GUYANA ORIENTAL COLLEGE OLD STUDENTS ASSOCIATION INC.
867 Troy Ave.,
Brooklyn New York, 11203
We are organizing an Alumni Association for our “old school”.
Please contact us if you were a student of Guyana Oriental College.
Contact Mrs. Penelope Stephens Bascom
Director/ Asst. Secretary (organizing)
Tel. 347-499-3889
Email: pennymbgt@yahoo.com
Comments
Attended GOC from 1961-1965.
Would love to be in contact.
Penny Stephens
Would love to be in contact with friends from GOC. I don’t remember most of the names but I am hoping that they would remember me.
Roy Williams attending GOC in the early 70″s
Randy George:::attended GOC in the 70’s Ran Track
Attended GOC in the 60’s
Hello Sati, Are you of the three kin in attending simultaneously? If you are; we were classmates. Happy to re-connect.
Hi Pete, I attended GOC 65-67 Commercial Class. I am sorry if I mis-led anyone with the name Sati (this is my nick name), My name is Padminee Singh. However, it is still nice to hear from Guyanese Folks. I live in a the US, but the state I live, there are just a few Guyanese.
Happy Holy (Phagwah)
P. Sati SIngh
Hello Sati, no need to apologize. It is great to find that there are former students who are still proud of their association with GOC.
Holi greetings to you and yours.
Hello Pete – are you from Kitty?
Matter of fact,, I am.. Now residing in Toronto, Canada. How do you do?
Pleased to re-connect.
Cyril Balkaran attended GOC in 1961-1964 with Beni Ram, Muni Prashad, Neil Singh, Girija Singh and others. Teacher Jadonauth of New York was our Maths and Hindi teacher then.Glad to know of this long awaited Old Students Association. Best of luck to the Organizing Committee.
Hey Cyril, Where are You? Wonderful to be able to contact you? I was also in that group with great memories. I have previously searched for Alumni Members – unsuccessfully. This could have been a great tribute to Founder / Principal / Advisor – the late Shruti Kant-Ji. Your Newtown Dost / Bhai.
I was also in this class. Chandra Kant taught me Chemistry and made me a professional clinical biochemist at London university
Hi Ganga, Great to see you on this site. We were in class together with your brother. I’ve been enquiring of you both from Nirmal, and intended to call.
I’ll be in touch.
STEPHEN PERSAUD ATTEND GOC 1972 TO 1975 WAS CRICKET CAPTAIN
I attended GOC at that time, can’t remember you. Remember r. Jadonauth. Spoke to Mr. Shruti Kant shortly before he died. We were to have lunch next time he was downtown.
Hi Stephen,
I went to GOC around the time you went, I am looking for a friend, her name is Rosanna Narain, I think I remember you also. Please send me an e-mail and I will provide more details and I do have more questions. My e-mail addresses are Haniff@toronto.ca and susanna.haniff@rogers.com. My previous name was Narain.
Thank you,
Susanna
Hi Ula, not sure if you remember me, Ann Wong. Elizabeth Bunyan and Desiree Humphrey live here in Canada.
Hi – I attended from 1965 – 1968 with Shyama Ramcharitar, Margaret Ramlakhan…
Teachers were Ishmael, Govind.
Hi Shanti,
The name is Ramlogan, so happy to be reconnected. Would love to be in touch with some of my friends.
Margaret
Hey – so sorry for not spelling your name correctly, but I got almost half correct – must be the “age thing”
Yes, it would be wonderful to catch up with friends from that period of our lives!
Does anyone know John, Desiree or Cecile Rodrigues……….. they were students of GOC.
Hello! I am touched to see that you are all making efforts to keep in contact. If he were alive today, my dad, Shruti Kant, would have been delighted to see your posts as he had poured his heart and soul into Guyana Oriental College. Congrats on establishing the Guyana Oriental College Old Students’ Association.
Supriya (Kant) James
Hello Supriya, I agree that your Dad would have been very appreciative of the Assoc’. Your mom can also take pride in the memories of the students I hope she is doing well.
Hi Supriya,
I know it was a long time since we have spoken.
I took a break to finish my bachelors and masters in
Accounting. I am now revitalizing the Goc Alumni with positive response from alumni. Please reconnect with me .
Penelope Stephen’s Bascom
Founder
Hi my name is Donna Hollingsworth(Fraser) attended Gov in 1969,I remember students Bonny Hamilton,Claude Barton,Maurice Simon,StayeJunior,Corrine Gouveia ,Edris Razack to name a few·Mr Skeete was one of my teachers
Attended GOC early 60’s to 1965-1966 also attended night classes at the residence on East Street
I attended GOC in the late 60’s and early 1970 with KP, Ronald Bemaul, Cheryl Alexis, Carol D’aguair, Alicia Wilson, June Bacchus, Joseph Tranquata, Margaret Hinckson, Marcia Gaskins, Lorraine Gaskins, LLewlyn Jonas (Power), Heliger, Cedric Reynolds, Philip Dutchin (Petrucio Degovado) and a whole bunch of wonderful people. Miss them all. Michael Sue
Michael
Greetings
This is Carlton Jama Adams. So good to hear from you. I can be reached at cadams@jjay.cuny.edu
Walk Good
Jama
I attended GOC in the 60’s.. I remember Kathleen Sharma …would love to contact our friends
Shruti Kant was the principal remember Kathleen sharma , Chickee surgrimsingh would love to keep in touch with my class mates.
Hello, I’m so happy to read these different comments from students who attended GOC. I’m maybe the youngest of all, I attended GOC in mid 70s.
Any member who attended before the fire in 1976.
Can you recall a few names; Bridget, Loraine, Winifred, Luke, Chefoon.
Hi guy”s I att G.O.C in theending 70s to the 80s in Thomas st then to Kitty after the fire Rasheed Sattaur…….. had lots of friends n some good teachers…. think this site where we can find our old school friends
Hello GOC Grads – here is a link to some additional former students, with contact information. Hope that you find a friend, two or few!
http://www.guyana.org/cgi-bin/Directory/guydir.cgi?keyword=Guyana+Oriental+College&act=search
Hi Sati – this is Shanti
Hello Shanti, Pete here. in Toronto.. hope you are enjoying the refreshing Canadian weather, I am not sure where you are in the USA, But drop me a line via e-mail (PeteGOC64@gmail..com. All GOC alumni are welcome,
Hmmm, refreshing Canadian air is way too cold for a child of the tropics!
Pete – looks like your gmail address needs a little tweaking…here’s mine shanti.pollard@gmail.com
HI nice to hear from you
A very happy and safe holiday season to all. Times have changed, and Christmas does not seem to have the same “revere” as in the good old days.
As we all say goodbye to 2014 let’s be thankful for all the things that we enjoyed in 2014.
Wishing you all the very best for 2015.
P.S. Singh
Hi I just came across this page by surprise, my sister Kamille Persaud a a student here at GOC, I do not see her name.
Hello,
Your sister will need to post some information about herself (names of friends, teachers, year attended etc.) but keep in mind that after posting it becomes public. Then, if anyone looking at the site knows her, they can respond and get in touch with each other.
Hope that this helps, if not you may send me a note and I will try to help further.
Have a great day!
hey stephen i remember u good cricketer
Myself and my brother attended GOC during 1961 – 1965! Remembered Jadonauth, Pugno, Skeete, Gunray as teachers..Benny Ram,Neil Singh Boodoo, Sadafals and Muni Prasad we’re classmates
Attended GOC 58-63. Teachers Skeete and Talamar. Looking for Shamsundar Lall and Hardatt Charran. Please contact me if you have info. Thanks.
Attended GOC from 1975-1977. Classmates Maria Johnson, Barbara Balman, Donna Bourne,Joan Naraidu, Rachel Ganesh, Roxanne, Wilbur Ming, Sheila Samuels, Suresh Sookram, Ramesh Persaud, Ronald Ect Teachers Narain,
Govind, Sadafal, Mangroo, Shaw and Kissoon. Anyone who remembers me
can contact me at sharipe @toronto.ca
I went to school there and we had two Sadafal brothers, parsrsm Sadafal was the name of one. He had a well lit up bike with a hub generator.
Hello, Myself and two sisters attended GOC during 1973-76. We were attending with it burnt down. I am Zorina, my sisters were Rehana and Rafaela.
I remember the Jadonauth family, Mr. Moonsammy, Fazia Mohamed, Anne and Anita Persaud, Esther Ming.
Dear Zorina
Glad to learn you attended GOC with your sisters. I was a bit earlier than you. I was there 1961 to 1965 and went to Central High School for a rear after. I left Guyana for the Uk in 1968.These were well before your days at GOC. However the teachers were still there. Jaddonaught , mr Moonsamy and Anne Persaud. Gunray taught us maths.
I guess you and your sisters must have moved on now. I had a lovely time at GOC. Chandra Kant taught us chemistry Annette Persaud literature and English. Jadonaught maths and Hindi.
Nice to hear from an old GOC student.
Hello Ganga! I owe you an apology for not maintaining contact after our xchg about a year ago. I hope you are well and that we will resume our exchanges until we can arrange a meeting. Surely we had enjoyable and memorable days in our days in school. Shruti Kant (Principal extraordinaire) , Chandra Kant, & a sister (whose name I don’t remember) Julian Skeete, Moonsammy, Jadoonuath, Annette Persaud etc were dedicated teachers who were proud of their jobs AND of their students.
Hello Zorina, it is great that you are proud of your association with the school. Ganga & I were in the College a decade before you, but you can sense the brotherhood we cultivated.
I hope that the memories of all the students be a proud legacy of the Kant family.
Let us all keep this forum strong..
Pete Chand.
Dear Pete
Glad to hear from you after such a long time. All is well with us. We have just returned from Sri Lanka. Going there for a wedding. It is a beautiful country. Will communicate via your email. Regards to all and a big hi to Nirmala.
Hello Ganga,
Appreciate your prompt response. All is well here – getting prepped for Winter.
I was over @ Nirmala’s a week ago, to honour the passing of Nirmal’s sister in Guyana. I will certainly extend your greetings when next I talk to them?
Look forward to hear from you.
Pete.
Would like to meet Corrine Gouveia. I attended GOC between 1970 to 1972.
I went to GOC on the 70s
Hi Supriya,
I know it was a long time since we have spoken.
I took a break to finish my bachelors and masters in
Accounting. I am now revitalizing the Goc Alumni with positive response from alumni. Please reconnect with me .
Penelope Stephen’s Bascom
Founder
The GOC Alumni would like to connect with alumni’s world wide. My information is at the start of the blog.
Penelope Stephen’s Bascom(70’s)
Founder member of the GOC ALUMNI Association
Director/Organizing Secretary