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Calabar Launches Centenary Lecture Series
Kingston, February 11, 2012 — As part of the activities marking the 100th anniversary of Calabar High School being observed this year, the Centenary Celebrations Committee will stage the first in a series of public lectures on Monday, February 20, 2012, at the Pegasus Hotel, New Kingston starting at 6.00PM. The inaugural lecture to focus on Calabar’s contribution to the religious life of the nation will be delivered by theology scholar and old boy the Rev. Dr. Horace Russell.
Calabar had its early beginnings as a Theological College back in the 1860s in the hills of Trelawny and the high school was later founded in 1912 by two Baptist Ministers the Rev. David Davis and Rev. Ernest Price. The school started with 13 boys, all sons of Baptist Ministers. Read More
Urgent Infrastructure Improvementand Maintenance Programme Needed
The Calabar Centenary Celebrations is not burying its head only in honouring the pa
st. It is also about rebuilding for the future, as the theme says: Celebrating Achievements… Rebuilding for the Future’. Indeed, it’s fair to say that is the hard part, and based on the last report of the Centenary Infrastucture Sub-Committee, it seems its work is well and truly cut out.
Over the summer holidays some much needed repair, repainting and refurbishing work was done to some classrooms, bathroomsand other facilities. But in a real sense, that amounted almost to papering over the cracks to get things ready for the start of the new school year. Read More
Activities For January t0 March
With the centenary celebrations getting into high gear, below is the provisional schedule of activities for the first quarter of 2012. As always, we encourage you to contact the Celebrations Secretariat – Russell Thompson email: russellt@cbar100.org.jm or telephone (+1 876) 542 1377 or 399 2914 for dates and details, as these are subject to change and could vary to the information here presented. Join in the celebrations!Read More
Centenary Year Celebrations Start With Church Service
It was a packed congregation of old boys, friends and family of Calabar High School that gathered on Sunday, September 18, 2011 at the Boulevard Baptist Church for the commencement service marking the start of the school’s 100th year of service to education.
Among the long list of distinguished old boys in attendance were former Prime Minister PJ Patterson, Michael Fennell, President of the Jamaica Olympic Association, Jamaica Baptist Union President Rev. Karl Johnson and Chairman of the Centenary Celebrations Committee, Rev Karl Henlin. The moving and uplifting sermon was delivered by Rev Dr Stephen Jennings of the Mona Circuit of Baptist Churches and himself a Calabar Old Boy.Read More
Calabar To Mark Centenary With Wide Ranging Programme
Calabar High School founded in September 1912 by two Baptist Ministers – the Rev Ernest Price and the Rev David Davis, has unveiled a comprehensive programme of celebrations and rebuilding to mark the school’s 100 years of service to education.
Boasting a rich legacy of ‘calling men to brave endeavours’, the school this morning held a centenary launch function at which old boy and former Prime Minister PJ Patterson who is also the honorary Chairman of the Centenary Celebrations Committee emphasized the need to not only celebrate the school’s rich legacy but undertake a major redevelopment programme of the physical facilities, a strengthening of the administration and a refocusing of the curriculum so “Calabar can once again be the school of choice for Jamaican boys for another hundred years. Read More
