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Debe High School
Debe Secondary School.
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	Debe High courtyard
Location
	M2 Ring Road; Debe, Trinidad
Coordinates	10°13′3″N 61°27′3″W / 10.21750°N 61.45083°W
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Type	Public co-educational
Motto	Seize the Day
Established	2000
Principal	Romeo Gunness
Age	10 to 18

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Debe High School is a co-educational high school first established in 2000 which offers forms 1-6. It is situated in south Trinidad in Debe. The school's motto is Şeize the Day.

Campus

It is surrounded by a plantation of sugar cane. Located in Debe it is a quiet school of a population of about 568 students and 43 teachers. Though situated outside the urban area, Debe High has been highly noted for its discipline and high standards of education. {{citation}}: Empty citation (help) The UWI is being built near the school.

House system

The school has four houses: Scarlet Ibis (Red), Blue Jays (Blue), Humming Birds (Green), and Kiskadee (Yellow).

School structure

The school has 8 blocks.

The main student building which houses classes. Also houses Physical Education room.
Administrative building - which has the staff room, Principal's Office, Vice Principal's Office, Safety Office, and Guidance Office
NEW Block form ones and also the form sixs are there.
Student Centre - Which includes a library, reading room, computer (IT) lab, and AV room.
Toilet Block - also houses the school cleaning staff
Lab Block - houses three labs (Biology, Chemistry, and Physics) and a music room.
Six Form block
Form five block
Subject block- which holds the Drama room,Art room,Music room,Dance room and Technology Education Lab.

School composition

Students
Safety Officers - monitor school to ensure the safety of the students, removing and checking for any hazards on the school compound
Guidance Officer - helps students with problems and career guidance
Lab technicians
School prefects - students chosen by Deans to keep order
Librarians
Teachers
Guards
Cleaners
Principal and Vice Principal
Deans
Cafeteria Staff - cooks and sellers
Farm attendants

Admission to college

Admission to college is determined by performance on an examination.

The current examination is the Secondary Entrance Assessment or SEA. The Division of Educational Research and Evaluation (DERE) and Division of Curriculum Development of the Trinidad & Tobago Ministry of Education describe the 3 hour 10 minute long SEA as "a mechanism that facilitates placement of students in secondary schools in Trinidad and Tobago". The SEA comprises three papers that must be attempted by all candidates: Creative Writing, Mathematics and Language Arts. The assessment covers the national curriculum for primary-level education for Standards Three to Five, the final three years of elementary instruction.

Debe High tends to be an institution of third choice of the five prospective institutions each examinee is required to list in preferential order of interest prior to the exam. The five preferences are drawn from the totality of secondary institutions nationwide. A candidate is unlikely to gain admission to the College but for performance consistent with the highest examination percentiles.

The precursor to the SEA was the Common Entrance Examination or CEE. The CEE mirrored the SEA in several significant respects.

Students can also be transferred into the school after an entrance exam.

Extracurricular activities

Drama - Debe High is well known for its strong hold in the Drama Department making it several times in the finals of Drama Festival and also receiving many prizes.
Soccer - The Girls' soccer team has been the South zone champions many times. The soccer department is also well known as a strong force winning many championships in Trinidad.
Field Hockey meets Mondays and Wednesdays
Table Tennis meets Tuesdays and Thursdays after school

Other extra-curricular groups

RBTT Young Leaders
Catholic-Christian Students' Movement (CCSM)
Inter-School Christian Fellowship (ISCF)meets every Tuesdays
English debating club meets every Tuesday.
Spanish club will begin meeting at lunch in 2014!
SCOUTS Group every Friday afternoon
Science Camp every Saturdays

Uniform

Girls are required to wear a navy blue skirt 2 inches below the knee. Black shoes, black socks, a white shirt blouse with waist band attached that is fitted over the skirt and a blue, silver, and red tie complete the uniform.

Boys are required to wear navy blue pants, white shirt tucked in the pants, black belt, and black shoes and black socks with a blue, sliver, and red tie.

Subjects

The school offers a wide variety of subject choices. Offer to forms 1-3 are Drama, Art, Maths English, Spanish, Physical Education Music, Literature, Social Studies, I.T., Dance, Science (Biology, Chemistry, Physics)

Offered for 4-5 forms. Every child is required to choose 5 subjects out of 8 (Maths, English, and Literature are compulsory) to do in C.X.C. exams.

Choices

Computer Science
Art
Geography
Physics
Agricultural Science
Principles of Accounts
Spanish
Social Studies
Drama
Biology
Office Procedures
Principle of Business
History
Chemistry
Food and N

Cape is now done at the school.They offer-

Biology
Chemistry
Physics
Mathematics
Geography
Environmental Science
History
Literature
MOB
Accounts
Economics
Sociology

Education

Students of the College pursue a course of instruction leading to external examination under the authority of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC). After five years at the College - and in selected instances, four years - students sit the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination in various fields of study.

The CXC was established in 1972 by agreement of regional governments seeking an effective and functional model through which to provide and assess a secondary education curriculum reflective of, and sensitive to Caribbean priorities and reality. As a body, the Council has an operative relationship with the University of the West Indies and the governments of fifteen (15) participating territories aside from that of the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago.

The CSEC examinations are the accepted and internationally recognised equivalent of the GCE or General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level examinations they replaced. For decades, examinees at Pres took GCEs set by the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, now known as University of Cambridge International Examinations. However, a preceding generation of students took a version of Cambridge examination known as the Cambridge School Certificate, a precursor of contemporary GCE O'levels.

Students at the College first sat CXC exams (CSEC) in 1979. At that time, the subjects available for examination under CXC existed in limited number. The first group of examinees submitted to examination in the areas of English Language (English A), Mathematics and Geography, while also taking Cambridge GCEs in these three subjects and other subjects.

Gradually, the range of subjects offered by the Caribbean Examinations Council expanded until CSEC exams came to replace the traditional Cambridge GCE exams completely.

In everyday parlance, CSEC examinations are commonly referred to as CXCs because from 1979 to 1998 they constituted the only form of examination offered by the Caribbean Examinations Council. However, the Council later developed the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE) examinations to replace the British Advanced level or A-level exams - as they are known throughout the British Commonwealth. The Council's rationale for the change was predicated on the same basis as that supporting the curricular adjustments leading to the introduction of the CSEC.

CAPE examinations are taken by students who have completed their standard secondary education (the CSEC) and who seek to continue their studies, beyond the minimum age for completion of compulsory education.

Students who wish to sit for the CAPE usually possess CSEC or an equivalent certification. The CAPE is the globally recognized equivalent of British A-levels. Students at the College formerly submitted to GCE Advanced Levels through the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate.

References

http://www.tntisland.com/schoolssec-tdad.html#sstdadd http://www.guardian.co.tt/archives/2004-10-14/sports1.html

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-'''Debe High School''' is a [[high school]] first established in 2000. Co educated school and offers forms 1-6. It is situated in south [[Trinidad]] in [[Debe]].The school's motto is Şeize the Day.The school is very strict with its rules and all students must follow them, the principal vice principal deans and teachers are very strict with the rules but generally they are
+'''Debe High School''' is a co-educational [[high school]] first established in 2000 which offers forms 1-6. It is situated in south [[Trinidad]] in [[Debe]]. The school's motto is Şeize the Day.
-All nice! If you a student has a problem in academics or personal you can tell any teacher and they will help you work it out. Everyone on the compound must play there parts everyday.
 == Campus ==
-It is surrounded by a plantation of sugar cane. Located in Debe it is a quiet school of a population of about 568 students and 43 teachers. Though situated in outside the [[urban area]], Debe High has been highly noted for its discipline and high standards of education. The UWI is being built near the school. [[File:hmm 00i2.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Debe High courtyard]]
+It is surrounded by a plantation of sugar cane. Located in Debe it is a quiet school of a population of about 568 students and 43 teachers. Though situated outside the [[urban area]], Debe High has been highly noted for its discipline and high standards of education.{{cite}} The UWI is being built near the school. [[File:hmm 00i2.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Debe High courtyard]]
 == House system ==
-The school has four houses: Scarlet Ibis(Red), Blue Jays (Blue), Humming Birds (Green), and Kiskadee (Yellow).
+The school has four houses: Scarlet Ibis (Red), Blue Jays (Blue), Humming Birds (Green), and Kiskadee (Yellow).
 == School structure ==
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 *Administrative building - which has the staff room, Principal's Office, Vice Principal's Office, Safety Office, and Guidance Office
 *NEW Block form ones and also the form sixs are there.
+*Student Centre - Which includes a library, reading room, computer (IT) lab, and AV room.
-*Hall
-*Student Centre - Which includes a library, reading room, computer(IT) lab, and AV room.
 *Toilet Block - also houses the school cleaning staff
 *Lab Block - houses three labs (Biology, Chemistry, and Physics) and a music room.
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 == Admission to college ==
-Admission to college is determined by performance on a rigorous examination.
+Admission to college is determined by performance on an examination.
 The current examination is the Secondary Entrance Assessment or SEA. The Division of Educational Research and Evaluation (DERE) and Division of Curriculum Development of the Trinidad & Tobago Ministry of Education describe the 3 hour 10 minute long SEA as "a mechanism that facilitates placement of students in secondary schools in Trinidad and Tobago". The SEA comprises three papers that must be attempted by all candidates: Creative Writing, Mathematics and Language Arts. The assessment covers the national curriculum for primary-level education for Standards Three to Five, the final three years of elementary instruction.
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 == Extracurricular activities ==
-''Drama''- Debe High is well known for its strong hold in the Drama Department making it several times in the finals of Drama Festival and also receiving many prizes.
+*Drama - Debe High is well known for its strong hold in the Drama Department making it several times in the finals of Drama Festival and also receiving many prizes.
+*Soccer - The Girls' soccer team has been the South zone champions many times.  The soccer department is also well known as a strong force winning many championships in Trinidad.
+*Field Hockey meets Mondays and Wednesdays
-''Soccer'' - The Girls' soccer team has been the South zone champions many times.  The soccer department is also well known as a strong force winning many championships in Trinidad.
+*Table Tennis meets Tuesdays and Thursdays after school
-''Field Hockey" Meets every Monday/Wednesday
-NEW: Table Tennis meets every Tuesday/ Thursdays after school
 Other extra-curricular groups
-RBTT Young Leaders
+*RBTT Young Leaders
-Catholic-Christian Students' Movement (CCSM)
+*Catholic-Christian Students' Movement (CCSM)
-Inter-School Christian Fellowship    (ISCF)meets every Tuesdays
+*Inter-School Christian Fellowship    (ISCF)meets every Tuesdays
+*English debating club meets every Tuesday.
+*Spanish club will begin meeting at lunch in 2014!
-NEW: English debating club meets every Tuesday.
+*SCOUTS Group every Friday afternoon
+*Science Camp every Saturdays
-NEW: Soon to have Spanish club lunching in 2014!
-NEW: SCOUTS Group every Friday afternoon
-Science Camp every Saturdays
 == Uniform ==
-Girls are required to wear a navy blue skirt 2&nbsp;inches under knee. Black shoes, black socks, a white shirt blouse with waist band attached that is fitted over the skirt and a blue, silver, and red tie that completes the beautifully inbonded uniform.
+Girls are required to wear a navy blue skirt 2&nbsp;inches below the knee. Black shoes, black socks, a white shirt blouse with waist band attached that is fitted over the skirt and a blue, silver, and red tie complete the uniform.
 Boys are required to wear navy blue pants, white shirt tucked in the pants, black belt, and black shoes and black socks with a blue, sliver, and red tie.
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 Drama, Art, Maths
 English, Spanish, Physical Education
-Music, Literature, Social Studies, I.T, Dance, Science(BIO, CHEM, PHYCICS)
+Music, Literature, Social Studies, I.T., Dance, Science (Biology, Chemistry, Physics)
-Offered for 4-5 forms. Every child is required to choose 5 subjects out of 8 (other 3 are compulsory) to do in C.X.C. exams
+Offered for 4-5 forms. Every child is required to choose 5 subjects out of 8 (Maths, English, and Literature are compulsory) to do in C.X.C. exams.
-Compulsory subjects
-*Maths
-*English
-*Literature
 ''Choices''
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 Gradually, the range of subjects offered by the Caribbean Examinations Council expanded until CSEC exams came to replace the traditional Cambridge GCE exams completely.
-In everyday parlance, CSEC examinations are commonly referred to as CXCs because from 1979 to 1998 they constituted the only form of examination offered by the Caribbean Examinations Council. However, the Council later developed the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE) examinations to replace the British Advanced level or A-level exams - as they are universally known throughout the British Commonwealth. The Council's rationale for the change was predicated on the same basis as that supporting the curricular adjustments leading to the introduction of the CSEC.
+In everyday parlance, CSEC examinations are commonly referred to as CXCs because from 1979 to 1998 they constituted the only form of examination offered by the Caribbean Examinations Council. However, the Council later developed the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE) examinations to replace the British Advanced level or A-level exams - as they are known throughout the British Commonwealth. The Council's rationale for the change was predicated on the same basis as that supporting the curricular adjustments leading to the introduction of the CSEC.
 CAPE examinations are taken by students who have completed their standard secondary education (the CSEC) and who seek to continue their studies, beyond the minimum age for completion of compulsory education.
 Students who wish to sit for the CAPE usually possess CSEC or an equivalent certification. The CAPE is the globally recognized equivalent of British A-levels. Students at the College formerly submitted to GCE Advanced Levels through the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate.
-UPDATES TO THIS PAGE WAS DONE BY:
-Shiva (student) 2013/2014
-Help from Principal, V.P and Teachers!
 ==References==
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 http://www.guardian.co.tt/archives/2004-10-14/sports1.html
-By Krystal Austin
 [[Category:Educational institutions established in 2000]]