Immaculate Conception High School, Kingston, Jamaica

Franciscan sisters came from Scotland in 1857 to establish Immaculate Conception Academy , a boarding and day school for girls.

In January 1858, the Scottish Franciscan Sisters Preparatory and Secondary School for girls at Duke Street in Kingston. The School was dedicated to and named after Our Lady of Immaculate Conception.  Finding that it was no longer possible to obtain more Sisters from Scotland, an appeal for assistance was made to the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany. In January 1879, the Scottish Franciscans handed over the school to the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany.  Mothers Paula and Veronica set a high standard of achievement which is today still being preserved

In the summer of 1858, the school moved to Duke Street. On Saturday October 23, 1937, the ICHS was burnt to ashes in a terrible fire that started a block away at a beauty parlor. The school moved to Old Hope Road (temporarily) and then in 1941, the school acquired the Constant Spring Hotel which is now used for the Immaculate Conception High School and Convent.

 The school was separated into two sections, one section for the English speaking students of Jamaica and the other for French speaking students of Haiti. Due to the lack of Haitian students, the French section has been closed down.  The school was a Boarding and Day School.