Victor Dixon High School

Mission Statement

Victor Dixon High School a Seventh-day Adventist Co- educational Institution offers Quality Secondary Education in a Christian atmosphere through the active integration of faith and learning conducive to the development of the total person empowered for service to God and country.

Background

Victor Dixon High School (formerly West Indies College High School) has been a pioneer of education in rural Jamaica, as well as an incubator in creating West Indies College (now Northern Caribbean University).

The school is owned and operated by the Seventh-day Adventist church since 1907. As a secondary institution it served only twenty-seven students in its first year, and by 1923 held its first graduation with three (3) students gaining High School certificate. Since then it has been delivering quality Christ centered education, which caters to the social, spiritual, moral, physical and intellectual needs of the students.

Outside of service the wider Jamaican Community from which most of our students come, our school population also consists of students from the Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States of America and England./

Victor Dixon High School is a member of the Jamaica Independent Schools Association and is registered with the Ministry of Education Youth and Culture.

School Motto

Hard work, Integrity and Dedication

Aims

Among our Aims the following are highlighted:

• To adopt principles of healthy living, including a balance in diet, physical exercise, adequate rest, abstinence from anything (substantial or mental) that can harm the body temple.
• To prepare students to fill responsible positions in their community and the world.

Curriculum

Victor Dixon High School offers a total curriculum that is rich and relevant in producing students who are Christian in practice and responsive to their civic and social duties to mankind. Our curriculum covers the Arts, Science, Business and Vocational most leading to external examinations.

Core Subjects:

All students from forms 1-5 must do the following: English, Bible, Mathematics, Computer Science, a Science subject, and one vocational subject.

Arts:

Bible, English Language, English Literature, Spanish, French, History, Geography, Social Studies

Business:

Electronic Document Preparation Management, Principles of Accounts, Principles of Business, Office Administration.

Science:

Mathematics, Integrated Science, Physics, Chemistry, Biology

Vocational:

Electronics, Building Technology, Technical Drawing, Food & Nutrition, Information Technology, Visual Arts

Aesthetics:

Choir, Spanish Chorale, Clubs (4-H, Video Editing, Pathfinder, Science & Environment)