Munro College is the only school in the English-speaking world to have a post office named after it. Hence, Munro College is also our address – Munro College is at Munro College. That’s how we roll. So journalists, please stop saying things like “Munro College in Malvern.” Malvern is five miles away. Brush up on your geography!

There is no “e” in Munro, so stop using one. It’s M-U-N-R-O.

Munro College has produced 19 Rhodes Scholars, and the only school in Jamaica (and maybe the world) with more is Wolmer’s boys, with 23. At 287 years old, though, Wolmer’s is nearly twice our age, so in real terms, we’ve done MUCH better!

Three buildings at Munro College are National Heritage Site buildings: The chapel, which was completed sometime in the 1920’s after being started in 1911; The 1933-constructed “Baby Dorm,” which was once part of Pearman Calder; and the old Coke Farquharson block, including the 1925-built dining room, and the original part of the building – the oldest one on the campus, which is what is left of a great house dating back to the very early days of slavery when the property was a coffee plantation.

Munro started out as all boarding, and never admitted day students until 1960. Now day students constitute the majority of Munro students.

The Munro College farm, up to the mid-1970’s, competed and won prizes at national agricultural shows and on several occasions won prizes as a “champion small farmer.”

Debating is the first organized extra-curricular activity on record at Munro, starting in 1912.

Munro produced champion boxers for several years when boxing was introduced to the school in 1930. It was discontinued in about 1950, but is poised to make a comeback soon.

Rifle shooting was once a big deal at Munro, and the school won many national trophies in junior and senior categories before the violence of the 70’s brought the competitions to an end. Up until recently, Munro also once had our own armoury, stocked with .303 bolt-action rifles used by our cadets.

Munro College is tied for 3rd place in School’s Challenge Quiz championships, with Wolmer’s Boys and Calabar, at five wins apiece, just behind Ardenne with six, and some distance behind KC with 11. Munro might have some claim to a record first round score, racking up 93 points in a match in 1977. We are slightly embarrassed to say we once beat a certain girl’s school by 65 to 11.