
Members of the public and corporate Barbados joined students of the Springer Memorial Secondary to form a human chain link.
By:
Marsha Gittens
“Unity in de Community” was evident in and around the Springer Memorial School yesterday when pupils from that educational institution and nearby schools joined hands to form a human chain
link.
It was an activity in celebration of Barbados’ 50th anniversary of Independence and to mark Springer Memorial’s 52nd anniversary.
During the event, students stood hand-in-hand from the Springer Memorial School, along Government Hill, Pine Plantation Road and back to Springer. Athletes from the school also conducted a run along the route, carrying a broken trident.
Barbados’ Governor General, His Excellency Sir Elliott Belgrave took part in the event as well, forming the last link in the chain at the Springer Memorial School. Two presentations were also made to him on the
occasion.
Speaking about the early morning activity, Springer’s Deputy Principal, Mitchelle Maxwell said it was a success. She also thanked the public and private nursery, primary and secondary schools for being involved; members of the Springer Memorial School Old Scholars Association; and the public.
“It has been absolutely wonderful. We had quite a few schools on board. We wanted to get all the schools that were within our reach with regard to the community component. We had our members of staff who were very much behind this initiative, as well as our principal who promoted that this is what she conceptualised to give back to the community, and it was in an effort to bring persons on board and to have the re-enactment of the chain link which would have taken place in 1979,” Maxwell said.
Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Senator Harry Husbands, was also in attendance and commended the school for the initiative.
“I am extremely pleased at what I have seen this morning, but you know that the Springer Memorial School has a reputation of being extremely well-organised, extremely well-disciplined and very full of competent staff. I am not surprised at all and I just want to thank them; and it is initiatives like these at the local level that make the celebration of our 50th anniversary important,” he added.
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