Our History

St. Stanislaus College, known to all Guyanese as "Saints", was founded on May 1st, 1866 as the all-boy Catholic Grammar School that was operated by the Jesuits.

Saints has grown to become one of the many co-educational High schools located in Georgetown, Guyana.

On November 13, 1907, the College moved to the present Brickdam site and was named Saint Stanislaus College in honor of St. Stanislaus Kostka.

The college became co-educational in 1975 and shortly after became a government school in 1976, after being a fee-paying Catholic institution for 110 years.

The College Crest has the cross fleury and the horse-shoe in azure and argent in alternate quarters. The horse-shoe is taken from the family coat of arms of the Kostkas, to which family St. Stanislaus belonged.

One of his ancestors invented the spiked horse-shoe, which gained a valuable victory over the Russian Cossacks. The engagement took place across a frozen river. The Polish cavalry were enabled easily to rout the enemy, whose horses floundered and slipped, whilst their own horses had a firm grip on the ice.

The Kostka family was permitted to put the horse-shoe on its shield in commemoration of the event. The spikes on the shoe have now been transformed into crosses.

Saint of our youth! Thy heart to gain,
Earth spread her glittering toys in vain,
Thy spirit turned from fading things,
To seek and serve the King of Kings.

Chorus:
Guide from thy throne of light above,
Our steps in faith and hope and love,
That we may tread where thou hast trod,
Bravely the narrow way of God.

No dull delay thy fervour knew,
But fast the busy moments flew,
And in thy dawn of light appears,
The wisdom of declining years.

Chorus:
Guide from thy throne of light above,
Our steps in faith and hope and love,
That we may tread where thou hast trod,
Bravely the narrow way of God.

Made perfect thus in little space,
God called thee to his long embrace,
Before the mists of earth could throw,
A shadow on thy robe of snow.

Chorus:
Guide from thy throne of light above,
Our steps in faith and hope and love,
That we may tread where thou hast trod,
Bravely the narrow way of God.

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