St. Stanislaus College

St. Stanislaus College is a Grade-A senior secondary school in Georgetown, Guyana. It has a student population of 600 and a teaching staff of about 40. Admission to the school is normally through the Secondary Schools' Entrance Examination. It is the third highest school in the country, following Queen's College and Bishops' High School. In 2018, St. Stanislaus College students attained a 96.23% passing rate in the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate examinations and 96.03% in the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination. History St. Stanislaus Grammar School was established on 1 May 1866 as a Jesuit all-boys school. It was founded by Father Langthon and named after Stanislaus Kostka. The school moved to Brickdam 1907, and in 1913 survived a fire. It was expanded with a new wing in 1954 and earned government funding 1957. The Hopkinson was added in 1973. In 1975 the school became co-ed, and it was made a public school in 1976. The Jesuits stopped running the college in 1980. A board of governors was installed in the school in 2005. Facilities The college has three science laboratories. There is a library, a geography room, Home Economics department and an Industrial Arts department. The campus has two computer laboratories, a bursary (which sells school supplies) and a sick bay. The school has a hard court that is used for cricket, football and volleyball. It also has a basketball court It also has a forum called the Marian Forum which is used as a small indoor hockey court.