OUR HERITAGE
Savanna-La-Mar High and Preparatory School is a Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Institution owned and operated by the West Jamaica Conference of SDA and is recognized by the Ministry of Education. Located on 3 ½ acres of land along the Gooden’s River Road, Savanna-La-Mar, Westmoreland Jamaica West Indies.
1967 the institution opened its doors to 44 students fulfilling the original mandate of providing Christ Centered quality education. The following principals and acting principals have served:
Dr. Lunette Wright ……….. 1967 – 1971
Pastor Cecil R. Perry……… 1971 – (Actg. Sept-Dec.)
Mr. Hugh Dawes………….. 1972 – 1974
Miss. Gloria Brown……….. 1974
Mr. Guy Jobson…………… 1975 – 1978
Mr. Conrod Grant…………. 1979 – 1986
Miss. Daphne Chapman …... 1986 – 1994
Pastor Balvin Braham………1994 – (Actg. Sept-Dec.)
Pastor Rainford McIntosh…..1995 – (Actg. Jan-Dec.)
Mr. Michael Fletcher………1996 – 2003
Miss. Lorna Stephenson…….2003 – (Actg. Sept-Dec.)
Miss. Jodine Williams………2004 – 2008
Mrs. Yvonne Sonlin…………2008 – 2010 Actg.
Mr. Greogery St. G. Hewitt…2010 – Present
Over four (4) decades later, the Preparatory School provides an education for students at Kindergarten 0ne (1) to Grade six (6); preparing students to reap ultimate success in the Grade One (1) Readiness Inventory, the Grades Three (3) Diagnostic Test, the Grade Four (4) Literacy Test and is now among the leading schools in the Grade Six (6) Achievement Test (G.SAT) in the parish.
The High School educates students from First (1st) to fifth (5th) Form. The students are prepared for subjects in the Sciences, Arts, Business and Technical Vocation areas. They are able to sit these subjects at the CSEC level. Come September we will focus on Reading and Music.
We have an active Parent Teachers Association (P.T.A.) and Alumni association has been formed both in Jamaica and overseas.
