SCHOLARSHIPS
Individual Alumni, Chapters and Year Group members award annual scholarship grants to enrolled MHS students and graduates who transition to Canadian and other tertiary education to assist in mitigating the rising cost of educational expenses.
Annual Scholarships
Class of 1984 awards the annual Sean Conway Morgan Scholarship to two (2) students enrolled at MHS.
Toronto Alumni Chapter awards at least one (1) scholarship to Alumni enrolled in a Canadian higher education institution.
Several other altruistic individual Alumni have adopted students and consistently provided to them total requirements to assure quality educational from high school through university.
SCHOOL LUNCH INITIATIVE
School years represent a critical period in physical and mental youth development, as well as the cultivation of life-long dietary and lifestyle habits.
Food security is an important cornerstone in that process which is beneficial for the physical, mental, psychological and social development of school-age youths.
The MHS Alumni Network facilitates access of the most vulnerable students enrolled at Manchester High School Jamaica to daily nutritious lunches and other meals through a school feeding initiative.
The initiative will reduce hunger and negative impacts on children’s and adolescents’ abilities to learn, to thrive, and to realize their full potential.
SUPPORTING VULNERABLE STUDENTS
We the Alumni seek to enhance the lives of young alumni at our 'Alma Mater' who require extra support to assure access to equitable quality education.
Through this programme students benefit from school resources and supplies, academic and examination fees, personal effects, transportation and other subsistence, and meals.
We are committed to helping the more vulnerable young alumni as they deserve high-quality education just as much as any other students, as it is crucial that those who require additional support have access to it.
We are passionate about supporting these students and helping to deliver the best possible outcome while facilitating continued learning regardless of their situation.
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
The Emerging Global Leaders of Jamaica (EGLJ) programme is a youth Leadership Development programme a key initiative of the Alliance of Jamaican Alumni Associations Inc.(AJAA) in Toronto Canada, the umbrella Jamaican Alumni Association in Canada. The MHS Toronto Alumni Chapter is a member of the AJAA.
Several of our students have benefited tremendously from this initiative through workshops on mentorship, networking and other leadership development activities held in Canada and Jamaica. These have facilitated youth leaders’ personal growth and helped to implement other innovative series of programmes locally.
The increased participation among young people assist in generating ideas for youth activities and in meeting community needs.
Social impact is targeted through effective and sustainable youth projects carried out by local youth leaders with support to equip and empower Jamaica’s future youth leaders..
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
The Alumni network values infrastructure development as an important aspect to assure access to quality education by all students enrolled at Manchester High School.
Over the years the alliance has realized various infrastructure projects to include, playgrounds, library facilities, laboratories, auditorium, computer centres, technology, machinery, tools, equipment and so forth.
The Alumni is committed to achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, which are defined by the United Nations requiring all countries in the world, to “build and upgrade education facilities that are child, disability and gender sensitive, and provide safe, non-violent, inclusive, and effective learning environments for all.”
SPORTS DEVELOPMENT
Sports is well recognized as essential for the total youth development. In addition, sports have also been seen as a potent tool in high performance of children in schools.
The Alumni has consistently encouraged sports development through group and individual altruistic donations aimed at strengthening athletic, football and other teams involved in competitive sports including olympic potentials.
The Alumni is committed to continuous support in the Sports Programme as the cascading positive effect are many - personal development, school recognition, and the germination of olympic stars in the image of Alumni Nesta Carter, Elaine Thompson, Sherone Simpson and others.