Later
- Kerryann Ifill - first blind graduate of the University of the West Indies; President of the Senate of Barbados since 2012
- Arturo Tappin - saxophonist
- Anthony Kellman - poet, novelist and musician
- Kraigg Brathwaite - current West Indian cricketer, unrelated to Carlos[1]
- Carlos Brathwaite - current West Indian cricketer, unrelated to Kraigg[1]
- Chris Jordan - current English cricketer[1]
- John Smith - former Deputy Headmaster of the Coleridge and Parry School of Barbados[4][5]
- Austin Clarke - Commonwealth-winning author
- Ron Buckmire - Mathematician and LGBT activist
- Ralph E Pollard - Master Chef, Artist and TV personality.
- Jomel Warrican - current West Indian cricketer[1]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Kraigg Brathwaite: Short balls in the nets was my welcome". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2016-01-03.
- ↑ <"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-18. Retrieved 2013-12-15.>
- ↑ Politics Barbados: The Guide to the General Election, 1986. Sanka Price, Jnr. 1986.
- ↑ Keith A. P. Sandiford; Earle H. Newton (1995). Combermere School and the Barbadian Society. Press, University of the West Indies. pp. 41–. ISBN 978-976-640-014-9.
- ↑ The Year Book of the West Indies and Countries of the Caribbean. Thomas Skinner & Company, Limited. 1948.
- Carrington, Sean; Fraser, Henry (2003). "Combermere School". A~Z of Barbados Heritage. Macmillan Caribbean. pp. 51–52. ISBN 0-333-92068-6. Retrieved 2010-07-25.
External links
- Official website
- "ANTHONY KELLMAN, "Simon" (from his epic poem Limestone) - YouTube". youtube.com. Retrieved 2016-03-31.