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Naparima Girls' High School

Naparima Girls High School
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Non nobis solum sed omnibus
("Not for ourselves only but for others")
Location
4 La Pique Road, San Fernando. La Pique Hill forms part of the San Fernando Hill which overlooks the city of San Fernando
Trinidad and Tobago
Information
Type Female secondary school
Established 12 January 1912
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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. Fulton 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.

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. After these compulsory hours, students are free to add more.

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.

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.

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:

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


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