Naparima Girls' High School

Naparima Girls High School
230px Non nobis solum sed omnibus ("Not for ourselves only but for others")
Location
La Pique Hill (part of San Fernando Hill) San Fernando Trinidad and Tobago
Information
Type	Female secondary school
Established	1912
Website	http://naparimagirls.edu.tt

Naparima Girls' High School is an all-girls high school in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago.The school was founded in 1912 by Rev Dr. F. Coffin to complement the education offered to boys by Naparima College. It is located on La Pique Hill (part of San Fernando Hill) which overlooks San Fernando.

Motto

The school's motto is Non nobis solum sed Omnibus which is Latin for Not for ourselves only but for Others.

In keeping with these words to live by, students are required to complete forty hours of community service during the first four years (forms 1–4) of their secondary education at the school.

School hymn

The school hymn is Youth Undaunted. The lyrics are:

Youth undaunted lift up your head,
Though a hope and a dream are dead,
Soon a new beacon is burning,
Hope is forever returning.

Lift your head, look around and hear
Voices calling you far and near;
Voices insistent and ringing,
Challenging, urgent and singing.

Lift your head in yourself within,
Must your heaven on earth begin,
Rivers begin at the fountain,
As in the valley the mountain.

Lift your head, let you heart be filled
With the hope that sustained and thrilled
All who in past generations
Lived as the light of the nations.

Principals

• Miss Edith Doyle.......... 1912 – 1913
• Miss Marion Outhit ....... 1913 – 1916
• Miss Grace Beattie........ 1916 -1917
• Miss Adella Archibald..... 1917 -1927
• Miss Constance Young ..... 1927 – 1928
• Miss Grace Beattie........ 1939 – 1950
• Miss Margaret Scrimgeour. 1950 – 1964
• Miss Beulah Meghu......... 1964 – 1984
• Mrs. Mavis Lee Wah........ 1984 – 1986
• Mrs. Jean Bahadur......... 1984 – 2000
• Patricia Ramgoolam....... 2010 – 2012
• Mrs. Bally Gosine.......... 2012 – present

The years 1928 to 1939 saw four changes of Acting Principal: Mrs. Irene Thompson-Kerster in 1928, Miss Margaret Scrimgeour in 1930, Mrs. Maude Howell-Dales in 1932 and Miss Bessie Bentley in 1936.

House system

The students are placed into five teams called 'houses'. The houses compete against each other in sporting, arts and cultural activities. All houses vie for the title "Best House" which is named at the end of every school year. Houses gain points and merits which are totalled, the highest scoring house receives the award. Each house was named after a prominent female figure and also assigned a colour. The houses and their colours are:

• Archibald House – blue (Adella Archibald)
• Cavell House – green (Edith Cavell)
• Curie House – red (Marie Curie)
• Keller House – yellow (Helen Keller)
• Scrimgeour House – purple (Margaret Scrimgeour)

Form classes

• Form 1 – J,N,R
• Form 2 – J,N,R
• Form 3 – J,N,R
• Form 4 – N,G,H,S
• Form 5 – N,G,H,S
• Form 6 – Lower – A,B,C
• Form 6 – Upper – A,B,C

Extracurricular activities and clubs

• Abstinence Club
• Anime
• Animal Activists
• Badminton
• Basketball
• Cricket
• Cadets
• Dance
• Drama
• Eco-activists
• Football
• Golf
• Hockey
• String Orchestra
• Indian Cultural Club
• Investment Club
• ISCF (Inter-School Christian Fellowship)
• Interact Club
• Junior choir
• Languages
• Lawn tennis
• Math Society
• Netball
• Orchestra
• Public speaking
• President's Award Scheme
• Robotics Club
• Red Cross
• Scrabble/chess
• Senior choir
• Track and field
• Steelpan
• Swimming
• Table tennis
• UNESCO
• Volleyball
• Women's Empowerment
• NGHS Youth Co-op

Entrance

Entry into the institution is done after writing the Secondary Entrance Assessment.

Notable alumni

• Dionne Brand – author of At the Full and Change of the Moon
• Dr. Jean Ramjohn-Richards – First Lady of Trinidad and Tobago.
• Zalayhar HassanaliORTT – former First Lady of Trinidad and Tobago.
• Occah Seepaul – former House Speaker and first woman speaker of the House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago
• Nasma Mohammed, Miss T&T Universe 2002
• Gillian Lucky, politician and lawyer
• Michelle Xavier, soca artiste
• Dr. Anna Mahase CMT – former Principal of SAGHS Teaching Service Commissioner
• CAPE School of the Year Award for 2014

See also

• Naparima College
• Hillview College
• Iere High School
• Saint Augustine Girls' High School
• List of schools in Trinidad and Tobago

External links

• Official website