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The Excelsior Alumni Association(USA )Inc.invites nominations of alumni and contributors who best reflect the ethos of Excelsior, to be recognised at its annual Dinner/Dance and Awards function....

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for the position of Principal of Excelsior High School, with effect from September 1, 2008........

Photos are available from the 38th Anniversary Dinner/Dance and Awards function which was recently held in New York.....

Monday, February 12, 2007  

Still riding on the crest of the Diamond Anniversary celebrations, Excelsior broke ground for the refurbished science lab on Sunday, January 21, during a special ceremony at the school.........

Sunday, February 11, 2007 

The following is the text of the Florida Chapter's Founder's Day message which was delivered by Public Relations Officer, Debra Byfield.......  

Thursday, February 1, 2007

The “T”s remain to be crossed, and the “I”s dotted, but it appears the signs are very good that XLCR will again have a Sixth Form come September 2007.......  

February 2007 

Happy New Year! Best wishes and blessings to the Alumni community and all our friends and family......

Tuesday January 30, 2007 

With pomp, circumstance, devotion, song and dance, the Excelsior fraternity brought the curtain down on the yearlong 75th Anniversary celebrations with a thanksgiving function, on Friday January 19, marking Excelsior’s founding in 1931..........

Saturday January 6, 2007 

Donald Chinshue, Vice President of the Alumni Association, will represent the group as the school marks the 75th Anniversary Founder’s Day on Friday, January 19, 2007......

Thursday April 12, 2007 

In the wake of the appeal for assistance to help with the Sixth Form restoration, alumnus Donna Myrie has started the ball rolling with another generous offer of assistance to her alma mater........

Saturday December 29, 2006  

For those who have long lamented the seeming lack of a school spirit and the erosion of academic and behavioral standards at Excelsior comes heartening news that something concrete is being done to reverse the trend........                      

Wednesday December 6, 2006  

President of the Excelsior Alumni Association (USA) Inc, Paulette Mullings Bradnock, has said that it is the “sacred mission” of her organization to help to provide the platform at Excelsior High School......

Monday December 4, 2006

There was contagious excitement at the Pegasus on the night of November 24, 2006 as the class of 1981 celebrated its 25th anniversary......

Saturday, December 2, 2006

For one memorable week it was possible to go home again as Excelsior alumni from various corners of the world returned to the alma mater, November 17-25, 2006 to help celebrate the 75th Anniversary Homecoming at the school........

Saturday December 2, 2006

In what is fast becoming an annual rite of passage, alumnus Rose Davis of the class of 1980 and the Alumni Association New York Chapter engineered the donation of more than six barrels of goods to needy Excelsior students......

Friday, December 1, 2006

If the plans of a newly created lobby group convened by   Winsome  Halliman and calling itself Concerned Alumni of  Excelsior High come to fruition, Excelsior should again have a 6th Form come September 2007.......

Some thirty-two alumni, faculty and family members of Excelsior High School were awarded in six different categories (Life Time, Outstanding Teachers, Outstanding Students.....

Sunday, November 26, 2006

Excelsior will have to wait at least another year to celebrate her 8th Manning Cup title as a valiant, but overmatched, football team came up short in the finals against Bridgeport High on Saturday, November 25 at the National Stadium.......

Saturday, November 25, 2006 

His story unfolded like a best-selling novel or a retake of the US Chris Gardiner “Pursuit of Happyness” biography...............

Sunday, November 19, 2006

Harbour View’s Mini Stadium erupted in pandemonium as joyful supporters celebrated after Excelsior completed a riveting 1-0 victory over Eltham High on Saturday, November 18 in the semi-final of the Manning Cup football competition......

Saturday, November 11, 2006

XLCR’s Manning Cup football team completed a heart thumping 1-0 victory over Camperdown yesterday ( Friday November 10) to move into the semi final round of the competition, en route to what many hope will be its third title in four years......

Friday, November 10, 2006

The 75th Anniversary celebrations, which started in New York a little more than a year ago, will end the year on the North American continent as the Excelsior Alumni Association of Florida hosts its annual Xmas Bash, December 16, 2006, at West Broward Hall, 927 178th Avenue, Pembroke Pines, Florida......

Amid the swirling optimism unleashed by the fast approaching Homecoming Celebrations, November 19-25, 2006, in Jamaica, the 75th Anniversary Committee has released details of the weeklong activities.....

In between the gaiety that will surround the 75th Anniversary Homecoming celebration in Jamaica, the Class of 1981 will take time out to commemorate its own special 25th milestone with a Reunion Dinner and Dance, Friday, November 24, 2006 at the Pegasus Hotel........

Friday, November 3, 2006

With the 75th Anniversary Homecoming Celebrations a little less than    three weeks away, a host of XLCR past students is expected to assemble at the venerable Mountain View Avenue institution to help celebrate the founding of the school......

Thursday, November 2, 2006

Excelsior moved a step closer to capturing its third Manning Cup Football title in the last four years after a methodical undressing of their overmatched opponents, Jonathan Grant High, on Monday, October 30..........

Monday, October 16, 2006

Tonight as we enter the home stretch of the yearlong celebration of the 75th  Anniversary of our alma mater let us take pride in the role the Excelsior Alumni Association has played.....

Monday, October 16, 2006

The elegant ballroom of the Ramada Plaza at JFK  teemed with Excelsior School  pride  as a festive throng of alumni, friends and well wishers gathered on Saturday, October 14 to salute three members of the Excelsior family for their accomplishment and contribution to the august institution.......

Monday, October 16, 2006

Emmy Award winning journalist Cliff Hughes said that he has no regrets over a career choice that was influenced by an endearing family and a cadre of outstanding teachers while he was student at Excelsior High School, Jamaica from 1974 through 1982....

Monday, October 16, 2006

Text of Message from Jamaica's Consul General in New York                                        

From North Street to Mountain View Avenue, from Kingston, Jamaica to New York, USA and points in between, your alumni continue to distinguish themselves in all facets of human endeavour. Their sterling contribution to the academic, cultural and sporting fabric of our community and country is without question, a stellar one........

Monday, October 16, 2006

Transcript of Acceptance Speech by Cliff Hughes, President's Distinguished Alumnus Award honoree on the occassion of the 75th Anniversary Dinner / Dance & Awards function in New York City. 

I speak daily into a microphone for a living but tonight, I am a little nervous because it’s a very, very special occasion. It’s extremely special because when your peers meet, reflect and say you have done us proud, that is a signal honor........                                    

Wednesday, October 12, 2006

The Excelsior Manning Cup football team has moved on to the second round of the tournament after a masterful 7-0 demolition of upstarts Tarrant High on Monday October 10......

Friday September 29, 2006

  Excelsorian Neville Myton will be honored by the government of             Jamaica for his contribution to the Development of Sports in the nation.

 Myton is among a list of 113 persons to receive National Honors and Awards, as released by the Office of the Prime Minister ......  

September 2006

The Florida Alumni Board has been very active so there is a lot of catching up to do in this issue of the newsletter – a whole 8 months worth!........

Saturday, September 23, 2006

Alumni from as far away as Germany are expected to converge on the Ramada Plaza at JFK, New York, Saturday October 14, 2006 as the Excelsior Alumni Association (USA) Inc. caps its yearlong celebration of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the alma mater........

Saturday, September 23, 2006

With the new Manning Cup season barely a month old, Excelsior sits atop Zone A of the competition after registering two victories and a draw from three completed games, as the team tries to garner its third title in four years......    

Friday, September 22, 2006

On Thursday September 28, at 7pm, The Caribbean Dialogue is going to kick off year 2 of its reasonings at the Brooklyn Public Library at Grand Army Plaza when it pays homage to the Life and Works of the Caribbean's First Lady of Culture ...none other than the Honorable Louise Bennett-Coverley (Miss. Lou)........

Tuesday September 19, 2006

Distinguished alumnus, attorney Earl Witter, Q.C. was recently appointed Jamaica’s Public Defender. Governor General Hon. Professor Kenneth Hall swore in the legal luminary in a ceremony at King’s House on Wednesday, September 13, 2006.........

Wednesday August 16 2006

“I found myself within a hall / Saw lessons written on a wall

 I read them o’er but to exclaim/“This place does well deserve its name/Excelsior.”

The illustrious career of cultural icon and distinguished alumnus of Excelsior High School, the Hon. Louise Bennett-Coverley, reflects the enduring influence of this institution.......

Tuesday August 15, 2006          

By Ian D. Martin

On July 26, I received an e-mail from Duane Coombs, the public relations  officer of the New York Chapter of the Excelsior Alumni Association  informing me of the passing of the Honorable Louise  Bennett-Coverley.....

Wednesday July 26, 2006

The Excelsior Alumni Association (USA) Inc. joins with the rest of the Excelsior family and the Jamaican and Caribbean diaspora in mourning the passing of cultural icon Hon. Louise Bennett-Coverley...........

Tuesday July 25, 2006

As the Excelsior fraternity continues the yearlong celebration of the75th anniversary of the founding of Excelsior High School, the Excelsior Alumni Association (USA) Inc. will honor three illustrious members of the Excelsior community: award winning journalist Cliff Hughes,attorney Bancroft Gordon and former Excelsior Track & Field coach Anthony Carr...........

Tuesday July 25, 2006

 Former President of the Alumni Association, Leon Bernard, a founding member of organization, passed away on Monday July 24, 2006 after a long illness. Leon served the organization in a number of capacities, most recently as Treasurer; a position which he held for a number of years until failing health forced him to demit office........

Sunday July 23, 2006

There are hopeful signals coming out of Toronto that the long dormant chapter of the Excelsior Alumni Association is set for a revival as a group of XLCR Alumni tries to breathe new life into the moribund organization........

Thursday July 20, 2006

As plans are put in gear by 75th Anniversary Planning Committee in Jamaica to host the 75th Anniversary Dinner and Awards, scheduled during Homecoming Week on November 23, 2006, members of the Excelsior family are being invited to submit nomination for persons who best reflect the Excelsior ethos based on specific categories and criteria set out in a document  being circulated by the Committee......