Source of the latest happenings at Ascot High Schoolhttps://www.ascothigh.edu.jm/news/Wed, 24 Sep 2025 12:08:14 ESTadmin@ascothigh.edu.jmnews/view?id=109The Ascot High School football team continued their promising Manning Cup run yesterday with a 2-0 victory over Hillel Academy.Wed, 24 Sep 2025 12:08:14 ESTSportsnews/view?id=108The spirit of creativity and performance is alive at Ascot High School as the school’s Dance Troupe begins training for the 2025/2026 academic year.Thu, 18 Sep 2025 18:47:35 ESTArtsnews/view?id=107Ascot High School’s football team continues its journey in the 2025 ISSA/Digicel Manning Cup as they prepare to face Meadowbrook High School tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. on Meadowbrook’s home field. Thu, 18 Sep 2025 16:52:36 ESTSportsnews/view?id=106Ascot High School has taken another bold step in modernizing its operations by rolling out online registration for incoming Grade 7 students for the 2025/2026 academic year.Wed, 17 Sep 2025 21:34:14 ESTNewsnews/view?id=105Ascot High extends heartfelt thanks to Ms. Keisha Gordon, Ms. Dionne Brooks, and Mr. Roderick Lee for their hard work in preparing our school grounds for the new academic year.Tue, 16 Sep 2025 15:29:43 ESTNewsnews/view?id=104Ascot High School’s football team continues its campaign in the 2025 ISSA Manning Cup with determination and resilience.Tue, 16 Sep 2025 14:30:53 ESTSportsnews/view?id=103The new students orientation session is scheduled for Wednesday July 2, 2025 at 9am at the school. Sun, 29 Jun 2025 18:05:55 ESTNewsnews/view?id=102Latayvia Latouche representing Ascot High School at the Local Government Expo at the National Arena on Wednesday November 20, 2024.Tue, 26 Nov 2024 21:36:43 ESTNewsnews/view?id=101School will be dismissed early today November 4, 2024 due to the impending passage of Hurricane RafaelMon, 04 Nov 2024 08:31:55 ESTNewsnews/view?id=100Classes will end at 12:40pm on November 1, 2024 to facilitate training.Thu, 31 Oct 2024 19:51:25 ESTNewsnews/view?id=99Latayvia Latouche of grade 11 has been appointed Deputy Mayor of the Portmore Municipality for the 2024-2025 academic year.Thu, 31 Oct 2024 02:41:55 ESTNewsnews/view?id=98After losing to Jamaica College 11-0 last Saturday, Ascot defeated Pembroke Hall 1-0 yesterday at Jamaica College football field.Fri, 20 Sep 2024 10:50:16 ESTSportsnews/view?id=97In an undesirable defeat, Ascot lost 11-0 to Jamaica College (JC) earlier today.Sat, 14 Sep 2024 20:06:14 ESTSportsnews/view?id=96Adriano Bygrave of 13A was badged as a Safe School Ambassador for the St. Catherine Southern Police Division during an appointment ceremony held last Wednesday at the St. Catherine Southern Police Headquarters. Fri, 13 Sep 2024 01:35:21 ESTNewsnews/view?id=95At the Dunbeholden field today, Ascot High defeated Bridgeport 1-0 in a thrilling encounter.Tue, 10 Sep 2024 21:29:38 ESTSportsnews/view?id=94Following Mr. Talbert's vacation leave, new acting appointments have been made. Sun, 01 Sep 2024 16:10:24 ESTNewsnews/view?id=93The school grounds is undergoing final preparations for the opening of the new school year. Mon, 26 Aug 2024 19:34:33 ESTNewsnews/view?id=92As school reopens for the 2024/2025 academic, students and staff will attend on a phased basis. Fri, 23 Aug 2024 12:38:29 ESTNewsnews/view?id=91The school's first mobile app has been published to the Google Play Store and is available for download on most android devices.Fri, 23 Aug 2024 08:16:28 ESTNewsnews/view?id=90Reports for the 2024 Summer term will be distributed between August 7-9, 2024. Sat, 03 Aug 2024 14:09:33 ESTNewsnews/view?id=89Students 12 years older and above are invited to take the Pfizer Vaccine. Mon, 23 Aug 2021 11:24:00 ESTNewsnews/view?id=88All students are required to register beginning on July 5. Sat, 03 Jul 2021 14:16:59 ESTNewsnews/view?id=87School Fees or contributions are not required to be paid for students to participate in online classes.Tue, 06 Oct 2020 20:30:27 ESTNewsnews/view?id=86Please be informed that training for students on the use of the Ascot Virtual Learning Environment (AscotVLE) has been scheduled for the week of September 21 - 25, 2020.Sat, 19 Sep 2020 22:49:58 ESTNewsnews/view?id=85Please be informed that Mr. Shannell Talbert has been appointed the Acting Principal. Sat, 19 Sep 2020 22:20:53 ESTNewsnews/view?id=84Ascot High School be hosting a barbecue and fete.Mon, 11 Nov 2019 20:16:12 ESTSocialnews/view?id=83Please be informed that report day for grades 7-10 will be held this Tuesday January 29, 2019.Sat, 26 Jan 2019 11:05:54 ESTNewsnews/view?id=82The Ascot High School Environment Club engages in several initiatives aimed at improving the cleanliness of the environment.Fri, 02 Nov 2018 21:08:48 ESTNewsnews/view?id=81Many students from across the grades have been aggressively collecting plastic bottles in response to the Wisynco Recycle Challenge. Fri, 02 Nov 2018 20:06:18 ESTNewsnews/view?id=80To generate interest among students in Art, Visual Arts teacher Mr Irons built a pinball game for use in the delivery of instruction in his class.Thu, 01 Nov 2018 23:30:28 ESTArtsnews/view?id=79The Pepsi team lost their last two matches and the Colts team has been withdrawn for the rest of the season.Thu, 01 Nov 2018 22:31:32 ESTSportsnews/view?id=78Ascot's Colts football team defeated Vauxhall today 4-1 at Ascot High School beginning their 2018 campaign with a win.Fri, 19 Oct 2018 20:32:06 ESTSportsnews/view?id=77Training for the 2018 ISSA Pepsi and Colts football Competitions has begun.Sun, 23 Sep 2018 15:21:19 ESTSportsnews/view?id=76The Office of the Dean of Discipline will be hosting a series of conflict seminars for students with incidents of fighting on their record with the first starting tomorrow September 13, 2018 at 9am.Wed, 12 Sep 2018 19:24:12 ESTNewsnews/view?id=75Students and parents are being reminded that students arriving after 8am in the mornings will be logged.Sat, 08 Sep 2018 22:58:50 ESTNewsnews/view?id=74All new and returning sixth formers have been invited to attend an orientation session on Friday September 7, 2018.Wed, 05 Sep 2018 20:31:42 ESTNewsnews/view?id=73The board of governors of the school has approved the temporary appointments of Mr. Sean Wallace and Mrs. Heather Boyd-Cunningham.Sat, 01 Sep 2018 00:40:59 ESTNewsnews/view?id=72The latest version of the TalsoftsSAS app, version 2.2.21, has three new features that will make the app more student friendly.Fri, 31 Aug 2018 00:26:49 ESTNewsnews/view?id=71Several infrastructural improvements were made to the school plant during the summer holidays.Thu, 30 Aug 2018 23:06:00 ESTNewsnews/view?id=70The deadline for parents to submit transfer application has passed. Thu, 30 Aug 2018 22:02:37 ESTNewsnews/view?id=69With the latest version of the TalsoftsSAS app available in the Google Play Store, the school intends to dramatically improve communication with parents.Mon, 06 Aug 2018 16:52:40 ESTNewsnews/view?id=68Ascot High School will not be participating in the Annual Inter-School Secondary Association (ISSA) Manning Cup Football Competition. Thu, 02 Aug 2018 19:35:46 ESTSportsnews/view?id=67The main office will be closed to the public from August 1-6, 2018. Thu, 02 Aug 2018 19:17:23 ESTNewsnews/view?id=66The events and dates leading up to the beginning of the next school term are detailed below:Sun, 08 Jul 2018 17:11:36 ESTNewsnews/view?id=65The grade 8 teachers will be required to participate in a workshop on Tuesday May 22, 2018. Consequently, Grade 8 students will be required to remain at home on Tuesday.Sat, 19 May 2018 20:18:40 ESTNewsnews/view?id=64Students will now be asked to produce their identification card for late log processing.Sat, 09 Dec 2017 08:58:49 ESTNewsnews/view?id=63Students are expected to return to school on January 10, 2018.Fri, 08 Dec 2017 18:47:13 ESTNewsnews/view?id=62School will be closed for students on December 15, 2017.Thu, 07 Dec 2017 22:42:20 ESTNewsnews/view?id=61Our performance this year in football at all levels was characterized by undesirable results.Thu, 07 Dec 2017 21:42:49 ESTSportsnews/view?id=60The 2017 Christmas Carol Service is scheduled to take place on Monday December 11, 2017 on the school lawn.Thu, 07 Dec 2017 20:56:59 ESTArtsnews/view?id=59Grades 7 and 8 students are not required to attend school tomorrow Friday December 8, 2017.Thu, 07 Dec 2017 19:43:20 ESTNewsnews/view?id=58Students will begin sitting their end of term examinations December 6, 2017.Sun, 03 Dec 2017 21:51:29 ESTNewsnews/view?id=57The long awaited Ascot Virtual Learning Environment (Ascotvle) site is temporarily available to members of the school community.Tue, 17 Oct 2017 08:09:31 ESTNewsnews/view?id=56Nearly sixty prospective students attended the sixth form orientation on Wednesday September 13, 2017.Sat, 16 Sep 2017 08:53:41 ESTNewsnews/view?id=55Students who are desirous of continuing their sixth form education must complete re-registration forms.Wed, 23 Aug 2017 08:45:20 ESTNewsnews/view?id=54A training programme for teachers who are interested in improving the school environment has been arranged.Tue, 27 Jun 2017 18:39:49 ESTNewsnews/view?id=53The incoming grade 7 students have been invited to attend an orientation session on June 30, 2017 starting at 8:30am.Thu, 22 Jun 2017 20:37:53 ESTNewsnews/view?id=52School will be closed on Friday June 23, 2017 to facilitate a staff development activity.Thu, 22 Jun 2017 20:11:18 ESTNewsnews/view?id=51Training for the upcoming football season has begun at Ascot under new leadership.Thu, 22 Jun 2017 19:54:14 ESTSportsnews/view?id=50The newest version of the TalsoftsSAS app has been released in google play and windows stores. TalsoftsSAS is used by the Ascot High School administration to simplify and streamline administrative functions.Thu, 22 Jun 2017 14:09:49 ESTNewsnews/view?id=49Many students crowded the computer laboratory to retrieve their Identification Card so that they could get sit their examinations.Wed, 21 Jun 2017 22:15:36 ESTNewsnews/view?id=48Female students are being reminded that handbags are not allowed at school.Wed, 21 Jun 2017 21:35:44 ESTNewsnews/view?id=47Students will begin to sit the end of term examinations for June tomorrow June 21, 2017.Tue, 20 Jun 2017 22:11:42 ESTNewsnews/view?id=46All students save the grade 10 students have been asked to return their books to the library as of June 5, 2017.Fri, 16 Jun 2017 17:16:08 ESTNewsnews/view?id=45The end-of-term examinations for June 2017 will commence on Wednesday June 21. The schedule of the examinations are outlined below:Fri, 16 Jun 2017 15:40:34 ESTNewsnews/view?id=44Pursuant to the academic policy of the school, students are hereby reminded of the examination regulations of the school.Sat, 10 Jun 2017 15:15:36 ESTNewsnews/view?id=43The following dates outlines the main activities of the school from now to end of the upcoming summer holidays:Sat, 10 Jun 2017 14:29:56 ESTNewsnews/view?id=42Several students were awarded in recently held Prize-giving ceremony which took place last Monday on the school's grounds.Thu, 13 Apr 2017 19:28:19 ESTNewsnews/view?id=41Please be advised that school closes next Wednesday April 12, 2017 and reopens April 24, 2017.Wed, 05 Apr 2017 19:00:36 ESTNewsnews/view?id=40The pepsi and colts team won their recent encounters by 2-1 returning to winning ways.Sat, 19 Nov 2016 15:01:47 ESTSportsnews/view?id=39The pepsi team lost to St. Catherine today 2-1 at St. Catherine while the colts team lost to St Georges 6-0 at St Georges.Tue, 15 Nov 2016 21:54:47 ESTSportsnews/view?id=38After the forfeiture of Edith Dolton James High of a rescheduled match today both Ascot pepsi and colts team advance to the second round of their respective football competitions.Fri, 11 Nov 2016 23:06:10 ESTSportsnews/view?id=37The National Educational Inspectorate (NEI) will inspect Ascot High School from Monday November 14, 2016 to Friday November 18, 2016.Tue, 08 Nov 2016 16:28:50 ESTNewsnews/view?id=36Due to nomination activities this Friday November 11, 2016 students are being asked to stay home.Mon, 07 Nov 2016 22:41:09 ESTNewsnews/view?id=35The pepsi and colts team won their respective football matches today impressively.Mon, 07 Nov 2016 22:16:50 ESTSportsnews/view?id=34Regular classes for students have been cancelled for today Friday November 4, 2016.Fri, 04 Nov 2016 08:26:06 ESTNewsnews/view?id=33On Tuesday November 1, 2016 in an extraordinary meeting of the student council the members of the executive were elected.Tue, 01 Nov 2016 22:36:53 ESTNewsnews/view?id=32Pepsi and Colt teams defeated Kingston Technical today at Ascot High School.Fri, 28 Oct 2016 21:51:29 ESTSportsnews/view?id=31After the students voted today it was clear that the students wanted Petagaye McKenzie to be their Student Council President after an overwhelming number of the votes were obtained by her. Thu, 27 Oct 2016 20:54:03 ESTNewsnews/view?id=30Please be advised of the following events for the school term September 2016/2017:Wed, 26 Oct 2016 15:22:42 ESTNewsnews/view?id=29The clubs and Societies have formed a coalition with the purposes of collecting food items which will be shipped to Haiti as they recover from the effect of the passage of Hurricane Matthew.Mon, 17 Oct 2016 19:05:13 ESTNewsnews/view?id=28Many students came to school last Friday dressed in their craziest socks and glasses to be treated to entertainment, food and great fun.Mon, 17 Oct 2016 17:44:31 ESTSocialnews/view?id=27The following is the official notice to students of the Student Council Presidential and Vice Presidential Elections to to held next Thursday October 27, 2016.Mon, 17 Oct 2016 17:29:26 ESTNewsnews/view?id=26Ascot High School Students will vote for their student council president on October 27, 2016.Mon, 17 Oct 2016 17:08:49 ESTNewsnews/view?id=25The written tests for this term begin on October 24, 2016.Mon, 17 Oct 2016 16:51:06 ESTNewsnews/view?id=24As the Manning cup team crashes out of the 2016 Issa Manning Cup Competition, the Colts and Pepsi teams prepare to take the championship in the ISSA Colts and Pepsi Football Competition.Mon, 17 Oct 2016 16:16:05 ESTSportsnews/view?id=23The annual graduation exercise for the class of 2016 will take place on Thursday October 20,2016 at the school grounds.Mon, 17 Oct 2016 15:12:06 ESTNewsnews/view?id=22Ascot was defeated by Denham Town High School yesterday at home 1-0.Sat, 17 Sep 2016 09:17:11 ESTSportsnews/view?id=21After full time yesterday at Norman Manley High School, Ascot was able to secure one point to move to four (4) points in the ISSA Manning Cup Competition 2016. Wed, 14 Sep 2016 03:55:16 ESTSportsnews/view?id=20Ascot defeated Papine High today at Dunbeholden 2-1 to start their Manning Cup Campaign. Sat, 10 Sep 2016 20:04:49 ESTSportsnews/view?id=19Applicants are being encouraged to submit their applications before the end of August to guarantee that their applications will be processed.Tue, 30 Aug 2016 00:30:22 ESTNewsnews/view?id=18Orientation for new students will be held on two days this year.Tue, 28 Jun 2016 15:21:03 ESTNewsnews/view?id=17As the zones for the Inter Secondary School Association (ISSA) Manning Cup Football Competition have been selected our manning cup training intensifies this summer.Wed, 22 Jun 2016 22:32:18 ESTSportsnews/view?id=16As students have now begun to sit their end of term examinations, students are being reminded of the examination regulation of the school.Wed, 22 Jun 2016 22:00:43 ESTNewsnews/view?id=15Students returning their textbooks to the Library after June 24, 2016 will be required to pay a late fine.Wed, 22 Jun 2016 21:19:56 ESTNewsnews/view?id=14The Performing Arts Department presents an evening of excellence in music, dance and other artistic performances called Symphony Under the Stars.Mon, 20 Jun 2016 17:46:24 ESTArtsnews/view?id=13The Talsofts App used in conjunction with this site is now available for download from the Windows Store on to your various windows devices.Mon, 20 Jun 2016 16:28:11 ESTNewsnews/view?id=12Summer is a period of relaxation, fun and exploration for those students who studied, practiced and worked hard all year long.Mon, 20 Jun 2016 16:08:25 ESTCommentarynews/view?id=11The Annual Valedictory Service will be held on June 22, 2016 in the auditorium of the school.Mon, 20 Jun 2016 15:03:02 ESTNewsnews/view?id=10Last month, the Science Department was able to acquire lab coats for their students to use while they are carrying out their experiments in the laboratory.Thu, 02 Jun 2016 21:11:23 ESTNewsnews/view?id=9Children Day was celebrated with much fan-fare and excitement as children were entertained and allowed to participate in various activities.Wed, 01 Jun 2016 14:30:51 ESTSocialnews/view?id=8Some of the features of this site can now be accessed through the new Talsofts SAS App, which can be downloaded from the Google Play Store.Thu, 26 May 2016 21:14:23 ESTNewsnews/view?id=7Important upcoming events for end of academic year 2016/2017 are outlined below:Sun, 22 May 2016 14:35:56 ESTNewsnews/view?id=6Students applying for Ascot High sixth form for the 2016-2017 academic year can now select Food and Nutrition as a part of their course selections. Thu, 19 May 2016 09:53:06 ESTNewsnews/view?id=5Ascot hosted on Friday April 8, 2016 the first-ever Mathematics Competition involving students from all Portmore High Schools.Tue, 12 Apr 2016 22:06:33 ESTNewsnews/view?id=4Norman Manley defeated Ascot in an Inter-Secondary School Association (ISSA) Under 16 encounter yesterday at Ascot High School.Thu, 07 Apr 2016 22:03:13 ESTSportsnews/view?id=3Auditions for a grade 7 dance competition will be held on April 15, 2016 in the auditorium.Thu, 07 Apr 2016 21:28:57 ESTArtsnews/view?id=2Accompanied by a contingent of students from grades 9-11, Mrs Michelle Field -the Head of the Department of Mathematics- participated in the Youth Link's inaugural Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Mathematics Workshop for urban area schools at the Mico Teachers' College Gymnasium on Thursday March 10, 2016.Fri, 11 Mar 2016 21:35:57 ESTNewsnews/view?id=1Mishka Morris (General Manager) and Princess Murdock (Assistant Manager) along with their team of other students lauched Ascot's first bakery-Brimdrap Bakery.Fri, 11 Mar 2016 19:21:13 ESTNews