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Presentation College's Digital Campus Initiative is intended to better enhance the learning experience of all students. The following are technology requirements for attending Presentation College:

• All degree-seeking students are required to have a laptop; PC Virtual students have the option of either a laptop or a desktop.
• All laptops must meet the required specifications.
• All laptops must be registered online with the Presentation College Help Desk.

Additional information about campus technology requirements can be found on the website at http://www.presentation.edu/student-life/information-technology/

Although students will likely use their laptop for all needs, there are also computer labs located in Main 213, the Career and Learning Center, and the Library on the Aberdeen campus. All Presentation College campus buildings have wireless access points that allow students to access their email, Moodle, and the Internet. The wireless network is intended for individual student use only. Pay-for-print network printers are located in the Career and Learning Center and the Library on the Aberdeen campus. To purchase a print card, or to add to your balance, please contact Student Accounts (Main Building, second floor, [email protected] . Print balances are not refundable. Please contact the Presentation College Help Desk at 605-229-8411 for network and software questions or for assistance with purchasing or setting up a laptop.

All students accessing Presentation College electronic resources agree in full to the Technology Acceptable Use Policy and all applicable state and federal regulations.

Presentation College Library provides quality collections and services in support of all programs offered by the College. Located on the first floor of the Main building in Aberdeen, the library is open 69 hours per week. Among the services provided for students are personal and classroom instruction in the research process and the proper citation of sources, computers for patron use, printing assistance, individual and group study spaces, interlibrary loan, fax, photocopier, and document scanner.

The library's extensive online resources are available 24 hours per day, seven days per week, via the library web page. These resource collections allow ease of access, searching, and retrieval of information by all Presentation College students, faculty, and staff, whether on or off campus. In addition to print book collections, the library provides access to more than 272,017 eBooks; journal article databases offering abstracts and full-text articles from over 407,879 journals, newspapers, and magazines; and digitized audio-visual materials.

Reserve items—library- or faculty-owned—are made available for supplemental use. These materials do not leave the library; they require a checkout and are requested of the on-duty librarian.

A document delivery program and interlibrary loan service exist for materials not locally available.

Library staff are available in-person, via phone, via online chat, and via email to meet the needs of students, faculty, and staff.

For assistance, visit the library, contact 605-229-8546, or email at [email protected]

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Presentation College provides a listing of all required books on the College website so students can be aware of what books are needed while registering for classes. Books are no longer for sale at campus stores but are available through the PC Online Bookstore. Through a partnership with a national book company, the PC Online Bookstore allows students to purchase new or used books, rentals, e-books, etc. Students can also post their books for sale through the online bookstore with a much larger potential of buyers and set their own resale price.

The PC Online Bookstore has advantages over ordering through other online companies because it is linked to the course listings at Presentation College and also to student accounts, enabling students to use a credit balance on their accounts to buy books. Each student's registration should be linked to their account in the PC Online Bookstore, providing the student with a list of required course books when on the site. When ordering, students should pay close attention to the specified book return policy for each item.

Students can purchase their books through other avenues as well, such as other online stores, from third parties, etc. The College encourages students to investigate all options but also cautions students to check these other sources carefully to be sure the books they purchase match the course listing requirements and that all elements of the book (such as user codes) are included in the purchase.

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The Career and Learning Center (CLC) provides a variety of direct services, educational programs, and resource materials. The CLC offers one-on-one tutoring, study groups, writing assistance, and online tutoring. The Testing Center of the CLC offers proctoring services for designated tests including placement tests, CLEP exams, and approved challenge exams on the Aberdeen campus.

The CLC provides a centralized location for career services, including resume and cover letter writing assistance, editing, and training on the use of social media tools. As part of these services, the CLC coordinates and publicizes outside job postings.

Online tutoring is available for students through Tutor.com, which supports students that are off-site or have schedule conflicts. This web-based tutoring is available 24 hours per day in a multitude of subject areas. Contact the CLC for more information.

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Presentation College is committed to ensuring equal learning opportunities for all students and provides students with disabilities reasonable accommodations in accordance with the College's procedures. Students requiring accommodations or services should contact the Office of Disability Services, located in the Career and Learning Center. Students who believe they qualify for disability services should contact the Disabilities Services Coordinator/CLC Director as soon as possible in person or via phone or e-mail to arrange a meeting.

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Campus Ministry serves the spiritual needs of the Presentation College community. Activities are offered to students of all faiths. Ministry activities promote a community of faith, service, and friendship. Worship and prayer, a supportive environment, and faith-centered activities are available to all students, staff, and faculty. Presentation College respects and welcomes those of all faiths and affirms the dignity of all persons.

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Presentation College has a licensed counselor on staff to provide counseling to all students. Our counselor provides a safe, comfortable environment in which to discuss a variety of items, such as personal, spiritual, academic, or interpersonal topics. If specialized off-campus counseling is necessary, students may schedule up to three visits per academic year at no cost. Education and counseling on drugs and alcohol are also available. Students should contact the Director of Counseling at 605-229-8524 for further information or to make a confidential appointment.

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Presentation College offers free and reduced-cost medical care for its students. Students needing services above and beyond the free services will be referred to a medical clinic. Students seen at those clinics will be charged for the office visit. Prior to seeing a physician, it is the student's responsibility to inform clinic staff, by student identification card, that she/he is a PC student. The resulting charge for the reduced-cost appointment may include specified lab work at no further cost. Any other lab or radiology tests will be at the student's expense.

Aberdeen and PC Virtual students should contact the Student Affairs Office at 605-229-8395 for further information.

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Presentation for VC Reunion Weekend 5/31/24

RECORDINGS AT RISK GRANT-FUNDED PROJECT: “Vassar College Archival Audio Recordings Project: Music as Document and Indicator of Social Change “  Presentation 5/31/24 for Reunion Weekend.

S. Canino 11/21; rev 5/24

[Example] Photo from: Vassar College. Class of 1949.  Vassar's Soph Party [sound recording] : The Spiral Weekend .  New Haven, Conn. : D.D. Smith, [1947?]

https://vaslib.vassar.edu/search/Y?searchtype=Y&searcharg=vassar%27s+soph+party&searchscope=1

“The Spiral Weekend” was a class party (1949) “protest to Hollywood’s Psycho Thriller”  Names of characters are all spoofs on famous and well-known actors of the day. 

[see photo of contents from “The Spiral Weekend” 78 recording jacket.]

The Music Library is the repository of the Vassar College Archival Audio Recordings collection.  This collection of approximately 320 recordings, captures nearly 80 years of VC music traditions, class parties (or musicals), acapella singing groups, school songs, oral histories, and intercollegiate and local music collaborations between faculty, students, student singing groups at other colleges, and the surrounding community. These unique recordings help to document changes in higher education, student awareness of national-level news, and the effects of Vassar’s transition from single sex to a co-educational college.

Much of Vassar’s collection has been deteriorating, inadequately cataloged and inaccessible to researchers.  In 2017, an assessment of the collection was made by AV Preserve. At-risk and deteriorating carrier formats in the collection were identified and recommendations made that immediate steps be taken to preserve these recordings.

As a result, a grant was sought. The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) offers a Recordings at Risk grant which is described on their website:

“ Recordings at Risk  is a national regranting program administered by CLIR to support the preservation of rare and unique audio, audiovisual, and other time-based media of high scholarly value through digital reformatting. ” [https://www.clir.org/recordings-at-risk/]

In 2018 a proposal for a CLIR (Council on Library and Information Resources) Recordings at Risk grant was written, but it was unsuccessful . 

Those who have written grants know that it can often be an iterative process. We went back to the granting agency to learn their concerns with our application and find out what we could do better or differently.  There were two main concerns:

• We wanted to use one digitizing vendor—which was more expensive
• CLIR wanted more proof that our collection was unique.

Based on their suggestions, another digitization vendor was investigated and gave us  an estimate and I did more research into the holdings of other institutions. 

In 2019 staff from the Dickinson Music Library, Digital Scholarship and Technology Services under supervision of Nicole Scalessa, and Vassar's Grants Development Office under supervision of Gary Hohenberger, collaborated to write a successful proposal for a CLIR (Council on Library and Information Resources) Recordings at Risk grant. 

If I can brag a little: Our application was one of only 19   selected from a total of 43 applications. [CLIR email letter 4/16/2020]  The fact that Vassar is a small liberal arts institution made our winning even more significant as many of the winners tend to be large educational institutions.

In our proposal: Vassar Libraries partners with the Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) and George Blood Audio Visual (GBAV) to digitize recordings at greatest risk, provide online access, enhance metadata, ingest master files and metadata into Vassar’s digital repository. NEDCC and GBAV were contracted to digitize these recordings.  We capitalized on the differing strengths of each vendor.   NEDCC is the only vendor to offer the  IRENE technology to libraries (captures audio on delaminating and fragile recordings carriers).  GBAV was able to digitize the CD recordings quickly--in bulk.

While this grant work has been spearheaded by the Music Library, it has truly been an interdepartmental achievement!

This collection is fascinating!

I nstitution-venerating songs such as "Fling the banner wide" and "Vassar in beauty dwelling", preserved in the 1940s, give way to "The product of a liberal education" and "The feminine mistake" in recordings of the 1960s, and are completely replaced with the social consciousness of folksongs like "Great Mandella" and popular songs like "California Dreamin’" and "Leaving on a Jet Plane" in the 1970s and 1980s. Recordings of art music made by both faculty and students, many collaboratively, also demonstrate repertoire shifts, exposure to different types of music and the social experiences fostered through music during this time. 

Following the move to co-education in 1969, intercollegiate choral productions completely disappeared. Class parties no longer existed. Students were exposed to the music of new composers such as Netty Simons and Louise Talma, as private recordings of their new compositions were sought after to broaden student knowledge.  Recent oral histories with music faculty emeriti help place this musical environment in historical context. The digitization of the collection will finally enable a complete picture of this world to be examined. 

The changing social aspect of musical traditions, changes in musical styles, and the impact of co-education on the music of the women’s college that became co-educational in 1969 make this a rich collection for scholarly exploration. This project will expand the resources available to researchers exploring the role of music on college campuses. 

RESEARCH VALUE:

We were fortunate that writers of letters in support of this grant project were not hard to find.  They lamented the dearth of resources for their research: 

Joshua S. Duchan , Ph.D., Associate Professor of Music and Director of Graduate Studies in Music at Wayne State University

“As Associate Professor of Music History at Wayne State University, my research includes collegiate a cappella groups, small student ensembles that perform popular music using only their voices. One of the nation’s oldest women’s a cappella groups, the Night Owls, is based at Vassar. Had I been able to access a digital archive of their music, it would have greatly enriched the historical narrative I offered in my book-length study, Powerful Voices: The Musical and Social World of Collegiate A Cappella (University of Michigan Press, 2012).

Jewel A. Smith , PhD Adj. Ass. Professor of Musicolo gy University of Cincinnati  College-Conservatory of Music wrote: 

“The holdings at Vassar, documenting the social and serious art music when the school was still an all-female institution, is largely unavailable elsewhere and thus significantly increases the value of these recordings. Digitizing this archival recorded material is crucial in preserving this historic body of information.”

Dr. Lloyd Winstead Senior Associate Director Willson Center for Humanities and Arts at the University of Georgia, wrote: 

“Audio collections like thos e at Vassar e xpand the available r esearch resources relevant t o the history of American higher education and further add to the tapestry of that history. ...“My book , When College Sang: The Story of Singing in American College Life (2 013), explores the history of American college through singing. Other than the appropriated recordings of record producers of the mid-twentieth century, and phonograph recordings of official college singing ensembles, there are few early recordings of college singing and still fewer of those are accessible. Having access to these recorded songs and oral histories would be tremendously valuable to researchers who are investigating the role of music and popular culture on campus life during this period of significant transformation in the history and landscape of American higher education. “

Digitization will foster scholarship in this under-researched area by preserving this rich primary source material and that is what the grant is enabling us to do.

There have been a number of challenges and plusses as we have accomplished this project:

Challenges: This project has been highly detailed and consuming. Part of this project required pulling together a detailed inventory of over 300 recordings. Though technologically and economically a good decision, using two vendors to digitize our recordings brought it’s own challenges.  The highly detailed packing instructions for both vendors differed dramatically and aligned only in their urgency.  When we wrote this application in 2019, we never could have imagined a pandemic with delays and supply chain issues.  Challenges obtaining packing materials was rivaled by challenges in physically gathering staff to pack materials as we navigated lockdown, furloughs and illness-related absences always knowing that there would be additional delays ahead as other Recordings at Risk grant recipients would get their recordings to these same vendors ahead of us.

[Photos of meticulous preparations for mailing the recordings at risk as required by each vendor.]

[Photo of complicated organization of audio files as returned from the vendors.  Each one underwent QC]

Copyright is another challenge: As you may be aware, the copyright of audio recordings: is owned by the performers, composers, lyricists, and interviewees involved in a recording. Few written permissions appear to have been sought. Due diligence has to be made to acquire permission for public access whenever possible. 

As part of this project: In order to make this recorded information available to scholars for the creation of new knowledge while protecting the rights of potential copyright holders, Vassar College is not going to distribute copies to the public, either in a fixed medium or as online downloads, without the express permission of rights holders or their heirs. Vassar will, however, provide members of the Vassar community, visitors to campus, and off-campus scholars with demonstrated research needs, limited access to the recordings for listening and study only. Download of audio content will not be permitted.

At the end of this presentation Nicole Scalessa will be showing you the database of this material in the Digital Library as well as the formal research request process for those wishing to access specific items in this collection.

Plusses: This project has allowed us to “play to our strengths.” While challenges were great there were some distinct pluses:   The VC archival recordings collection is the best situated of any of our peers.  A Survey on my part disclosed that peer College archival recordings are often little understood and --if they still are preserved in institutional libraries--they were usually scattered in various institutional collections (E.g. Music Libraries, Special Collections, alumni offices).  One of my favorite responses, when I was able to track down some recordings at an institution that will remain nameless, was, “Oh, yeah, that must be what’s in that dusty box on aisle 14.  We really should list what’s in it.”

No wonder we had no trouble finding researchers to write letters in support of the project!

Our other plus is that Vassar has the staff of the Music library which includes an expert music cataloger.  To give you an idea of why this is a plus: Recently the VC library tried to hire a general cataloger  and all applicants stated (unsolicited) that they could catalog many types of medium--except for music.   Music is among the most complex type of item to catalog, especially sound recordings.  So concerning Recordings at Risk project : Music cataloging is an essential part of this project.  As recordings are cataloged according to stringent national library standards, cataloging details are harvested by Nicole and her team unto metadata for the digital library which will help give context to the digitized sound files to be housed there. 

This project has been so exciting for me to see this valuable resource become a reality and know that it will be so important for researchers.  It is also exciting for me personally because I’ve never been able to hear some of these recordings for fear of creating further damage!

For example: that Item marked on the container: Richard Wilson interview with (American composer) Walter Piston--was not an interview at all but a concert of Piston’s works performed at VC. BUT the interview with 20th century American composer, Steve Rieich turned out to be a goldmine--where he discusses the origins of one of his famous pieces “It’s gonna rain” studied in every 20th century music history course!

Other treasures include: a recording of pianist and Vassar professor, Marta Milinowski, the only known recording of a student of Teresa Carreño (1853-1917) known as the “Valkur of the piano”—a pianist, composer, conductor, and singer whose papers are housed in the Vassar College Special Collections.

2 Examples:

 1)This recording of the a cappella group Matthew’s Minstrels singing Billie Jean is not my lover includes references to contemporary figures in the news at that time like Mary Jo Buttafuoco, and the then very aging U.S. senator, Strom Thurmond.

     Audio File: CD R8182 (08)--start at 2:50!  

2) Peace --VC college classic (sung at all VC college chapel services):

     Audio File: CD 7571, last band

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Presentation College's acceptance rate range is 90-99% making this institution a least selective higher education institution.

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• Secondary school GPA is required
• Secondary school rank is considered but not required
• Secondary school record is neither required nor recommended
• Completion of college-preparatory program is neither required nor recommended
• Recommendations are considered but not required
• Formal demonstration of competencies is neither required nor recommended
• Admission test scores are required
• TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) is required
• Other Test (Wonderlic, WISC-III, etc.) is neither required nor recommended

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International Students Admission

International students are welcome to apply for admission at this institution.

Admission Office

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Size and Profile

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Student Enrollment

Presentation College has an enrollment range of 500-999 students making it a very small-sized institution.

Academic Staff

This institution has a range of 50-99 academic employees (Faculty).

Control Type

Presentation College is a private higher education institution.

Entity Type

Presentation College is a non-profit higher education institution.

Campus Setting

This institution's main campus is located in a Rural setting.

Academic Calendar

This institution adopts a Semesters type of academic calendar.

Religious Affiliation

Presentation College has a Christian-Catholic affiliation.

Carnegie Classification

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Facilities and Services

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University Facilities

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University Library

University housing.

This institution provides housing services such as on-campus residences or dormitories.

Sport Facilities/Activities

Not reported

University Services

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Financial Aid

Study abroad, distance learning.

This institution provides a distance learning mode for certain programs or courses.

Academic Counseling

This institution offers students academic guidance and support to assist them in their academic pursuits.

Career Services

This institution offers career counseling, career assessments, job and internship postings, career events, alumni networking or other career-related services to assist students transition successfully from academic life to professional life.

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Recognition and Accreditation

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Institutional Recognition or Accreditation

Presentation College is legally recognized and/or accredited by: Higher Learning Commission

Specialized or Programmatic Accreditations

uniRank publishes the following list of the most important Presentation College's programmatic accreditations; feel free to submit any relevant missing specialized accreditations.

• Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education
• Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
• International Accreditation Council for Business Education
• Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology

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Memberships and Affiliations

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Affiliations and Memberships

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• National Athletic Association (NAA)
• National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA)

Academic Structure

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Social Media

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Free Online Courses

Open education global.

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Wikipedia Article

Presentation College's Wikipedia article

Video Presentation

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University Website

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75+ years of teaching excellence.

75+ Years of teaching excellence.

Our history.

The early history of Presentation College San Fernando begins in 1930, when a small school called St. Benedict’s was established in a lowly basement beneath the San Fernando Presbytery at Harris Promenade This was the first Catholic Secondary school in South Trinidad, and was set up in response to the requests of the Catholic population as well as many non-Catholic residents there. After repeated petitions to the Archbishop of Port of Spain, the latter directed the Benedictine Fathers of Mount St Benedict to start the college as a diocesan institute. On March 31 1930, the legacy began.

Under the spiritual directorship of Rev. Fr. Sebastian Weber, OSB and a teaching staff of two Mr. Vincent Ferrer and Mr. Mitchell.

St. Benedict’s opened with thirty two students on its roll, including such names as Gerard Robert Ken and Harvey Montano, Ralphie Gillezeau, the Espinet brothers, the Hart brothers (Edmund and Edwin), Steve Bennett, Elwin Maingot and Rex Latour. In November of the same year the Benedictine Fathers purchased the Colony Buildings and grounds at La Pique, nestled at the foothills of the San Fernando Hill. This six acre site was the former residence of the Governor during his visits to South Trinidad and cost some 5000 pounds to acquire.

The period saw the College football XI win the SAFA Second League for the Leiba Cup in 1934 it saw Roy Seon win a place on the SAFA forward line, the first College student to play representative football. It also saw its first Cantata and other concerts organised by Mr. Churchill Johnston, a tour to St. Vincent in 1937 and another to British Guiana in 1939, and several open air boxing tournaments. Cricket coaching sessions during this time by ex-international cricketer George John and BG Intercolonial cricketer, Chatterpaul Persad, would later realise results in the form of the invitation of several of our College players to the trials of Intercolonial cricket.

Additions to the teaching staff were J.E. Borneo, Ken Mungal, F.A. Hoyos, E. Lowe, Cecil Lai Fook, Ben Winchester, Mrs. Andre, and Rev. Fr. Boniface OSB This period saw Ramnath(Ram) as the first tull time member of the grounds Club conducted by Mr. Hoyos.

This was the regime of Fr. Boniface, which saw the construction in 1945 of what is now affectionately known as the “Old Block’, the organisation of a Sea Scouts group and construction of a Boat Club, the introduction of the Prefect system (with Jim Paul and Terrence Greteau as the first Head Prefects), the start of the Legion of Mary, and the winning of the Cow and Gate Cup, emblem of supermacy in Intercollegiate football in Trinidad.

It was at this time that Mr. Mac, with the aid of Mr. Page, Captain of the Fleet-Air-Arm Football Xl, began to introduce the third back method of play in the College team which was then skippered by Jim Paul. Leon Leacock had already become famous as the youngest player ever to play representative in Trinidad when he was selected to represent the SAFA at the age of fourteen. John Streetly had begun to reveal his penchant for mountain-climbing by numerous assaults on the San Fernando Peak via the most inaccessible routes.

Rev. Fr. Willibrord Vonk, OSB joined the staff during this time, as well as Ralph Boland, Aubrey Garcia and Victor de Castro.

It is noteworthy that because of expenses, the Brothers paid themselves no salaries for the first three years. At that time there was only third of the buildings and facilities that we see today. Students were G.C.E. ‘A’ Level examinations for the first time in 1950 and the first distinctions at this level were in 1952.Bro. Kelly, the first Principal of Presentation College, immediately got down to the task of taking charge of the school. He worked diligently at repairing and maintaining the physical plant made significant changes to the curriculum and helped to place in jobs those students who were either intellectually disadvantaged, or were just Hot interested In matters of an academic nature. He also introduced a Special Stream catered to the highly intelligent Students. This would lead to the outstanding academic successes for which the College became known.

It was also during Bro. Kelly’s administration that the House System was introduced to the College. It developed a keen sense of competition while at the same time promoting team work and loyalty to a group. With the House System at its base, a very successful intra-college league was established, both for football and cricket, and College teams improved their performances remarkably.

Principals (1948-1975)

Irish Presentation Brothers who served as Principals were:

Bro. Livinus Kelly (1948–52) Bro. Liam Dromey (1952–53) Bro. Bartholomew Browne (1953–56) Bro. Macartan Sheehy (1956–57) Bro. Jerome Kelly (1957–69) Bro. Anselm O’Callaghan (1969–71) Bro. Matthew Feheney (1971–75) Bro. Michael Samuel (1975–2002) Mr. Simon Rostant (2002-2003) Mr. Errol Jaikaransingh (2003–2013) Mr. Dexter Mitchell (2013–present)

The daily Morning Assembly which has become a feature of College life, and to which many past students refer, was introduced by Bro. Matthew Feheney. He was very interested in music himself and encouraged the formation of an ensemble as a backup for the hymns sung at Assembly.

First Local Principal (1975)

Bro Michael Samuel became the first local principal in 1975 Under his principalship the school saw a shift away from an emphasis on scholarships to a greater concern on nurturing and maintaining a close family spirit. Every student was encouraged to contribute to the corporate spirit of the College and their individual talents were recognised as far as this was possible.

An ambitious building and renovation programme was started which included the construction of the present Library and College Chapel, a second Lawn Tennis court, a squash court, a Basketball court, a further extension of the 61h Form Block, a steel Pan Shed, a spacious Music Room, the extension and air conditioning of the Staff Room and the creation of the Deans’ Offices and an Office for the Vice Principal. The Audio Visual Room boasts equipment second to none in the island and a forty Station Language Laboratory was acquired from Norway and installed. The College also boasts of a Computer Room with 16 stations (though there is always a need for upgrading of equipment). The Office of the Principal and the Secretary’s Office were expanded to provide room for the additional personnel that had become necessary with the expansion of the school population from 680 to 840 students The College has started the construction of a 25m swimming pool and a smaller 10m treading pool in what is known as the quarry area to the East of the present playing field at Carib Street. The name of the pool will be “The St. Michael’s Swimming Pool”. It is expected to be opened in 1998. Other development projects include the construction of a Cafeteria Block parallel to the Old Block, the upgrading of toilet facilities and the expansion and development of the Administrative Offices and Lobby.

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