ALPHA UPDATE AT A GLANCE
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Alpha has been a non-profit, vocational school for at-risk youth since 1880. The school closed the residence in 2014 and has been operating as a day school for the last 2 years. The name of the school changed from Alpha Boys School to Alpha Institute in September 2014.
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There are 125 young men who are 16 to 20 years old learning one of 5 trades -music, barbering, screen printing, woodwork and landscaping. Some students pay a subsidized fee of US$60 per year to attend. Most attend for free. Alpha also provides social, medical, and family support.
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ALPHA BOYS SCHOOL RADIO
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ALPHA BOYS SCHOOL
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Brief History
Alpha's music program began in 1893. Over the past 100 + years, alumni have become jazz innovators (saxophonist Joe Harriott, trumpeter Dizzy Reece), ska music pioneers (trombonist Don Drummond, saxophonist Tommy McCook) and reggae icons (Grammy nominee Winston Foster, singer Johnnie Osbourne) not to mention respected session and touring musicians all over the world.
Click here for a link to more information about past students... http://www.alphaboysschoolradio.com/alpha-roll-call.html
To share this legacy, in 2013 Alpha created Alpha Boys School Radio a 24/7 streaming station based on campus featuring music that has at least one Alpha graduate on every song: alphaboysschoolradio.com.
Alpha Boys School Radio:
Every song on ABSR has at least one past Alpha student performing on the song. The radio has more than 50,000 listeners per month and we are producing original content with The Ask Sparrow Show, a monthly 3 minute show that touches on Jamaican and Alpha history through music. The Ask Sparrow archives are online here http://www.alphaboysschoolradio.com/the-ask-sparrow-show.html
Alpha Boys School tee + polo shirts and wood products
All our tee shirts, polo shirts and wood work products are proudly made on campus at 26 South Camp Road the sales of which are essential to keeping Alpha sustainable. Purchases directly support Alpha students. We ship world wide. Click here for more information http://www.alphaboysschoolradio.com/shop.html
Newsletter
This is the May newsletter https://madmimi.com/p/926ea7
If you did not receive the monthly newsletter it is possible that you would just need to confirm your subscription. You can do that by inputting your information here
http://www.alphaboysschool.org/e-newsletter
2016 Jamaica Best School Band
The Alpha Band won the 2016 Jamaica Best School Band Competition last month. This is a link to Alpha's final round performance (7 mins) http://www.alphaboysschoolradio.com/blog/alpha-students-take-jamaicas-best-school-band-2016-title-at-edna-manley-college-watchs-alphas-final-round-performance
ALPHA BOYS SCHOOL RADIO
Web | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram
ALPHA BOYS SCHOOL
Web | Facebook | Twitter
Brief History
Alpha's music program began in 1893. Over the past 100 + years, alumni have become jazz innovators (saxophonist Joe Harriott, trumpeter Dizzy Reece), ska music pioneers (trombonist Don Drummond, saxophonist Tommy McCook) and reggae icons (Grammy nominee Winston Foster, singer Johnnie Osbourne) not to mention respected session and touring musicians all over the world.
Click here for a link to more information about past students... http://www.alphaboysschoolradio.com/alpha-roll-call.html
To share this legacy, in 2013 Alpha created Alpha Boys School Radio a 24/7 streaming station based on campus featuring music that has at least one Alpha graduate on every song: alphaboysschoolradio.com.
Alpha Boys School Radio:
Every song on ABSR has at least one past Alpha student performing on the song. The radio has more than 50,000 listeners per month and we are producing original content with The Ask Sparrow Show, a monthly 3 minute show that touches on Jamaican and Alpha history through music. The Ask Sparrow archives are online here http://www.alphaboysschoolradio.com/the-ask-sparrow-show.html
Alpha Boys School tee + polo shirts and wood products
All our tee shirts, polo shirts and wood work products are proudly made on campus at 26 South Camp Road the sales of which are essential to keeping Alpha sustainable. Purchases directly support Alpha students. We ship world wide. Click here for more information http://www.alphaboysschoolradio.com/shop.html
Newsletter
This is the May newsletter https://madmimi.com/p/926ea7
If you did not receive the monthly newsletter it is possible that you would just need to confirm your subscription. You can do that by inputting your information here
http://www.alphaboysschool.org/e-newsletter
2016 Jamaica Best School Band
The Alpha Band won the 2016 Jamaica Best School Band Competition last month. This is a link to Alpha's final round performance (7 mins) http://www.alphaboysschoolradio.com/blog/alpha-students-take-jamaicas-best-school-band-2016-title-at-edna-manley-college-watchs-alphas-final-round-performance