| THE EXCELSIOR ALUMNI ASSOCIATION (USA) INC. |
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786 Lenox Rd.
Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA
Ph:718-771-7028
Contact: info@xlcralumni.com
Fifth Decade of Sterling & Unbroken Service
to Our Alma Mater
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| Distinguished Alum Continues to Make Waves |
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Sunday, January 31, 2010
 Hot on the heels of being bestowed by President Barack Obama with a Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring, Excelsior alum, Prof. Patricia Martin-Deleon will be recognized by UWI......
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| School Featured in Newspaper Spread |
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Friday, January 29, 2010
 XLCR was recently featured in a two-page spread in the Jamaica Observer Newspaper. The feature appeared in the Teen section, which gave a brief overview of the school and its heritage..... |
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| Fund-Raiser A Memorable Experience |
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Thursday, January 28, 2010
 Almost a week removed from last Saturday night’s Merritone, MLK and Memories fete in New York, the organizers are still being showered with kudos for their fantastic first foray into fund-raising....
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| New York Chapter Gives $1 Million to Science |
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Friday, January 22, 2010
 The Excelsior Alumni Association, (USA), Inc has earmarked J$1 million to help with the renovation of the General Science Laboratories at the school, the organization has announced......
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| Prayer, Song, Dance Mark Founder's Day |
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Monday, January 18, 2010
 In advance of Founder’s Day 2010, alumni yesterday celebrated the 79th Anniversary of the school’s establishment with a variety of activities in Jamaica and North America.....
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| Tenth Grader's Essay Best in Caribbean |
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Thursday, January 7, 2010
 Shantal Pellington (l), who sat the recent CXC English exam at Grade 10, is profiled in the Jamaica Gleaner after she was adjudged to have written the best short story in the Caribbean.... |
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| Brunch to Celebrate Excellence in Medicine |
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Wednesday, January 6, 2010
 Founder’s Day Brunch, Sunday January 17, 2010, will this year feature a salute to Excelsior past students who have made outstanding contributions to Jamaica in the field of medicine.... |
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| Excelsior Duo Wows Tech Conference |
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Sunday, January 3, 2010
 A duo, Curtis Lewis and Tommy Gooden, from Excelsior etched its name in the record books by building a computer system at lightening speed at the recent Teens for Technology conference held over the Christmas holidays.....
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| Revelers Undeterred by Snow and Cold |
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Wednesday, December 23, 2009
 Neither the unexpected snow storm blanketing the Northeast, nor the unseasonal chill in South Florida, could cool the vibes of Xmas Bash 2009......
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| New Foundation Pledges Support for Excellence |
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Saturday, December 19, 2009
 The Excelsior Foundation for Excellence, the newly formed autonomous fund-raising affiliate of the Excelsior Alumni Association (USA) Inc has pledged its support for excellence........
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| Toronto Chapter Back With A Bang |
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Friday, December 18, 2009
 Louis Robinson (l.), the recently re-elected President of the Excelsior School Alumni Association of Ontario, has vowed to work in tandem with the other chapters to help restore Excelsior’s once stellar reputation for excellence.....
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| LHS Committee Issues First Scholarships |
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Friday, December 11, 2009
 Fund raising for the Lemuel Henry Memorial Scholarship Program has been a resounding success according to committee member Dr. Patricia Northover (l.) in a report announcing the awarding of the scholarships......
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| School to Accept Gift of Science Equipment |
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Sunday, November 29, 2009
 The science laboratories are set to receive J$655,000(US$7,278) worth of science equipment courtesy of the Grace Kennedy Foundation. The Foundation approved the grant funding in October 2009..........
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| Home & Abroad- AGE Bashes for All Seasons |
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Saturday, November 7, 2009
 Add Merritone, MLK & Memories, set for New York Saturday, January 23, 2010, the weekend after the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday, to a jam-packed calendar of Excelsior related bashes that will unfold over the coming months.....
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| XLCR Among Schools Benefiting from $500,000.00 Gift |
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Saturday, November 7, 2009
 Excelsior was among 16 schools to benefit when alumnus Chris Gayle (’99), this week presented over J$500,000.00 in sporting equipment to schools across Jamaica from funds raised.......
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| Toronto Chapter's Comedy & Brunch Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009 |
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| IMAGES FROM 40th ANNIVERSARY GALA |
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| Food, Fun and Friendship in Toronto |
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Friday, October 23, 2009
 All the pieces are coming together for the Toronto chapter's grand re-emergence. If ever there was an invitation or request that is guaranteed to get enthusiastic compliance........
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| Alumni in Excelsis Mark 40 Years |
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009
By Vinette K. Pryce
 Reunion was the order of the Columbus Day weekend when former students of Jamaica’s Excelsior High School toasted five distinguished achievers at their 40th annual dinner dance and awards gala in New York........
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| Four Feted at Fantastic 40th Anniversary Gala |
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Friday, October 16, 2009
 Like an elegant apostrophe to school pride, a standing-room-only group of alumni assembled in New York last Saturday evening to toast the Association’s 40th anniversary......
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| Additional Grant Secured for Science Labs |
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Thursday, October 15, 2009
 A little less than two weeks after the reopening of the first phase of the renovated science block and the Excelsior Past Students Association is already trumpeting the securing of new donations to help with completion of the other phases of the project..... |
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| Digicel Foundation Hands Over New Science Facility to School |
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Thursday, October 8, 2009
 On the afternoon of Friday, October 2, 2009, the Excelsior family gathered in the school’s auditorium for the official handing over of the refurbished Science Lab Project by the Digicel Foundation.........
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| School Welcomes New Science Labs |
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Wednesday, October 7, 2009
 Amid much elation and a sense of triumph over obstacles, the newly refurbished science lab was officially handed over to the school at a formal ceremony last Friday October 2........... |
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| Methodist Church Opens Dialogue with Alumni |
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Thursday, October 1, 2009
By Althea Brown-Robinson
 After a conciliatory meeting with the newly inducted president of the Methodist Church in Jamaica, the Alumni chapters in Florida and New York have agreed to lift their funding freeze.....
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| Science Labs to Re-Open Following Overhaul |
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Tuesday September 29, 2009
 Students of Excelsior will return to school on Monday October 5, 2009 to a virtually new science laboratory courtesy of the Excelsior Past Students Association....
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| Cloud of Grief Hangs Over Campus |
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Friday September 25, 2009
 Sadness continues to stalk the Excelsior campus as grief counsellors, staff, Ministry of Education officials and members of the Excelsior fraternity work to comfort students wracked by the sudden death of two more of their peers.......
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| Athletics Set to Dash for Success |
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Tuesday September
22, 2009
 As school reopened Monday September 7, under black clouds on a damp day, the DASH Athletic group introduced a ray of sunlight with its promise to help shore up Excelsior's sagging fortunes in Track and Field.....
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| Class of 1999's End of Summer Beach Trip |
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Sunday, September
13, 2009
  Join the the Class of 1999 as it continues its year-long 10th Anniversary commemoration with an end of summer beach trip October 18.....
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| Harriott’s Chariot Hitched to National Honours...Finally! |
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Friday September 11, 2009
 Ageless crooner and Excelsior Alumnus Derrick Harriott (class of '58) is among a coterie of individuals selected for national awards by the Government of Jamaica at this year's Heroes Day celebration....... |
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| Honorees Connected by Current of Excellence |
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Friday August 28, 2009
 A quartet of illustrious past students, including Dr. Marcia Livingston (l.), will be conferred with Distinguished Alumni Awards during the Excelsior Alumni Association’s 40th Anniversary Dinner Dance & Awards Gala October 10, 2009 at the Ramada Plaza at JFK in New York........
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| Ambassador Coye Appointed to Foreign Ministry Post |
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Friday, August 28, 2009
 Alumnus Evadne Coye ('63) Jamaica’s High Commissioner to Canada, has been appointed to serve as the Permanent Secretary in the Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Ministry........ |
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| Former Head Boy Stages Benefit to Raise Tuition |
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Saturday, August 15, 2009
 Randy McLaren,(’06), photo, former Excelsior Head Boy, rather than casually waiting for things to neatly fall into his lap, has decided to make things happen by taking his fate into his own hands..........
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| SUMMER BASH 2009 IMAGES |
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