YORK CASTLE PRINCIPALS
FESTIVAL SONGS
YORK CASTLE FACTS
JAMAICA HISTORY
YC 79ERS
100

THE CURRENT PRINCIPAL OF YORK CASTLE

WHO IS MR. RAYMOND TREASURE

100

HE WON THE MOST FESTIVAL SONGS IN JAMAICA

WHO IS ERIC DONALDSON

100

THIS CHURCH IS ASSOCIATED WITH YORK CASTLE HIGH SCHOOL

WHAT IS THE METHODIST CHURCH

100

JAMAICA BECAME INDEPENDENT WITHIN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH ON THIS DATE

WHAT IS AUGUST 6, 1962,

100

ALL 79ERS LIVE BY THIS SCHOOL'S MOTTO

WHAT IS NIL SINE MAGNO LABORE (NOTHING ACHIEVED WITHOUT HARD WORK)

200

HE WAS PRINCIPAL DURING 1969-1976

WHO IS MR. BURCHELL WHITEMAN

200

THIS GROUP WON THE FIRST FESTIVAL SONG COMPETITION WITH THE SONG 'BAM BAM'

WHO IS THE MAYTALS

200

YCHS WON THE  NATIONAL SCHOOL'S CHALLENGE QUIZ COMPETITION IN THIS YEAR.

WHAT IS 1971

200

THE TAINOS NAMED THE ISLAND "XAYMACA" MEANING  

WHAT IS "LAND OF WOOD AND WATER"

200

ALL 79ERS WERE PLACED IN THESE FOUR HOUSES WITH SPECIFIC COLOURS

WHAT ARE BRAMWELL(GREEN), CURPHEY (YELLOW), HENDERSON (BLUE) AND MURRAY (RED)

300

THE 79ERS PRINCIPAL

WHO IS MR. JAMES MCDONALD

300

TINGA STEWART WON IN 1981 WITH THIS PATRIOTIC SONG

WHAT IS "NUH WEY NUH BETTA DAN YARD"

300

THE NAME OF THE SCHOOL'S YEARBOOK

WHAT IS THE EGYPTIAN

300

THESE TWO COUSINS FOUNDED THE TWO MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES: THE PEOPLE'S NATIONAL PARTY AND THE JAMAICA LABOUR PARTY

WHO ARE NORMAN MANLEY & ALEXANDER BUSTAMANTE

300

TO 79ERS, THIS VICE PRINCIPAL, MR. STERLING GORDON  WAS AFFECTIONATELY CALLED

WHO IS JINGLES

400

THE ONLY FEMALE PRINCIPAL

WHO IS MRS. BEVERLY HAWTHORNE

400

HIS WINNING SONG, "BIG UP JAMAICA", WAS THE SOUNDTRACK FOR JAMAICA'S 57TH ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE

WHO IS RALDENE 'LOADED EAGLE' DYER 

400

THE FIRST HEAD BOY AND THE FIRST HEAD GIRL OF YCHS AT ITS CURRENT SITE

WHO ARE ORVILLE WALKER AND BLUETH MILLER

400

THE NEW BLACK, GOLD AND GREEN JAMAICAN FLAG REPLACED THIS WHEN JAMAICA BECAME AN INDEPENDENT NATION

WHAT IS THE BRITISH UNION JACK

400

THIS 79ER IS FEATURED AS A DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI ON THE YCHS WEBSITE

https://www.yorkcastlehighschool.com/alumni/ 

WHO IS MR. MICHAEL SHAW, RETIRED BANKER, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA


500

THE PRINCIPAL WHEN YCHS WAS ESTABLISHED AT ITS CURRENT SITE

WHO IS REV JOHN W. POXON

500

1979 THIS GROUP ROCK THE 79ERS WITH 'BORN JAMAICAN'

WHO IS THE ASTRONAUTS

500

YCHS WAS ESTABLISHED AT ITS CURRENT SITE IN THE YEAR

WHAT IS JANUARY 14, 1958

500

THE JAMAICAN ANTHEM IS THE CREATIVE WORK OF FOUR PERSONS

WHO ARE THE LATE REV. AND HON HUGH SHERLOCK, OJ, OBE, THE LATE HON ROBERT LIGHTBOURNE, OJ, THE LATE  MAPLELOFT POULLE AND MRS POULLE (NOW MRS RAYMOND LINDO)

500

ALL 79ERS KNOW THAT YORK CASTLE WAS FIRST ESTABLISHED IN THIS YEAR IN THIS LOCATION


WHAT IS 1876 IN THE DISTRICT OF YORK CASTLE CLOSE TO THE TOWN OF CLAREMONT, ST. ANN

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