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The event above is a FREE PUBLIC LECTURE
sponsored by the Coalition of Jamaican Alumni Associations and the College of Business at Florida Atlantic University (Flyer on the right). Mr. Buchanan will sign all copies of his book that are purchased after the lecture. There will be a short update on some future Coalition ac-tivities including the annual walkathon.
Also, in keeping with our goal to send 28 bar-
rels of books to primary schools in Jamaica, we are asking attendees to bring books to the event and give them to us (Rupert and Sandra). We have two barrels that we would love to ship before the summer ends.
EVENTS IN JUNE
o Caribbean American Heritage Awards, June 8 - Page 8.
o St. Hilda’s Alumnae 3rd Annual Father’s Day Celebration Dinner, June 15 - Page 9.
o Kingston Technical Past Students Assoc. Family Picnic & Fun Day, June 15 - Page 10.
o Church Teachers’ College Alumni Assoc. Family Fun Day, June 15 - Page 11.
o Calabar 7th Anniversary “Green & Black Party”, June 15 – Page 12.
o Cornwall College Alumni Association Family Fun Day, June 23, Pages 13-14
o UWI Alumni Association (Florida) 2nd Annual Soca & Reggae Fete, June 29 - Page 15.
THE COALITION MONTHLY Newsletter for Jamaican Alumni Associations in Florida
www.cjaaf.info
THE COALITION OF JAMAICAN ALUMNI ASSO-CIATIONS TO HOST A FREE PUBLIC LECTURE.
Date & Time JUNE 8, 2019
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Speaker MR. PAUL BUCHANAN
(Former Member of Parliament, Lecturer at the University of Technology in Jamaica, and author
of Jones Town, Trench Town)
Topic “THE JOURNEY BACK”.
Location Room 234 (Liberal Arts Building)
Florida Atlantic University 3200 College Avenue Davie, Florida 33314
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OTHER EVENTS ON THE HORIZON
St. Ann’s Bay Primary School Past Students Association 90th Year Celebration Weekend; July 4-7, Page 16.
XLCR Alumni Association of Florida “Elegant Sail”; July 6, 2019, Page 17.
Wolmer’s Alumni Annual Fun Raising Gala; July 20, 2019, Page 18.
Immaculate Conception Alumnae Associa-tion’s “Jamaica’s 57th Independence Party”; July 27, 2019, Page 19.
Clarendon College Alumni Association (South Florida) Dinner Dance; August 31, 2019, Page 20.
Miss Lou “FULL HUNDRED”, September 6 & September 7; August 31, 2019, Page 21.
Age Quod Agis (WOLMER’S – CAMPION) Soccer Game; September 20, 2019, Page 22.
The Alumni Association of Titchfield High School of South Florida Annual Columbus Day Weekend Jamboree; October 11 - 13, Page 23.
Tarrant High School Cruising With a Cause, October 18-21, 2019: Page 24.
Alpha Alumnae White Nite Oldies Dinner Dance, November 9, 2019: Page 25.
DINTHILL TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI FLORIDA CHAPTER (MEDICAL MISSION 2019)
Fellow Alumni and Friends:
We are super excited and proud to announce the fourth medical mission to Dinthill Technical High School (Lin-stead, Jamaica) on August 22-23, 2019.
We are thrilled at the responses from past students and friends of Dinthill and have to share the news, and some new features of the 2019 medical mission.
We will have students from Clarendon College and Charlemont High School joining us at Dinthill.
There will be doctors, dentist and an Ophthalmol-ogist joining us.
A doctor from Emory University will make the trip to Jamaica on behalf of the university to work and observe, as they would like to send some of their students next year.
Additionally the event has once again garnered the at-tention of the media, and coverage is scheduled for the event. Over 2,000 students are expected to attend.
This is also an invitation for others interested in our ef-fort to make a donation to the cause.
From Dinthill’s Executive Board
INSIDE THE NEWSLETTER
1. Other events on the horizon; Page 2. 2. Dinthill Technical High School Alumni
(Florida Chapter) Medical Mission 2019; Page 2.
3. New Location for the Consulate General
of Jamaica; Page 3.
4. New UWI Lecturer (KC Graduate) Do-nates Annual Salary to Students; Page 4.
5. QUEEN’S 6th Former Wins Essay Compe-tition; Page 5.
6. Wolmer’s Celebrates 290 Years; Pages 6
– 7.
7. Event Flyers; Pages 7 – 25.
8. Alumni Association Contact Information;
Pages 26-29.
The newsletter is published at the beginning of each month. To advertise your event or to include special items in the newsletter, please send them to us by the 28th day of the month to
[email protected] [email protected]
Sandra Schrouder & Rupert Rhodd (Editors)
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News Release May 1, 2019
NEW LOCATION FOR THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF JAMAICA, EFFECTIVE 1ST MAY 2019.
The Consulate General of Jamaica Miami informs that effective Wednesday, 1st May 2019, the offices are now located at the following address:
The Courthouse Towers 44 West Flagler Street
Suite 400 Miami, FL 33130
Other contact information for the Consulate General will remain unchanged:
Telephone: 305-374-8431 Fax: 305-577-4970
Email: [email protected] Website: www.jamaicacgmiami.org
Hours of operation:
Monday to Thursday - 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Friday: 9:00 am to 4:30 pm
Consular, Visa and Passport Sections are open to the public Monday to Friday, from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon daily.
Contact
Consulate General of Jamaica Email: [email protected]
Website: www.jamaicacgmiami.org
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NEW UWI LECTURER (KC GRADUATE) DONATES ANNUAL SALARY TO STUDENTS The Jamaica Observer
Sunday, May 12, 2019
RECENTLY appointed lecturer in the Department of Engineering at The Uni-versity of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus, Dr Rene “Zazou” Williamson will donate his annual salary to needy students of the institution.
Dr Williamson, a Kingston College Old Boy who has lived and worked in the United States for over 25 years, will return home to take up his appointment as lecturer on August 1, 2019. A chemical and biomedical engineer by train-ing, Dr Williamson, also known as Dr Z, is involved in other economic activities that allow him to be financially flexible.
Details of the rastafarian's remuneration package from The UWI were not dis-closed, but it is understood that Dr Williamson will be paid a basic salary that lecturers normally get, which is in the region of $3 million annually. Allow-
ances would push earnings even further, but it was unclear if some of the allowances would be passed on to students too.
Dr Williamson confirmed to the Jamaica Observer that he had agreed to a three-year contract with The UWI recently and is moving back to Jamaica, but declined to give details of the remuneration package. He is also a management consultant with over 20 years experience in teaching at some of the world's leading institu-tions of learning, among them New York University, Yale University and Johns Hopkins University in the United States, as well as Cambridge University in England.
The Trench Town-born scientist is executive chairman of the south St Andrew-based Shashamane Sunrise Foundation which supports schools in Jamaica, Haiti, Trinidad & Tobago, Uganda, Kenya and Ethiopia and senior partner in Connecticut, USA-based Broad Haven Associates. Inspired by Christina Williams, now pres-ident-elect of the Guild of Students, UWI Mona, whom he calls his 'daughter' and mentee, Dr Williamson, who has lectured at The University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, said that the long list of stu-dents not being able to pay for tuition and ultimately get deregistered, was one of his major concerns.
“The kind of talent that we have here in Jamaica is unbelievable,” Dr Williamson told the Jamaica Observer. “But many of our young people are unable to pay to learn. All they need is an opportunity, encouragement and some support.”
Father of three, Dr Williamson was educated at Cambridge University where he completed bachelor's and master's degrees in chemical engineering. He later achieved his doctorate from Yale University in biomedi-cal engineering. He also did post-doctoral studies in biomolecular imaging at New York University.
During his five years spent at Kingston College between 1987 and 1992, he was top academic performer, winning several awards at annual prize giving ceremonies and was the all-boy institution's valedictorian at the graduation exercise in 1992.
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QUEEN'S SIXTH FORMER WINS ESSAY COMPETITION The Jamaica Observer
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
JOELLE Morgan is winner of the Real Estate Board's inau-gural national high school essay competition. Morgan, a sixth form student of The Queen's School, walked away with $30,000 in cash prize and a trophy.
“I am very elated that I won the competition. It was my
teacher who encouraged me to enter. Before, I didn't know
about the role of the Real Estate Board, so participating
in the competition has been enlightening. I now have a
greater appreciation of the Real Estate Board,” Morgan said.
The competition saw high school participants writing on the topic, 'Regulation in the real estate indus-
try is key to ensuring a high standard of service delivery and ethical conduct; it is not intended to
increase bureaucracy'.
CEO of the Real Estate Board (REB), Sandra Garrick, in congratulating the essay winner, urged other
government agencies to engage youth through similar activities.
“What we've observed while being the regulators of real estate in Jamaica is that citizens are not
knowledgeable about real estate and how it impacts their lives,” Garrick said. She explained that the
competition was a means of sensitising the public, while targeting the youth.
“We can't just target adults. The younger generation is whom we'll pass the baton to, so it is very
important that we form relationships,” Garrick said. She noted that as the REB merges with the Com-
mission of Strata Corporations, more public education activities will be staged as the agency's function
broadens. She explained that the competition was a means of sensitising the public, while targeting
the youth.
“We can't just target adults. The younger generation is whom we'll pass the baton to, so it is very
important that we form relationships,” Garrick said.
She noted that as the REB merges with the Commission of Strata Corporations, more public education
activities will be staged as the agency's function broadens.
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WOLMER'S CELEBRATES 290 YEARS The Jamaica Observer
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
THE Wolmer's Trust Group of Schools, which owns the title of oldest school in the English-speaking Caribbean, is this year celebrating 290 years as one of the premier educa-tional institutions in Jamaica. It all began with a noble goldsmith called John Wolmer. On May 19, 1729 Wolmer made his last will and testament, leaving the bulk of his estate for the foundation of a free school in the parish in which he happened to die. This parish
just happened to be Kingston; where he died on June 29, 1729. The sum of this legacy was £2,360. Wolmer's Trust was established in 1736, after some delays with the passing of the law to effect John Wolmer's will between the Council and House of Assembly. The school began with only boys being enrolled. However, towards the end of the 18th century, in 1782, Wolmer's began to enroll girls. The Wolmer's school was originally situated downtown, on Church Street, until the earthquake of 1907 after which it relocated to its current site, north of the former Kingston Race Course, now called National Heroes' Park. The original location, beside Kingston Parish Church, is still known as Wolmer's yard and features a parking lot and vendors’ arcade. In 1896 the combined boys and girls school was separated and independent heads appointed. The prep school was established in 1941 at the beckoning of then headmistress for the girls' school, Evelyn Skempton to matriculate graduates in the high school. It opened its doors with six little girls in the area which now houses the canteen and art room. Fast-forward to current times and the fulfillment of John Wolmer's will and legacy fund has been impactful, to say the least. Since 1904, the Wolmer's Schools have educated 23 Rhodes Scholars, the most for any one school in the Caribbean, several members of government, and who have topped their fields in various areas. Sir Florizel Augustus Glasspole, the island's third and longest-serving governor general (from 1973 to 1991), and Edward Phillip George Seaga, Jamaica's fifth prime minister (from 1980–1989) and a former leader of the Jamaica Labour Party once walked Wolmer's halls.
Wolmer's also gave birth to the first female attorney to practise in Jamaica, Daisy Lucille Chambers, who was admitted to the highest court in Jamaica on March 17, 1948 as Jamaica's first woman solic-itor.
In the field of sport, the Wolmer's schools have produced the greatest female sprinter in history, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, the first female in history to win medals at three-consecutive Olympic Games; she is also the first female Jamaican athlete and Caribbean woman to win 100m Gold at the Olympics.
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Securing our nation and its borders brings us to Lt General Rocky R Meade who was appointed to the rank of lieutenant general in February 2019. The appointment makes history in the JDF as it has never been conferred before. Lt General Meade has made significant strides in the areas of national secu-rity, intelligence and linguistics. He has authored several articles on the military and its structure whilst also being the chair of several educational, governance, and crime strategy boards.
The Wolmer's group's year-long anniversary celebration, which commenced on March 22, will culminate with a boat party in November. Major observances will be the anniversary church service on Sunday May 19 at 8:00 am at Kingston Parish Church, and Founder's Day on May 21. In October, the plans are to host a banquet to highlight eight Wolmerians or contributors who have signifi-cantly impacted history. That event is scheduled for the Jamaica Pegasus on October 26, 2019.
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The Most Amazing Thing You Will Do On June 23rd!
A dozen fire-roasted yellow corn with large, soft, juicy kernels were just handed out to the waiting hands by Denny. Over on the main grill, Bugs flips the butter-roasted lobster tails with the suc-culent white meat, ready to melt in your mouth. He closed the drums and quickly slides to the grill with aluminum foils. This is where steamy red snapper fishes, covered with onions, peppers and excelsior crackers await their owners . Standing beside Bugs, Gaza just turned the flaming grilled chicken leg-quarters and breasts. These will be plated with the fluffy long-grained rice, vegetable and bread, on the adja-cent table. The soft white meat of the jerk pork is going fast, and the curried goat meat and gravy is enjoying their relationship with the white rice. Drinks and Liquor Beers, sodas, water and other beverages are covered with ice in six igloos. Junior just had his second Red Stripe, and already he is telling people that Bob Marley was Jamaica's greatest track and field athlete! "No more for him!"...Egbert yells in laughter.
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Sweet Sound of Reggae The air is filled with the sweetest sound of reggae music, as master DJ James Bond slides his fingers from keys to keyboard. Hips are gyrating, heads nodding, shoulders are moving and feet are tap-ping the ground, as the melodious sounds of bass and treble beam through the black speak-ers. Sherece cannot stand it anymore. She moves to center stage and paraded 3 minutes of the "wickedess wine" from one of Bennie Man's chart toppers. For the Love of your Kids Over in the kids corner, there is a line for the FREE hot dogs and the cotton candy. In a short while they will participate in kids games for prizes and surprises. Adults will have their turn too in the egg and spoon races, water-balloon, and other contests. Dominoes Over on table one, Joan just gave her opponent a 'pass"with 4-blank! The standing spectators await another masterful play from her partner Elloreen, and a six nil demolition of the two old men who will definitely start another round of quarreling.
• The ground is filled with friends, laughter, chatter, fun and excitement.
• Welcome to Family Fun Day - The 2019 Edition!
Please tell us (954 600 5915) how many tickets you want, and the best number to call you with the information
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EXCELSIOR GIANTS IN EDUCATION
A great leader, teacher and administrator!
.
Donat Grant (right), the first benefactor of a UWI
Alumni Florida Chapter Scholarship for former stu-
dents of Excelsior High School studying engineering
at the University of the West Indies
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Join us October 18 – 21, 2019 on a 3-night “Cruise with a Cause” across Miami, Coco Cay and Nassau, Bahamas.
Cruise Registration is now open! Cruise Deposit: $100 per person; Registration Fee: $25 per
adult before October 10th; $50 per adult starting October 11th (includes Tarrant Reunion give-
aways and donation to Tarrant High School)
Final Payment Due: 7/15/2019
For details about the cruise ship and room options CLICK HERE.
A Payment Plan is available, and all currency is listed is USD.
Open to all former students (regardless of year of graduation/attendance), friends and sup-
porters of the schools as well.
email: [email protected]: phone: 954-353-1702
Michael Rose; 954-260-6689
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LIST OF ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS & CONRACT INFORMATION
1. Alpha Alumnae (CMA) Patsy Lee (President) (305) 389-8605 [email protected] Website
2. Ardenne High School Alumni Association Pamela Brown-Peoples (President) (239) 245-2314 [email protected] Website
3. Calabar High School Alumni Association
Michael Schloss (President) (754) 422-3307 [email protected] Website
4. Camperdown Past Students Association
Michelle Cooper (President) (954) 802-6590 [email protected] [email protected] Website 5. CAST/UTECH Alumni Association
Dr. Marilyn Morrison-Padilla (President) (954) 578-5858 [email protected]; [email protected]
6. Central Branch Primary Alumni Association
Dr. Justin Peart (President) [email protected]
7. Charlemont High School Past Students’ Assoc.
Onenetta Labeach (President) (404) 915-8387 [email protected] Facebook
8. Church Teachers’ College Alumni Association
Mike Andrews (President) (305) 502-6713 [email protected]
9. Clarendon College Alumni Association Ileen Williams (President) (786) 223-1213 [email protected] Website
10. Cornwall College Alumni Association
Phillip Wallace (President) (954) 243-4469 [email protected] Website
11. Dinthill Technical Alumni Association
Carlton Chance (President) (954) 860-2474 [email protected] [email protected] Website
12. Excelsior High School Alumni Association
Jasmine Gray-Young (President) (954) 608-1547 [email protected]
[email protected] Website 13. Ferncourt High School Alumni Association
Hugh Bryan (President) (305) 992-8667 [email protected] Website
14. Glenmuir High School Alumni Association
Fitzroy Benjamin (President) (305) 588-0521 [email protected] Website
15. Holmwood Technical High School Alumni Merline Higgins (President) (954) 461-4298
[email protected] Website
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16. Holy Childhood Alumnae Association Joan Wright [email protected] Facebook
17. Immaculate Con. High Alumnae Association Laura Bryce (President) ((954) 253-4404. [email protected] [email protected] Website
18. Jamaica College Old Boys Association.
Xavier Murphy (President) (954) 536-8811 [email protected] [email protected] Website
19. Jamaica Ex-Police Association
Marcia Dell-Richards (President) [email protected] http://www.jepasf.com/
20. Jamaica Ex-Soldier Association
Anthony Bedward (President) (954) 324-5506 [email protected] Website
21. Kingston College Old Boys Association
(954) 587-5257 [email protected] Website
22. Friends of KTHS High School Shannet Brown-Peterkin (President) (954) 610-3192 [email protected] Website
23. KTHS Past Students’ Association, Florida
Annette Corbett Gardiner (President) (954) 257-8897 [email protected] Website
24. Knox South Florida Past Students Association Leary Mullngs (Co-Chair) (954) 594-699 [email protected] Dr. Susan Davis (Co-Chair) (954) 648-2800 [email protected]
25. Manchester High School Alumni Association [email protected] http://www.manchesterhighschool.org
26. Manning’s Past Students Association
Leroy Bookal (President) (954) 464 6940 [email protected] Website
27. Marymount High School Alumnae Association
Pat Matthews-Darlington (President) (954) 288-3853 [email protected]
28. MICO Alumni Association
Ruben “Tony” Brown (President) (954) 804-7200 [email protected] Website
29. Montego Bay High School Alumnae Assoc.
Beverly Kirton (President) (954) 330-4500 [email protected]
30. Montego Bay High Int’l Alumnae Association
Lisa Legg/Karen Morris-Clarke (561) 714-3441/984-0616 http://mbhsiaa.org/ [email protected]; Website
31. Mount Alvernia High Alumnae Association
Judith Falloon-Reid (President) (954) 247-4373 [email protected] [email protected] Website
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32. Mount Alvernia Alumni Association (Cent. Fla) Dawn Chin Jones (President) (813) 910-9880 [email protected] Website
33. Munro-Hampton Alumni Association Dona-Lee Raymond (President) (954) 663-6744 [email protected] [email protected] Website
34. Northern Caribbean University Alumni Assoc.
Vilma Campbell (President) [email protected]
35. Queen’s High School Alumni Association
Natalie Chung-Cauldero (President) (954) 471-4744 [email protected] Website
36. Rusea’s Old Students Association
Gary Woode (President) [email protected]
37. St. Andrew High Old Girls’ Association Tammi Wynter (President) (754) 422-7935 [email protected] Website
38. St. Andrew Techical Alumni Association Holly Beecham (President) (305) 298-4670 [email protected]
39. St. Ann’s Bay Primary Alumni Association
Carlene Wittingham (President) (954) 354 9750 [email protected] www.sabpspaststudents.org
40. St. Catherine High School Alumni Association Jasmine Barnes (President) (786) 252-6120 [email protected]
41. St. Elizabeth Tech High Alumni Association Michael McCreath (President) [email protected]
42. St. George's College Old Boys Association Rudy Kameka (President) (954) 815-8891 http://www.stgcfl.com [email protected] Facebook
43. St. Hilda’s High School Alumni Association Angela Garrick (President) (305) 215-2074 [email protected] 44. St. Hugh’s High School Alumnae Association
Janice Wright (President) (786) 566-2593 [email protected] [email protected] Website
45. St. Jago High School Alumni Association
Opal Stanbury (President) (954) 914-4627 [email protected] Website
46. St. Mary High South Florida Alumni Michael Brady (President) (954) 663-7220 [email protected] 47. Tarrant High School Past Students’ Assoc.
Michael Rose (President) (954) 353-1702 [email protected] Website
48. The Alumni Association of Titchfield High Edith Walsh-March (President) (954) 240-3296 [email protected] [email protected] Website
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49. UWI Alumni Association Dr. Carmen Nicholas (President) (954)-732-3821 [email protected] Website
50. Vere Technical High Alumni Association
Fitzroy Salesman (President) (754) 610-4055 [email protected]
51. Westwood Old Girls Alumni Association
Donna-Lee Nicholson (President) (954) 609 4112 [email protected] Website
52. Windsor /Wilmar High Alumni, NA
Dr. Indiana Robinson (President) (954) 665 9532 [email protected]
53. Wolmer’s Alumni Association
Ms. Diana Moo-Young (President) (888) 965-6377 [email protected] Website
54. Age Quod Agis - Wolmer’s
Andre Gray (President) (954) 599-5991 [email protected]
55. York Castle High Alumni Association Rudy Betton (President) (954) 634-7100 [email protected]
