Ardenne High School
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10 Ardenne Road 
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| Coordinates | 18°00′51″N 76°47′06″W / 18.014179°N 76.78507°WCoordinates: 18°00′51″N 76°47′06″W / 18.014179°N 76.78507°W |
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| School type | Public school (government funded) |
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Motto : Deo Duce Quaere Optima (With God as Guide, Seek the Best) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Christianity |
| Denomination | Church of God |
| Established | 1927 |
| Founder | Reverend George Olson |
| Status | Open |
| Dean | Reverend Samuels |
| Principal | Nadine Molloy |
| Staff | Approximately 125 |
| Faculty | 103 |
| Grades | 7-13 |
| Age range | 10-20 |
| Enrolment | Approximately 1990 |
| Sixth form students | Approx. 320 |
| Medium of language | English |
| Hours in school day | 7 |
| Colour(s) | Royal blue and gold |
| Song | Ye Valiant Youth Arise! |
| Accreditation | Ministry of Education, Jamaica |
| Newspaper | The Torch |
| Yearbook | the torch |
| Website | http://www.ardennehigh.com/ |
10 Ardenne Road
Kingston, Surrey, Kingston 10
Jamaica
Ardenne High School is a prominent coeducational, first-to-sixth form secondary school located in St. Andrew, Jamaica. The institution is best known for its high academic standards, among the highest in the Caribbean, and for its achievements in the performing arts and several sports, most notably basketball. The school's principal is Nadine Molloy.
Regarded by some as the best secondary institution in Jamaica, Ardenne High has consistently performed extremely well in examinations regulated by the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC). Ardenne produced the top performer in the Sciences, Daniel Thomas, in 2004 and Jamar Hamilton, Jamaica's best overall performer in 2009, both in CXC's CSEC examinations. In 2011 the school's overall pass rate for CSEC was 97%. The school has won Television Jamaica's Schools Challenge Quiz competition six times, in 1973, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2013 and 2015 ahead of Wolmer's Boys School and Munro College with five wins and trailing Kingston College with ten wins.
Between 2000 and 2008, Ardenne's basketball team won a total of fifteen championships. They were one girls championship in 2001, three conference championships (under 14), four national championships (under 14), four league championships (under 16), two national championships (under 16) and one league championship (under 19).
In 1907, just after the great earthquake that destroyed much of Kingston, the Rev. George and Nellie Olson came to Jamaica as Church of God missionaries from Anderson, Indiana in the United States, where the Church of God has its headquarters. In 1927, they began the first school at Highholborn Street in Kingston with an enrollment of five students. In 1929 the Ardenne property of 12 acres was purchased through funds received from the Missionary Board of the Church of Gthe U.S. and other private donors. The main block of buildings was erected. However, it was not until January 1938 that the school was transferred to its present location.
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