Combermere School
Combermere School, is a secondary school in Barbados. It is located in the Waterford district of the capital, Bridgetown.
Reputation
The school also offers a music program and the band has won awards at the National Independence Festival for the Creative Arts (NIFCA). Combermere has 54 teachers including one guidance counsellor. Most hold bachelor's degrees in the subject area they are teaching, with at least three holding doctorates.
School song
First Verse
Lives are in the making here
Hearts are in the waking here
Mighty undertaking here
Up and on, up and on.
We are arming for the fight
Pressing on with all our might
Pluming wings for higher flight
Up and on, up and on.
Chorus
Up then! Truest fame lies in high endeavour
Play the game, keep the flame burning brightly ever
Up then! Truest fame lies in high endeavour
Play the game, keep the flame burning brightly ever
Second Verse
Fair before us lies the way
Time for work and time for play
Fill the measure while we may
Up and on, up and on.
Life and time will not delay
Time is running fast away
Life is now - today, today
Up and on, up and on.
Third Verse
Foes in plenty we shall meet
Hearts courageous scorn defeat
So we press with eager feet
Up and on, up and on.
Ever upward to the fight
Ever upward to the light
Ever true to God and Right
Up and on, up and on.
Chorus
Up then! Truest fame lies in high endeavour
Play the game, keep the flame burning brightly ever
Up then! Truest fame lies in high endeavour
Play the game, keep the flame burning brightly ever
Notable alumni
- Robyn Rihanna Fenty - recording artist[1]
- The Hon. David J.H Thompson - 6th Prime Minister of Barbados
- Lawson A. Weekes - G.C.M., Justice of the peace J.P., Member of Parliament M.P., Speaker of the House of Assembly of Barbados 1986-1994 [2]
- Sir Frank Worrell - former West Indies batsman and captain[1]
- Sir Wesley Winfield Hall - former Barbadian cricketer, Chairman of the West Indies Board of Control and Minister for Sports and Tourism
- Owen Alik Shahadah - African historian, filmmaker - 500 Years Later[citation needed]
- Kerryann Ifill - first blind graduate of the University of the West Indies; President of the Senate of Barbados since 2012
- Arturo Tappin - saxophonist
- Kraigg Brathwaite - current West Indian cricketer, unrelated to Carlos[1]
- Carlos Brathwaite - current West Indian cricketer, unrelated to Kraigg[1]
- Chris Jordan - current English cricketer[1]
- John Smith - former Deputy Headmaster of the Coleridge and Parry School of Barbados[3]
- Austin Clarke - Commonwealth-winning author
- Ron Buckmire - Mathematician and LGBT activist
- Ralph E Pollard - Master Chef, Artist and TV personality.
- Jomel Warrican - current West Indian cricketer[1]
See also
References
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- ↑ <http://books.google.com/books?id=3rA_HBsVPXYC&pg=PA41&lpg=PA41&dq=JOHN+SMITH+COMBERMERE&source=bl&ots=SINZi_nppz&sig=dhpvA4MxyiPfy8ZVx6HSfNmHnXY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=yyCLUezLM-PA4APomoGYAg&sqi=2&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=JOHN%20SMITH%20COMBERMERE&f=false><http://books.google.com/books?id=JvPiAAAAMAAJ&q=JOHN+Ira+SMITH,+headmaster+parry+school,barbados&dq=J+I+SMITH,+headmaster+parry+school,barbados&hl=en&sa=X&ei=_zmtUsmZEOjesAT48oKgBg&ved=0CDwQ6AEwAA>
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