History of the School

February 1977        - School opened with 120 Form 4 students from Scarborough Junior Secondary School and a few from Roxborough Secondary.

                                     Principal – Mr. Victor Wheeler

                                     Vice Principal – Mr. Oswin Isaac

                                     and 10 Teachers

September 1977 - Uniform, Logo and Motto, “Readiness is the Key”, designed by students and a Teacher.

1982                      - The school, with Mr. Bertille St. Clair as coach, won its first National 

                                Intercol title.  It went on to perform a hattrick in 1987, 1988, 1989

   and won other titles in 1995, 2010.

1980                      - School choirs dominate National Music Festival

January 1990        - Honorouble A.N.R. Robinson Prime Minister pays an official visit 

                                 to  the school and opens an Achievement Centre in the Library.

September 1990 -  Merson Bartlett emerges as the first student in a Tobago School   and  the first Senior Comprehensive student to win an Open Scholarship  (Business Studies).  The school’s Library was named the Merson Bartlett Library.

September 1995 - Arlette Charles won the award for the highest grade in CXC Clothing and Textiles in the country.

1997                      - School converted into Secondary Comprehensive School and

                                 received its first cohort of Form one students.

2000                      - Additional scholarships (Business Studies) won by Avernelle Henry  and Lorraine Phillips in the area of Business

2006                      – Additional scholarship won by Daniel Smith – Business

2006                      - School designated as Magnet School for Business Studies

2007                      - Additional Scholarship won by Elias Clinton – Science

2009                      - School’s name changed to Signal Hill Secondary School

March 2010            - The School won the National Financial Literacy Secondary School’s challenge  organized by the Central Bank.

March 2010         - Music Festival Winners -

                                  Best School’s Folk Choir

                                  Best Junior Calypso Chorale

                                   Prime Minister’s Award for

                                   Most Outstanding Junior Choir

November 2011  - Launch of “Signal Hill Secondary School Band - Matrix”

March 2012         - Launch of this website.

Principals                - Mr. Victor Wheeler                       - 1977 - 1984

                                     Mr. Oswin Isaac                             - 1984     - 1989

                                     Mr. Orville London                       - 1989 - 1995

                                     Mrs. Pearl Taylor                 - 1995 - 1998

                                     Mrs. Joyce Estrada-Peterson       - 1999 - 2007

                                     Mrs. Allyson Potts                         - 2007 - 2019

Mr. Xavier King - 2019-2022

Mrs. Arianne D'abreau Forde - 2022- Present