St. John's College-Department of Nursing

History & Fun Facts

• •John's College was founded in 1887 with the establishment of the “Select School” for young men at the Catholic presbytery, Holy Redeemer Cathedral in Belize City.
• •The school opened with 12 day-students and two boarders.
• •According to the 1897 prospectus, the school's mission was “to afford the youth of the Colony, and the neighboring Republics, the means of obtaining a solid mental and moral training.
• •In February 1896, it moved into a newly constructed building on the cathedral grounds.
• •On July 17, 1917, the faculty and students moved into spacious wooden buildings with wide verandahs and windows open to the sea breeze.