BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, July 5, 2017 (PLP PR Media Inc.) -- The nine members of the Graduating Class of 2017 at the Violet Petty Primary School on Tuesday July 4 bade farewell to their school at a colourful Annual Graduation Ceremony held at the Miracle Temple in Lodge Project under the theme ‘Believe, Achieve, Succeed.’
The ceremony saw the exuberant members of the Graduating Class of 2017 supported by their parents and relatives, who had thronged the church, perform songs and recite poems as they received their awards. Also at the ceremony to support both the parents and the pupils were a number of members of the Peoples Labour Party (PLP) Branch #7 Women Empowerment Group.
School’s Head Teacher Mr Dale Phipps who gave the school’s report for the 2016/17 school year reminded parents to take responsibility of raising their children seriously. Education Officer Mrs Lisa Pistana who gave remarks on behalf of the Ministry of Education told members of the graduating class that life at Cayon High School would be more challenging but advised them that challenges would make them strong and asked them to work hard and aspire to be the next State Scholar or even Bill Gates.
Featured Speaker, and a former pupil of the school, Mr Cromwell Williams, who is the Director of Public Works was represented by his wife Mrs Pearl Williams at the ceremony. She gave a sterling speech based on the school’s 2017 graduation theme, ‘Believe, Achieve, Succeed’.
She advised them of the power of ‘believe’ by urging them to believe they could have success, but added that believing in itself did not negate hard work as ‘believe’ was only half the way and the second half was hard work and sacrifice, and to ‘achieve’ they had to carry out their tasks successfully through hard work.
Head Teacher, Mr Dale Phipps, noted that Prime Minister and Area Parliamentary Representative, Dr the Hon Timothy Harris, had made a monetary contribution towards the graduation ceremony and that the money was used to buy presents for the members of the graduating class.
Leader of the Peoples Labour Party (PLP) Branch #7 Women Empowerment Group, Ms Sonia Henry, stated that they played a background role and were happy to see the pupils having come to the end of their primary school education. The pupils are expected to join the Cayon High School and Ms Henry said that they will follow up with their progress in the new school.
“On Saturday June 3, our group held a fundraiser breakfast outside Bourryeau Gate and the purpose was to raise funds to assist needy families who have graduating students,” said Ms Henry. “We are happy to observe that the parents have been able to cater for the needs of their graduating children because we believe that education is the best thing a parent can give to their child.”
According to Ms Henry, the Peoples Labour Party’s Political Leader and Prime Minister Dr the Hon Timothy Harris, who is also the area’s Parliamentary Representative has been giving annual scholarships to children in the four primary schools in Constituency Number Seven through the Dr Harris Help-A-Child Programme whose 14th edition will be rolled out later this year.
Primary schools benefitting from the Dr Harris Help-A-Child Programme are the Violet Petty (Lodge Project), Joshua Obadiah Williams (Molineux), Estridge (Mansion), and Edgar T. Morris (Tabernacle) Primary Schools.
“Our Political Leader and Prime Minister Dr the Hon Timothy Harris is a great advocate of education, and he would have wished to be here,” said Ms Henry. “We are here representing him as he is currently in Grenada where he is attending the Thirty-Eighth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). He serves as CARICOM’s lead spokesperson on human resources, health and HIV matters.”
Members of the Graduating Class of 2017 at the Violent Petty Primary School were Damian Davis, Chavaunte Richards, and Jeromie Thomas (males); and Tymiah Archibald, Teshel Browne, Alliana Daniel, Rickesia Salters, Tikiela Scarborough, and Joshlyn Thomas (females).
In her farewell message which appeared on the official programme, the Valedictorian Miss Rickesia Salters said: “Follow your passion. It will lead you to your purpose.” When delivering the valedictory speech she tickled the audience when she revealed the fact that she had once told her mother that since she was a shy girl she would not wish to be the valedictorian, but her mother urged her on to be the person she is now.
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