Student of the Year, Shania Thomas, received the Principal’s Prize and highest overall score in the 2017 BSSEE.
Vanessa Greenidge received awards for consistently good work, highest sore in Mathematics in the 2017 BSSEE and the Kirk Layne Memorial Award for good all-round performance.
Raquan Darlington received an award for his helpfulness.
Senator Irene Sandiford-Garner is looking forward to a future where Barbadian schools are using textbooks and learning materials published by local, qualified teaching professionals.
She expressed this during an address she gave at the graduation ceremony of the Class 4 students of the Charles F. Broome Memorial Primary School, which was held at the Hilton Hotel recently. She formally congratulated the institution’s Principal, Dr. Monica Walton, for taking the time, energy and determination to achieve the highest possible educational certification.
“I salute you as one of the growing band of teachers and administrators who have dedicated themselves to earning the same PhDs as their University lecturers and tutors. I look forward to the day when all primary and secondary principals in Barbados will emulate yourself and will be referred to as Doctors of Philosophy,” she said.
She added, “I anticipate your joining the ranks of teachers who have published book material for use in our schools at all levels. We absolutely need to reduce Barbados’ dependence on reading and learning texts published in other CARICOM countries or from outside our region.”
Walton noted that one of her main reasons for pursuing this major goal was to ensure that she remained on the cutting edge in terms of providing the very best level of education for her students.
“The staff at the Charles F. Broome Memorial Primary continues to seek out opportunities that would enable them to remain on the cutting edge. To this end, professional development is seen as a priority for all,” she said.
Walton boasted of the staff’s professional achievements and noted that she is extremely proud of the work that her staff had put in to achieve their goal of being on the cutting edge. She also acknowledged the work of one of their teachers, Trudi Harris, who recently had her work published in the Erdistonian – a professional magazine – which allows her to be publicly known as a recognised, published author.