New opportunities for Triple C students

Ian Philips, Chairman of
Triple C’s Board of Directors

Thursday, March 31, 2005

Doors have been opened even wider for the students attending Triple C School as it has become the first school in the Cayman Islands to receive International Accreditation. 

The process began five years ago when officials from the Association of Christian Schools International, (ACSI), visited the school and urged the administration to apply for accreditation.

After three years of working closely with the ASCI, Triple C met all of the requirements for becoming accredited, and received the honour on 1 March.

“This is of significant value for the parents and children of the Island” said Marjorie Ebanks, Triple C’s Principal.

“It is one thing to think your school is good, but it is another for an international body with rigid standards to take an unbiased look and confirm it.”

Ian Phillips, Chairman of Triple C’s Board of Directors added, “Triple C’s International Accreditation opens doors for Triple C Students that would have previously been closed.

“There are now new opportunities for graduating students to further their education internationally, with fewer hurdles to overcome, due to this accreditation. It also gives the school a rigid standard to maintain.

“We are proud and excited that our programs are recognized as worthy of this honor, added Mr Phillips.

The accreditation is for 7 years, but in the interim there will be regular checks by ACSI to support the school in maintaining the standards that are required.

Triple C School was founded by the Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) in l94l. At that time the only schools were primary schools run by the government. 

Many parents and members of the Church of God realized the need for good education, and it was the Merren family, particularly Brother Orren Merren II, Sister Ena Merren and Valda Merren Bodden of the George Town Church, who requested help from the Missionary Board to start the school.

Missionaries Leslie and Nina Ratzlaff were sent in l94l to oversee the work of the Church and start the school.

Rev Leslie Ratzlaff organized the school in October of l94l, and Mrs. Ratzlaff became its first/teacher/principal. It began as an elementary school, and it was not until l944 that the secondary school was opened and received its first students and the first class graduated in 1947.

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