In looking back at the 10 years of operation and the contribution of her staff, Reid said that the staff is very committed. The success of the school, Reid pointed out, is due in no small measure to the hard work of members of staff who are among the most qualified in the education system.Īlso, the school undertakes ongoing staff development activities, while also spearheading a joint staff development programme with all the high schools at the start of the academic year. We have students who you can find in every sphere of this nation,' she added. 'If you were to fast forward to 2015, you would recognise that now we have students who are matriculating to tertiary-level training.we even have a student who started out with us and is currently a member of staff. 'We decided that since we were here by divine design.and we also knew that the students who were coming to us would be coming from socially harsh circumstances, we had to compensate for this harshness and so our first order of business was to establish a very caring, nurturing, orderly and disciplined setting,' Reid stated. She believed that it was through 'divine design' that the location of the institution, the staff who work there and the quality students were selected. Members of the board were pretty new to this setting as well,' Reid said. it was very difficult for us to attract very competent and qualified teachers. 'There was a difficulty given the nature of the community.we are in an informal community. She said that in the past the perception of the general public was that it was built for slow learners.

Reid, a former LASCO Principal of the Year, said that in its formative years, Holland High was never the school of choice for students from Trelawny and its environs, but it is now receiving positive ratings from all its stakeholders. The school is being led by its first principal, Pauline Reid, who said that based on the accomplishments of the institution in the decade since it has been opened, Holland High, with a student population of 1,029 and an academic staff of 50, is ranked among the top high schools in Jamaica. Ten years later the institution is celebrating academic successes under the theme 'Excellence in Stewardship For a Decade and Beyond'.

ON May 20, 2005, then Education Minister Maxine Henry-Wilson officially opened the Holland High School in Falmouth, Trelawny with a student population of 400. Principal of Holland High School Pauline Reid proudly speaks of the institution’s achievements,especially in the field of academics since it was opened in 2005.

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