Houston Secondary

Houston Secondary provides an enriched learning environment that has helped countless students learn, develop and grow. Our unparalleled curriculum and teaching methods help students take the next step in their education and approach the future with confidence.

We have the privilege of teaching bright and curious students from Houston community, the surrounding areas and beyond. If you’re new to our community and would like to learn more about our values, academics, teaching staff or anything else, don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Vision

Using the foundation of attention, care, disciplines and guidance to enhance the knowledge, skills, talent and abilities of our students TODAY, so that none is left out of self-development and nation building TOMORROW.

To ensure that the school’s program is correlated with the national development program.

Mission

The mission of Houston Secondary School is to ensure that every student attending this institution is given equal access of the practical and theoretical aspects of the curriculum so that they can make meaningful contributions to their community and to the nation as rounded individuals.

Core Values

-To provide students with the knowledge, skills and attitudes that will enable them to contribute to the development of their respective communities and to the development of the country.

-To ensure that all students benefit from educational opportunities, regardless of their race, religion, social and financial status.

-To help students to develop a sense of patriotism and to be willing to participate in national projects.

-To help students to understand their own self-worth.

-To help students develop a respect for rights of others.

-To help students develop discipline.

-To help students develop their personalities through the fullest use of their manual, -intellectual and artistic skills.

Historical Overview

Houston Secondary School was established in 1905 by the Methodist Church and managed by a board of directors comprising of distinguished members of the church who resided within the community. The school was designed to serve the community and started out with 70 students and was housed in the lower flat of the Church manse under the control of Ms Edna Millington (the first principal who served up to 1939).

Over the next few decades, there was a sharp increase in the enrolment of students and soon the entire building was taken over by the school both upper and lower floors. Not only was there an increase in numbers, but the curriculum was also expanded to include subjects like woodwork, book binding, gardening and craft. In 1963, Algebra and Geometry were also added to the curriculum.

As time elapsed, the building deteriorated and the church was unable to perform renovations. As such, in May of 1966, Mr. Joseph Vieira (Senior), a member of the community, donated to the Government of Guyana, as an independence gift, the parcel of land with a building on it for the purpose of a school. Due to the size of the donated building received, permission was sought and obtained for the senior students to be temporarily housed in the Houston Community Center building. The remaining students were kept in the donated house until the new existing structure was completed in late 1975, with its new name Houston Government School, which was submitted short lived as the name was changed again to .Houston Community High School with the launch of the Community High Schools programme later the same year.

With the launch off the Secondary School Reform Programme, in an effort to attain universal secondary education in early 2000s, the school began preparing students to participate in the CXC School leaving examination, and by 2010 the name was changed again to Houston Secondary School. After the change, the School was able to enter students (through their own school) to write the CSEC school leaving exams. Also, the Secondary Competence Certificate Program (S.C.C.P.) was introduced.

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