York Castle High School is “embedded in the community” of Brown’s Town in St Ann, said Milton Brady, the managing director of the York Castle Foundation. “York Castle is not a school. It is a community,” declared Irwin Clare, Snr, Trustee of the York Castle High School Alumni Association, New York Chapter.The two emphasized the importance of the school to the community, and its role in shaping well-rounded students for the global space. “We have learned to be resourceful. We don’t have big donors but we get big things done,” Brady beamed.Added Clare, “We trail-blaze. We do not wait for things to happen. We engender their doing.” Dwight Clarke, president of the association, emphasized community focus agenda of the St Ann school started in 1875. “Community is big for us,” he restated.For members of the alumni association, New York Chapter, they continue to be guided by the motto; nothing is achieved without great effort. Little wonder then, that their alumni dot boardrooms across the United Sates, thereby affording the present student population an opportunity at a secondary level education that will allow them to be productive highly citizens.In this episode of Impacting Jamaica with host Aubrey Campbell, the executive team of Brady, Clare and Clarke talk about the passion for their school, the work of past students and plans for the future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.