Monday 26 March 2012

MAY DAY SCHOOL










MAY DAY HIGH SCHOOL




VISION STATEMENT

Providing education that will create the opportunity for holistic development.


MISSION STATEMENT

This school is committed to the delivery of quality education for the holistic development of our students and other stakeholders in a safe and secure atmosphere which promotes academic, vocational and technological excellence, thus enhancing democracy and social responsibility for global impact.

MOTTO

Only The Best is good enough

OBJECTIVES

May Day High School believe in the following 8 objectives:

  1. Ensure a general education – every child can learn

  1. Educate through love

  1. Ensure equality and justice.

  1. Create opportunities, which will enable students to make worthwhile contributions to society

  1. Promote physical development and health

  1. To develop an investigative attitude as well as self and environmental awareness

  1. Nurture each child’s self expression and appreciation of beauty as found in the arts and sciences

  1. Development of good characters, self respect and self reliance


SCHOOL PROFILE
May Day Elementary School was built by the Moravian Church and opened in 1894 near Georges Valley in Manchester. In the early 1950’s when the building became dilapidated, the said Moravian Church obtained 5 acres of land from Gerald Gibson and built the New May Day Senior School.

Situated in the periphery of the May Day Mountain and 3 miles South-east of Mandeville the capital of the parish, the school was officially opened on June 24, 1954.

Since that time, there has been numerous transitions ; Senior School to All-Age School, Experimental Primary (1974), All Age and Secondary to Primary, Junior High and Secondary (1975), Comprehensive High School (1998) and High School (2000). The programmes May Day High School engages in are in line with those offered in similar Secondary Schools.

A new block of classrooms, refurbishing of 3 existing blocks to facilitate the administrative offices, classrooms, library and three workshops: Carpentry, Food & Nutrition and Clothing and Textile was done as part of the upgrading process. A new Chemistry/Biology Laboratory and was constructed by the Urban Development Corporation (UDC). During that period, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture gave the school the opportunity to carry out refurbishing work on those buildings the UDC contract would not address.


 



 School resources, facilities and culture

The first floor of a block was completed (8 classrooms and a computer laboratory), toilet transformed into modern sanitary convenience, 4 showers, 10 water closets and they were all painted. The Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture awarded an additional sum of money that was used to refurbish the Home Economics Department, part furnish the computer laboratory and do general repairs.  Additional furniture for staff and students were given to the school.  In 1999, the Parent Teachers’ Association (PTA) spearheaded the construction of a block housing 6 classrooms, now complete and fully utilized.

As an upgraded high school May Day has made great strides and the students are now rated amongst the best. This school have performed creditably in the core areas of Mathematics, English A and Biology at the CSEC level and have also performed extremely well in the other subject areas.  May Day High school have come a long way and have been up to the top 5 in CSEC English A and the top 15 in CSEC Mathematics recently in the category of upgraded schools.

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