The first completely private, Roman Catholic school in Dominica held its Official Opening Ceremony in Portsmouth on Friday morning.
The St. John’s Academy, which is wholly owned by the Catholic Church of Dominica, celebrated its opening with a ceremony held at the Catholic Church Hall.
In attendance were various dignitaries including the President of Dominica, his Excellency Eliud Williams, the Bishop of Roseau his Lordship Gabriel Malzaire, the Minister of Education Petter Saint. Jean and parliamentary representative, Ian Douglas.
The school’s principal Dr. Juliana Magloire and the Parliamentary Representative Ian Douglas were among those delivered addresses at the ceremony.
Various performances by the students also formed part of the ceremony.
The St. John’s Academy operates on a shift system with its sister school the St. John’s primary, with classes running from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm.
Plans are underway to build a modern state-of-the-art school compound so that classes can be held during regular morning hours.
great
wishing u all the very best at your school may god give you lots of wisdom,good health,time,energy to help the future leaders.again congratulation
to all
Congratulations to the people of Portsmouth! We always complain when our people leave they do not come back to help in the development of the town so I am happy that DR. Magloire is here. You have my prayers and support you are good at what you do.
i hope you know of the charitable Organisation CARE OF THE ELDERLY based at Lagoon. It seems that the returnees of the NORTH are the positive doers. Just an observation to be corrected if necessary
People talking about false doctrine and doctrine, the SDA in Portsmouth teaching their doctrine to all students that attend their school so what is it with the Catholic school that they cannot teach their doctrine in their school? Why those students who are not catholics left SDA and come to St John’s Academy?
Congratulations to St John’s Academy and the catholic Church in Portsmouth, something good is happening there.
Can’t wait to send my child there. RDPS in 2004 was under the same shift system and it was a primary school 1-6pm, it was the same weather.
CONGRATULATIONS are in other.
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Congratulations to the Catholic Church in its continuation of education to the people. Ms. Magloire and her team will certainly be an example to the other schools.
Welcome!
is this time correct 1 pm to 6 pm come on DNO you all news starting to lack information and is no longer reliable. smh
ADMIN: The time is correct. The school is operating on a shift system with St. John’s Primary while the facility to house the Academy is being built. Hence the primary school has classes in the morning and the Academy has its classes in the afternoon. What is so incorrect about that?
@ Sweet…didn’t you read that they operate on a shift system with St John’s Primary School? Always ready to jumb on DNO back…smdh
Is it a secondary school?
Yes it is a secondary school
I guess it is, since it is sister to St. John’s Primary
congratulations we needed a catholic school in dominica and i wish all the best for the school and the children God’s blessings keep foccusing on the Father, son and holy spirit and all bad intensions will flew from God’s children
So, SMA, SMS, Convent High and Wesley high weren’t private?
they are not completely private because they receive assistance from the government. So they are called “government assisted” schools
Not completely. They recieve some assistance from the government to pay some of their teachers. But they are responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of their facilities.
They are not fully private because the government pays the teachers’ salaries. Unlikethe St John’s Academy which receives no government assistance.
Dr. Magloire, affectionately known as Miss Magloire at PSS congratulations and to the Roman Catholic Church in Dominica. you guys have been pioneers in the proovision of high quality education. Wish you well with this newly established school and success in your operations. GOD bless y’all always…
Congrats St John’s Academy.
SUPERB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now ensure that the curricullum is not poluted with atheistic nonesense. The entire system should promote that a Loving God created this universe in order to have a loving Fatherly/children relationship with us. Our self-centeredness poluted that relationship to the extent that His loving Son had to be sacrificed in order to restore that relationship. Those of us us who believe and trust Him will begin a relationship right here, right now for all eternity. The job of our education is to enlighten us of this Foundational Fact and everything else that is true in this universe He has created. In so saying I congratulate the people of the St. John’s parish, the Catholic Church and thank my heavenly Father for planting this seed and ask that His custodians nurture it and keep it safe. Amen
It is too bad that you can not see all of the children’s faces, poor choice of photos. Congratulations on the new school!
Congratulations to the principal , staff and all catholics. Gods blessings.
Soooo happy to hear this!!
Catholic Education rocks!!
they criticize our catholic beliefs yet they are the first to send their kids to our catholic schools ??
i was thinking the same thing.
MY SENTIMENTS EXACTLY, ANYWAY, ONCE THEY CAN BE ACCOMODATED—NO PROBS—WE LEAD, THEY FOLLOW.
Well that is good news to me. Except that my wish is that the Gospel of Jesus Christ will be passed on to the students of that School; so that they will graduate with the “DEGREE”, posted on their hearts and in their minds, of Knowledge of God and His Ways of Love—which the Life in their awakened soul.
Jesus said about His disciples: “This is Eternal Life, that they know You—the One True God—and Jesus Christ whom You have sent”. John 17: 3 Jesus’ is saying that as Christians we are called to be His disciples, for on our hearts and in our minds His Gospel has been written by the Power of Holy Spirit.
Otherwise nothing else matters, if our practice is not striving for the Salvation of Jesus Christ.
For among the other things of this world, which are the attitude and conducts of sinfulness, wickedness, evil, corruption and more, religion, which are definitely the doctrines of men of “the world” is passing away. The complete details are at 1st. Corinthians 7: 29-31.
Religion is the reason God said through His prophet Isaiah: “These people honor Me with their lips but their heart is far from Me; and in vain they worship Me speaking as doctrines, the commandments of men. Read this at the Book of Isaiah, chapter 29, verse 13
Jesus repeated that Scripture of Isaiah, when He said to those who pretended to believe and accept His claims–but He knew that their hearts were not sincere: “Well did Isaiah prophecy of you “hypocrites” as it is written” The repetition Mark 7: 6-7
In these days and times those who continue with an insincere heart, while they bellow out Lord, Lord, Lord, they are only simply fooling themselves—God knows their hearts, for who can hide from Him?
And so, dear Heavenly Father, I send to You from my thoughts, the petition, asking for Your mercy and compassion towards the children, youth, and all those who are ignorant of Your Love, Life in their soul–not by choice–but by the misleading of the doctrines of men in our Dominica.
Hear O Lord the voice of others who call upon You Name through sincere faith, and please set us free, from this prison of false teachings; that further build the confusions of our mind. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen!
well some of the children are baptist and penticostal.i guess their parents not satisfied with their so call belief.and you cannot tell them wat to teach in their school
Went to St.john’s Catholic school back in the day and discipline and academic performance were always on the front burner, and i know there is no difference in the academy. one could always tell if u went to st johns especially by your handwriting…love my pas school. just wish it was there when i was a kid
possie2 d bone. Let is be known this was one of the major criteria why the decision to open/develope this Academy. Yes it is true the students of the early St John’Mother Pracette) and the higher school can be identified by your handwriting Too true
Excellent! Congratulations. I am happy that the catholic church continues to cater to the needs of our young minds. I am very happy for this bold step. God Bless!
Rastar-Marn curious to see what the curriculum for these poor souls is about yeh,,,
Dem youths doh need another institution to teach dem how to become Economic-slaves to an Imperial, De facto superficial, Temporal system that does nothing more than teach dem how to be dependent on some extrinsic valuable thing [Currency] that which they have no control over no matter how much the system teaches about its attainability,,,
Dem youths should be taught self sustaining courses, how to establish and sustain a lifestyle of self sustenance, civic and Social Studies to secure abundant living and care for their fellow man,,,
Studies to enable them to justify and question the motives those tyrannical rulers, whom have Hijacked this Realm’s governance through Grand Larceny, Extortion, Racketeering [a system of organized crime traditionally involving the extortion of money by intimidation, violence or other illegal methods], Mischief, Theft, De Son Tort [having no right to meddle with the affairs or estate of a decedent, yet undertakes to do so, by color of authority] for their domination [Globalization] over the masses,,,
The concept(s) of the current Educational system have been a failed concept from its inception as now we know that many have lived rather abundant lives withūtan the concept(s) of institutionalization of learning(s),,,
The need for this Academy in the Roman Catholic doctrine is necessary, I know will instil dicipline and dedication in our youngsters today.
Portsmouth will be example to follow and may this Academy go from strength to strength. The Pricipal is very suited for that purpose. Good Luck and in God’s graces as well.
Wow, great to see the advent of ‘SJA’, it will be as great as SMA. Love this for our kids.
congrats…forward we go in Christ’s name
This school is definitely in the good hands of Juliana Magloire who thought me French, Geography, English Litrerature. She is truly a remarkable woman and a high achiever and disciplinarian . Congratulations Miss Magloire – reminds me of the good old days at PSS.
kudos to Miss Magloire; I see she did not teach you spelling
ahat’s all good and well but i’m concern about the class hours as we all know 6;oopm is already dark so why so late we talk about children that a all around the place after school is over wasnt that of concern when deciding the hours we want our children to be safe.
Otherwise that’s good news for Portsmouth and the people.
READ. the hours are temporary hours. Eight years ago when the Roosevelt PRimary School was uninhabitable as a result of the earthquake, the students of that school, and the St John’s primary school as well, also operated on a shift system. This is nothing new.
Dno more information please. Grade, forms etc. what programs are available at this institution
You can call the school for further information. Their number is listed; sorry don’t have it right now or I would have given it to you.
SInce it is a new school they only have first to 3rd form.
Therefore from September they will have a 4th form and next year, a 5th form.
It is a high/secondary school and follows the same curriculum as other high schools in Dominica. However, their students will also be allowed to do their SAT’s in 5th form as well.
Hi Bro, you want to run, give this organisers/creators a break to develope. They will soon be asking for finacial support/donation. KEEP YOUR WALLET OPEN AND IT’S colourful paper within with the Queen’s head and security silver line available
tres belle enfants
I’m sure Dr. Magloire had a hand in the establishment of this school, so I’m going to say “Hats off” to her.
With Fr Sharplis as well, the founding originators/creators of the SJAcademy