International School of Port of Spain International School of Port of Spain The International School of Port of Spain is an international school in Westmoorings, Trinidad and Tobago. It is a private, coeducational day school which offers an educational program for students in pre-kindergarten through Grade 12. The school opened in September 1994. ISPS is home to one of the most diverse, tolerant student bodies in Trinidad. Currently standing at about 445 students, the school has had students go on to prestigious universities in England, Canada, the United States, etc. The school is governed by a Board of Directors that comprises 7 members, each of whom
Port of Spain Spanish settlers, who established a port here: "Puerto de los Españoles", later "Puerto de España". In 1560, a Spanish garrison was posted near the foot of the Laventille Hills, which today form the city's eastern boundary. The part of today's downtown Port of Spain closest to the sea was once an area of tidal mudflats covered by mangroves. The first Spanish buildings here, in the 16th and 17th centuries, were open mud-plastered ajoupas, interspersed between large silk cotton trees and other trees. The fort was a mud-walled enclosure with a shack inside, a flagpole, two or three cannon, and few