PRINCIPAL CITES HIGH ACHIEVEMENT IN PEP
Twenty-one Grade 6 students from Hillcove High Achievers Preparatory School, Brown’s Town, St Ann, graduated on Sunday, July 14, 2024, following placement through the PEP examinations.
Principal of the school Adita Sherwood said all the students had achieved Pathway One.
The graduation ceremony took place at Brown’s Town Community College, on Sunday afternoon, July 14, 2024. At the same event, nine students from the Kindergarten Department transitioned to the Primary Department of the school.
(Top Performer overall and Top Girl Reginae Richards and Top Boy Jayce Campbell)
It was the 13th graduation exercise of the 17-year-old school in Brown’s Town, St Ann. Guest speaker was the Principal of Brown’s Town Community College Claudeth Haughton.
Mrs Sherwood said, “They have all got Pathway One (1).” She said parents and well-wishers should be proud of the graduates for performing so well, even though their placement did not necessarily reflect their performance. She said at Hillcove PEP preparation starts at Kindergarten. She thanked the teachers for their work with the students.
(Scripture reading done by Adrianna Allen and Nathan Mills from the Kindergarten Department)
GROW WHERE PLANTED
Mrs Sherwood said parents should not be hard on their children for their high school placement. She said they should remember that some of them and others had done well in life despite not attending the so-called best high schools. She encouraged parents to support their children at high school with what mattered. Mrs Sherwood said, “Pretty hairstyles, nice bags [and], big boots will not help your child at high school.” She urged them to support the children and help them to grow where they were planted. “It’s not the school you are placed in that matters. It’s how you apply yourself,” Mrs Sherwood said.
(Hillcove High Achievers graduates in song)
Mrs Sherwood said the school had experienced several problems during the academic year 2023-24, including having to deal with acquiring water supplies and storage when the NWC system was down for Brown’s Town and surrounding areas. She said the school also had to delay work on the playfield but it was hoped the facility would be completed by September.
Giving a review of the year, Mrs Sherwood said the school opened in September with 130 students but grew over the months. She spoke about the involvement of students in extracurricular activities including the JCDC competitions where they won silver and bronze medals. Also, she mentioned one student who had done well in the Jamaica Library Service Reading Competition.
Five students delivered the valedictory address. Five students Jayce Campbell, Davia Campbell, Zidon Hunter, Reginae Richards, and Kejaun Haydèn.
(Part of the audience)
The Graduating class presented two songs and the transitioning Kinder students also performed.
Overall Top Boy was Jayce Campbell with a placement score of 361.6
and Top Girl and Overall Champion was Reginae Richards with a placement score of 367.6.
Students were rewarded in each subject or assessed areas of PEP including Social Studies, Science, Language Arts, Abilities test, and Mathematics.
The top boy and top girl in the subjects were as follows:
SOCIAL STUDIES — Top Boy: Zidan Hunter, Top Girl: Reginae Richards
SCIENCE — Top Boy: Zidan Hunter, Top Girl: Reginae Richards
LANGUAGE ARTS — Top Boys: Jayce Campbell & Zidan Hunter, Top Girl: Reginae Richards
ABILITIES TEST — Top Boys: Kejaun Hayden & Jayce Campbell, Top Girls:Naomi Grayson & Davia Campbell
MATHEMATICS — Top Boy: Jayce Campbell, Top Girl: Davia Campbell
-(Look out for our story on this website Friday, on the participants in the ceremony and also for other videos)
–Watch and listen to the Kindergarten students perform their song showing they are moving up:
