October 2-8 2022 represents QCA week and the 101st observation if QCA week. On 3 October the Principal of QC Dr. David Browne, in his remarks at Assembly attended by a group of alumni, shared the vision of QC and expressed appreciation to Alumni for their ongoing support.

In his remarks he mentioned that Education Reform will be rolled out over the next 1 to 7 years.

In the context of Education Reform, QC will be a Center of Excellence for Science and Mathematics and for Technical and Vocational Education. Technical Competencies will continue to be measured through the CVQS, certifications which QC has pioneered and which complement the CXC and CAPE exams. QC will also teach coding, robotics, and Excel to all its students. QC, as a model school for healthy living, will also integrate healthy living into its curriculum. It will also continue to instill the values of the Caribbean ideal person into its students.

Dr. Browne mentioned that Queens College now has a student body of 1,020. As such, assembly has to be broken into 3 segments due to the limited capacity of the existing hall, which also serves as a classroom for some of the sixth form classes.

During the tree planting which followed the assembly, Dr. Browne in expressing appreciation to the QCA and alumni for their dedicated support to tree planting over the last 25 years which has served to both secure the premises as well as beautify and provide shade on the 21-acre school campus constructed over 30 years ago. He said that this year’s tree planting will be completed over the course of the week as the grounds were waterlogged due to the recent rains.

The trees were donated this year through a partnership with the alumni chapters HCQCAN, of which QCA is a member, and the NCC.

Dr. Browne expressed appreciation to the Alumni for their sustained support. He referred not only to planting of trees but to the construction of the recently completed pavilion steered over the years by Anne St John. Reminded of the impact of rain on school activities, he mentioned that a vision of QC will be constructing an indoor auditorium where sports could be played year round, regardless of weather conditions.

Carl Applewaite, President of QCA, in addressing students at the assembly urged them to develop a spirit of giving back. He encouraged the lower and upper six students to join the alumni association(s) on graduation. He reminded them that the impact of their work will benefit not only current students but future generations of students and they can play their part in creating unimaginable futures.