Munro College

Munro College
Address
Potsdam, Munro College P.O. St. Elizabeth Jamaica St Elizabeth Jamaica Jamaica
Coordinates	17°55′26″N 77°41′10″W / 17.924°N 77.686°W / 17.924; -77.686
Information
Motto	In Arce Sitam Quis Occultabit (A City Set Upon A Hill Cannot Be Hid)
Founded	1856
Sister school	Hampton School (for girls)
Chairman	Mr. Elias Azan
Headmaster	Mr. Mark Smith
Chaplain	Rev. Olando Gayle
Gender	Male
Age	11 to 19
Enrollment	1032
Average class size	35 students
Colour(s)	Navy blue   Gold
Song	Bless O Lord Our Alma Mater
Website	http://munrocollege.edu.jm/

Munro College is a boarding school for boys in St Elizabeth, Jamaica. It was founded in 1856 as the Potsdam School (named for the city of Potsdam), a school for boys in St. Elizabeth as stipulated in the will of plantation owners Robert Hugh Munro and Caleb Dickenson. It was renamed Munro College during World War I as part of the general rejection of German names at the time, though the surrounding Potsdam district was not also renamed.

Munro College takes its name from one of its benefactors and was established in the fashion of the British public school. Several of the boarding houses take the names of other benefactors or illustrious alumni. The campus has its own chapel and magnificent views of the Caribbean Sea and Pedro Plains from its perch atop the peak of the Santa Cruz Mountains.^[1]

Munro College is reputed to have produced the most Rhode Scholars of any secondary school in the Caribbean.^{[citation needed]} The most recent Rhodes Scholar from Munro College is Vincent F. Taylor (Jamaica and Magdalen 2013).^[1] Munro College is currently the only all-boys boarding school in Jamaica.

Hurricane Beryl severely damaged 32 of the 35 building on the Munro College campus. It is estimated that it will take $2 million dollars to repair the devastation.