Past Spotlight

EXCELSIOR SPARED WRATH OF HURRICANE MELISSA

By Duane Coombs
Thursday, October 30, 2025

The physical plant at Excelsior High School emerged largely unscathed from the ravages of Hurricane Melissa, Principal Mr. Denroy Bromfield reported.

After touring the school campus yesterday, in the aftermath of the Category 5 hurricane, Mr. Bromfield said preliminary indication is that there has been no structural damage to any of the buildings.

As the clean-up effort continues apace, in the wake of the hurricane, the principal is happy to report that the school mostly remains intact, except for some minor flooding of a few classrooms and debris and leaves littering the courtyard.

With the school suffering only cosmetic damages, the principal is optimistic that the school will reopen for in-person classes as scheduled, on Monday…

KUDOS TO MAN OF THE HOUR – EVAN THOMPSON

By Duane Coombs
Monday, October 27, 2025

As Jamaica braces for the expected catastrophic impact of Hurricane Melissa, Excelsiorian Evan Thompson( XLCR ’80) is taking centre stage, amid the impending calamity, as a still point of calm, competence, and clarity.

Throughout the ordeal, as the hurricane barrels toward the island, the Principal Director of the Meteorological Services(Met Office) continues to provide timely and informative updates that serve to reassure and enlighten Jamaicans at home and abroad.

Alumni throughout the diaspora and at home are brimming with pride as the immediate past president of the Excelsior Past Students Association is helping to choreograph Jamaica’s response to the ongoing threat of Hurricane Melissa with timely and informative updates.

We salute Evan Thompson – another Soaring Eagle.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE EXCELSIOR EAGLES

By Duane Coombs
Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Excelsior Eagles Triumph in All-Island T20 Cricket Championship

The Excelsior Eagles upended rural champions, Manchester High, in thrilling fashion on Saturday, May 31, with a 32-run victory in the All-Island T20 cricket contest at the Sir P Oval in Clarendon, claiming their third title of the season. Excelsior had earlier won the Urban Grace Shield and the T20 titles.

SCORES: XLCR 245-2 (David Dewar 138 n.o., Justin Adlam 53 n.o., and Jamare Daley 45); Manchester 213-10 (Jovaine Williams 2-30, Tarique Forbes 2-35, Demarco Scott 2-26).

After being sent in to bat, Excelsior, led by premier batsman David Dewar, pummeled the Manchester High attack to all corners, mounting an impressive score of 245-2 in their allotted 20 overs. Dewar received…

2024 COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD HONOREE

2024 COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD HONOREE

ANTHONY HUGH HUDSONCLASS OF 1976

Anthony Hugh Hudson (Tony) attended St. Aloysius primary school in downtown Kingston and went on to attend Excelsior High school at the age of 10. At Excelsior, he was an all-rounder, excelling on and off the track and pitch. This environment allowed him to shine in the glory of supreme education and the sports curriculum granted at the high school level. This was noted by his peers that labeled him as one of the high achievers. He was an outstanding athlete, winning races at boy’s champs as well as a revered academic, oftentimes coming first or second in his class competing with none other than his…

Former Lady Eagle Niesha Burgher’s outstanding track career reached its ultimate milestone in June when it added a new destination: Paris for the Olympic Games. She will step on the track on Sunday August 4 to fulfill a lifelong dream.

Burgher, an outstanding ex-Excelsior High School sprinter capped a very successful collegiate career earlier this year and left many shattered records in her wake. The just-graduated University of Texas At El Paso (UTEP) senior concluded a stellar collegiate career by breaking an almost decade old school record formerly held by Nigerian Olympian Tobi Amusan.

She clocked 23.20 in the 200m at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Collegiate Invitational on Jan. 21 to beat out Amusan’s time of…

The Eagle Eye 2024: Vol 6 No 1 | Nugent, Burgher & Clunis Book Tickets To Paris

Subject: The Eagle Eye 2024: Vol 6 No 1 | Nugent, Burgher & ClunisBook Tickets To Paris

Alumni & Friends,

There’s a saying that, “good fortune shies away from gloom.” There certainly was no gloom inside Kingston’s National Stadium over the past 4 days of the JAAA National Senior & Junior Championships, aka Trials, as Jamaican athletes thrilled local fans with some exceptional performances. This good fortune extended to the XLCR contingent of both past and current Eagles.

Ackera Nugent Powers her way to a new 100mH national record

Excelsior High School has had 12 of its students participate in the Olympic Games. The last one being Sanjay Ayre at the 2008 Beijing Games. After 16 years XLCR finally has not one, but three Olympians.
Ackera Nugent, Niesha Burgher & Nayoka Clunis have booked…