Montserrat Secondary School

Montserrat Secondary School
Location
Salem Montserrat
Coordinates	16°45′23″N 62°13′05″W / 16.7565°N 62.2181°W / 16.7565; -62.2181Coordinates: 16°45′23″N 62°13′05″W / 16.7565°N 62.2181°W / 16.7565; -62.2181
Information
Type	Secondary school
Motto	Qui Non Proficit Deficit (He who does not progress, regresses.)
Established	1928
Principal	Mrs. Cherlyn S. Hogan
Enrollment	Approximately 340 (in 2016)^[1]
Affiliation	Government of Montserrat

The Montserrat Secondary School, often referred to for short as MSS, is the only secondary school on the island of Montserrat. The school's campus is currently located in Salem, Montserrat.

The school's history began in 1928 after the Government of Montserrat decided to create an institution for secondary school education.^[2]

Principals of the Montserrat Secondary School, 1928 – present

H. G. Carrington (1928 – 1957)
Major Vincent Bennett Browne (1957 – 1976)
Mr. Charles T. John (1976 – 1979)
Mr. Peter White (1979 – 1990)
Mrs. Oeslyn Jemmotte (1990 – 1993)
Miss Lucy Fenton (1993 – 1995)
Mrs. Camela Watts (1995 – 1998)
Miss Kathleen Greenaway (1998 – 2004)
Mr. Glen Francis (2004 – 2006)
Mr. Alric Taylor (2006 – 2009)
Mrs. Cherlyn Hogan (2009 – present)

Notable Alumni

Arrow, a calypsonian and soca musician named Alphonsus Celestine Edmund Cassell, who is regarded as the first superstar of soca from Montserrat.^[3]
Donaldson Romeo, the second and current Premier of Montserrat.
Sheree Jemmotte-Rodney, the current acting Attorney General of Montserrat.

References

↑ "2015/2016 Montserrat Secondary School Academic Year Report by MSS Principal, Mrs Cherlyn S. Hogan". MNI Alive. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
↑ "ABOUT US | MSS ASSOCIATION". mssassociation.org. Retrieved 2017-02-18.
↑ Thompson, Dave (2002) "Reggae & Caribbean Music", Backbeat Books, ISBN 0-87930-655-6, pp. 26–28

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