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Presentation College, Chaguanas

Presentation College, Chaguanas is a Roman Catholic secondary school in Chaguanas , Trinidad and Tobago and is the brother school of Presentation College, San Fernando .

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The Endeavour estates donated the land on which the school is. With the concern for the welfare of underprivileged youths, Canon Max Murphy founded the school with the permission of the then Archbishop of Port of Spain , Count Finbar Ryan . It was first known as "the parish school," but was later renamed Pamphilian High School , and then The College of St. Phillip and St. James. In 1959, the school was established at its current location, and management was taken over by the Presentation Brothers who continued to run the school until 1997. On 19 March 1959, the then Education and Culture Minister, Dr. Patrick Solomon, formally commissioned the school. On 4 October 2009, the school celebrated its 50th anniversary.

Although the school is primarily Roman Catholic, it has a diverse student body of different religions. Hosted and organized by the students, the school holds various religious celebrations annually, such as Diwali , Eid , and Christmas .

In September 2019, Distinguished Alumni and reputed Chemistry teacher, former Dean, and Vice Principal, Mr. Brian Seemungal was appointed Acting Principal, succeeding Captain Gary Ribiero. Mr. Raphael Max Ramlal(FORM 1), Mr. Ganesh Pulchan(FORM 2), Mr. Trevorn Aguillera (FORM 3), Mrs. Krystal K. Pedro(FORM 4), Mr. Khaleel Sahibdeen(FORM 5), and Mr. Darshan Maharaj(FORM 6) are the deans at the college. The Heads of the Department are Mr. Anthony Hosein (Mathematics), Mrs. Mylene Semungal (Sciences), Mrs. L. Boodoo (Languages), and Mr. Roland Hosein (Business).

The school has four houses:

• Aquinas (after St. Thomas Aquinas patron saint of schools)
• Chaconia (the national flower),
• Finbar (after former Roman Catholic Archbishop of Port of Spain , Count Finbar Ryan, who donated the Virgin Mary statue which stands at the center of the school)
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Presentation College Chaguanas look to remain perfect in SSCL

PRESENTATION College, Chaguanas will be expected to maintain their flawless record in the 2024 PowerGen Secondary Schools Cricket League (SSCL) premiership division against a struggling El Dorado East Secondary outfit when round six bowls off today from 10 am.

Presentation are a perfect five wins from as many matches and lead the standings with 96 points. El Dorado, one of the promoted teams this season, have had life difficult in the premiership as they are yet to record a victory.

Presentation will travel to El Dorado East to play at the latter’s school ground.

Presentation have shown that they are not only a formidable team on paper as many players have stepped up this season.

All-rounder Fareez Ali, fast bowler Alexander Chase and batsman Jaden Joseph are some of the Presentation players who have shown their quality this season.

El Dorado are last in the ten-team standings and would be aiming to pull off the upset of the season today. El Dorado have struggled to post challenging scores this season. Last week, El Dorado were bundled out for 69 against St Benedict’s.

In another match today, fourth-placed Fatima College will play North zone rivals and fifth-placed St Mary’s College at Fatima Grounds, Mucurapo Road. Fatima will be beaming with confidence after handing Vishnu Boys Hindu College their first loss of the season in round five.

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By Brother JM Feheney

I first arrived in Presentation College, Chaguanas (PCC), in 1959, more than sixty years ago. The great Vidya Naipaul had just published his famous novel, The Suffrage of Elvira, the previous year.

The London publisher, Andre Deutsch, had taken a chance on it and it became the first of several cooperative publishing ventures with Naipaul. While it is generally agreed that Naipaul’s Elvira was a humorous satire on politics in Trinidad at the time, this is not to deny that there were several facets of the book that could be helpful and informative to a newcomer to Chaguanas in the pre-independent Trinidad and Tobago of 1959.

So, I read and reread The Suffrage of Elvira. And I learned quite a bit of about the historical, social, and political background of the families of many of the pupils who were later my students and whom I learned to know and appreciate. If there was one word that characterised the young student of PCC at that time, it was the word potential.

It was evident all over the place. I encountered it every day and the life-long adventure of developing this God-given potential has given me lasting pleasure and has forged links of friendship with some wonderful people whom I first met as students some 60 years ago.

I have always felt that the educational institution now known as PCC, Trinidad, has been inspirational both in concept and in practice. Starting as Pamphylian High School, a private secondary school in 1941 under the management of Rev Max Murphy, Parish Priest of Chaguanas, it evolved into the College of Saints Philip and James, which was recognised as an Assisted Secondary School in 1949, and then into Presentation College, Chaguanas, in a new green field site in 1962.

When I arrived there in 1959, not only did the majority of the boys belong to the Hindu faith, but most of the religious denominations in Trinidad and Tobago were represented among the student population.

Moreover, the students were valued for what they were as people rather than for the religion to which they belonged. And, indeed, the same could be said about the teachers, of whom I have fond and hallowed memories.

The attitude of the Presentation Brothers, supported by that of the Catholic hierarchy at the time, was that PCC was erected and existed primarily for

Catholic boys but, depending on accommodation, boys of any or all religions were also welcome.

To us, education of its very nature was a spiritual activity, and I was never as happy as when I was engaged in it. All knowledge is potentially good knowledge. All knowledge tells us something about God and His wonderful creation, nature. So, I was equally happy with chemistry, botany, and theology.

The playing fields are one of the great glories of PCC. I have wonderful memories of watching the swallows gathering there for bi-annual migration and resting on the goal posts and the wire fences, in between gorging on the copious supply of insects which the damp savannah grass supplied.

Then there were the flocks of white egret birds which also gathered to feed on the insect life provided by the rich carpet of grass. But above all, there was no better place from where to watch a good game of cricket than the first-floor veranda of the Presentation Brothers house.

It was from here that Brother Cyril O’Sullivan, sometimes joined by Wes Hall, scrutinised the young cricketers of Trinidad, whom they were coaching in the 1960s.

Some of the young players they observed were Larry Gomes, Dudnath Ramkissoon and Rangy Nanan, at the same time making notes about how the competence and skills of these youths could be improved in preparation for international matches.

Before I leave T&T college cricket, I must mention what may have been PCC’s most famous cricket outing ever. This was April 21, 1970 when college teams from PCC and St Mary’s (CIC) met at the Queen’s Park Oval to determine the Colleges’ Cricket Senior Championship.

CIC won the toss and put up a respectable score in the first innings, but then PCC began batting and Dudnath Ramkissoon began to display his range of batting skills.

But while Dudnath was in full flight, the game was suddenly and (at the time) unaccountably halted. Later, we learned from the BBC Overseas broadcast that, overnight a small but determined section of the Trinidad and Tobago Regiment had mutinied in Chaguaramas.

A State of Emergency was proclaimed by the Government and an SOS was sent out to bring all children home immediately. So, all cricket equipment was hurriedly packed-up and we got on the road to Chaguanas.

The religious congregations deserve both credit and recognition for setting up a well-distributed series of wonderful secondary schools over the course of the past century.

Some wise and perceptive government ministers have noted this and welcomed the ideal opportunity which the T&T Government then had to add to the already existing second-level schools, thereby ensuring that every section of the country was educationally well provisioned.

The concept of community is a valuable one which must be nurtured. All schools make their contribution to the larger community, and we must always remember that God also is with, or in, if you wish, the larger community, no less than small splinters of it.

I have attempted to emphasise this in my book, Catholic Education in Trinidad and Tobago. The Twentieth Century (Cork: Iverus, 2010), which, unfortunately, is now out of print.

To some extent, success in education is a bit like success in prayer. Jesus does say, “Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek and you shall find; knock and it shall be opened to you…”! (Mt 7:7)

But it is not enough to say this once. We must keep at it, even make a practice of repeating it. Similarly, in education, while desire to learn is the first step, maintaining and renewing this desire daily is also essential.

Moreover, this particular saying of Jesus is also borne out in the example of a good teacher and a good school. In all teaching, ultimate success comes from perseverance. So do not forget: ‘Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek and you shall find; knock and it shall be opened to you…’ (provided that you make this sentiment a lasting habit, rather than a last-minute futile thought).

The Presentation Family is a concept from which the Presentation Brothers increasingly draw inspiration in these times. The concept suggests that, in addition to a physical entity or tightly knit group of individuals, who, like me, are vowed members of a religious order or congregation, there are also a whole lot of other people who either work with the core organisation or somehow come under its influence.

This extended group of people obviously include relatives, teachers, students, helpers, and benefactors of the core vowed group. That is why in our religious community in Cork, we continually pray for members of the ‘Presentation Family’.

It is an attempt on our part to acknowledge the presence of communities of real people, like those at PCC and Presentation College, San Fernando (PCS Trinidad).

We acknowledge not merely their presence and contribution, but also the kindness and generosity of this disparate group of people to our religious congregation.

We remind ourselves that they are our real brothers and sisters. Moreover, it’s also an acknowledgement of not only the values we share but also the joys and sorrows we both shared in the past.

That is why places like PCC and PCS are second homes to me. The kindness of many of my friends there tug at the heartstrings and draws an occasional tear.

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Presentation College, Chaguanas

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Presentation College, Chaguanas is a Roman Catholic secondary school in Chaguanas , Trinidad and Tobago and is the brother school of Presentation College, San Fernando .

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The land on which the school was built was donated by Endeavour estates. The school was founded by Canon Max Murphy, with the permission of then Archbishop of Port of Spain Count Finbar Ryan. It was first known as "the parish school" and was later renamed Pamphilian High School and then The College of St. Phillip and St. James. In 1959 the school was established at its current location and management was taken over by the Presentation Brothers who continued to run the school until 1997. On 19 March 1959 the school was formally commissioned by the then Education and Culture Minister, Dr. Patrick Solomon. On 4 October 2009 the school celebrated its 50th anniversary.

Although the school is primarily Roman Catholic it has a varied student body of different religions and have different religious celebrations annually for Divali, Eid , and Christmas hosted and organized by the students. At present the Principal of the school is Mr. Gary Ribeiro with Mr. Brian Seemungal being appointed Vice Principal in January 2011. Mr Ganesh Pulchan, Mr Wendell Long, Mr Lew Frederick, Mrs Krystal K. Pedro, Mr Khaleel Sahibdeen and Mr Darshan Maraj are the deans at the college,2016, and the Heads of Department are Mr. Anthony Hosein(MATHEMATICS), Mrs.Mylene Semungal(SCIENCES), Mrs.L. Boodoo(LANGUAGES) and Mr.Roland Hosein(BUSINESS).

Performance "Pres" as it is known is regarded by most of the people of the country as one of the best.

The school has four houses:

• Aquinas (after St. Thomas Aquinas patron saint of schools)
• Chaconia (the national flower),
• Finbar (after former Roman Catholic Archbishop of Port of Spain , Count Finbar Ryan, who donated the Virgin Mary statue which stands at the center of the school)maybe who knows

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Address : Corner of Yves and Rene Streets. Chaguanas, Trinidad & Tobago, West Indies. Tel.: 1-(868)-665-5752 Website: http://pcc.edu.tt Email: [email protected]

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Chess Club - Auditorium

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Art Club - TBA

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Meetings take place during the luncheon interval and after school!!

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