MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Founded on January 19, 1919 as an outreach of the Anglican Church, deCarteret College here is in its centennial year.

The institution, which was started by Bishop George Frederick Cecil deCarteret, who was originally from England, had expatriate headmasters in its early days.

Over the years it has moved from being a preparatory school to an all-boys’ private institution, to today a co-educational grant-aided secondary school, going up to the sixth form level.

Last Monday, in observance of the milestone, ground was broken for the Millard McLeod Sixth Form College.

McLeod, who died in 2017 after serving for more than two decades as principal of deCarteret College, is credited for reviving the sixth form programme.

The Sixth Form College is being structured to maintain the current offering in the day school while facilitating, in a more flexible manner, persons interested in, for example, re-sitting examinations and doing short courses.

Partnerships are also expected to be forged with other educational institutions to address some of the needs of the community.

Celebratory activities so far include the ground-breaking, a Founder’s Day Service at St Mark Anglican (Mandeville Parish Church), the inaugural Bishop George Frederick Cecil deCarteret fund-raising and awards banquet, and a float parade in the town of Mandeville.

Here are photo highlights.