Friendship Primary School

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of Jamaica - Southern Manchester

Friendship Primary School is located at Fairfield Road, in Spanish Town, St. Catherine. The school is located in the heart of several depressed areas, and is also bordered by an irrigation canal and swampy lands.

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Currently, the school population has leveled off to approximately 1,900 students with 59 teachers. The school works on a shift system with one to thirty-five teacher pupil ratios. The morning shift operates from 7AM to 12:00 Noon, and the afternoon shift starts from 12:10 to 5:00 PM.

Jamaica YES has supported a breakfast program at Friendship Primary since 2007.This program provides breakfast 2 days a month for up to 250 children. The children are fed meals consisting of a combination of oats porridge, calaloo, crackers, Nesquik, cheese sandwich, frankfurters, milo, eggs and fried dumplings.

 

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