Saint Mary's College, Trinidad and Tobago

Saint Mary's College
College of the Immaculate Conception
Address
75 Frederick St.
Port-of-Spain
Trinidad and Tobago
Information
Type Government assisted
Motto Virtus et Scientia (Latin)
Manliness and Knowledge
Established 1 August 1863
Principal Nigel Joseph
Teaching staff 76
Enrollment 1196
Campus Urban
Colour(s) Blue   and   White
Athletics Water-polo/Mini-polo, Swimming, Cricket, Badminton, Football, Basketball, Hockey. Chess and Scrabble to some extent.
Affiliation Roman Catholic
(Holy Ghost Fathers)
Website

The main building of St. Mary's College.

Saint Mary's College (popularly known as CIC, which stands for College of the Immaculate Conception) is a government-assisted Catholic secondary school situated on Frederick Street in the heart of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The school was established in 1863 with only a handful of students but enrollment today is close to 1200. The school's motto "Virtus et Scientia" is Latin for "Manliness and Knowledge". It is an all-boys school.

St. Mary's College is a seven-year school that prepares students for the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate known as "CSEC" at 5th Form and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE) level examinations.

The school offers education in a vast number of fields in the sciences, humanities, business studies, economics and computer science. St. Mary's College is known as one of the best schools in the country and students completing their A-Levels from St. Mary's consistently win the prestigious national scholarships offered by the government for academic excellence, including the President's Medal in 2005.

Past Principals

College song

Out of the shadows of the past they come to cheer us
Boys of the old brigade of gallant CIC
And our thousand voices ring in mighty chorus
College of St. Mary's onto victory
Yonder our colors white and blue are proudly waving
Down the field our team comes sweeping crashing through
We’re urging them on
They’re dashing along
On, On
Fearless and strong
Go the boys of St. Mary’s College
Glorious throng...
Loyal sons of the old white and blue
Brave hearts and true
Write her name in triumphant story
Onward march on
Boys of CIC to glory

Notable alumni

St. Mary's College alumni have achieved prominence in many fields, including politics, business, law, music, journalism and medicine. St. Mary's College has produced two of the country's Presidents and two Chief Justices, fifteen former and current Members of Parliament and two Catholic Archbishops of Port of Spain. They include:

For the graduating class of 2008, 85% of the A Level students went on to further study at tertiary education institutions at the University of the West Indies, and several top universities in the USA, Canada and the United Kingdom. In A-Level/CAPE, there was a 98% pass rate in 2008 and a remarkable 100% pass rate was attained by the graduating class of 2011.

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