From the Principal's Desk
PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE
(2024-2025)
Dear Jessie Ripoll Primary School Family,
Welcome to this our 45th year anniversary. As a Sisters of Mercy-sponsored institution, we believe it is necessary for us to Support Your Mercy Journey, which is the theme for this 2024-2025 school year.
As we embrace wholeheartedly this theme, our hardworking staff and other supportive stakeholders stand committed in mirroring the school's mission and the mandate of the Ministry of Education and Youth.
I extend heartfelt gratitude to our dedicated academic TEAM, who continuously prepares our students to consistently perform above the average of the National Assessment scores. In the last sitting of the Primary Exit Profile (PEP), 98.7% of students were at the highest state of readiness for secondary school learning (Pathway 1).
Our hardworking non-teaching staff continues to ensure that the school plant is well kept and information is shared with stakeholders in a timely manner. Additionally, they are determined to facilitate proper nutrition and wellness practices.
We continue to collaborate with our stakeholders and celebrate their achievements:
• O'neil Stevens: Lasco/JTC/MoE & Y Principal of the Year (finalist) and 2023-2024 Principal's appraisal rating (exemplary).
• Ms Devina Graham (grade 6) and Ms Nickalia Duffus (grade 3), co-recipients of the (2023-2024) Marcia Detry Fogah Award for Excellence in Teaching.
• Carissa Johnson is the Parish Champion for Kingston/St.Andrew National Reading competition.
• JCDC Parish finalists and National winners in all (14) entries in the 2023-2024 competition.
This year, we are excited about building upon our successes academically and otherwise. We will continue to positively influence the community and the Quality Education Circle (QEC1) in Region 1, to which the school belongs.
At the core of our 2024-2025 Strategic Plan we aim to achieve the following objectives:
• Reinforce the mercy core value of service and educate stakeholders on the critical concerns of mercy www.sistersofmercy.org
• Implement and evaluate innovation and systems to improve stakeholder's safety and security and student discipline;
• Facilitate greater opportunities to improve students' critical thinking and reasoning skills.
(Reference: Principal's Action Plan 2024-2025).
Parents are encouraged to support our many different initiatives and endeavour to make us aware of areas that require improvement so that we maintain high standards.
I am sure that your support and partnership for the betterment of your child/children will propel you to make supervision and mentorship deliberate actions to gauge their progress.
As your principal, I look forward to strengthening and forging professional relationships that augur well for our school, which is indubitably critical in maintaining our position as Jamaica's premier primary educational institution.
Catherine McAuley RSM reminds us: "We must strive to do ordinary things extraordinarily well."
Supporting Your Mercy Journey ,
O’neil Stevens
Principal
MoEY - Region 1, QEC 1 Chairman