Top Boy Brandon Squires of People’s Cathedral Primary (centre) alongside his father Dwayne Squires (left) and his brother Ethan Squires. Brandon will join Ethan at Queen’s College from September.
“Great”, “Excellent”.
This in a nutshell was how Brandon Squires summed up the feeling of being the 2019 top performer overall in the Barbados Secondary Schools’ Entrance Examination (BSSEE).
The People’s Cathedral Primary School student wore a big smile as he spoke to The Barbados Advocate yesterday about this achievement. The Deputy Head Boy gained 100 per cent in Mathematics, 97 per cent in English and an ‘A’ in Composition.
In September, he is set to attend Queen’s College. He is looking forward to this because he will be joining his brother, Ethan Squires, who is a pupil of that school and he will be following in the footsteps of his mother, Miranda Squires, who also attended there.
His dad, Dwayne Squires, said both parents were happy for Brandon and his success.
“This is what he was aiming for, I am very grateful. Grateful to God first of all. Brandon is a Christian and we really give God thanks for this and I am thankful for his mother… She really took charge and she pushed Brandon along and I am really grateful.”
He added, “We knew Brandon would do well and this was his dream. I am just grateful he got his goal.”
Class 4 Teacher, Yvonne Green, was present during the interview and she too shared her joy about Brandon’s accomplishment of being the top overall and the top male student.
“It was stressful and challenging at times, but we persevered and Brandon is a very determined student and I knew he had the ability, so as his dad said with God’s help, his hard work, he achieved his goal.” (MG)
